Apply: Save the Children BDM

By Development Diaries
July 19, 2021

Deadline: 14 August, 2021

Location: Bamako, Mali.

Save the Children International has announced a call for applications for the role of Business Development Manager (BDM).

With 25,000 dedicated staff across 122 countries, Save the Children responds to major emergencies, delivers innovative development programmes, and ensures children’s voices are heard through campaigns.

Responsibilities

Ensure the country office has a comprehensive, country leadership team and endorsed funding strategy in place, which is in line with the approved country strategy
Lead the portfolio and funding assessment in order to confirm donors that are well aligned with Save the Children
Ensure the link and symbiosis collaboration between senior partnership and awards manager and programme development and quality via the new business responsibility
Lead the development of a fundraising strategy, liaising with members to determine opportunities, support global donor relationship management, and align member and country funding strategies
Lead the development of donor engagement plans, liaising with members in order to optimise engagement through consistent messaging and ensure that expectations are clear
Develop and maintain systems to track positioning and donor engagement strategies
Identify, research, and disseminate information on new funding opportunities from bilateral, multilateral and other institutional donors
Track upcoming funding opportunities, donor engagement and proposal development process
Provide regular updates to the director of programme development and quality and to the senior management team on the status of the funding portfolio and key trends to monitor
Lead in developing new funding strategies for thematic programme plans and cross-sectoral integration
Maintain an ongoing and regularly updated information bank on context analysis and research findings for future proposal development
Manage information necessary for effective capture planning and proposal development
Participate in key donor meetings, initiate donor contacts, when necessary, to foster long-term collaboration and engagement
Proactively seek donor intelligence on prospective new opportunities or partnership
Cultivate business relationships with external stakeholders and potential partners for large scale or strategic funding opportunities, either as a prime or sub-recipient in joint ventures
Research, identify and disseminate information on different actors in the Malian context
Ensure key contacts, required formats and donor strategies are updated at the country office level
Be the principal coordinator of all proposal development including the development of high-value or complex proposals or bids, building on global, regional and national expertise, and ensuring the highest quality product
With in-country technical advisor, seek out and facilitate inputs of technical advice from backstops or members to ensure programmes benefit from Save the Children’s global expertise, while remaining relevant to the local context
Facilitate engagement of consultants on proposals, or when technical specialists are needed
Review thematic capacity statements in coordination with technical specialists, advocacy and communication, and monitoring, evaluation, accountability and learning (MEAL) teams to ensure they are donor-friendly
Produce proposal development schedules and track timelines
Drive interdepartmental coordination for programme and proposal development
Effectively manage collaboration amongst teams, Save the Children West and Central Africa regional office and Save the Children members when preparing concept papers and project proposals for fundraising purposes
Ensure strong coordination with members and other country office teams, particularly programme development and quality
Write large sections of proposals that speak to the organisation’s overall capabilities and to the context and draft key sections of proposal that are standard inputs, while coordinating the inputs of technical advisors and drawing on the expertise of technical advisors, operations, finance, HR and security
Review technical aspects of the narratives and log frames and ensure complementarity with budgets and other deliverables and that projects are relevant to children in Mali
Ensure full internal and member review and sign off as per the proposal development process
Represent Save the Children as a generalist, alongside technical experts, in consortium meetings regarding proposal development

Requirements

Master’s degree in Business Administration, Business Management, Finance, Accounting, Marketing, Communications, or a related field
Five years, minimum, of relevant experience
Five years, minimum, of experience as a business development manager
Experience with design and implementation of business development strategy
Excellent writing/editing and budget development skills
Experience in leading development of large-scale or strategic proposals, including the development of multi-million-dollar project budgets

To apply and for more information, click here.