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  • Posted: May 11, 2022
    Deadline: Not specified
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    The International Rescue Committee is a global humanitarian aid, relief and development nongovernmental organization.
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    Senior Programme (Business) Development Advisor

    The Purpose of the Role

    The Senior Program/Business Development Advisor will join a global BD team and will help drive IRC’s new business development efforts by engaging with global, regional, country, and technical staff throughout the business development cycle from opportunity tracking and positioning/capture planning to proposal development, and submission. The SPDA will primarily serve as capture and proposal manager, s/he will also offer technical assistance and mentor staff working on proposals on relevant business development topics. The ideal candidate will have a successful track record of leading large-scale and complex new business efforts in international development with particular emphasis on FCDO commercial contracts.

    RESPONSIBILITIES

    • Manage proposals from solicitation release to submission ensuring compliance with donor rules and IRC’s business development processes and practices.
    • Manage positioning/capture from opportunity identification to solicitation release including developing capture plan and coordinating the capture team to complete milestones.
    • Lead proposal development in response to requests for proposals, including those for field-based projects and large global opportunities. This will involve management of proposal teams, calendars, and deadlines; strategy development with technical staff; partner identification and negotiations; recruiting; writing; production; and after-action reviews
    • Manage relationships with proposal partners and liaises with IRC’s Global Recruiter to secure key personnel.
    • Collaborates with IRC’s pricing team, ensuring technical vs. budget consistency.
    • Lead on advising other IRC departments when required on FCDO contract terms and implication for structuring proposal budgets, targets, and deliverables.
    • Formulates the commercial strategy, including writing the commercial proposal for an FCDO contract
    • Build and strengthen relationships with internal stakeholders (HQ-based regional and technical units, as well as IRC country offices) as well as with donor representatives, partners and other relevant stakeholders.
    • Contribute to, and model the use of standardized business development processes, tools, templates and information.

    Skills, Knowledge and Qualifications:

    • Bachelor’s degree in relevant field, including international relations, political science, public administration, and communications.
    • Seven years plus of experience developing funding proposals.
    • Experience working with UK government donors.
    • Substantial experience and a successful track record leading large proposal teams on complex subject, multi-year, multi-partner proposals with minimal supervision.
    • Experience in proposal budgeting a plus.
    • Excellent communication and interpersonal skills, including the ability to effectively manage a variety of relationships in a multicultural environment;
    • Demonstrated ability to collaborate equally effectively with colleagues in ‘remote’ and diverse teams, including as team leader for proposals;
    • The ability to work productively and accurately while under pressure in a fast-paced, demanding environment;
    • Flexible work attitude: the ability to work in a team environment and independently and ability to meet unexpected demands;**
    • Ability to multi-task and prioritize effectively;**
    • Ability to travel internationally (up to 20% of time);
    • Fluency in English with proficiency in one other language (French and/or Spanish) desirable.

    Method of Application

    Interested and qualified? Go to International Rescue Committee on rescue.csod.com to apply

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