Institutional Funding Senior Specialist at CBM
BM’s West Africa Regional Office through its Country Coordination Office located in Abuja, Nigeria, works with 16 partners to implement 25 programmes aimed at improving the quality of life of persons with disabilities in the country.
- These programmes cover a variety of areas, including eye health, orthopaedics, special education, prevention of deafness.
Location: Nigeria (All State's)
Field: Finance / Accounting / Audit , NGO/Non-Profit
The Institutional Funding Senior Specialist is part of the Institutional Funding Team providing hands-on surge capacity for high priority proposals, ensuring Country Teams have access to relevant tools and guidance, facilitating internal learning and coordination on Institutional Funding (IF), supporting consortium formation and ensuring contractual compliance for proposal bids.
- While the Federation Member Teams remain the lead for institutional funding in their domestic donor markets, the Institutional Funding Senior Specialist provides on demand support to Member Team-led bids.
- For strategic funding opportunities outside the domestic markets of Member Teams the Senior Specialist leads the proposal development team.
The IF Senior Specialist will closely coordinate with CBM Global Technical Teams (Advocacy, Inclusion Advisory Group, Disaster Risk Management, Community Mental Health & Psychosocial Disability, Inclusive Eye Health and Community inclusion/OPD engagement) as the position is cross cutting in nature.
Safeguarding Responsibilities:
Knowledge:
- Knows and considers the power people think they hold because of their position at CBM Global and takes care not to abuse it by treating everyone with respect.
Considers their personal values and biases, taking care these do not negatively impact on how they interact with and treat the different individuals they will come across during their work at CBM Global.
Skills:
Able to report and escalate safeguarding concerns appropriately. Challenges inappropriate behaviours of peers. Able to implement safeguarding requirements in their area of responsibility.
Behaviours:
- Acts as a role model for CBM Global’s commitment to zero-tolerance for abuse, do no harm and safeguarding standards.
Key Outcomes Expected from this Role
High-value and strategic proposals outside Member Team domestic markets are submitted on time and to standard, with a clear bid plan, aligned narrative–logframe–budget, completed quality reviews, and zero critical compliance defects.
- Surge support to Member Team-led bids improves readiness and quality - strengthening compliance pathways and MEL alignment - while preserving Member Team ownership of donor relationships and bid leadership.
Strategic consortia are designed and coordinated effectively, with documented roles and decision rights, fit-for-purpose teaming/MoUs, agreed workshare and quality assurance, and inclusive ways of working including OPD engagement.
Qualifications, Training, and Education
- Master’s Degree in International Development, Humanitarian Affairs, Public Policy / Administration, Human Rights, Business Administration, or a closely related field.
How to Apply
Interested applicant can apply via this link


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