Business Development Associate

Job Description

Job Summary: The Business Development Associate provides full administrative and programmatic support to the public sector business development team under Resource Development. This individual will use broad and comprehensive experience, skills and knowledge in organizational and industry policies, procedures and practices, and serves as a facilitator who may coordinate deadlines and either handle project coordination and completion directly, or in collaboration with others.

Reporting and relationships: The Business Development Associate will report to the Senior Business Development Manager and will have a dotted line to the Chief Development Officer.

Availability: The Business Development Associate will be expected to work a standard workweek of 30-40 hours. The position might require occasional domestic and/or international travel, however, will be based in Seattle, WA.

Essential Job Functions: Serves as key member on a two-person Public Sector team, working directly with other members of the development team, and other program members throughout Landesa.

• Track donor-specific websites to acquire intelligence information on upcoming opportunities.
• Track industry websites and listservs (e.g., DevEx; FedBzOpps; Grants.gov, etc.) for lists of upcoming opportunities.
• Manage and maintain:
  • cross-departmental dBase (such as, but not limited to, consultants roster dBase, Project dBase, etc.).
  • PPR updating process.
  • External database registrations, government registrations, memberships, subscriptions and qualifications.
• Support the Sr. Business Development Manager in:
  • Implementing Public Sector strategy.
  • Acting as Public Sector Grant Manager.
  • Performing due diligence and eligibility screening on potential opportunities, communicating directly with Landesa’s donors, as needed.
  • Assisting the development of proposals for public sector opportunities by providing organizational, staffing and proposal specific documentation, as needed.
  • Leading special projects, initiatives or campaigns related to public sector donor programming and Landesa’s programmatic work.
• Create and maintain international information knowledge management systems to organize partner, donor, staff, project and opportunity information.
• Support, as needed, the program partnership team as an active member of a larger development team.
• Performs other duties as assigned.

Required Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities:

• A deep commitment to the mission of a better, safer future for people in the world experiencing extreme poverty through land ownership and secure land rights.
• Knowledge of international development donors and donor programming.
• Ability to work under tight deadlines, in face paced environment.
• Ability to work with remote teams and independently.
• Ability to work collaboratively with teams regardless of role within team and to proactively seek ways to contribute to team success.
• Strong communication and writing skills; Proficiency using Microsoft Suite of products including Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook, and other software.
• Dedication and persistence working in a mission-driven environment as a constructive, solutions-oriented problem solver.

Education and Experience:

• Bachelor’s degree in International Development, Economics, Finance, Political Science or related field. Master’s degree preferred.
• Two or more years of related work or internship experience.
• Experience working or living internationally preferred.
• Experience or interest working in fast-paced, deadline-driven environments.
• A working proficiency in French is a plus.

Physical and Environmental Conditions: Work is primarily performed indoors with some potential for exposure to safety and health hazards related to electronics work. This position does not require unusual demands for physical effort. The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate. Work environment involves everyday risks or discomforts that require normal safety precautions typical of places such as offices, meeting or training rooms, residences, or commercial vehicles; e.g., use of safe work place practices with office equipment, and/or avoidance of trips and falls, and observance of fire regulations and traffic signals.

Additional Comments: The above job description is not intended as, nor should it be construed as, exhaustive of all responsibilities, skills, efforts, or working conditions associated with this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made in appropriate circumstances to enable qualified individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions of this job.

About the Organization

Landesa: Landesa, a 501c3 nonprofit organization based in Seattle, works to strengthen land rights for people experiencing poverty around the world – those 2.47 billion chiefly rural people who live on less than two dollars a day. Landesa works with communities, NGOs, corporations, and governments on land-related programs that provide opportunity, further economic growth, and promote social justice. Landesa places special emphasis on establishing and protecting land rights for women and inheritance rights for girls.

Landesa employs a staff of more than 120 worldwide, including senior land tenure specialists with legal, economic, gender, natural resource management, measurement and evaluation, and agricultural expertise. Landesa has offices in Seattle, Dar es Salaam, Washington DC, Yangon, Beijing, Delhi, and Monrovia.