CARE Ghana is excited to invite your applications for new job openings in our programs and operations. Not only do we offer exceptional opportunities for career growth for Ghanaians especially women and young people, but we are also proud to welcome talented people such as yourself into the global CARE community where our core values of Transformation, Integrity, Diversity, Equality and Excellence are the benchmarks against which we measure ourselves as leaders and employees

If you share these values and our passion for saving lives, defeating poverty, and achieving social justice, then CARE Ghana is the place for you. We hire and nurture great people from diverse backgrounds, abilities, and identities, striving every day and at all levels to build and sustain an inclusive workplace and a sense of belonging for our teams. Your wellbeing and satisfaction with your job in CARE Ghana matter as much to us as your performance.  Our compensation and benefits package are generous, and we offer flexible working conditions to enable you to enjoy life outside of work, and as part of our commitment to equity.

At CARE, we recognize that skills and expertise can come from a range of experiences from work and life, in addition to education or past job titles. As such, we welcome applications from dynamic, curious, and creative Ghanaians with a passion for learning and problem-solving.

Interested? If yes, please see details of the job opening below:

• Develop and implement a comprehensive RM strategy aligned with CARE Ghana’s strategic objectives.
• Identify and track donor funding opportunities across institutional, private sector, and other donor landscapes.
• Refresh contextual and donor landscape analyses on a regular basis and guide CO leadership on emerging opportunities and challenges.
• Engage with potential donors, CMPs and global fundraising teams to secure funding and support for CARE Ghana’s programs.
• Maintain the CO’s RM database on FORT tracking pipeline, win/loss ratios, and other relevant indicators.

• Organize and coordinate donor engagement efforts in collaboration with the Country Director, programme leadership, CMP fundraising and technical teams, and strategic partners.
• Maintain a database of existing and potential donors, and track engagement efforts and outcomes across various units.
• Oversee the management of existing donor relationships and the cultivation of new donors, supporting key staff and partners to communicate effectively in response to donor priorities and requirements.
• Liaise with CO and global programme, communications and advocacy teams to ensure that relevant, targeted documents (capability statements, project briefs, impact reports, teaming agreements, success stories, etc.) are produced and updated regularly in readiness for donor engagement opportunities.
• Ensure that CARE Ghana is represented in donor meetings, forums, and conferences to showcase our work and capacity.

• Working closely with programme leadership, identify, recommend and nurture strategic partnerships with diverse organizations and networks including civil society, private sector, government, and community-based entities to pre-position CARE Ghana and enhance our chances of winning major funding opportunities.
• Support CO leadership and programme teams to develop and nurture relationships with key stakeholders to create a network of partners who can collaborate on programmatic initiatives.
• Contribute to the CO’s and CARE’s localization / locally led objectives and commitments with initiatives to strengthen the capacity and positioning of local organizations to lead and manage substantial portions of funded projects.
• Negotiate and formalize partnership agreements, including Memoranda of Understanding (MoU) and contracts, ensuring mutual benefits and clear roles and responsibilities.
• Facilitate collaboration with partners to develop joint proposals and initiatives that leverage the strengths and resources of each organization.

Bid coordination and proposal development 

• Lead and manage the proposal development process from scoping to submission for strategic and large funding opportunities (≥ $5 million).
• Coordinate with CARE and partner programme, finance, and operations teams to develop high-quality, competitive proposals.
• Mobilise and coordinate technical, writing, costing, and other relevant expertise to support CARE and partners to develop winning proposals.
• Track and analyse the CO’s performance in proposal development including win/loss rates, efficiency and effectiveness of processes, and partnerships, timeliness, etc.

• Ensure awareness and compliance with all of CARE’s relevant polices and guidelines  including the safeguarding policy and safeguarding code of conduct, the policy on prevention of and response to fraud and corruption, etc., among staff and partners.
• Ensure that all communication and public relations activities adhere to organisational and sector-wide ethical standards and principles including CARE’s policies on informed consent and ethical storytelling, as well as donor regulations. 
• Monitor relevant trends in the organisation and sector, and recommend / implement improvements to CO policies, procedures, and practices, and ensure awareness and compliance.
• Monitor and address any ethical concerns or violations promptly according to established protocols.
• Act as a spokesperson for CARE Ghana and carry out other duties as assigned by the Country Director.