Humanitarian Funding Advisor

About Trócaire  

Trócaire is an International Non-Governmental Organisation (INGO). We work with local partners in the world’s most at-risk communities and with people in Ireland to tackle the underlying causes of poverty and injustice and respond to the crises they create. Together we bring about positive and lasting change for a just world. Trócaire works in up to 20 countries across Africa, Asia, Latin America and the Middle East. We work towards five goals:   

•          Promote Access to Justice;   

•          Achieve Climate & Environmental Justice;   

•          Ensure Women & Girls’ Protection, Voice & Influence;   

•          Save Lives and Protect Human Dignity 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. 

The Humanitarian Funding Advisor is an exciting role within a dynamic global humanitarian team. The role’s primary focus is on supporting the accessing of humanitarian funding from a variety of humanitarian donors.  The post holder will contribute to Trócaire’s overall institutional funding strategy, working closely with country teams and HQ staff to identify, position and pursue humanitarian funding opportunities for the achievement of Trócaire’s strategic plan.  Funding opportunities will be particularly focused on Fragile and Conflict affected States (FCAS) with an emphasis on UN funding; START Network funding; and support to other Humanitarian Funding streams, particularly to ECHO when relevant.  

This role can be based in our Maynooth office or remotely from the UK.

To be considered for this role, you must already hold the necessary legal permissions to work and live in this location. Regrettably, we cannot offer work permit sponsorship or relocation assistance for this role. 

Shortlisted candidates will be invited to a competency-based interview. Interview questions will be based on the competencies outlined in this job specification. 

Role Responsibilities  

Key responsibilities: 

• The primary responsibility for this position is support to country offices in securing Humanitarian Funding. This involves supporting positioning for opportunities, engagement and coordination with teams on proposal development, direct “hands-on” proposal writing.  

• Contribution to continuously improving internal grant management systems alongside support to local partners. This includes supporting due diligence initiatives linked to funding opportunities,  capacity building of Trócaire staff and partners to access and manage humanitarian funds. This includes supporting partners directly access funding where relevant.   

• Directly develop and support any engagement plans for key humanitarian donors, with an emphasis on UN & START Network, while contributing to the wider Humanitarian funding engagement strategies both globally and with country offices.  

• Contribution to wider Humanitarian Team and FCAS country initiatives, including global and country level strategic planning, with an emphasis on donor engagement.  

• Represent the organisation in key external fora relevant to the role. This includes, but is not limited to, Caritas Internationalis; global UN fora; START Network global fora etc.