Save the Children recrute 01 Senior Business Development Manager – Green Climate Fund
The job of a Save the Children UK’s Business Development Manager is high profile and rewarding.
- Are you excited by the opportunity to work some of the largest and most complex funding opportunities within the charities sector?
- Do you have a strong track record in securing large and/or complex tenders or grants for FCDO, World Bank or other major bilateral or multi-lateral donors?
- Are you experienced in negotiating business and management arrangements for bids with partner organisations?
- Are you motivated by our vision of creating a world where every child doesn’t just survive, but thrives, and can go on to change the world?
If the answers to these questions are yes, we would love to hear from you!
Note:
To avoid disappointment, you are advised to submit your application as soon as possible as we reserve the right to close the vacancy early if a high volume of applications are received. This is to ensure that we can manage application levels whilst maintaining a positive candidate experience. Unfortunately once a vacancy has closed, we are unable to consider further applications.
About Us
Save the Children UK believes every child deserves a future. In the UK and around the world, we work every day to give children a healthy start in life, the opportunity to learn and protection from harm. When crisis strikes, and children are most vulnerable, we are always among the first to respond and the last to leave. We ensure children’s unique needs are met and their voices are heard. We deliver lasting results for millions of children, including those hardest to reach.
Job Purpose
Reporting to the Green Climate Fund Team Lead, Business Development, you will be responsible for developing and gaining funder approval for the high-priority and complex Green Climate Fund project designs. This will enable Save the Children UK to secure $150M in long-term climate change funding which will deliver impact at scale for children.
Other key duties will include providing leadership on our largest/most complex/strategically important proposals, with a particular focus on the Green Climate Fund; leading bid teams comprising technical, operational and finance experts to ensure high quality design underpinned by robust commercial strategy and managing concurrent large proposals at different stages of development. The Senior Business Development Manager will act as a lead for these complex proposals.
As a rights-based organisation, we are committed to anti-racism and actively opposed systemic oppression of any form. You will also support our commitment to celebrate diversity, challenge inequality, and build an inclusive environment for every one of our employees so we can better represent the children we protect.
Main Accountabilities
The Business Development Manager’s key duties will be to:
- Work in close collaboration with the Green Climate Fund Multi-Disciplinary Matrix Team Lead, manage complex, multi-million-pound GCF proposals
- Lead the project design process in conjunction with the relevant technical advisors
- Lead the bid/commercial strategy and budgeting process, including development of Finance Committee Approval papers
- Support Country Offices through the complex Green Climate Fund design processes ensuring compliant proposals
- Ensure effective Go/No-Go decision-making processes are followed through the Bid Development cycle
- Lead and respond to queries from the Go/No Go (senior management approval) process, and ensure the opportunity is correctly recorded on the Award Management System (AMS)
- Conduct financial modelling/cashflow forecasts and develop finance papers for Board approval and conduct and present financial risk assessments
- Lead the design process for multiple Green Climate Fund proposals
- Manage requests from the Partnership Development team, Business Programmes Hub and Partnerships and Philanthropy to ensure they are supported to pitch for co-financing for the Green Climate Fund projects from their relevant partners and funders
- To carry out the responsibilities of the role in a way which reflects Save the Children’s commitment to safeguarding children in accordance with the Child Safeguarding Policy
- A commitment to Save the Children’s vision, mission, values and approach
Person Profile
You must have knowledge and skills in all of the following:
- Track record in securing large and/or complex tenders or grants, for FCDO, World Bank or other major bilateral or multi-lateral funders.
- Track record of developing complex consortium and/or multi-country proposals
- Experience of dealing with complex internal stakeholder management and/or consortium development and management.
- Experienced in negotiating business and management arrangements for bids with partner organisations.
- Track record in leading the commercial strategy for major opportunities and overseeing the budget development process (grants and commercial budgets), ensuring compliance with an organisation’s internal finance policies and client requirements.
- Understanding of key technical areas, relevant to SCUK’s work such as climate, health, education, child protection, gender, livelihoods or resilience.
- Extensive understanding of funder procurement and management processes.
- Strong understanding of the principles of value for money in programme planning
Aptitude
- A demonstrable commitment to the principles of diversity and inclusion and their practical application and integration in the work environment
- A commitment to Save the Children UK’s aims and core values of accountability, ambition, collaboration, creativity, and integrity
Save the Children UK is committed to diversity and equality of opportunity in all aspects of our work both external and internal. We strive to be an inclusive employer and particularly encourage applications from under-represented groups such as returning parents or carers who are re-entering work after a career break, people who are LGBT+, from Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic backgrounds, with a disability, impairment, learning difference or long-term condition, with caring responsibilities, from different nations and regions, and from less advantaged socioeconomic backgrounds.
Remote Working:
The majority of SCUK employees are currently working remotely within the UK in line with UK Government guidance. Commencing July 2021 we will transition to flexible and hybrid ways of working (i.e. a mixture of remote/home and office-based working) as social distancing restrictions ease.
We are happy to discuss flexible working options at interview.
Commitment to Diversity & Inclusion:
Save the Children UK is committed to diversity and equality of opportunity in all aspects of our work both external and internal. We strive to be an inclusive employer and particularly encourage applications from under-represented groups such as returning parents or carers who are re-entering work after a career break, people who are LGBT+, from Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic backgrounds, with a disability, impairment, learning difference or long-term condition, with caring responsibilities, from different nations and regions, and from less advantaged socioeconomic backgrounds.
To see our full statement please visit this link: https://jobs.savethechildren.org.uk/our-policies/diversity/
Salaire
Location (Role): Farringdon London, with International travel
Salary Range: £39,100 – 46,000
Contract Type: Fixed Term Contract / Internal Secondment
Full / Part Time: Full time (flexible working options available)
Contract Duration: 12 Months