Childfund recruits 01 Business Development Specialist
- Division: Program & Sponsorship
- Location: Senegal country Office
- Reporting Relationship: Program and Sponsorship Directors
Accountability and purpose
The Business Development Specialist position will support ChildFund Senegal and Guinea’s overall grant acquisition and management strategy. In close collaboration with the Program and Sponsorship Director, the Business Development Officer will coordinate the proposal development process from capture planning through negotiations as a key member of the proposal development team and also provide post award support throughout the GAM process. He or she will take the lead in ensuring robust knowledge management systems are in place and functioning to support grant acquisition.
About us
ChildFund International is committed to a workplace culture that promotes diversity, equity, and inclusion in all its forms. Furthermore, ChildFund International is committed to ensuring a workplace that safeguards and protects all children, including preventing their sexual exploitation and abuse, as well as preventing the sexual exploitation and abuse of its staff, partners, and program participants.
Specific responsibility
Contribute to Fundraising strategy development and execution:
- Screen and assess the market conditions and donor priorities for the country, to provide input for the Market Study and the resource Mobilization Strategy.
- Support the development and the implementation of each Resource Mobilization strategy for achieving fundraising and income goals and targets.
- Support each Country office to contextualize ChildFund cost recovery policy through development of local cost recovery policy.
Resource mobilization and donor engagement
- Pro-active networking and external engagement with potential donors and their representatives at country, regional and global level to identify leads and pursue funding opportunities.
- Support in the two COs (Senegal and Guinea) the proposal development process from capture to negotiation: monitor websites to identify new opportunities, analyze solicitations, draft compliance matrix, manage proposal calendar and checklists, manage proposal files in Salesforce, and support final production of the proposal.
- In coordination with the Program and Sponsorship Director and Program technical teams, draft capacity statements, past performance references (PPR), management plans, and some sections of the technical proposal.
- As a key member of the proposal team, conduct desk reviews to inform proposal strategy, such as Go/No-go decisions, problem analysis, partnering and recruitment for project staffing decisions.
- Coordinates with Finance & HR staffs in the development of budgets and review budgets for cost realism and accuracy; supports the collection of costs data, liaises with subs (local partners) in the preparation of costs proposals, and provides inputs for budget narratives
- Manage production of supporting documentation of cost application in compliance with ChildFund Policies and donor requirements.
- Coordinates with Human Resources staff to identify suitable key personnel candidates.
- Leads the development of ChildFund’s Capture Plan, including donor mapping, analysis of donor priorities and mapping of peer organizations.
- Lead Grants negotiations to ensure appropriate implementation & reporting will be done. (match, reporting requirements, project timeframe)
- Maintains an up to date action plan aiming to cultivate relationships with key donors and peer organizations.
- Provide adequate training to field staff on proposal and Grants management skills (including proposal-writing and report-writing
Grants/NSPs Management
- Review and compile NSPs (including grants and small awards) reports of local partners to ensure quality, timeliness, and completeness.
- Develop and regularly update NSP database; track NSP (including grants and small awards) projects’ implementation progress and report significant deviations to Program & Sponsorship Directors for timely action.
- Support grant start-up process, including development of work plan, PMP, procurement plan and initial staffing plan. Coordinate regular program and financial reporting, overseeing compliance with contractual requirements
- Participate in grant and NSP (including grants and small awards) funded projects’ monitoring and evaluation activities.
Closing date : 10 November 2021.Postuler