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Teams walk through Bangladesh's crowded Kutupalong refugee camp to to reach remote areas of the camp. Rachel Elkind/RI

Teams walk through Bangladesh's crowded Kutupalong refugee camp to reach remote areas cut off from most services.

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Why work with us?

In an ever-changing world, Relief International’s work as a humanitarian and development organization is more important than ever. The fragile settings where we operate are marked by recurrent man-made or natural crises that impede human development. It’s not our style to parachute in, distribute supplies, and depart for the next crisis. The fragile communities where we work require our long-term commitment.

Relief International has worked continuously for a decade or more in 11 of the 16 fragile settings where we operate. Our long-standing history in these countries is part of why we are well-respected and trusted by members of the local population, peer organizations, and governments. That’s why we’re not looking for just employees. We’re looking for partners.

Relief International offers opportunities for professionals at all levels of their careers. Whether you work in the field, finance, operations, human resources, program management, communications, or another area, you’ll be a significant part of carrying these relationships forward so that we can continue to deliver relief and development where it’s needed most.

Career Opportunities

Giselle Hamzo and Georges Kassouf, both Cash for Education Field Assistants, photographed at Relief International's Bekaa office in Lebanon. Elie Gardner/RI

Head Offices

Relief International operates out of four locations, known as our Global Support Offices, based in: Washington D.C., London, and Lyon.

RI staff travel from their base in Bunj to Jamam in South Sudan, taking two cars in case one gets stuck during the many water crossings. Elie Gardner/RI

International Opportunities

Together, our staff and local community leaders, deliver both the immediate and long-term relief communities need to thrive.

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Tender Opportunities

Relief International works with third parties to purchase goods and services.

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Join our specialist Talent Pools

Consider applying to one of our specialist talent pools, which calls upon pre-screened talent for short-term assignments to oversee emergency response efforts.

Careers

Benefits of joining our team

Learn more about the benefits that come with a career at Relief International.

Benefits

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Relief International offers a comprehensive benefit package that is among the best offered by nonprofits today. It includes a comprehensive medical, dental, and vision benefits, generous time-off, and skills-based training to develop your professional development.

Benefits may vary based on contract of employment.

Nurse Abiti Johnstone at work in the pediatric ward of Gentil Hospital, South Sudan. Elie Gardner/RI

With Relief International, we offer comprehensive medical, dental, and vision plans for eligible employees and their dependents.

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Generous life and disability insurance plans to add an extra layer of protection for when these unexpected events occur.

RI staff in Zamzam, Sudan. Elie Gardner/RI

Vacation, sick, home, and parental leave options available to maintain a healthy work-life balance.

Relief International's Cash for Education Field Assistant Layal Al Sayed leads a homework support group once a week for two hours in an informal settlement of Syrian refugees in Lebanon's Bekaa Valley. Elie Gardner/RI

Retirement plan options, including employer contributions.

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Comprehensive program that offers staff opportunities to develop the required skills needed to advance in their careers.

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Relief International offers a comprehensive benefit package that is among the best offered by nonprofits today. It includes a comprehensive medical, dental, and vision benefits, generous time-off, and skills-based training to develop your professional development.

Benefits may vary based on contract of employment.

Nurse Abiti Johnstone at work in the pediatric ward of Gentil Hospital, South Sudan. Elie Gardner/RI

With Relief International, we offer comprehensive medical, dental, and vision plans for eligible employees and their dependents.

20190711-maban-9151.jpg

Generous life and disability insurance plans to add an extra layer of protection for when these unexpected events occur.

RI staff in Zamzam, Sudan. Elie Gardner/RI

Vacation, sick, home, and parental leave options available to maintain a healthy work-life balance.

Relief International's Cash for Education Field Assistant Layal Al Sayed leads a homework support group once a week for two hours in an informal settlement of Syrian refugees in Lebanon's Bekaa Valley. Elie Gardner/RI

Retirement plan options, including employer contributions.

sudan-gardner-benefits-6-070819Khulud Abosin (left), HR assistant, and Noor Sultan, finance manager, work for Relief International, based in their Khartoum, Sudan office. Elie Gardner/RI

Comprehensive program that offers staff opportunities to develop the required skills needed to advance in their careers.

