Business Development and Compliance Manager - Sierra Leone
Trócaire, Sierra Leone

Trócaire works in partnership with local organisations in developing countries, and with people in Ireland, to tackle the root causes of poverty and injustice. Together, we create positive and lasting change.

Trócaire works in up to 20 countries across Africa, Asia, Latin America and the Middle East.

We have 5 Goals: Defend Human Rights; Achieve Climate amp; Environmental Justice; Ensure Women amp; Girls’ Protection, Voice amp; Influence; and Mobilise the Public on the island of Ireland to achieve Global Justice.

Our work is rooted in Catholic Social Teaching and in our values of Solidarity, Courage, Participation, Perseverance and Accountability.

In Sierra Leone, Trócaire is working with partners to bring about positive and lasting changes around women’s socio-economic and political empowerment. Currently integrated programmes that promote women’s economic, social and political empowerment are being implemented by 10 local civil society partner organisations, funded by a variety of donors including Irish Aid, European Union, and different trusts and foundations. Core to Trócaire’s partnership approach in Sierra Leone is civil society strengthening and organisational development.

The Business Development and Compliance Manager is a replacement role and is responsible for strengthening Trócaire’s institutional funding base and ensuring donor compliance with existing and future institutionally funded grants. The BCDM will lead on opportunities to increase and broaden the institutional funding base of the Sierra Leone country programme in line with the organisational institutional funding strategy. With CMT and programmes colleagues, lead in the proposal development of well-designed projects and programmes for submission to institutional donors, consistent with Trócaire’s Organisational and Country Strategic Plans. Support programme staff in the reporting of all institutional funding grants/ contracts in Sierra Leone. Build the capacity of the partners to mobilise and manage institutional funding grants/ contracts.

The position is unaccompanied.

Reporting to the Country Director, this is a Fixed Term Contract of 2 years and is based in Freetown with frequent travel to programme locations and occasional travel to Ireland or other locations.

Trócaire is committed to safeguarding people within our programmes from exploitation and abuse and has specific policies on this commitment (including a Global Code of Conduct) which outlines the expected behaviour and the responsibility of all staff, consultants and other organisational representatives.

Any candidate offered a job with Trócaire will be expected to sign Trócaire’s Safeguarding Policies and Global Code of Conduct as an appendix to their contract of employment and agree to conduct themselves in accordance with the provisions of these documents. All offers of employment will be subject to pre employment checks including satisfactory references and appropriate screening (e.g. police/garda vetting, counter terrorism and anti-trafficking). Trócaire also participates in the InterAgency Misconduct Disclosure Scheme and all employees will be subject to this as part of contract of employment.

Key Duties amp; Responsibilities

Overarching:

In particular, this role will involve the following components:

Programme Growth amp; Development (50%)

Job Rewards and Benefits