Entrepreneurship in the territories: is it the right time?
PULSE
PULSE is an association created in 2006 whose mission is to support and promote entrepreneurship as a lever for inclusive and sustainable development. Our moto: everyone can become an actor of change, as long as they have the means.
In the 18 countries where PULSE is active, we promote accessibility to entrepreneurship and its financing through awareness-raising actions for civil society, support programs, and 5 incubation sites (Lab’ess – Tunis, Oribi – Cape Town, PULSE Montreuil, Jógjëf – Ziguinchor in Senegal). Each year, PULSE supports more than 550 project leaders in the launch or sustainability of their activity.
PULSE is a structure of GROUPE SOS Action Internationale, one of the nine sectors of the GROUPE SOS.
PULSE established a representative office in Serbia, enabling the development of new projects in Serbia and the Western Balkans.
After 3 years of operations in the Balkans, PULSE Balkans is looking to expand its project portfolio by implementing its 2022/2024 development strategy. The assignment will support the identification of funding opportunities, the design and development of new projects and the drafting of funding applications to various donors.
MISSIONS
As a Development Officer in PULSE Balkans, you will have the following responsibilities:
1. Fundraising and prospecting for partners for existing PULSE Balkans projects (50%)
In order to contribute to the security of the ongoing projects RISE (Regional Incubator for Social Entrepreneurs)
- Monitoring public and private financing opportunities, in Western Balkan 6 and internationally, as well as the identification of new prospects and partners;
- The analysis of the opportunities identified in collaboration with the Project Manager;
- Elaboration of proposals and requests for funding from potential donors (responses to calls for projects, spontaneous approach of partners, etc.) in collaboration with the Project Manager;
- Updating prospecting and management tools (Salesforce).
- Administrative tasks in line with contracting with current and future partners.
This will imply a good knowledge of PULSE’s activities, teams and development orientations in all the territories of intervention, and more particularly in the Western Balkans.
2. Development of new projects and partnerships (50%)
In order to contribute to PULSE’s Balkans development strategy, the creation of new partnership and the visibility of its mission, you will participate in:
- Support for the implementation of new multi-year and multi-country projects through the drafting of narrative and financial proposals, the development of partnerships, context studies, etc.
- Diversification of PULSE’s donor portfolio, with a focus on international donors and the private sector.
- Monitoring and development of the PULSE partner network
- The continuous improvement of the communication, media and marketing of our offers, in connection with PULSE Balkans communication team.
- Administrative tasks in line with contracting with current and future partners.
