BACKGROUND ON IMPACT INITIATIVES AND REACH

IMPACT Initiatives is a humanitarian NGO, based in Geneva, Switzerland. The organization manages several initiatives, which include i) the REACH Initiative aimed at facilitating the development of information products that enhance the humanitarian community’s decision making and planning capacity for emergency, reconstruction and development contexts, ii) the PANDA Initiative aimed at directly supporting key aid actors in improving the effectiveness, efficiency, and efficacy of their programmes, and iii) the AGORA Initiative aimed at promoting localised and multi-sectoral aid action in support of the recovery and stabilisation of crisis-affected communities.

The IMPACT team comprises specialists in data collection, management and analysis and GIS. IMPACT was launched at the initiative of Acted and the two organisations have a strong complementarity formalised in a global partnership, enabling IMPACT to benefit from Acted’s operational support on its fields of intervention.

In 2025 IMPACT rolled out a regional operational model, with one of the aims being to gradually decentralise some of our support functions. This resulted in the creation of pooled multi-country staff who provide dedicated support to the implementation of our activities within their respective functional areas, across country missions. Through this model, IMPACT has sought to ensure the continued provision of solid operations backstopping to missions falling into different categories of size and complexity.

We are currently looking for a Regional Projects and Partnership Support Manager (PPSM) to oversee the project development, grant management and downstream partnership activities for our missions in East Africa.

Position: Regional Projects and Partnership Support Manager

Contract duration: 12 months

Location: Kampala, Uganda (with frequent travel to Nairobi and travel to other East Africa missions as required/pending security context: ETH, MOZ, SOM, SDN, SSD)

Starting Date: 15/05/2026

Please note that this is a link for internal applicants only and applications of external candidates will be automatically rejected.

COUNTRY PROFILE

In addition to the restructuring process outlined above, the humanitarian situations in East African countries are closely inter-linked by cross-border dynamics such as the increasing effects of climate change or displacement patterns, and this requires information management actors to adopt a regional approach for a comprehensive overview of the dynamics affecting vulnerable communities.

Present in East Africa since 2012, IMPACT has currently six missions in the region in Ethiopia, Kenya/Somalia, South Sudan, Sudan, Mozambique and Uganda implementing REACH and PANDA projects and aims to develop synergies between them through a regional perspective.

FUNCTIONS

Under the management of the PPS team in HQ, the PPSM is responsible to support the identification, development and management of grants in the countries outlined above, as well as contribute to develop the IMPACT regional portfolio and representation in Eastern Africa. The ideal candidate would be eager to work within a dynamic and motivated team and will have a clear focus on project development as a tool to improve the efficacy of the humanitarian response in the region.

The priorities will be determined together with the country specific Multi-Country Representative (MCR), respective CRs in the area, as well as the Regional Coordinator for East Africa (based in Geneva).

The PPSM will have a functional management of the country dedicated Projects and Funding Officer (PPSO) (e.g. for Ethiopia), and direct line management of the pooled PPSO(s), covering PPS functions for countries covered by the multi-country hub.

The PPSM is a decentralised team member of the Projects and Partnerships Support (PPS) Department, based in Geneva.

RESPONSIBILITIES

The PPSM will be required to manage the East Africa PPS team (currently consisting of one pooled PPSO and dedicated Senior PPSO in Ethiopia) and should delegate workload appropriately to ensure tasks are carried out. It is the responsibility of the PPSM to manage the workflow of the East Africa PPS team, and to proactively identify gaps and provide training and technical backstopping support to build their team’s capacity.

As the role also includes elements formally handled at HQ level, the PPSM will also be responsible for specific HQ delegated tasks, in line with the responsibility of managing the PPS workflow for the region.

SUPPORT TO POSITIONING AND FUNDRAISING

All the below tasks are in support of the MCR and the CRs of the concerned country missions as well as the IMPACT Regional Coordinator, and involvement may vary according to the profile, seniority and context.

CONTEXT ANALYSIS

• Support the MCR and CRs in analysing the socio-economic situation, (donor) trends, funding trends, needs and gaps in the region.
• Support on analysis of the socio-economic situation, (donor) trends, funding trends, needs and gaps for region, with a particular focus on largescale trends such as climate, as well as regional crises such as the Sudanese refugee response.
• Regularly conduct stakeholder analysis for the region, including who does what and where.
• Alert the MCR, CRs and Regional Coordinator (RC) of gaps and emerging needs to trigger donor discussions/assessments in a timely manner.