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INTERNATIONAL

Country Director – Afghanistan

AFGHANISTAN

The Country Director (CD) will ensure strong leadership of all members of the RI Country Team that builds team spirit, cohesion, motivation, commitment, quality performance and fulfillment of all agency functions. The CD is directly responsible for the overall strategic planning, program design and implementation, program support operations (security, HR, procurement, logistics), country-level external relations and coordination, finance and budget compliance, administration, monitoring and evaluation, staff supervision, and required reporting on grants. The CD will ensure that programs meet stated objectives, are in line with RI’s philosophy and strategy, meet the needs of beneficiaries, and are implemented to the highest standards, on time, and within budget. The CD will lead in obtaining funding, and identifying and pursuing new program opportunities. The CD will continually assess, identify and address gaps and weaknesses so as to improve overall country program performance, efficiency, and effectiveness.

The CD is the primary link between the country team and Regional Support Office or team (RSO) and Global Support Office (GSO). He/she will build and maintain a close, collaborative and responsive relationship and frequent communications with the Regional Director as his/her direct supervisor and key link to global support services.

POSTED

This position will be primarily responsible for identifying and leading development of new initiatives, donor pre-positioning, including leading design and lead writing concept notes and proposals in coordination with the Country Office, the Regional and Global Support Offices.

POSTED
INTERNATIONAL

PHAST Finance Manager

TURKEY SYRIA

Relief International (RI) and it’s implementing partners aim to strengthen the overall health system in Northwest Syria by supporting health facilities to provide lifesaving health and nutrition services to vulnerable communities. The interventions will be guided by a robust monitoring framework built on RI and its implementing partners’ experience operating in the Syrian context, leveraging each organization’s operational presence and networks to deliver essential services to conflict-affected communities through a coordinated and integrated approach. RI and its partners also provide specialized protection services through women and girls’ safe spaces (WGSS), gender-based violence (GBV) case management, psychosocial support, life skills, and outreach activities. The Finance Manager will directly report to the Deputy CoP and technical line to the Whole of Syria Finance Manager (WoS FM). He/she will support the DCoP in overseeing the project finances, donor reporting, monthly and quarterly donor forecast, ensuring budget vs. actuals are updated, expenses belonging to the project are charged to the correct budget codes, lead the project-specific audits in collaboration with WoS FM, conduct monthly/quarterly financial visits of partners, organize and present formal reports to DCoP and WoS FM. Moreover, this position will ensure day-to-day collaboration and coordination with the Hub-based Finance Manager for any matters related to project finances.

PHAST Consortium Management Unit (CMU) – including the Finance Manager – maintains collaborative/coordination linkages with RI and its implementing partners’ focal points in Turkey and RI WoS for the functions of (M&E, Finance, Safety and Security, HR, operations, Management, Protection, and Communication and Advocacy) defined in the organogram.

POSTED

Deadline for Submission of Tender Response: Monday, 16 October 2023.

Submission to: [email protected]

 

Relief International UK (RI-UK) invites your submission to tender for the provision of external audit services in accordance with the conditions detailed in the attached documents.   RI seeks a service provider for a minimum of five years, starting with the audit of the 2023 financial statements.

 

Download detailed Tender Documents from the following link BOX Link:

https://ri.box.com/s/dvjl8n813wf2h1fdgb0fy9460lz3320q

 

RI reserves the right to accept or reject any or all bids, and to accept the bid deemed to be in the best interest of RI, and is not bound to accept the lowest-priced bid submitted. RI reserves the right to award contracts to multiple vendors if deemed to be in its best interest. Submissions of unsuccessful candidates may be kept on file for future opportunities.

