Green Climate Fund Acquisition Manager

World Vision International; Melbourne; On-site; AUD 150,000 - 230,000; Full time

Job summary

World Vision Australia is seeking an experienced GCF Acquisition Manager to lead multi-stakeholder fundraising efforts for climate finance opportunities. You will coordinate technical, financial, and partner inputs to prepare investment-ready proposals from assessment to funding approval and handover for implementation.

The role requires proven experience in securing institutional donor funding, strong proposal development skills, and leadership across diverse teams to meet demanding deadlines

Qualifications

• Significant experience securing institutional donor funding and leading large-scale, multi-partner proposal processes, preferably within climate finance and/or GCF environments.
• Proven ability to develop, write, edit and QA complex funding proposals.
• Strong stakeholder leadership across countries, cultures and disciplines.
• Commercial and financial acumen, including budgeting, co-financing, risk management, and contract negotiation.
• Experience managing donor assessment, clarifications, and negotiations through to contract signature.
• Exceptional project management with the ability to handle multiple priorities and tight deadlines.
• Relevant tertiary qualifications and professional training are highly regarded.

Responsibilities

• Lead end-to-end acquisition for Green Climate Fund opportunities from qualification to approval and contracting.
• Assess viability, fit, competitiveness, delivery feasibility, partner readiness and risks.
• Coordinate multidisciplinary teams across technical, financial, programme, safeguards, legal and partners.
• Develop high-quality, evidence-based funding proposals aligned with GCF criteria and World Vision requirements.
• Oversee proposal strategy, content integration, reviews and quality assurance for submission readiness.
• Coordinate engagement with GCF during assessment, handling questions and clarifications.
• Lead contract negotiations with Legal, Finance and technical stakeholders.
• Oversee pre-contract mobilisation including budgets, implementation planning and staffing.
• Ensure smooth transition from acquisition to delivery through structured handover processes.

Skills

Institutional donor funding

Proposal development

Stakeholder leadership

Contract negotiation

Budgeting

Project management

International development

Education

Tertiary qualification in international development / climate finance

Tools

Budgeting tools

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

• 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 each 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 start immediately, 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 for children. 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 Inter-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, development and advocacy work. For more information on World Vision and the work we do, please visit our website: https://www.worldvision.com.au/about-us