- The Business Development Manager (BDM) will be responsible for identifying all the fundraising opportunities for The organization across several technical and/or geographic portfolios; developing plans to compete for these funding opportunities; executing those plans, including oversight of pre-solicitation/pre-proposal activities, as well as proposal preparation and submission; and otherwise contributing to the Organization's external representation and internal fundraising efforts as they relate to donors.

Roles and Responsibilities :

- Identify and track relevant upcoming funding opportunities - through advance intelligence gathering, partner relationships, and other available resources - and inform all relevant Organization's partners.

- Conduct prospecting visits to Offices to identify and prepare for upcoming funding opportunities.

- Manage Action s for pre-solicitation proposal preparations and bid planning including: teaming, bid strategy, development of win-themes, oversight of and contribution to technical design, drafting management and other sections of the proposal in advance of the solicitation.

- Manage major open solicitations and other proposal submissions, including teaming agreements, oversight of technical design and cost proposal, PPRs, capacity statements, internal review/quality control processes, drafting sections of the proposal where appropriate.

- Represent The organization's business development interests at relevant meetings, events, and within resource mobilization or donor-specific peer networks, as it relates to funding streams.

Required Qualifications :

- Batchelor's/Master's in Social Service or any

- Experience in successful proposal development for donors, including pre-solicitation preparation. Experience in proposal development for other multilateral or bilateral donors may be considered within the years of experience sought.

- Ability to coordinate multiple projects simultaneously, work well under pressure and meet deadlines

- Ability to effectively communicate with and coordinate activities of multiple partners, including field-based staff.

- Excellent technical skills in writing, editing, formatting, research, negotiation, and verbal communications

- Attention to detail

- Excellent interpersonal skills, and sense of humor

- International experience is a plus.

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