Deadline: 13 April, 2021
Location: Bamako, Mali
Save the Children International (SCI) is seeking to fill the role of Business Development Manager.
The organisation works to ensure children around the world get health care, food and shelter as well as learning and child protection services.
Responsibilities
- Ensure the country office has a comprehensive, CLT-endorsed funding strategy in place
- Lead the portfolio and funding assessment in order to confirm donors that are well aligned with Save the Children as well as other findings
- Lead the development of a fundraising strategy, liaising with members to determine opportunities, and support global donor relationship management
- Lead the development of donor engagement plans
- 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 SMT 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 a 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 partnerships
- Cultivate business relationships with external stakeholders and potential partners for large scale or strategic funding opportunities
- Research, identify and disseminate information on different actors in the Malian context
- Ensure key contacts, required formats and donor strategies are kept up-to-date 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 TAs, seek out and facilitate inputs of technical advice from backstops or members to ensure that 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
- Produce proposal development schedules and track timelines
- Drive interdepartmental coordination for programme and proposals development
- Effectively manage collaboration amongst teams, Save the Children WCA regional office and Save the Children Members when preparing concept papers and project proposals for fundraising purposes
- Ensure strong coordination with members and other CO teams
- 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
- Ensure all sectors apply risk lens to programme design and implementation in line with the Save the Children policy on disaster risk reduction and climate change adaptation
Requirements
- Development professional with relevant master’s degree or equivalent professional experience
- Five years, minimum, of management experience in emergency and development contexts
- Solid experience in more than one of the Save the Children priority sectors
- Excellent writing/editing and budget development skills
- Presentation/communication skills
- Experience in presenting project information to donors and partners
- Experience in leading development of large-scale or strategic proposals, including the development of multi-million-dollar project budgets
- Proven representation and advocacy skills
- Good interpersonal skills with the ability to communicate and negotiate clearly and effectively at all levels, taking into account cultural and language difficulties
- Highly developed cultural awareness and ability to work well in an international environment with people from diverse backgrounds and cultures
- Strong results orientation, with the ability to challenge existing mindsets
- Experience of solving complex issues through analysis, definition of a clear way forward
- Ability to present complex information in a succinct and compelling manner
- Excellent English language skills, verbal and written,
- Fluency in French
- Commitment to Save the Children values, including willingness to abide by and enforce the child safeguarding policy
To apply and for more information, click here.
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