KEY AREAS OF ACCOUNTABILITIES:

• Register the NGO in the national and international platforms, the required clusters, donors, and funding agencies.
• 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, advanced intelligence gathering, donor websites, and strategy papers for NGOs, the 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 the main 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 concept, strategy, and practice (CSP).
• Prepares materials needed to facilitate donor engagement and bolster the reputation and credibility of BFWO 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.
• Accordingly, develop and arrange the required documents for the organization’s assessment and for auditors, and remain as the focal point.

Proposal Development:

• Drive interdepartmental coordination for project design and proposal development and participate in project design and proposal development as the lead.
• Together with the awards team and thematic advisors lead in the development and monitoring of the proposal development calendar.
• Together with other teams, identify lessons that inform 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 learned reviews based on proposals developed, to strengthen future proposals; and create a mechanism of sharing lessons learned 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.
• 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 Requirements:
Background in organizational development, 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 of experience working in both emergency and development contexts, with solid experience in more than one of the priority sectors: health, nutrition, education, child poverty, child protection, and child rights governance.
• 3+ years of proven experience in leading the development of large-scale proposals, including the development of project budgets.
• 3+ years of proven experience in 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 in 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 organize a demanding workload comprised of diverse and challenging tasks and responsibilities
• Strong communication (written and spoken) in English, with the 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)

Desirable

• Experience with donor requirements and regulations, policies, procedures, and systems in fundraising.
• Experience in donor mapping and knowledge of the Afghanistan context of donor landscape.