Director of Funding and Business Development

Established in 1977, GOAL is an international humanitarian agency dedicated to alleviating the suffering of the poor and the vulnerable and is currently operating in 13 countries worldwide. GOAL delivers a wide range of humanitarian and development programmes, ranging from humanitarian relief in disaster situations to supporting the development of healthcare services and building sustainable livelihoods. Since its foundation, GOAL has allocated more than €910 million to programmes in over 60 countries.

GOAL has an annual budget of approximately €130 million and is supported by a range of donors including the Irish Government, UK Government, USAID, the European Union, individuals, trusts and foundations. Informed by its track record over the last 40 years, GOAL remains committed to responding to humanitarian crises and tackling extreme poverty around the world.

GOAL identifies, develops and manages opportunities to work with others and further GOAL’s organisational objective of reducing extreme poverty and strengthening resilience through pro- active engagement with an array of global partners, such as donors (institutional and large foundations), international NGOs and commercial entities. GOAL is recruiting a Director of Business Development to drive GOAL’s Business Development strategy

Overview of the role

Working as a member of the senior management team, the Global Director of Funding and Business Development will lead GOAL’s global business development efforts with a primary focus on the expansion and diversification of GOAL’s Institutional Funding.

The role reports to the CFO, with monthly engagement with the CEO.

Supporting its new organisational strategy (2022 – 2025), GOAL is embarking on an ambitious funding and financing strategy that seeks to develop existing and build more strategic partnerships with bilateral and multilateral donor agencies to increase their income, influence, and programmatic impact. The successful candidate will lead a business development team who will lead the global funding strategy and support the revenue and programmatic growth across all program areas.

Key Responsibilities:

Leadership & Management: 

• Lead the implementation of global funding
• Lead and facilitate cross departmental teamwork on behalf of the Funding and Business Development
• Lead a team of six business development staff across UK and EU
• Work closely with the CFO to support strategic corporate
• Work collaboratively across the organisation with program and technical teams, country offices and other departments to identify opportunities to grow and diversify GOAL’s funding portfolio.

• Develop relationships and collaborate with key stakeholders, particularly with government institutions, bilateral/multilateral organizations and strategic partnerships with INGOs as
• Maintain proficient knowledge of the organization’s programmes to leverage new

Partnerships and Networks

• Develop and manage relationships with targeted Global Strategic Partners and
• Promote GOAL through presentations and participation in global networks

Monitoring & Reporting

• Ensure strong systems are in place for the development and tracking of metrics in order to measure progress and inform decision-making.
• In conjunction with the Marketing Team, develop good communication and marketing materials for use with external and internal
• Oversee and directly manage the gathering of intelligence on strategic funding opportunities, competitors, and potential

Person Specification

Essential

• Previous Experience in Business Development: The candidate should have 10 years’ experience submitting grants to the multiple donors including USAID (OFDA, FFP), BPRM, Irish Aid, EU, FCDO and other corporate/private
• Communications & Job Knowledge: The candidate needs strong verbal and written communication skills and a demonstrated ability to write and present clearly and persuasively internally and externally on programmes and GOAL. Strong knowledge on global issues such as migration, refugees, conflict, emergency response are key.
• Technical, Analytical & problem-solving skills:
  • Strong research and analytic abilities, with a demonstrated ability to think strategically and have a thorough understanding of strategic programme development.
  • Identify system improvements that contribute to the effectiveness of BD strategies and recommend workable solutions for challenged
  • solid computer skills and knowledge of database programmes and dashboard analytics.
• Leadership:
  • Take initiative and demonstrate leadership on the positioning of the business development team and build strong relationships with departments internally and with donors externally to achieve organisational business development
• Experience managing team members remotely, with the ability to motivate and support without day-to-day

Highly Desirable

• Willingness to travel, sometimes at short notice, to major global cities and GOAL’s operational locations.

• Knowledge and experience of blended finance, impact investing, pay-for-performance mechanisms, venture philanthropy, and/or social
• Arabic, French or Spanish language skills
• Extensive overseas management experience within humanitarian and development contexts
• Previous experience working for an institutional donor or foundation

Country and Location:  Ireland/UK

Contract Duration:  24 months

Reports to:  CFO

How to apply

Closing date: 12^th June 2022 @ 23:59 BST

Please click on the ‘apply for job’ button to submit your application. For this role, kindly submit a MS Word version of your CV and a cover letter detailing your motivation and how you are suited to this role.

Please name your submitted files with the following reference: GOAL_DFBD

Please note that the interview dates for this role will be confirmed with you should your application be successful.

GOAL is an equal opportunity employer.

Red Sea is committed to meeting the standards set out in their Equality and Diversity recruitment policy; this includes not discriminating under the Equality Act 2010 and building an accurate picture of the make-up of the workforce in encouraging equality and diversity.