Save the Children International

Proposal Development Coordinator

Ngo & Social Services Jobs
Salary
500 - 100 000

Job Description


The role holder will have contact with children and/or young people either frequently (e.g. once a week or more) or intensively (e.g. four days in one month or more or overnight) because they work in country programs; or are visiting country programs; ore because they are responsible for implementing the police checking/vetting process staff.

Duties and Responsibilities

Proposal development:

- Support the development of administrative documents for the proposal development process
- Prepare and format donor templates for completion by the technical and finance teams
- Active writing on (parts of) various proposals to institutional (including ECHO, EU, UN Agency and Government funding) and non-institutional (including foundation and internal funding) proposals
- Ensure alignment of documents for specific proposals and support proofreading with a critical eye
- Gather, coordinate and follow-up regularly on inputs and feedback from internal stakeholders within Save the Children (including Director, Programme Development and Quality, Education Consortium Manager, Head of Education, Programme Development Manager, Head of Advocacy and Communications and Deputy Director, Emergency Response) and provide regular updates on progress
- Contribute to effective management of partners through the proposal development process where working in consortia
- Support coordination with Save the Children Member organizations
- Document minutes from meetings with the Members and partners on proposal development
- Coordinate the revision and response to questions, comments and feedback from partners and members
- Support pipeline management
- Lead Pre-award actions process
- Review and summarise key call for proposals for presentation to technical team, when requested

Qualifications and Experience

To be successful for this role, you will have/bring the following:

University degree in Politics, Social Science, Education, International Development, or other relevant subject
Experience of leading the preparation of successful funding (narrative and budget) proposals
Experience of budget management and development
Previous experience of project management and project cycle management, including project design, implementation and evaluation
Highly developed interpersonal and English communication skills including influencing, negotiation and coaching
Strong analytical skills and strategic planning abilities. Computer literacy and excellent documentation skills are a must
Ability to proactively identify issues and problem solving skills to address these
Ability to establish and maintain conducive collegial relations and perform effectively as a member of a team
Politically and culturally sensitive with qualities of patience, tact and diplomacy
Highly developed cultural awareness and ability to work well in an international environment with people from diverse backgrounds and cultures
Excellent time management and planning capacity
Availability and willingness to work extra hours during times of humanitarian responses.

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