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| Business Development Manager | |||
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| Country | Afghanistan | Province | Kabul, |
| Categories | Business Development, | Type | Full Time |
| Post Date | 2022-12-18 | Close Date | 2022-12-30 |
| Vacancy No | 2530-K | Gender | male female |
| No Of Jobs | 1 | Contract Duration | One year with possibility of extension |
| Education | Bachelor Degree in Business Administration, Economics or in related field. Masters Preferred. | Experience | 5 Years |
| Organization | Opportunities for you | Salary | As per organization policy |
About Company
About AidTrends Afghanistan: AidTrends Afghanistan is an Afghan non-governmental and nonprofit humanitarian organization aptly supported by Afghan and International Aid workers, founded in 2012, the purpose is to provide sustainable livelihoods intervention opportunities to Support the most vulnerable communities both in the urban and rural areas of Afghanistan. Thus consequently providing access to better education, adequate primary health care, and employment opportunities, respect the ideals of human rights, peace, good governance and eventually improved sustainable community development.
Job Description
The Business Development Manager will be reporting to the Executive Director with a special focus on developing significant external relationships with local as well as regional and global key stakeholders to profile AidTrends business development efforts for Country Office, Afghanistan. S/he will lead in undertaking, portfolio analysis, donor landscape scanning, development of a donor engagement and funding strategies, tracking of donor funding opportunities and lead proposal development processes.
KEY AREAS OF ACCOUNTABILITIES:
- Analyze the current portfolio and identify trends and approaches that inform a better funding strategy.
- Identify and track relevant upcoming funding opportunities through desk-based research, advance intelligence gathering, donor websites and strategy papers for INGOs, private sector, government institutional donors, trusts and foundations and major donors that have a national or regional presence.
- Implement the funding strategy and ensure coordination and synergy among country office teams in undertaking approaches and actions that deliver agreed restricted funding targets.
- Undertake donor landscape mapping and prepare an effective plan for donor engagement.
- Together with thematic leads, develop thematic funding plans and track the implementation of the plans while considering the goals of CSP.
- Prepares materials needed to facilitate donor engagement and bolster reputation and credibility of AidTrends Afghanistan with potential and current funders and consortia partners.
- Monitors news media and donor/government sources for potential changes in strategy, regulations and legislation to ensure the country office reacts effectively and advises its members of the resulting impact on their operations.
Proposal Development:
- Drive interdepartmental coordination for project design and proposals development and participate in project design and proposal development.
- Together with Awards team and thematic advisors lead in development of and monitoring of the proposal development calendar.
- Together with other teams, identify lessons which informs planning and the design of new programs and ensure these are considered and/or input into new proposals.
- Serves as a steward of business development processes and provides training in business development protocols. Lead teams in quarterly lessons learnt reviews based on proposals developed, in order to strengthen future proposals; and creates mechanism of sharing lessons learnt among the thematic advisors for quality proposal writing.
- Write sections of the proposals with TAs and review inputs for quality control before submission to the donor.
Strategic Information Management
- Ensures accurate and timely overview of funding priorities and pipeline health and analysis are shared across the country office and with the Regional Office to ensure smooth and effective prioritization of funding opportunities.
- Contribute to institutional learning by thoroughly documenting and sharing practices and sharing fitting practices on bid management, including leading on learnings from bids won and/or lost.
Job Requirement
Background in business development, donor and relationship management, strategic portfolio analysis and planning in non-profit management or related discipline.
EXPERIENCE AND SKILLS
Essential
- Recommended minimum of 5 years' experience working in a both emergency and development contexts, with solid experience in more than one of the priority sectors: education, child poverty, child protection, child rights governance, health and nutrition.
- 2.5+ years proven experience in leading the development of large-scale proposals, including the development of project budgets
- 2.5+ years proven experience of engaging and building relationships with donors and government entities.
- Knowledge of the requirements of major institutional donors including budgeting, eligibility issues, compliance management, and reporting; experience of engaging with donors at a strategic level
- Skills in leading donor landscape mapping, development of donor engagement and funding strategies.
- Excellent planning, management and coordination skills, with the ability to organise a demanding workload comprised of diverse and challenging tasks and responsibilities
- Strong communication (written and spoken) in English, with ability to summarise and present information.
- Good interpersonal skills with the ability to communicate and negotiate clearly and effectively at all levels, taking into account cultural and language difficulties.
- Computer literate (i.e. Word, Excel, Outlook, Internet Explorer, financial systems)
Submission Guideline
- Please submit a cover letter along with updated CV to afg.vacancies@aidtrends.org
- Applications after the closing date (12:00 AM)
- Please Indicate the position title, Vacancy Number in the Subject Line (Business Development Manager- 2530-K) otherwise your application will not be considered.
- Please note that there is no telephonic inquiry and only shortlisted applicants will be contacted with and call for Interview.
- The successful applicant will be expected to undergo a Background Check, Reference check and be compliant and sign up to AidTrends Afghanistan’s Code of Conduct, PSHA (Prevention from Sexual harassment, exploitation and abuse) and other policies prior to a final offer being made.
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