New Business Development Manager Full-Time

New Business Development Manager, Mozambique Cyclone Idai Response.

The New Business Development Manager plays a lead role with programme teams to identify and follow up on linkages between donor strategies, member interests, and country office priorities and will play a key role in facilitating smooth communication between all stakeholders.

The incumbent will be responsible for the formulation of the funding strategy for the response. S/he will work closely with the Awards Team, programme teams and other departments to ensure the development and timely submission of high quality project proposals.

Key accountability;

• Working closely with SC members and other stakeholders, collect donor intelligence and undertake a donor mapping against response focused sectors;
• Maintain relevant trackers and planners to monitor performance and submit regular updates to the SMT;
• Carry out in depth reviews of unsuccessful proposals to identify reasons and any lessons learned. Document, share and develop plans to address identified weaknesses;
• Work with MEAL and Communication teams to develop marketing materials and presentations for external use;
• Work with programme teams to identify gaps in the funding portfolio and work closely with members to support the development of proactive concept papers that are marketable to donors;
• Supervise and ensure proper facilitation of project design workshops, developing concept papers, full proposals, and budgets, ensuring that high quality standards are met and that proposals meet donor and member requirements;
• Clearly identify roles and responsibilities and key actions for proposal development and ensure that there is a robust internal review process in place to ensure quality proposals are submitted;
• Ensure that all relevant Programmes, Operations and Support teams such as HR, Awards, Procurement, IT, Finance are fully and proactively involved in the development of new proposals;
• Oversee the maintenance and upgrading of the donor database, proposal tracking system, and resources roster in the team.

Qualifications and experience

Essential Skills:

• 3-5 years of experience in related work field;
• Understanding of donor proposal requirements (EC/USAID/DFID, corporates, etc.);
• Experience in coordinating development of large-scale or strategic proposals, including the development of multi-million-dollar project budgets;
• Significant professional experience of working in a senior Monitoring and Evaluation capacity with an international NGOs, UN or donor agency or the private sector;
• Proven track record in developing winning concept notes and project proposals;
• Highly skilled in program design, including development of log frames, results frameworks, and budgeting;
• Excellent writing and presentation skills, particularly in English;
• Strong interpersonal and communication skills including influencing, negotiation and coaching, as well as the ability to work well in an international environment with people from diverse backgrounds and cultures;
• Proficient understanding of humanitarian situation in Bangladesh;
• Ability to present complex information in a concise and compelling manner.

Desired skills:

• Understanding of Save the children Member systems, regional and Center;
• Good facilitation and cross-functional leadership skills;
• Good research and analytical skills;
• Management experience;
• Advanced computer proficiency;
• Language skills in Portuguese, Spanish or Italian preferred.

Contract length: 6 Months with potential to extend (Unaccompanied contract)

The Organisation

We employ approximately 25,000 people across the globe and work on the ground in over 100 countries to help children affected by crises, or those that need better healthcare, education and child protection. We also campaign and advocate at the highest levels to realise the right of children and to ensure their voices are heard.

We are working towards three breakthroughs in how the world treats children by 2030:

• No child dies from preventable causes before their 5th birthday;
• All children learn from a quality basic education and that;
• Violence against children is no longer tolerated.

We know that great people make a great organization, and that our employees play a crucial role in helping us achieve our ambitions for children.  We value our people and offer a meaningful and rewarding career, along with a collaborative and inclusive workplace where ambition, creativity, and integrity are highly valued.

Please apply using a cover letter and up-to-date CV as a single document. Please also include details of your current remuneration and salary expectations.  A copy of the full role profile can be found at www.savethechildren.net/jobs.

We need to keep children safe so our selection process reflects our commitment to the protection of children from abuse.