 

POSTED
INTERNATIONAL

Regional Health and Nutrition Technical Advisor

AFRICA KENYA ASIA

RI currently seeks a dynamic Health and Nutrition Technical Advisor to support our health and nutrition portfolio. The Health and Nutrition Technical Advisor will provide timely and adequate technical support to Africa/Asia Region Health and Nutrition portfolio in Sudan, South Sudan, Afghanistan, Myanmar, Philippine, Pakistan and Bangladesh including guidance on overall health program design, health assessments, medical supplies/ pharmaceutical  procurements, fund-raising, project monitoring and evaluation, and quality monitoring and improvement. The capacity building of country office technical staff will be an integrated component of his/her work. This position requires an individual who is used to the pace of emergency response programming, has a broad understanding of public health programming in fragile settings, and is flexible and highly responsive.

POSTED

We are currently recruiting a Global Program Development Manager to join our Program Development team.

This is a remote position open to candidates globally.

At Relief International, we are committed to building a representative, inclusive and authentic workplace. We strongly encourage applications from candidates from minoritized backgrounds those who bring lived experience of the contexts in which we work.

We are proud to be a global recruiter, hiring people from around the world. We offer competitive salaries and benefit packages for all staff, that are applied fairly and transparently. This means we are unable to advertise the salary as it is dependent on the local job market of the staff member, we will inform shortlisted candidates of the salary range as part of the selection process.

Note you must have the right to work in your home-based location and that national terms and conditions will apply.

This role is classified as requiring advanced pre-employment checks.

About Relief International. 

Relief International (RI) works in 15 countries globally to relieve poverty, ensure well-being and advance dignity. We specialize in fragile settings, responding to natural disasters, humanitarian crises, and chronic poverty.

About the Opportunity. 

As a key member of the Global Program Development team, you will be dedicated to building high impact programming, by winning humanitarian and development bids. You will liaise with institutional donors, to identify future funding opportunities, and ensure high quality proposals prior to donor submission.

The Program Development team is based across our global support offices in Washington DC and London, and supports RI Country Offices by helping them to design high-quality programs, and by raising funds and implementing then. You will thrive in an entrepreneurial senior team dedicated to building high-impact programming

Travel

As needed, this role is expected to travel (30%) to field sites and be willing to mobilize up to four weeks with willingness to mobilize on short notice.

Your responsibilities will be

Donor Engagement and Strategic Positioning (approximately 30%) 

  • Coordinate with Programs and PD team to monitor online forums and releases to notify HQ and country teams of upcoming calls for proposal and opportunities.
  • Develop winning concepts and pitches to entice donor interest for new funding opportunities.
  • In coordination with regional and country teams support development of RI PD strategy in assigned countries and ensure coordination with overall program development strategy.
  • Maintain regular engagement with donors, international organizations, national governments, foundations, etc.
  • Represent RI to the donor community.
  • Maintain outreach with relevant international and local NGOs as well as private sector firms in order to facilitate partnerships needed for program development opportunities.
  • Create strategic positioning plans for future funding plans and conduct completion analysis on upcoming priority proposals.

Proposal Development (approximately 70%) 

  • Serve as reference for GSO PD team on EU related proposal development.
  • Ensure that proposals meet technical requirements of strategic donors.
  • Engage in needs assessment for project proposals as necessary.
  • Contribute to program design, for solicited and unsolicited programs, and for pilot and full-scale programs.
  • Where proposals are pending with donor agencies, meet with donor officers to ensure program plans represent a good fit with donor objectives.
  • Participate in the preparation of funding proposals.
  • Track country proposal efforts and report to PD team on status.
  • Support effective go/no-go decisions and cost share analysis.
  • Build the capacity of regional and country teams in program development; and,
  • Ensure review process and submission is completed, within submission deadlines
  • Coordinate the proposal development and review process with input from different departmental focal points.

Safeguarding

  • Uphold and promote RI’s commitment to ensuring the safeguarding and safety of the vulnerable communities we serve.
  • Consistent with RI’s safeguarding and protection policies, ensure all people who come into contact with Relief International are as safe as possible.
  • Ensure that gender equity is addressed in our staffing and programming

About You. 

You will bring the following experience and skills.

