Deadline: Ongoing
Location: Nairobi, Kenya
The International Rescue Committee (IRC) is seeking applications from eligible applicants for the post of Senior Pricing Advisor.
The IRC is a global humanitarian aid, relief, and development non-governmental organisation. It responds to the world’s worst humanitarian crises and helps people to survive and rebuild their lives.
Responsibilities
- Lead all aspects of the cost and business proposal process for the identified complex, or resource-intensive opportunities
- Develop cost kick-off presentations and guide business development teams through the budgeting process, ensuring team members are educated on client requirements and compliance, and coordinate with teams on strategic issues
- Coordinate inputs into cost volumes for submission and best value
- Collect and verify cost estimates and work with technical teams to ensure cost proposals and technical proposals are aligned
- Coordinate with the proposal team on strategic issues involving proposal budgets
- Ensure that the proposal team is educated on donor requirements for the cost proposals
- Ensure proposals comply with donor requirements and IRC’s organisational policies
- Review, edit and finalise the explanatory budget narrative to accompany the budget in the cost proposal
- Create and/or modify budget spreadsheet templates in accordance with donor requirements
- Conduct internal budget reviews during the proposal period and analyse cost recovery
- Lead engagement with partners as part of the proposal process
- Negotiate budgets with primes
- Ensure compliance with RFP/RFA/tender requirements
- Liaise with post-awards implementation colleagues to provide a string handover of successful bids
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in Business, Accounting, Finance, Public Administration or a related field
- Master’s degree (preferred)
- Four years, minimum, of experience in government contracting (strong preference for experience with USAID)
- FCDO experience is a plus
- Strong understanding of USAID rules and regulations and/or FCDO commercial contract requirements
- Working knowledge of contract types including cooperative agreements, grants, CPFF, CPAF, FFP, T&M, IDIQ, and/or FCDO commercial contracts
- Experience working on complex projects
- Experience working under hard deadlines and managing multi-deliverable projects
- Working knowledge of various project financial indicators and accounting principles
- Knowledgeable in developing back-of-the-envelope (BOE) budgets for discussion and cost strategies
- Exceptional attention to detail and exceptional communication skills
- Excellent Microsoft Excel skills
- Ability to take full ownership of the cost volume with minimal oversight
To apply and for more information, click here.
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