Save the Children International Vacancy in Abuja for a Head of Business Development and Fundraising
Save the Children International is a 'dual mandate' organisation and as
such equal priority will be given to both humanitarian and development
work. This is the only way we will be able to ensure that some of the
fundamental rights that we believe children have, such as survival,
safety and constant
access to protection and education can be
guaranteed. As part of a commitment to work with children through
humanitarian interventions Save the Children will support programmes in
both sudden onset and chronic emergency situations.
We are recruiting to fill the position of:
Job Title: Head of Business Development and Fundraising
Location: Abuja
Job Descriptions
- The Head of New Business Development is a key position to support successful pursuit of new funding for the country program.
- S/he provides quality control and support to technical leads
efforts to achieve greater program impact through the successful pursuit
of larger and more strategic funding opportunities.
- The Head of Business Development and Fundraising provides
technical assistance, support and training to technical advisors for new
business development strategies and tasks from pre- positioning through
proposal submission.
- His/her actions and decisions in managing multi-divisional
proposal response teams directly impact the quality and competitiveness
of Save the Children’s proposals for new funding.
- Strategically, S/He often takes the lead in coordinating
appropriate internal advance planning and communication on potential new
opportunities.
Responsibilities
- Identify and track relevant upcoming funding opportunities -
through advance intelligence gathering, partner relationships, and other
available resources - and inform Country Office SMT and relevant
technical leads.
- Manage major open solicitations and other proposal submissions,
including teaming agreements, oversight of technical design and cost
proposal, capacity statements, internal review/quality control
processes, drafting sections of the proposal where appropriate.
- Conduct prospecting visits to field offices to identify and prepare for upcoming funding opportunities.
- Represent Save the Children as appropriate on strategic
opportunities with donors, partners and others, participating as needed
in meetings and conferences.
- Strengthen the staff capacity to respond to strategic
opportunities through the creation and/or delivery of formal and
informal training and tools.
- Coordinate proposal development including providing quality
control to proposals through the design, implementation and/or review of
response strategies and action plans for technical and cost proposals,
including writing, reviewing and editing proposal sections, graphics,
work plans, budget spreadsheets and narratives; managing partner
relations; overseeing final proposal production for submission to
donors.
- Develop and/or maintain appropriate systems, procedures,
policies and materials to support the identification, selection and
response to strategic opportunities.
Desired Skills and Experience
- 6-8 years' experience in international development, including at
least 5 years' of experience in successful proposal development for
institutional and corporate donors, including pre-solicitation
preparation. Experience with USAID and DFID solicitations is required;
substantive relevant experience in proposal development for other
multilateral or bilateral donors may be considered within the years of
experience sought.
- Ability to coordinate multiple projects simultaneously, work well under pressure and meet deadlines;
- Ability to effectively communicate with and coordinate activities of multiple partners, including field-based staff.
- Excellent technical skills in writing, editing, formatting,
research, negotiation, and verbal communications, and attention to
detail required.
- Experience training staff and creating training modules and materials.
- Master's degree in International Development or related field.
- Preference for a candidate with overseas field experience.
- Must be willing to travel to state offices up to 20%.
How to Apply
Interested and qualified candidates should send their C.V and qualifying statements to:
[email protected] explaining why you are suitable for the position you are applying for.
Note:
- State position clearly in the subject field as applications without appropriate subject will be disqualified.
- Also, applications received after the deadline will not be considered.
Application Deadline 3rd July, 2015.