Lead Global Senior Programme Funding Manager

ABOUT UWS When we educate the future, we change the future. Education accelerates poverty reduction, female empowerment, and improved infant mortality. Yet, 251 million children worldwide are out of school. This changes now. UWS works to ensure children have access to quality, inclusive education in remote and marginalised communities by collaborating with local partners, communities and governments. We deliver schools, we train teachers and we strengthen education systems. Our low-cost, high impact model builds capacity, not dependency. This ensures that education systems continue to flourish beyond our involvement. Shifting focus from delivering change in the short term, to empowering change for the long term, we go beyond educating the future, to changing it. Our vision is Zero Education Poverty. UWS is an international nonprofit that was established in 2008 to provide children in remote and marginalised regions access to free quality, inclusive primary education. We currently operate in rural areas of Cambodia, Myanmar, Nepal, and Madagascar, working with over 320 communities and over 80,000 children to date.

THE ROLE The Lead Global Senior Programme Funding Manager is a senior role responsible for securing UWS’ long-term financial sustainability by driving growth from international and national institutional, trust, and foundation sources. This role leads the global programme funding function, strategically aligning fundraising with programme design, compliance, and delivery to secure large-scale, multi-year grants. The postholder will lead a geographically distributed team across Nepal, Cambodia, and Madagascar, championing in-country fundraising, supporting the localisation agenda, and embedding rigorous donor compliance and relationship management practices. A key focus will be working cross-organisationally to position UWS with a range of grant-making donors and build a pipeline of opportunities to grow UWS’ impact and reach.

JOB REQUIREMENTS Extensive experience (5+ years) in securing high-value (6-7 figure) funding from institutional donors and foundations and managing multi-year, multi-country funding portfolios. Proven track record of successfully leading and managing teams with in-depth understanding of programme design, results frameworks, and budgeting for development or education-focused NGOs. Strong working knowledge of donor compliance requirements (e.g. FCDO, UNICEF, USAID, EU). Excellent communication, relationship-building, and negotiation skills with both donors and internal teams. Exceptional strategic thinking, planning, and decision-making abilities. High attention to detail and strong project/grant management capabilities. Experience of managing proposals and funding in consortia with other actors Excellent written and spoken English Line management experience (3 yrs+).

BENEFITS Benefits are dependent on the duty station.