Trainee (Programme Funding Associate)

Trainee(Programme Funding Associate)

Number: 3455
Deadline: 30/09/2024, 23:45
Location: Nepal
Department: CO Nepal
Vacancy is: National
Place of work: Kathmandu

DCA Nepal seeks applications from female candidates who is keen to build foundation for challenging and rewarding career in an international development environment through hands-on knowledge and practical experience as Trainee in the capacity of Programme Funding Associate. This is an opportunity starting immediately for one year based at Nepal Country Office, Kathmandu with field travel as required.

The Trainee reports to Programme Funding Coordinator. She will work within the Programme Unit to review literature, data mining, collecting and analyzing secondary information for proposal designing, review project documents and reports, proofreading, exploring potential funding opportunities and keeping track, update and maintain documents on intranet.

Your key responsibilities include:

• Review project documents and reports and produce the capacity statements on various thematic sectors and sub-sectors. Such documents will work as the living document and hence, will have to be updated as and when necessary
• During the proposal development process, support Programme Funding Coordinator in reviewing the literature, data mining, and collecting and analyzing secondary information relevant to the project
• Support to proofread documents (proposals and reports) as and when necessary.
• Support to explore potential funding opportunities and create funding summary to share with relevant technical staff
• Support in needs assessment, by collecting data/statistics and information as required by the proposal
• Support to track, update and maintain documents on intranet and Teams folder
• Support to prepare supplementary documents for proposals and reports including but not limited to maps, letter of endorsement, past experience, etc

What you bring:

• Master’s degree in social sciences, Disaster Risk Reduction, Environmental Science, Agriculture, Natural Resources Management,
• Development Studies, Gender Studies, Climate Change, International Relations or any other relevant field.
• At least one year of relevant work experience in Funding, Fundraising, Proposals, DRR, Livelihood, Research, or related field
• Research and reports writing skills
• Verbal and written communication skills both in English and Nepali
• Coordination and networking skills
• Proactive with high aptitude to learn and work with team
• Role model for diversity, inclusion and belongingness

Interested and qualified female candidates irrespective of age, gender, race, religion or ethnic affiliation are encouraged to apply for this vacancy.

Please click on APPLY button at the end of this vacancy announcement to apply.

Applications must consist of:

Cover Letter (max 1 page),
CV (max 2 pages)

Only short-listed candidates will be contacted.

Closing date for application will be Monday, 30th September 2024

DCA conducts an anti-terror check as part of the recruitment process. It is a prerequisite that you can pass this check and maintain this status throughout your employment with us. Everyone applying for a job with DCA must be ready to comply with DCA Code of Conduct, DCA Policy on Prevention of Sexual Exploitation, Abuse and Harassment and DCA Child Safeguarding Policy.

Telephone inquiry will not be entertained