Position Start Date: June 1st 2026
Duration: 24 months
Working time: 100%
Location: Amman – Jordan
Terre des hommes does not set closing dates for this position; recruitment is on-going until the position is filled
Tdh:
Terre des hommes (Tdh) is the leading Swiss organisation for children’s aid. Since 1960, Tdh has helped build a better future for deprived children and their communities, making an impact with innovative and sustainable solutions. Active in around 40 countries, Tdh works with local and international partners to develop and implement field projects which improve the daily lives of over 4 million children and members of their communities, in the domains of health, protection and emergency relief. This engagement is financed by individual and institutional support, with administrative costs kept to a minimum.
Context:
Terre des hommes Lausanne (Tdh), Switzerland’s largest children’s rights organisation, is reorganising its organisational model in order to get closer to children and young people in vulnerable situations in the thirty or so countries in which it is active.
In Tdh’s new organisational model, the head office takes on the role of a centre of expertise in order to act effectively in favour of the respect, protection and promotion of children’s rights and to ensure overall steering, strategy, policies, monitoring and compliance and informed leadership.
In MENA, Tdh works directly in 7 countries (Afghanistan, Egypt, Iraq, Jordan, Lebanon, Palestine, Syria). As part of the decentralization of its organizational model, Tdh opened a regional office in Amman, Jordan.
The position aims to ensure coordination between the Institutional Fundraising Department at head office, the region and the country offices to develop and implement a coherent fundraising strategy adapted to the field realities, while ensuring smooth communication and supporting capacity-building of country teams.
Responsibilities:
- Monitor, analyze and report on donor trends at the regional level, as weel as regional fundraising and grants management, including key performance indicators.
- Promote and applie global frameworks, standards, processes and tools realted to fundraising, project writing and grants management at the regional level.
- Contribute to influencing donors at regional level and supports teams in preparing for negotiations at country level.
- Develop relations with existing donors and partners, and engages with new donors and partners at regional level.
- Encourage regional coordination and consistency in exchanges between countries and in relations with donors and partners.
- Ensure institutional fundraising at the regional level and supports it at country level, and contribute to private fundraising efforts at the regional level.
- Oversee financial planning and steering for the region from a revenue perspective and provide support to countries in this area.
- Participate in the preparation of funding proposals and donor reports, ensuring their compliance and quality at the regional level and, depending on priorities, at the country level.
Profile looked for:
Education:
Master’s degree in relevant field such as international relations, political science, public administration, and communication.
Language: Fluent in English, Arabic and/or French is an asset
Experience :
- At least 5 years of experience developing funding proposals and in international cooperation resource acquisition.
- Proven experience working with donors in the MENA region is required.
- Substantial experience and a successful track record leading/coordinating large proposal teams on complex subject, multi-year, multi-partner proposals with minimal supervision
- Excellent communication and interpersonal skills, including ability to effectively manage a variety of relationships in a multicultural environment
Competencies :
- In-depth knowledge of the funding environment and donor landscape in the MENA region
- Ability to work productively and accurately while under pressure in a fast-paced, demanding environment and to multi-task and prioritize effectively
- Flexible work attitude, ability to work in a team environment and independently and ability to meet unexpected demands
- Ability to support and advise on organizational and operational transformation
- Comprehensive understanding of the operational frameworks, compliance requirements and procedures of international funding institutions
- Ability to travel internationally in Tdh countries of intervention in the MENA region.
Tdh General Code of Conduct and Ethical Policies :
- Commits to promoting and complying with the Global Code of Conduct, systematically reporting any violations of the Code through Tdh's formal reporting mechanisms and dealing with any violations of procedures and processes appropriately.
- Raises awareness of the Foundation of the risks of policy non-compliance, violence and abuse, and related rights, towards children, community members and our own employees.
- Undertakes to comply with key ethical policies and guidelines, including the Safeguarding Policy, the Anti-Fraud and Corruption Policy, the Conflict-of-Interest Policy and other policies related to the prevention of terrorist financing and criminal activities, as well as workplace behavior.
- Commits to putting values and principles into practice through exemplary behavior, in full compliance with the Code of Conduct, and always respecting established procedures and processes.
- Commits to developing a compliant and enlightened management culture within the organization and in our work with children and the communities in which we operate.
Procedure:
Only complete applications (CV + covering letter) posted on our official website will be processed: https://jobs.tdh.org/en-GB/jobs/7328068-regional-fundraising-advisor-mena-region?promotion=1873093-trackable-share-link-linkedin. Additional documents (diplomas, work certificates, etc.) will be requested at a later date. We will only contact those candidates selected for further recruitment.
References :
Please note that all job offers will be subject to satisfactory references and checks (criminal record and anti-terrorism funding check). Terre des hommes will ask the Human Resources of previous organisations to provide references on any findings of sexual exploitation, sexual abuse and/or sexual harassment as well as fraud and corruption, during employment, or incidents under investigation at the time the candidate left employment.
