Resource Mobilization and Partnership Advisor

Assignment Type:

Canadian International Volunteer

Eligibility Requirements:

Open to Canadian citizens and permanent residents of Canada only

Assignment ID:

VA-107297

Assignment Title:

Resource Mobilization and Partnership Advisor

Partner:

Tumaini Letu

Country:

Malawi

Duration:

4 to 6 months (flexible)

Time Commitment:

Full time

Assignment Context

Are you passionate about promoting gender equality and improving opportunities for refugees? Do you have partnership development and resource mobilization skills to share?

As the Resource Mobilization and Partnership Advisor with Tumaini Letu in Lilongwe, Malawi, you will collaborate with the Tumani Letu team to strengthen the organization’s partnerships, build networks, and support fundraising initiatives. You will assist in identifying funding opportunities, maintaining relationships with stakeholders, and developing strategies to support programs so that all refugees, particularly women and youth, can thrive and belong.

Apply today to contribute to refugee wellbeing and gender equality in Malawi!

Roles and Responsibilities

• Collaborate with Tumaini Letu staff to build and maintain strong relationships with key partners, stakeholders, and media outlets
• Support staff in developing new proposals and pursuing partnership opportunities with businesses, non-governmental organizations, and government entities to advance Tumaini Letu goals
• Assist staff in tracking and managing partnerships and resource mobilization activities, ensuring effective follow-up and reporting
• Work with staff to develop strategies and materials for donor engagement, including concept notes and funding proposals
• Collaborate with the team  in integrating Gender Equality and Social Inclusion principles and promoting inclusion, ensuring women and refugee youth are actively represented in programs and partnerships
• Support Tumaini Letu to reduce their environmental footprint and using environmental friendly practices throughout the assignment

• Participate in pre-assignment training
• Participate in at least 3 public engagement initiatives with Canadian audiences before, during, or within 6 months after the end of the assignment. Volunteers will be equipped with the tools, training, funds, and support to achieve these goals. Volunteers must also report on each of their public engagement activities through our Volunteer Information Portal. Virtual chats and individual check-ins can be booked with the Senior Public Engagement Officer throughout the course of their assignment and during the 6 months following its completion to seek guidance and support with their public engagement activities.
• Canadian volunteers are required to do at least one activity that contributes to meeting a fundraising target of $1,500. The minimum requirement is met by each volunteer using our Volunteer Information Portal to report having sent one message to their network about their volunteer assignment that includes the link to the WUSC Shared Impact Fund webpage. This message also counts as one of their three required public engagement activities. Volunteers will be supported with the tools, training, and resources to achieve the fundraising goal.
• Submit reports as required by the partner organization and by WUSC.

Experience and Qualifications

• Degree in Business Administration, Social Sciences, or a related field
• Proven experience in partnership building, resource mobilization, program development or fundraising
• Minimum two (2) years’ relevant professional experience
• Commitment to gender equality, and youth inclusion
• Flexibility, adaptability, excellent interpersonal skills and cultural sensitivity
• Ability to work independently and collaboratively in cross-cultural environments
• Experience with group facilitation and trainings, including content development considered an asset
• Experience living and working internationally considered an asset
• Written and oral fluency in English.

Project Description

Volunteering for development is one of the important ways in which WUSC pursues its mission. The IGNI+E project, funded by Global Affairs Canada, supports over 70 partner organizations to advance gender equality and the economic empowerment of 1.2 million youth around the world. IGNI+E harnesses the knowledge, capacity and expertise of skilled Canadians through volunteer assignments and public engagement activities to assist partners in improving their performance, advocating for gender equality, and implementing more sustainable, innovative and inclusive initiatives and services for poor and marginalised youth, particularly young women. Overseas, our volunteers collaborate with a wide variety of partners, including enterprise and social enterprise development incubators, skills training centres, women’s organizations, and youth groups. In Canada, WUSC works with institutions and individuals to identify, prepare, and support volunteers who travel overseas to support our partners. Our network in Canada also works with WUSC to raise awareness among Canadians to inspire greater action on global development issues. Our collective focus is on sustainable and inclusive changes to create a better world for youth.

Partner Description

Tumaini Letu (Swahili for “Our Hope”) is a non-profit organization based within the Dzaleka Refugee Camp in Malawi. Tumaini Letu exists to promote the social, cultural, and economic inclusion of refugees in Malawi through different programs such as refugee rights advocacy, youth engagement and behavior change, community-based tourism, and entrepreneurship and job creation. Tumaini Letu’s flagship project is the annual Tumaini Festival, which transforms Dzaleka Refugee Camp into a tourist destination attracting tens of thousands of domestic and international tourists. Tumaini Festival promotes cultural exchange and economic empowerment for refugees through the world’s first international festival held in a refugee camp. The festival creates opportunities for people from different cultural backgrounds to learn from each other and celebrate humanity by appreciating each other’s differences. Tumaini is not just a festival; it is a movement that raises the voices of refugees, creates a conversation, and transforms the host community into active advocates for the refugee cause. The festival also boosts economic activities within the camp and offers a platform for the refugee community to sell their goods and services, which improves their standard of living.

Support Package

• Support and guidance from the WUSC Volunteer Mobilization Team prior to departure and from WUSC Country Team while on assignment
• Pre-departure training to learn about the volunteering for development program, gain practical skills for living and working in an intercultural context and network with other volunteers
• In-country orientation upon arrival in country of assignment
• Language training in country of assignment, where required
• Modest monthly living and accommodation allowance
• Airfare to and from the assignment country
• Visa/work permit
• Pre-departure medical exam
• Health insurance
• Vaccinations and antimalarial medication
• Criminal record verification
• Vacation leave entitlement
• Debriefing after completion of assignment
• An incredible opportunity to make a meaningful contribution to global development, enhance your professional skills and participate in an experience of a lifetime!

WUSC’s Safeguarding Policy

WUSC’s activities seek to balance inequities and create sustainable development around the globe; the work ethic of our staff, volunteers, representatives and partners shall correspond to the values and mission of the organization. WUSC promotes responsibility, respect, honesty, and professional excellence and we will not tolerate harassment, coercion and sexual exploitation and abuse of any form. Successful applicants will be required to sign off on the WUSC Code of Conduct and the Self-Disclosure Form. International and national volunteers will also be required to submit a criminal record verification.

WUSC is a signatory to the Cooperation Canada Leaders’ Pledge on Preventing and Addressing Sexual Misconduct. The pledge represents the shared commitment as Canada’s global development and humanitarian leaders to ensure the full implementation of practices and policies that will protect and respond to our own staff, volunteers and the communities we serve. We are committed to creating safe and respectful workplaces and programs that promote gender equality and are free from gender-based violence, including by addressing and responding to all abuse of power, holding people to account, and protecting the vulnerable. Read the full pledge.