Funding and Reporting Manager – Bangweulu

The funding and Reporting Manager is accountable for effective and compliant delivery of the park’s grant portfolio, high-quality reporting for internal and external purposes, and both identifying as well as effectively relaying the park’s funding needs. It is a critical position which links the park’s strategy and operational reality with funders, partners and the teams at APN Headquarters, most notably fundraising.

Primary Functions and Responsibilities

• Oversees the park’s grant portfolio, monitoring effective and compliant delivery of respective projects. This includes working closely with the financial controller to ensure correct allocations of donor funding and tracking burn rates, coordinating grant work plans and briefing the heads of department on key deliverables, providing required partner visibility and monitoring risks to grant project components’ delivery. Represents the park in the bi-monthly calls debriefing APN funding and finance teams on grant delivery, key updates and risks. 
• Coordinates and collates park reporting, both for internal and external purposes. This includes ensuring AP Reporter data is accurate and up-to-date, park information is accurate on SIMBA as well as the calendar and the monthly and annual reports, operational analytical reports can be compiled and providing timely and high-quality donor reports that reinforce our reputation, in addition to developing general factsheets about the park for external purposes.
• Understands, monitors and maps the park’s funding needs, and can effectively develop well-written documents that relay why the park needs funding for specified activities to enable effective fundraising.  Co-writes, with the funding team, the park’s grant proposals and ensures these are closely aligned with the park’s business plan and monitoring programme.
• Coordinates or collates park-level surveys, case studies, data collection and analyses that inform impact assessments for donors and partners. Secondary Functions and Responsibilities
• In parks where the outlined primary responsibilities do not require 100% of the funding and reporting managers’ time, other, secondary responsibilities can be crowded in as per the park manager’s discretion, based on the park’s needs and candidates’ respective strengths and qualifications. These may include for example:
• Liaison for the African Parks assurance department to support not only internal performance improvement cycles but also the compliance officer and legal & safeguards manager. 
• Support the writing of operational documents such as business plans and special project descriptions.
• In liaison with the park manager, regional team and APN’s funding, communications and tourism teams, supports management of the park’s external relationships at park-level, for example by supporting the coordination of donor visits.
• Where applicable, provides carbon monetization project support.

Qualification & experience

• Bachelor’s degree in project management or Business-related course.
• Minimum eight (8) years of experience working in project management or coordination roles, with a preference of five years (5) years with a conservation or non-profit organization;
• Excellent organizational, analytical, oral and written communications skills in English;
• Experience in grant management, report and proposal writing with EU and USAID experience an advantage;
• Strong capacity to manage time and competing priorities;
• Strong initiative, perseverance, and resilience;

 Closing Date: 20 September 2024