The Opportunity

The Business Development Coordinator leads successful proposal development, under the guidance of the Business Development Manager.  Coordinating, challenging and aligning a range of financial, technical, business development and programme inputs, and producing a high-quality proposal for development, humanitarian nexus to development and emergency programs that satisfies Plan International’s strategy and procedures.

ACCOUNTABILITIES AND MAIN WORK ACTIVITIES

Technical Responsibility (60 %)

• Engage with the programme team (both technical and leadership positions) to guide the swift design and development of programme concepts and proposals;

• Ensure the proper representation of all departments in the program design team during

• Coordinate with grants management and compliance teams to incorporate compliances in the proposal;

• Ensure adherence to Plan’s procedure and guidelines, SOPs and internal protocols in proposal development;

• Develop systems to improve the proposal drafting process;

• Actively participate in the proposal development proposition tasks such as gathering of price index list, putting relevant need assessment reports and other necessary proposal development packages in the centeral grant file.

• Consistently update all the relevant FAD and proposal related documents in the centeral grant file.

• Support the technical teams in preparing accurate budgets that are in line with the proposal strategy and logical frame;

• Ensure that each proposal submission is fully costed based on the cost recovery policy.

• Ensure high-quality and timely production of development, humanitarian nexus to development and emergency project proposals in a range of technical areas;

• Ensures proposals are in line with PIE CS, capacity and capability;

• Proposals are in line with Plan International’s global standards on CCCD, gender marker, youth and inclusion and consistently applied the IASC Marker in humanitarian actions

• Prepare thematic area capacity statement to support fundraising;

• Prepare FAD Stage 1, 2 and draft FAD stage 3 then handover to the Grant Compliance and Programme Team;

• Prepare and up-date FAD tracker on monthly basis;

• Be innovative to prepare a winning proposal and improve proposal success rate;

Communication with National Offices and Donors (30%)

• Work closely with the business development manager and Head of Business Development and supporting National Offices to ensure proposals address strategies, compliance and concerns of donors, to support proposal development;

• Prepare weekly project status update report and share with the business development manager.

• Work to strict deadlines coordinating with multiple stakeholders and coordinating input from local and international partners, be they public or private for the support of proposal development;

• Up-date donor mapping package on regular basis;

• Actively participate in the After-Action Review (AAR) of the Grant proposal development with national offices and thematic sector leads and other stakeholders.

Other Responsibilities (10%)

• Provide the necessary inputs for the business Development manager for Funding Gap analysis on quarterly basis;

• Actively participate in the weekly Grant Acquisition Unit meetings.

• Support proposal data assessment team at the field level;

• Within the scope of the role, there will be additional assignments as needed.

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Safeguarding Children and Young People (Safeguarding) and Gender Equality and Inclusion (GEI)

•  Understands and puts into practice the responsibilities under Safeguarding and GEI policies and Plan International’s Code of Conduct (CoC), ensuring that concerns are reported and managed in accordance with the appropriate procedures.

• Ensures that all staff signed safeguarding policies;

• Implement Plan International’s global policies for Safeguarding Children and Young People and Gender Equality and Inclusion are fully embedded in day to day work.

Job Requirements

Qualifications/ experience essential:

Knowledge

• BA degree in Economics, Sociology, Social Development or related/equivalent subjects. 

• At least 5+ Years of relevant experience out of which 3 years on a senior level experience (not necessarily gained in an NGO or INGO) or demonstrated equivalent combination.

• Strong experience in successful proposal development;

• Excellent command of logical frameworks, budgets and technical formats;

• Capacity to work in a multi-sector team, including coordinating technical input into proposals;

• Ability to work with staff in country and NO staff remotely in writing and where necessary revising proposals.

• Familiarity with requirements/compliance of key development and humanitarian donors and capacity to work in a multi-donor environment, including multilateral of UN agencies, EU, World Bank, etc., bilateral of USAID, GAC, MFAs etc.  and other development funding streams.

Skills

• Good program design skills, including capacity to prepare logical, coherent and consistent documents including log frames.

• Strong interpersonal and communication skills and the ability to work effectively with a wide range of constituencies in a diverse community;

• Computer literacy with advanced skills in Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoints;

• Demonstrated proposal writing and presentation skills;

• Fluency in written and spoken English language;

• Results oriented and metrics driven;

• Exceptional time management and able to solve problems;

• Ability to work under pressure.

Qualifications/ experience desirable:

• Master’s degree is preferable

• Experience in proposal development and knowledge of donor funding principles.

Languages required

• Excellent written and verbal communication skills in English

How to Apply

The closing date for the application is October 06 , 2023. Qualified candidates should submit their application with the links provided below.

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This position is only open to Ethiopian Nationals, who must be eligible to live and work in Ethiopia.

Please note that: 

• Only Shortlisted candidates will be contacted.

• We are not accepting CVs that are not sent through the indicated links.

• Early application is encouraged as we will review applications throughout the advertising period and reserve the right to close the advert early.

• Female candidates are highly encouraged to Apply

More information about Plan International can be found on http:// plan-international.org

References will be taken and background and anti-terrorism checks will be carried out in conformity with Plans Child Protection Policy. Plan operates an equal opportunities policy and actively encourages diversity, welcoming applications from all persons meeting the skills and experience required.

As an international child centered community development organisation, Plan International is fully committed to promoting the realization of children's rights including their right to protection from violence and abuse. That means we have particular responsibilities to children that we come into contact with.

Plan International believes that in a world where children face so many threats of harm, it is our duty to ensure that we, as an organisation, do everything we can to keep children safe. We must not contribute in any way to harming or placing children at risk.