Business Development Specialist II
Catholic Relief Services
full-time
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Location Type: Remote
Location: Senegal
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About the role
- Provide BD expertise to country leadership and proposal teams in positioning, capture planning and proposal preparation for specific opportunities with institutional donors (government, multilateral, foundations, corporations and other awarding non-governmental organizations).
- Manage pre-positioning, capture and proposal development processes to ensure timely execution and submission of high-quality proposals that are responsive to donor requirements, applicable regulations, and CRS’ technical and cost standards.
- Deploy as proposal coordinator, and advise on opportunity analysis, lead go/no-go decisions, capture planning, and coordinate partner inputs and proposal review panels.
- Deploy as a lead or support writer on proposals, contributing both technical and non-technical content and integrating inputs from staff and partners into a responsive, coherent proposal with a compelling vision and clear win themes.
- Deploy as budget lead or to support the lead in developing proposal budgets. Provide recommendations to develop a competitive proposal, as required.
- Guide and advise on partner identification and negotiating CRS’ role in proposal consortia. Ensure a competitive position for CRS that adheres to the agency’s partnership principles and strategic directions.
- Liaise with senior management and donor engagement focal points to develop a resource mobilization strategy for a specific region, country, sector, or donor. Support senior management in cultivating and strengthening relationships with institutional donors, partner organizations and other stakeholders.
- Research, track and analyze new opportunities and CRS’ competitive position within the marketplace.
- Lead and/or support development of CRS BD tools, resources and guidance on BD best practices and CRS approaches across the BD cycle.
- Train and mentor staff, as needed, to improve their skills across the CRS BD Cycle, including in proposal development, representation to donor and partner organizations, intelligence-gathering, and marketing within their country program or portfolio.
Requirements
- Bachelor's degree in international development, international relations, or related field.
- Minimum eight years of international development experience.
- Master's degree in international development, international relations, or related field preferred.
- At least three years' experience in a developing country preferred.
- Demonstrated experience utilizing diverse, proactive strategies to competitively position an organization for new funding and productive institutional relationships.
- Demonstrated experience leading and producing competitive proposals in programming contexts similar to CRS.
- Experience with both grants and contract funding mechanisms.
- Demonstrated experience leading project teams and processes to produce deliverables under tight deadlines and at exceptional quality.
- Experience providing remote support to diverse teams.
- Experience in developing content for and facilitating trainings related to key business development practices. Knowledge of adult learning approaches.
- Ability to write proposals in French a plus.
- Familiarity with relevant institutional donor regulations, policies, procedures and priorities.
Benefits
- CRS offers U.S. based staff a comprehensive benefits package, including medical, dental, life insurance, vision, and a generous retirement savings plan. Benefits packages for successful candidates employed outside the U.S. are based on the country of employment/in-country office where the candidate will perform the role. CRS´ work culture is a collaborative, mission-driven culture committed to improving the lives of the poor throughout the world.
Applicant Tracking System Keywords
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Hard Skills & Tools
proposal developmentbudget developmentopportunity analysiscompetitive positioninggrant funding mechanismscontract funding mechanismstraining facilitationproposal writingresearch and analysisproject management
Soft Skills
leadershipcommunicationmentoringrelationship buildingstrategic thinkingteam collaborationnegotiationtime managementproblem-solvingadaptability
Certifications
Bachelor's degreeMaster's degree