Advisor - Multi-Sectoral Business Development Lead

Job Description

Summary

This critical role will lead the effort to broaden Save the Children US’s (SCUS) funding pipeline and successful bidding for funding from public donors in areas outside of health, food security and livelihoods, child protection and education. You will support country offices globally to identify, investigate and prepare for US Government opportunities related to gender, disability inclusion, democracy and governance, and climate change. For identified opportunities, you will lead the bid strategy in partnership with the Country Office(s) and other SCUS departments —determining the resources needed, the appropriate partnerships, and winning strategies for staffing, management and technical design.

What You’ll Be Doing (Essential Duties)

• Assume the role of Proposal Director for cross-sectoral and multi-sectoral USG proposals, overseeing matrixed, multi-stakeholder, dispersed proposal teams, leading all aspects of proposal strategy, ensuring that proposal development resources are in place, and that key decisions on partnerships, technical and management strategy and staffing reflect an understanding of donor/client preferences, our competitive position and win strategies; in partnership with country office staff (50%)

• Develop and manage a funding pipeline of upcoming opportunities in collaboration with wider New Business Development team, cross-cutting technical experts in multiple locations, and country office leadership (20%)
• Develop and maintain a network of partner contacts to facilitate successful partnership negotiation for prime and sub roles on upcoming opportunities (10%)
• Contribute to organizational learning and knowledge management for business development (10%)
• Contribute to continuous improvement of business development practices and systems (10%)

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor Degree or equivalent experience, plus at least 7 years of relevant experience
• Proven experience with USAID funded activities, particularly in new business development with a demonstrated track record of developing winning proposals in a variety of technical areas
• Proven expertise in USAID requirements, behaviors, and trends,
• Demonstrated success and ability in building and maintaining internal and external networks with a proven ability to communicate, collaborate, and influence cross-culturally
• Professional proficiency in verbal and written English
• Professional proficiency in MS Office Suite
• Demonstrated commitment to diversity, inclusion, and belonging

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience working on USAID funded activities related to democracy and governance, gender, disability inclusion or climate change
• Experience working with country-offices, or country office-led technical design
• Competency in French, Spanish or Arabic

Why you should join the Save the Children Team…

Save the Children US offers outstanding benefits that include health, dental, vision and life insurances, pet insurance, short-term and long-term disability coverage, an Employee Assistance Program, 403(b), generous vacation, personal sick leave, family leave, parental/adoption leave, commuter benefits, dress for your day, and much more.

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About the Organization

About Save the Children

Save the Children believes every child deserves a future. In the United States and around the world, we give children a healthy start in life, the opportunity to learn and protection from harm. We do whatever it takes for children – every day and in times of crisis – transforming their lives and the future we share.

Our work for children and their families requires that we commit—at every opportunity—to work together to identify and dismantle persistent systemic and structural racism, inequality, and any other forms of discrimination in this country and beyond. As an anti-racist organization, Save the Children will not tolerate discrimination in any form—in our employment practices, amongst our staff, in our leadership or toward the people we serve. We stand in solidarity with all people to fight for equal rights, justice, inclusion, and belonging.

We provide equal employment opportunities (EEO) to all employees and qualified applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, gender identity or expression, ancestry, sexual orientation, national origin, age, handicap, disability, marital status, or status as a veteran. Save the Children complies with all applicable laws.

Save the Children is committed to conducting its programs and operations in a manner that is safe for the children it serves and helping protect the children with whom we are in contact. All Save the Children representatives are explicitly prohibited from engaging in any activity that may result in any kind of child abuse. In addition, it is Save the Children’s policy to create and proactively maintain an environment that aims to prevent and deter any actions and omissions, whether deliberate or inadvertent, that place children at the risk of any kind of child abuse. All our representatives are expected to conduct themselves in a manner consistent with this commitment and obligation.

Save the Children is committed to minimizing safety and security risks for our valued employees, ensuring all are given training, support and information to reduce their risk exposure while maximizing the impact of our programs for children and families. Our shared duty, both agency and individual, is to seek and maintain safe working conditions for all.