Deadline: 09 January, 2022
Location: Juba, South Sudan
Save the Children International has opened applications for the role of Business Development (BD) Coordinator.
The organisation works to ensure that children around the world get health care, food and shelter as well as learning and child protection services.
Responsibilities
- Work collaboratively on proposal development with an emphasis on funding strategy development/implementation, donor engagement, knowledge management and learning
- Ensure comprehensive consultation during design, development and submission of proposals as well as strategic orientation of knowledge management and learning approaches for the South Sudan country office
- Work with the technical teams (in PDQ and in programme operations and implementation), the emergency teams, field personnel and the staff in logistics, finance, HR, admin and management of awards
Requirements
- Five years, minimum, of experience in an NGO or similar environment
- Experience in developing programmes for children in both emergency and development contexts
- Degree in Development Studies, International Relations, or a related field
- Solid experience in more than one of the Save the Children priority sectors (education, child protection, child rights governance) in development and emergency settings
- Practical experience and successful track record in writing and leading proposals for a variety of donors, including private sector, foundations, corporates, the UN
- Good knowledge of the development and emergency donor environment and expectations in South Sudan (preferred)
- Good knowledge of the landscape of implementing partners and government structures in South Sudan (preferred)
- Proven experience in developing local partnerships for projects
- Familiarity with project design methods and tools (including assessments, logical frameworks, and work planning) and strong appreciation for innovation and partnership as part of project development
- Good analytical skills, effective negotiator, with proven ability to positively influence cross-departmental and cross sector working
- Experience in developing and working with project budgets
- Practical experience in applying information technology to the implementation of knowledge management and learning strategies
- Proven ability to assess information needs and be innovative in the design and delivery of appropriate targeted solutions
- Proven ability to build and maintain close and constructive working relationships with peers, management and staff in defining and fulfilling knowledge needs
- Understanding of the principles for creating and maintaining communities of practice
- Good personal organisational skills, including time management, and ability to meet deadlines and work under pressure
- Ability to work within a multicultural setting
- Fluency in written and spoken English
- Commitment to and understanding of Save the Children’s aims, values and principles
To apply and for more information, click here.
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