STRATEGY DEVELOPMENT AND FUNDRAISING

• Contribute to the development of country and regional programme strategies in alignment with IMPACT global strategy and road map through engagement with external actors, context monitoring, and relevant focal points.
• Based on the IMPACT strategy, support the identification of regional funding opportunities and donors to ensure funding continuity as well as support the diversification of IMPACT’s donor portfolio through tracking funding opportunities, also potentially engaging with donors and donor working groups.
• Support the MCR and pooled PPSO with the identification of country specific funding opportunities and donors to ensure funding continuity as well as support the diversification of IMPACT’s donor portfolio through tracking funding opportunities.
• Where relevant, engage with donors and donor working groups.
• In line with IMPACT strategy and expertise, contribute to partners mapping, to support identifying potential relevant international and/or local partners (academia, think tanks, national and international NGOs, private sector partners, etc.) both at regional level as well as for country specific cooperation.

EXTERNAL RELATIONS

• In coordination with the CRs and country dedicated PPSOs, support the overall cooperation with IMPACT’s sister organisation Acted (hosting IMPACT in its field of operations) in relation to project development and grants management across all countries of focus, ensuring communication is regular and timely and synergies are sought and built.
• Contribute to establishing, maintaining and improving active and regular working relationships with donors and, where relevant, act as point of contact for all formal/informal donor communication.
• Foster IMPACT representation in regional coordination forum in collaboration with regional staff including the IMPACT Region

• Manage the East Africa PPS team (currently consisting of one pooled PPSO and dedicated Senior PPSO in Ethiopia) and delegate workload appropriately to ensure tasks are carried out.
• Manage the workflow of the East Africa PPS team.
• Proactively identify gaps and provide training and technical backstopping support to build the team’s capacity.
• Responsible for specific HQ delegated tasks, in line with the responsibility of managing the PPS workflow for the region.
• Support the MCR and CRs in analysing the socio-economic situation, (donor) trends, funding trends, needs and gaps in the region.
• Support on analysis of the socio-economic situation, (donor) trends, funding trends, needs and gaps for region, with a particular focus on largescale trends such as climate, as well as regional crises such as the Sudanese refugee response.
• Regularly conduct stakeholder analysis for the region, including who does what and where.
• Alert the MCR, CRs and Regional Coordinator (RC) of gaps and emerging needs to trigger donor discussions/assessments in a timely manner.
• Contribute to the development of country and regional programme strategies in alignment with IMPACT global strategy and road map through engagement with external actors, context monitoring, and relevant focal points.
• Support the identification of regional funding opportunities and donors to ensure funding continuity as well as support the diversification of IMPACT’s donor portfolio through tracking funding opportunities, also potentially engaging with donors and donor working groups.
• Support the MCR and pooled PPSO with the identification of country specific funding opportunities and donors to ensure funding continuity as well as support the diversification of IMPACT’s donor portfolio through tracking funding opportunities.
• Where relevant, engage with donors and donor working groups.
• Contribute to partners mapping, to support identifying potential relevant international and/or local partners (academia, think tanks, national and international NGOs, private sector partners, etc.) both at regional level as well as for country specific cooperation.
• Support the overall cooperation with IMPACT’s sister organisation Acted (hosting IMPACT in its field of operations) in relation to project development and grants management across all countries of focus, ensuring communication is regular and timely and synergies are sought and built.
• Contribute to establishing, maintaining and improving active and regular working relationships with donors and, where relevant, act as point of contact for all formal/informal donor communication.
• Foster IMPACT representation in regional coordination forum in collaboration with regional staff including the IMPACT Region.

• Data collection, management and analysis
• GIS
• Project development
• Grant management
• Partnership development
• Stakeholder analysis
• Context analysis
• Strategy development
• Fundraising
• Donor relations
• Team management
• Training and technical backstopping

• Experience in project development, grant management, and partnership activities.
• Experience in managing teams and workflows.
• Strong analytical skills for context and stakeholder analysis.
• Ability to contribute to strategy development and fundraising.
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills for donor and partner engagement.
• Ability to work within a dynamic and motivated team.
• Focus on project development as a tool to improve the efficacy of humanitarian response.