ANIMA recruits a Director of Development and Consultancy (M/F)

Published on 10 June 2024

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ANIMA is an association dedicated to promoting economic development in Europe, the Middle East, and Africa, aligned with the challenges of social and environmental responsibility. Established in 2006 as part of the Barcelona Process / Euromed Partnership, the ANIMA network brings together 70 member organisations in 20 countries and over 400 experts and partners who can be mobilised.

The network works with a large number of stakeholders in these countries, including business networks, public agencies responsible for economic issues and international cooperation, companies, entrepreneurs and diaspora talents, international and bilateral cooperation organizations, and relevant country ministries.

Through cooperation and technical assistance projects, ANIMA’s missions aim to:

  • Engage countries in cooperation to transform their economies while respecting the needs, interests, and challenges of each.
  • Improve the performance of business support policies and institutions to contribute to the well-being of populations and sustainable development.
  • Promote enterprises that create value for society.

The ANIMA team comprises around fifteen people, including a Development Director whose cross-functional role is to:

  • Facilitate international cooperation between the network’s member organizations.
  • Design and develop new projects, services, or activities, identify opportunities, and mobilize the necessary resources to achieve the association’s objectives and ensure its long-term sustainability.
  • Contribute to the management or production of expertise and grant contracts.
  • Implement cooperation engineering for the network.

Job description

Reporting to ANIMA’s General Delegate and working in close collaboration with the Board of Directors’ Project Committee, the Development Director will manage the following aspects:

Development

  • Identifying development opportunities and the needs of the association’s target beneficiaries.
    • Monitoring and maintaining a network of contacts within funding bodies to identify financial and partnership opportunities for the association, while having a good understanding of the association’s strategy and the needs/expectations of its members.
    • Leading the Board of Directors’ Project Committee.
    • Updating commercial monitoring tools.
  • Developing services, projects, service proposals, or tools that respond to these opportunities to meet the association’s objectives.
  • Managing the contractualization of new activities developed and their transmission to the teams and partners involved in these activities.
  • Drafting proposals and grant applications to secure funding for new initiatives.

Cooperation

Managing the association’s cooperation engineering service for the benefit of its members and partners:

  •  Monitoring cooperation and funding opportunities.
  •  Bringing partners together.
  •  Advising partners on setting up their projects.
  •  Managing, developing, and updating tools to facilitate this engineering.
  •  Facilitating cross-border collaborations and partnerships to enhance project outcomes.
  • Organizing and attending international conferences and meetings to promote the association’s mission and expand its network.

Expertise

  • Sharing your expertise internally and within the network as part of projects, training courses, or specific assignments, and contributing to capitalization tools.
  • Positioning yourself as an expert in service markets.
  • Managing the backstopping of the expertise activity, the teams made up of external experts, and the relationship with donors on the service contract side.
  • Maintaining and developing a database of consultants, experts, and resource persons in connection with projects and the team.

Network Management

  • Helping to manage relations with members, including feedback, recruitment, and retention activities.
  • Participating in developing the services offered to members of the association.
  • Managing the implementation of member services in conjunction with various internal and external stakeholders.
  • Participating in reporting to management on all member relations.
  • Developing and implementing engagement strategies to increase member involvement and satisfaction.

Profile

  • Post graduate degree in either Management, Project Management, Economics
  • Multi-disciplinary culture
  • Good knowledge of the actors and issues involved in international cooperation
  • Knowledge of private sector development issues
  • Mastery of project set-up and management
  • Commercial and creative mindset
  • Excellent command of the Office suite (Word, Excel, Powerpoint)
  • Good interpersonal and negotiation skills

Experience

  • Minimum 10 years’ general experience
  • Similar experience in a business development position in the sector in which ANIMA operates
  • Experience in private sector development and consultancy
  • Networking experience
  • Experience in the field
  • Demonstrated project management experience, including budgetary knowledge
  • Interest or knowledge of South Mediterranean countries

Languages

  • Bilingual or fluent in French and English
  • 3rd Mediterranean language welcome (Arabic, Spanish, Italian, etc.)

Status and package

  • Permanent contract with executive status
  • Growth salary: 5000€ – 6000€ per month + bonus depending on experience
  • Benefits: luncheon vouchers, holiday vouchers, health insurance
  • Full time: 217 days per year
  • Position based in Marseille. Possible par time remote work after 3 months.

Application

To apply, send by email your CV and motivation letter in French or English and several references with contact details to drh@anima.coop (subject « Director of Development and consultancy »).

Position to be filled during July 2024.

Applicants must be in possession of authorisation to work in France or be from the European Economic Area.

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