Green Climate Fund Acquisition Manager

World Vision; Melbourne; On-site; AUD 150,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

World Vision Australia is seeking an experienced GCF Acquisition Manager to lead the end-to-end pursuit of Green Climate Fund opportunities. You will coordinate technical, finance, programme and legal input to develop compelling, investment-ready proposals for multi-million-dollar funding opportunities.

You will manage stakeholder engagement across countries and partners, drive bid strategy, contract negotiations and handover to delivery, and ensure alignment with GCF criteria and World Vision

Qualifications

• Significant experience securing institutional donor funding and leading large-scale, multi-partner proposal processes.
• Proven expertise in proposal strategy, development, writing, editing and quality assurance.
• Strong stakeholder leadership across countries, cultures and disciplines.
• Sound budgeting, co-financing, risk management and contracting experience.
• Experience guiding donor assessment, clarifications and negotiations through to contract.
• Exceptional project management with ability to manage competing priorities and tight deadlines.

Responsibilities

• Lead end-to-end acquisition for Green Climate Fund opportunities from qualification to approval and contracting.
• Assess viability, strategic fit, competitiveness, delivery feasibility and partner readiness.
• Coordinate multidisciplinary teams spanning technical, financial, programme, safeguards, legal and partners.
• Drive development of evidence-based funding proposals aligned with GCF criteria and World Vision requirements.
• Lead proposal strategy, content integration, review processes and quality assurance for submission readiness.
• Coordinate engagement with GCF throughout assessment, handling questions and conditions.
• Lead contract negotiations with Legal, Finance and technical stakeholders.
• Oversee pre-contract mobilisation, budgets, implementation planning and partner commitments.
• Ensure seamless transition from acquisition to delivery through structured handover.

Skills

Donor funding

Proposal management

Stakeholder leadership

Budgeting

Contract negotiation

GCF experience

Education

International development

Climate finance

Business

Project management

Job description

We are seeking an experienced GCF Acquisition Manager to lead the acquisition of major climate finance opportunities through the Green Climate Fund (GCF) pipeline.

This is a pivotal role within World Vision Australia's GCF Hub, responsible for transforming high-potential funding opportunities into compelling, investment-ready proposals that deliver meaningful climate outcomes for vulnerable communities around the world.

Leading complex, multi-million-dollar funding pursuits, you will bring together technical experts, finance specialists, programme teams, field offices and external partners to develop high-quality proposals from opportunity assessment through to funding approval, contract negotiation and handover for implementation.

This is an exciting opportunity for a strategic proposal leader who thrives in complex environments, enjoys influencing diverse stakeholders, and has a proven ability to secure large-scale institutional funding.

Key Responsibilities

You will:

• Lead the end-to-end acquisition process for Green Climate Fund opportunities, from qualification through to approval and contracting.
• Assess opportunity viability, strategic fit, competitiveness, delivery feasibility, partner readiness and acquisition risks.
• Build and coordinate multidisciplinary acquisition teams, bringing together technical, financial, programme, safeguards, legal and partner expertise.
• Drive the development of high-quality, evidence-based funding proposals that align with GCF investment criteria and World Vision requirements.
• Lead proposal strategy, content integration, review processes and quality assurance to ensure submission readiness.
• Coordinate engagement with GCF throughout the assessment process, managing responses to questions, clarifications and conditions.
• Lead contract negotiations in partnership with Legal, Finance and technical stakeholders.
• Oversee pre-contract mobilisation activities, including budgets, implementation planning, staffing structures and partner commitments.
• Ensure a seamless transition from acquisition to delivery through structured handover processes and stakeholder alignment.

About You

You are a strategic and highly organised funding professional with strong commercial judgement and experience leading complex international funding proposals.

You will bring:

• Significant experience securing institutional donor funding and leading large-scale, multi-partner proposal processes, preferably within climate finance and/or GCF environments.
• Demonstrated expertise in proposal strategy, development, writing, editing and quality assurance.
• Strong stakeholder leadership skills, with experience coordinating contributors across countries, cultures, organisations and technical disciplines.
• Sound commercial and financial acumen, including experience with budgeting, co-financing arrangements, risk management and contract negotiation.
• Experience managing donor assessment, clarification and negotiation processes through to contract signature.
• Exceptional project management skills, with the ability to manage competing priorities and tight deadlines.
• Relevant tertiary qualifications in international development, climate finance, business, project management or a related discipline. Relevant professional certifications or training will be highly regarded.

Working for World Vision means you are making the world better

It’snot every day that a job comes along that lets you change the world.WorkingforWorld Vision means lookingforward to turning up at work because you knowyou’reabout to dosomethingmeaningful.It means working with35,000 staff and3.3 million supporters in 100 countries whowillstop at nothing tohelp children live better lives.Joina teamthat is bold and courageous,andwherejob satisfaction goes beyondfinancial reward.

The Selection Process

For your information, the interviews will startimmediately, and the role may be filled before the closing date.

We embrace diversity, employing people from a variety of cultural and religious backgrounds. We take our Safeguarding responsibilities seriously and we are committed to providing an environment that is safe forchildren.Our stringent recruitment procedures make sure the safest and most suitable people work with the children in our programs. All successful candidates will undergo all required pre-employment checks which is inclusive of a criminal record check.

We provide our staff and volunteers with ongoing supervision, support, and training in their work with vulnerable children and their families. World Vision Australia participates in theInter-Agency Scheme for the Disclosure of Safeguarding-related Misconduct in Recruitment Process within the Humanitarian and Development Sector.

Who we are

World Vision is a Christian organisation that empowers everyday Australians to create meaningful change for children through relief,developmentand advocacy work. For more information on World Vision and the work we do, please visit our website:https://www.worldvision.com.au/about-us