VACANCY AT ACTIONAID INTERNATIONAL: BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT MANAGER (MATERNITY COVER)

ACTIONAID INTERNATIONAL

DIRECTORATE: Fundraising and Communications

Position: Business Development Manager (maternity cover)

Location: London, Johannesburg, Nairobi, or existing AA office in Africa

Salary: £36 035; based on international Grade D

6 months Fixed Term Contract

(Depending on location, Local terms and conditions of employment will apply)

Purpose of the Role:

The Business Development Manager (maternity cover) will help guide and develop ActionAid’s (AA’s) institutional funding portfolio using an entrepreneurial business development approach that is evidence based, demonstrates impact and offers value for money to donors. S/he will work with country and global programme, finance and other relevant staff to develop and submit large scale proposals or tender bids. S/he will also conduct research on tendering and other alternative institutional fundraising opportunities and support the identification and management of consortium partnerships with Non-Government Organisations (NGOs) and private sector consultancy firms, where appropriate, to leverage AA’s funding prospects. Strengthening the skills of other staff is also a key part of the role through training, mentoring, coaching, peer review and feedback on proposals.

Key responsibilities include but not limited to:

  Work with country and global programme, finance and other relevant staff to develop and submit large scale proposals or tender bids (i.e. with a budget of over £500,000 and/or for support to a multi-country programme/campaign) ensuring that offerings are evidence based, demonstrate impact and offer value for money to institutional donors.

·          Provide quality assessment and feedback on other proposals and tender bids, ensuring compliance with internal policies and donor guidelines.

·            Work with other IPD and programme staff to establish and manage consortium partnerships with like-minded civil society organisations and private sector consultancy firms as appropriate to leverage ActionAid’s chances of success in competitive calls for proposals and tender bids

·          Identify tendering and other alternative institutional fundraising opportunities and support AA members to access these prospects

·          Liaise with AA members that are currently exploring and building capacity with tendering and other alternative institutional fundraising approaches to share and capture lessons learned.

·          Prepare a report summarising AA’s current levels of preparedness to respond to such opportunities. Report to include:

-       a mapping of past experiences, active partnerships and other relevant activities; 

-       recommendations as to how AA can improve funding prospects from these sources, given current policy, budget and staffing realities.

·            Strengthen the skills of other staff (within IPD core team and more widely) in preparing for and responding to tender and consortium opportunities, through training, coaching, peer review and feedback on proposals, as appropriate.

·                            The role holder will from time to time be required to carry out any other duties that are within the scope of the role.

·            A strong commitment to develop, promote and practice AAI’s vision, mission, values and strategy.

Desired Skills & Experience

The successful candidate will have:

·          Post-graduate qualification in a relevant discipline (e.g. Social Sciences, Humanities, Development Studies, Human Rights, Political Science)

·          English Language proficiency (knowledge of French, Spanish or Portuguese an advantage)

·          Experience of developing winning, evidence based proposals and tender bids for institutional donors (e.g. USAID, DFID)

·          Experience of working with project design and logic models such as Logical Framework Approach

·          Minimum of five years’ experience working for development-focused organisation(s) in progressively more senior positions (programme management experience an advantage)

·          Excellent writing skills

·          Excellent interpersonal, communication and negotiation skills

·          Works effectively in a multi-cultural environment

·          Ability to prioritise own workload and work with minimal supervision

Application Procedures

Applications should be sent with your CV, motivation cover letter by no later than 14th April 2015. You are requested to highlight in the motivation letter how specifically you meet the criteria for this role.  Please clearly indicate which position you are applying for.

 Internal Applications send to: applications.jhb@actionid.org

External Applications send to: frcomms.jhb@actionaid.org

 Due to high volumes of applications received, we can only correspond with short listed applicants.  Should you not have received feedback on your application within two weeks of the closing date, please consider your application unsuccessful.  ActionAid International will not consider candidates from recruitment agencies.  We reserve the right to withdraw any of our vacancies at any time.

ActionAid International promotes diversity and welcomes applications from all section of the community.