Application Pack – Head of Grants

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Job description and person specification Information about Global Witness Fundraising at Global Witness Development team structure Abbreviated Terms and Conditions

To apply, please send a covering letter together with a two page CV. Your covering letter should demonstrate your suitability for this position and where you saw the role advertised. Write your name and the job title in the subject line of the email. Applicants applying for this position must have the right to work in the UK.

The covering letter and CV should be emailed to recruitmentfundraising@globalwitness.org and reach Global Witness no later than 9am on 15 August 2016. Late applications cannot be considered.

Please note that we will only contact short-listed candidates, and feedback can only be offered to those candidates who attend an interview.

Global Witness is committed to creating a diverse workforce. We value diversity and inclusion and we want to attract the best people regardless of age, ethnicity, sexual orientation, gender, disability, social status or religious beliefs

Applicants applying for this position must prove they have the ongoing right to work in the United Kingdom.

Job Description for Head of Grants – Maternity cover

Responsible to: Director of Development, LondonKey relationships: Director of Development, Director of Strategic Partnerships, Management Team

members, Donor Accountant and other campaign and support staff Location: London

Position Summary

We are seeking an exceptional and experienced fundraiser and manager with proven ability to build and maintain strong, high leverage relationships with governments, trusts and foundations. The Head of Grants will maximise revenue from institutional donors through effective stewardship of current funder relationships and further expansion of our funder network to deliver on the annual institutional funding target.

Main Responsibilities:

1. Oversee and manage institutional funding Develop approaches to meet or exceed institutional funding income targets Develop successful, high quality funding proposals and successfully negotiate grant agreements Ensure effective grant compliance and management, including production of high quality narrative

and financial reports in close liaison with Campaigns and Finance staff Produce accurate prospect and donor tracking reports and monthly and quarterly narrative and

income reports Ensure effective information sharing across the development team, including improvements to

Salesforce implementation Direct management responsibility for three grants team staff members Ensure that fundraising reflects the Global Witness’ ethical policy Implement the three year funding strategy (2017-2019) to increase overall income from existing key

funders and identify new funding opportunities through the development of new approaches to UK, Europe and international donors

Lead and motivate the grants team through creation of a focused, enabling environment and to be proactive in promoting the development of skills, confidence and capability within the team in order to meet the highest levels of performance.

2. Build relationships with institutional prospects and donors resulting in mutually rewarding funding partnerships in the UK, Europe and internationally

Personally manage a number of key existing and prospect funding relationships, including proposal development and reporting as required

Develop and implement stewardship and cultivation activities to maintain and build excellent relationships with Global Witness’ donors and prospects

3. Other responsibilities Develop and maintain a good understanding of current Global Witness campaigns and build good

relationships with campaign and finance staff Build and maintain working practices with Washington DC based development colleagues Deputise in the absence of the Director of Development in both internal and external meetings Develop and use external networks to ensure that the Development Team and Global Witness staff

are kept abreast of institutional fundraising trends

4. Ways of working and collaborating Work collaboratively with colleagues across Global Witness to collectively deliver our mission, vision

and aims Make a positive contribution to the team and the wider organisation by playing an active role in

organisation-wide working groups and meetings Demonstrate a strong commitment to creating an inclusive, equal and diverse workplace

5. Any other duties commensurate with the skills and responsibilities required for this role.

Person Specification

Experience/Skills Required:

Entrepreneurial approach to and proven track record in securing significant grants from institutional donors (six- and seven-figure grants)

Ability to successfully negotiate excellent terms for grant agreements and contracts Outward focus and proven experience in building long-term funding relationships Proven effective staff management and development experience Strong project management skills, including overseeing and contributing to the entire proposal

development process, from donor identification to grant award and reporting Ability to write and edit funding proposals and reports for a variety of audiences (government

donors and trusts and foundations) Understanding of the UK, European and US government and trusts and foundations sector and

ability to present Global Witness’ work in a way that may best appeal to their grantmaking interests Excellent numeracy skills and proven ability to develop and manage budgets Ability to work independently and as part of a team, including coordinating work with colleagues

remotely Excellent interpersonal and communication skills Strong organisational skills with the ability to prioritise effectively Proficiency in Microsoft Office software, prospect research tools, and fundraising databases Resilience and ability to perform in a dynamic and creative campaigning organisation Ability and enthusiasm to work with complex data and campaign material

