Job Responsibilities

• Contribute to the development of and implement a coherent and evidence based fundraising strategy aligned with Norway’s political landscape and migration priorities as well as with IOM’s institutional strategy, framework, and priorities for donor diversification. Define priority donor segments and value propositions, track emerging funding trends and opportunities, and maintain an up to date proposal pipeline with systematic analysis of conversion rates and time to award to support evidence based decision making.
• Maintain and strengthen relationships with existing donors and proactively cultivate new partnerships (including non traditional donors such as the private sector and foundations). Liaise closely with the CoM and as needed, coordinate with the SRO, RO, HQ and relevant IOM COs to ensure consistent donor engagement, positioning and messaging.
• Identify, pursue, negotiate and secure programme and project funding opportunities aligned with national and sub national priorities, in close coordination with the CoM, SRO and RO, and with support from relevant Regional Thematic Specialists (RTSs) and the Regional Project Development Officer (RPDO). Monitor donor policies, strategic priorities and budget cycles, and proactively diversify funding sources across government and non traditional donors to reduce funding concentration risks, in line with IOM’s strategic priorities.
• Coordinate the design and development of high quality, innovative and scalable programmes and projects with relevant CO units, partners and donors, ensuring alignment with donor interests and requirements while safeguarding compliance with IOM standards and the Strategic Results Framework. Facilitate timely internal review, clearance and submission of concept notes, proposals and donor reports through IOM’s relevant Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) applications.
• In coordination with the CoM, represent the CO in meetings, briefings, conferences and events, and engage with donors and key stakeholders (government, UN and partners, civil society, academia/think tanks and private sector) at international, national and sub national levels.
• Support Programme teams to meet donor reporting requirements by coordinating inputs and providing quality assurance through the review of donor and other external reports. Ensure timely compliance with donor requirements, procedures and IOM reporting standards. Promote consistent and effective use of the relevant software application to capture project data and strengthen knowledge management.
• Create and maintain up to date donor profiles, stakeholder maps and concise guidance notes/briefs on donor priorities and procedures. Produce regular, analytical donor intelligence updates to inform outreach, partner engagement and pipeline prioritization decisions.
• In coordination with the CoM, coordinate the development, monitoring and review of the CO strategic planning cycle, including the country strategy, resource mobilization strategy and annual work plans. Analyze resource requirements and funding gaps for delivery of the country strategy and propose realistic and time bound remedial actions, including funding diversification scenarios.
• Prepare high impact visibility and presentation materials to support resource mobilization, such as donor briefing packs, key messages, presentations and strategic snapshots for Senior Officials Meetings (SOMs), donor/partner visits and briefings.
• Establish and maintain CO knowledge management practices for resource mobilization and donor relations, ensuring accurate and up to date records of donor correspondence, project development documents and reporting files in relevant applications and shared repositories, in line with IOM standards and audit requirements.
• Perform such other duties as may be assigned.