Business Development Coordinator

Overview

Lead business development efforts to improve grant acquisition and proposal quality.

You have:

• Proven experience in business development or grant acquisition processes, particularly in an international context.
• Ability to work collaboratively with teams across different departments and regions.
• Strong understanding of donor compliance and quality requirements for proposal submissions.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills in English.
• Knowledge of gender equality issues and an understanding of how these apply in development contexts.

The Organisation

Plan International is an independent development and humanitarian organisation that advances children’s rights and equality for girls.

We believe in the power and potential of every child. But this is often suppressed by poverty, violence, exclusion and discrimination. And it’s girls who are most affected.

Working together with children, young people, our supporters and partners, we strive for a just world, tackling the root causes of the challenges facing girls and all vulnerable children.

We support children’s rights from birth until they reach adulthood. And we enable children to prepare for – and respond to – crises and adversity. We drive changes in practice and policy at local, national and global levels using our reach, experience and knowledge.

We have been building powerful partnerships for children for over 85 years, and are now active in more than 80 countries.

Role Purpose

The Business Development Coordinator (BDC) will play a critical role in the development and realization of an ambitious business development country strategy. The main purpose of the position is to contribute increasing quality income with a diversified portfolio growth, and support grants to be donor compliant. The role will support the Business Development Manager in market research, identification of emerging trends as well as coordinating specific end to end bid development, which may include but not be limited to synthesis of the opportunity, partner identification and managing of assigned proposal development teams and with a view to leading collaborative teams that promote winning proposals. This role is designed to explore new business development opportunities in collaboration with programme in country, and also National Offices through exploring funding websites, in country donor partner relations building, and through a regular business development engagement with National Offices across the Plan International partnerships. This role will support Business Development Manager (BDM)to roll out Business Development Strategy and Business Plan.

Under the direction of the Business Development Manager (BDM), the Business Development Coordinator will work with the proposal design team, usually composed of Programme Quality, Program Delivery, Finance, Admin and Logistics (Supply Chain), Monitoring, representatives of National Office(s) and local partner organization(s); making a quality gender transformative and inclusive proposal, aligned with the strategic priorities of the donor and Plan International; and submitting it timely.

Dimensions of the Role

The post holder will report directly to the Business Development Manager (BDM) and will manage grant acquisition processes with budgets up to €500,000 under the supervision of BDM, and will have a strong supporting role in grant acquisitions with budgets above €500,000. In order to achieve his/her objectives, s/he will work very closely with other members in BD Team (Awards Management Specialist and Business Development Manager), as well as, other key departments i.e. Programme Quality and Implementation, Partnerships, Operations, Finance and Influencing & Communication. The position holder has no direct reports.

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Location Dar es Salaam

Reports to Business Development Manager

Level 16

Closing Date 16th October, 2023

Equality, diversity and inclusion is at the very heart of everything that Plan International stands for.

We want Plan International to reflect the diversity of the communities we work with, offering equal opportunities to everyone regardless of age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, sex or sexual orientation.

Plan International is based on a culture of inclusivity and we strive to create a workplace environment that ensures every team, in every office, in every country, is rich in diverse people, thoughts, and ideas.

We foster an organisational culture that embraces our commitment to racial justice, gender equality, girls’ rights and inclusion.

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. This means that we have particular responsibilities to children that we come into contact with and we must not contribute in any way to harming or placing children at risk.

A range of pre-employment checks will be undertaken in conformity with Plan International's Safeguarding Children and Young People policy. Plan International also participates in the Inter Agency Misconduct Disclosure Scheme. In line with this scheme we will request information from applicants previous employers about any findings of sexual exploitation, sexual abuse and/or sexual harassment during employment, or incidents under investigation when the applicant left employment. By submitting an application, the job applicant confirms their understanding of these recruitment procedures.

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