Consultancy Needed - Business Development for Innovative Financing

Support business development for innovative financing initiatives.

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Overview

Support business development for innovative financing initiatives.

You have:

Experience in developing innovative financing mechanisms and strategies.
Proven ability to engage and manage partnerships with private sector and financial stakeholders.
Strong background in market research and intelligence related to financing trends.
Ability to prepare investment cases, concept notes, and proposals.
Excellent communication and presentation skills.

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Consultant of Business Development for Innovative Financing

Background

Save the Children Indonesia is expanding its resource mobilization strategy beyond traditional grant funding by exploring innovative financing mechanisms that generate sustainable resources and scale impact for children. This includes partnerships with the private sector, development finance institutions, impact investors, philanthropic organizations, carbon and climate finance initiatives, blended finance, results-based financing, and other market-driven financing solutions.

The Consultant will support the Resource Mobilization Team in identifying, developing, and pursuing innovative financing opportunities that align with Save the Children's strategic priorities. The consultant will also help position Save the Children as a preferred implementation partner for organizations seeking high-impact investments in children's wellbeing and community resilience.

Essential Function

The essential functions of this consultancy are:

Opportunity Identification

Identify innovative financing opportunities from foundations, DFIs, impact investors, family offices, climate funds, corporate sustainability initiatives, and blended finance facilities.
Conduct market intelligence and horizon scanning on emerging financing trends.
Develop an innovative financing opportunity pipeline.

Partnership Development

Identify and engage strategic partners including:

Corporations
Financial institutions
Impact investment funds
Climate finance organizations
Carbon market actors
Technical partners
Facilitate introductory meetings and partnership discussions.
Prepare partnership briefs and engagement materials.

Innovative Financing Strategy

Support development of financing approaches including:

Blended finance
Results-based financing
Outcome funding
Social impact investment
Carbon finance
Nature-based solutions financing
ESG and sustainability partnerships
Inclusive insurance
Development impact bonds (where applicable)

Business Development

Support the Resource Mobilization Team to:

Develop concept notes
Prepare investment cases
Develop partnership proposals
Coordinate proposal development
Prepare pitch decks and presentations
Develop financing models and funding strategies

Technical Advisory

Provide strategic advice on:

Financial structuring
Partnership models
Risk-sharing mechanisms
Investment readiness
Commercial sustainability
Private sector engagement strategy

Knowledge Management

Develop tools and templates for innovative financing.
Maintain opportunity tracker.
Produce market intelligence reports.
Document lessons learned and best practices.

Deliverables

1. Innovative Financing Pipeline

Pipeline of innovative financing opportunities.
Opportunity assessment matrix.
Priority engagement plan.
Quarterly pipeline updates.

2. Market Intelligence

Donor and investor mapping.
Corporate ESG opportunity mapping.
Climate finance landscape analysis.
Emerging financing trend reports.

3. Partnership Development

Stakeholder mapping.
Partnership engagement tracker.
Meeting reports.
Partnership concept papers.
Memoranda of collaboration (where applicable).

4. Proposal & Investment Development

Investment cases.
Concept notes.
Proposal packages.
Pitch decks.
Financial models.
Partnership proposals.

5. Strategic Advisory

Innovative financing strategy recommendations.
Financing options paper.
Partnership framework.
Internal guidance notes.

6. Knowledge Products

Opportunity database.
Lessons learned.
Presentation materials.
Monthly progress reports.

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Potential interview questions

Can you provide an example of an innovative financing mechanism you have successfully implemented?	This question assesses your practical experience with innovative financing.	Highlight a specific project where you developed or implemented such a mechanism.
Describe a time when you had to build a partnership with a corporation or financial institution.	The interviewer wants to evaluate your partnership development skills.	Pro members can see the explanation.
How do you conduct market intelligence and assess emerging financing trends?	Pro members can see the explanation.	Pro members can see the explanation.
What strategies would you use to engage impact investors in financing children’s programs?	Pro members can see the explanation.	Pro members can see the explanation.
What challenges have you faced in business development and how did you overcome them?	Pro members can see the explanation.	Pro members can see the explanation.
How would you assess the commercial sustainability of a new financing initiative?	Pro members can see the explanation.	Pro members can see the explanation.
Explain your experience with social impact investing and its relevance to this role.	Pro members can see the explanation.	Pro members can see the explanation.
What steps would you take to develop a successful partnership proposal?	Pro members can see the explanation.	Pro members can see the explanation.