Recruitment Description/ Key Accountabilities

Qualifications and Skills

Responsibilities:

Government relations

• Build relationships with national and local government officials to improve GiveDirectly’s cooperation with the government and identify allies and champions of our work.
• Support GiveDirectly’s expansion into new areas and maintain existing operations by securing national and local government approvals.
• Represent GiveDirectly at government events and meetings at the national and local level.
• Develop high-quality reports for national and local government authorities.
• Provide support to field teams that guarante  adherence to national and local government protocols.
• Collaborate with the Country Director and country management team to ensure regulatory compliance.
  
  

Fundraising & partnerships

• Build relationships and support for GiveDirectly with donors and potential implementing partners in Mozambique.
• Support national fundraising efforts by identifying opportunities, supporting proposal development and producing pitch materials.
• Communicate GiveDirectly’s program activities to donors and implementers through outreach, reporting and presentations.
• Participate in multilateral fora such as technical working groups and humanitarian cluster coordination meetings.
• Organize donor visits and events.
  
  

Media Relations 

• Develop strong relationships with key members of the local and national Mozambican media, including journalists, presenters and other influencers. 
• Source story ideas from across GiveDirectly projects and translate them into compelling and effective content.
• Serve as a liaison between the communications team in NYC and local  programs team, both proactively and reactively.
• Work closely with the Senior Manager Programs to monitor Community relations risks and provide mitigation alternatives that cushion GiveDirectly from reputational and existential risks.
• Manage internal and external communication on sensitive issues relating to our program.
• Monitor mass, online and social media to ensure that the right messaging around the organization is being delivered.
  
  

External relations tracking

• Track the priority and health of our relationships and proactively design new strategies to improve our  engagement with stakeholders. 
• Maintain a comprehensive stakeholder matrix for GiveDirectly in Mozambique.
• Identify possible future risks and areas of non-alignment with stakeholders and work with different teams to implement preventative actions.
• Liaise with the internal audit team on any risks flagged from field investigations that have external relations risks.

Desired qualifications:

• Bachelor’s or master’s Degree in a relevant field.
• At least 5 years experience in the development sector.
• Detailed understanding and demonstrated experience working with national-level government in Mozambique.
• Demonstrated experience in resource mobilization. Experience with key donors such as USAID and FCDO is preferred.
• Experience working with and representing organisations to national media.
• Outstanding interpersonal skills, comfortable representing Give Directly across a wide range of stakeholders.
• Exceptional communication (written and verbal), organizational, and analytical skills.
• Demonstrated success in a high-performance work environment.
• Ability to approach tasks with resourcefulness and to work in a self-directed manner.
• Professional fluency in Portuguese and English.
• Strong interest in advancing the values and mission of GiveDirectly