Experience/Skills Desired:

Knowledge of, or familiarity with, issues relating to natural resources, conflict, corruption, human rights and international development

Experience of working in an international campaigning and/or a development, organisation in the UK and/or overseas

Global Witness

We want a better world - where corruption is challenged and accountability prevails, all can thrive within the planet’s boundaries, and governments act in the public interest.

Many of the world’s worst environmental and human rights abuses are driven by the exploitation of natural resources and corruption in the global political and economic system. Global Witness is campaigning to end this. We carry out hard-hitting investigations, expose the facts, and push for change. We are independent, not-for-profit, and work with partners around the world in our fight for justice.

Global Witness’ work makes a difference. Our campaigning helped put a stop to illegal logging which was funding wars waged by the Khmer Rouge in Cambodia and by Charles Taylor in Liberia. We brought the issue of blood diamonds to the world’s attention and the landmark Kimberley Process Certification Scheme was established as a result. Similarly, our investigations into corruption in oil, gas and mining were instrumental in making a case for the establishment of the Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (EITI), the leading global mechanism aimed at increasing transparency in transactions between governments and companies.

More recently, our research on conflict minerals in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) has exposed how warring parties make millions of dollars each year through illegal control of the mineral sector. Our campaigning has led to landmark due diligence legislation being passed in the US and in DRC. Global Witness’ banks team have exposed how major financial jurisdictions like the UK are being used to launder vast amounts of corrupt money, keeping millions in poverty and reliant on aid. Our pioneering campaign to raise the profile of land and environmental defenders has positioned the issue, for the first time, on the agenda of high-level decision-makers.

In recognition of our impact, we are thrilled to have been awarded the TED Prize and the Skoll Award for Social Entrepreneurship in 2014.

Fundraising at Global Witness

Growth in Global Witness’ funding has been considerable since its inception 21 years ago with an income budget of £8.9m for 2016. It is an exciting time to join Global Witness’ development team with a new CEO who has been in post for a year now and is really driving fundraising efforts at the highest levels and with fundraising staff working out of our DC office for the first time this year.

Our successful fundraising programme has included significant and sustained support from some of the leading international philanthropic institutions demonstrating a strong endorsement of the efficacy of our work and the strength of our case for giving. This includes both annual unrestricted support and a five year matched funding grant from the Open Society Foundations. We have already met the challenge of raising £9m by the end of 2016 which Open Society Foundations matched with a £4.5 grant organisational development grant. Recent major institutional support also includes $4.8m three year unrestricted support grant from the Omidyar Network, a four year unrestricted $2m grant from the Ford Foundation to support our work as a key player in the global human rights movement, a three year £1.5m grant from the Swedish International Development Agency to support our work in the Democratic Republic of Congo.

Over the past three years we have built an exciting HNWI individual giving programme with an annual budget of £1.4m in 2016, including $1m donations from Alex Soros and Laura and John Arnold.

This Prospect Research Officer position is an essential role in driving further growth in our HNWI programme as well as our established, highly successful, institutional fundraising efforts.

The Global Witness development team comprises ten staff members based in London and our offices in Washington DC as set out in the organigram below.

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Global Witness Abbreviated Terms & Conditions

SALARY: £42-46,000 per annum

LOCATION: London

CONTRACT: Fixed term, 12 months

BENEFITS: Health insurance, Pension contribution, cycle to work scheme, childcare voucher scheme

LEAVE: 26 working days leave during 2016, excluding public holidays. This will be pro-rated for each uncompleted leave year.

SUBMISSIONS: Cover letter carefully describing your suitability for the role and a CV.