  • Proven experience working with and developing proposals with European donors required with preference for ECHO and European Commission. Experience with USG donors not required, but desirable. In absence of demonstrated experience, a willingness to learn and build proficiency in USG donor requirements to advise country offices on high quality proposal submissions on USAID/BHA and PRM requirements a must.
  • Demonstrated proficiency with European government grants, public/private donors and finance management.
  • Familiarity with the humanitarian landscape.
  • Comfortable in the full cycle of proposal development – from inception to donor submission.
  • Ability to track donor trends that contribute to business development outcomes.
  • Willingness to travel, sometimes at short notice.
  • Master’s degree in international relations, business administration or other relevant field or equivalent work experience.
  • People management experience.

RI Values: 

We uphold the Humanitarian Principles: humanity, neutrality, impartiality and operational independence. We affirmatively engage the most vulnerable communities.

We value:

  • Inclusiveness
  • Transparency and accountability
  • Agility and innovation
  • Collaboration
  • Sustainability

Research shows that women and people of colour are less likely to apply to jobs, unless they meet every single requirement. If you’re excited about this role, but your experience doesn’t align with every criteria described, we encourage you to apply anyway, you could be exactly what we need!

How to apply. 

To apply for this post, click on the “Apply” button in the job advert page.

  • You will be asked to upload a CV and Cover Letter.
  • The cover letter should be two pages, and explain why you are interested in this post with Relief International and how your skills and experience make you a good fit.

Closing date: Please apply immediately we will be reviewing applicants on a rolling basis, therefore we may withdraw the position from the jobs board before the closing date.

As a humanitarian organization, Relief International is committed to the safeguarding of all those we come into contact with through our work. We are committed to the core humanitarian principles regarding prevention of sexual exploitation and abuse. Relief International expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment and uphold the values and behaviors outlined in the Code of Conduct.

Recruitment to all roles in Relief International include a criminal records self-declaration, references, and other pre-employment checks, which may include police and qualifications checks.

POSTED
HEAD OFFICE

Fundraising Officer

USA UK

Relief International is looking for a Fundraising Officer to join its high performing, growing philanthropy team. Reporting to the Philanthropy Director (USA) you will work closely with the team to support cultivation of mid-level and major donor relationships, including through the planning and execution of an events programme, as well as through other agreed activities.

Building on our existing events programme you will design (with support from the Philanthropy and Communications team), plan and execute dynamic and engaging events to include both in person and virtual audiences. These will include small dinners / lunches and receptions in the UK & USA, our regular webinar series and a donor country visit in 2024.

In addition to your events oversight, you will manage a portfolio of mid-level donors. You will steward and cultivate these donor relations to ensure year on year giving and uplift in giving where appropriate.

You will be highly organized, able to manage multiple work streams and projects and have excellent communication skills both written and verbal. You’ll be persuasive and able to work with people at different levels of the organization and from different country offices.

POSTED
INTERNATIONAL

Food Security and Livelihood Advisor – Middle East

IRAQ YEMEN TURKEY JORDAN LEBANON SYRIA REMOTE

RI currently seeks a dynamic Food Security and Livelihood Advisor to support and strengthen RI FSL portfolio in the Middle East. The FSL Advisor will support programs across the Middle East Region to be attractive to multiple donors and take into account the fragile setting conditions and humanitarian development nexus. The FSL Advisor will work closely with the Regional Program Director, Country Offices and Global Livelihood Director to define the RI regional sectorial strategy and provide guidelines, capacity building, technical support for the design, implementation and monitoring of RI FSL interventions.

This position requires an individual who is abreast of various programmatic and strategic opportunities in the sector within the ME and who can actively contribute to identify opportunities to increase the resilience of target groups and communities taking into consideration also disaster risk and climate change vulnerabilities.

POSTED
RI staff Daham at Relief International's center in Village 5 of Azraq camp in Jordan. Elie Gardner/RI

Don't see a vacancy that fits your skill set?

Have compassion, drive and a “never give up” attitude but don’t see a vacancy that fits your skill set? Submit a general application and we’ll let you know when a role opens up that matches your experience.

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