Senior Officer: BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT & CSR

The Business Developer & CSR Officer designs the fundraising strategy of the programme where he/she is based. He/she identifies funding opportunities and leads the concept notes and project proposals development process, with the expected output of having documents ready for submission to donors (public institutions, foundations and private sector).

 

Key Responsibilities:  

1.  Strategic development:

1.1   Monitor donors’ strategies and priorities in order to anticipate calls for proposals and identify opportunities for submission.

1.2   Engage with identified donors to understand their perception of current programming and identify areas of interest for targeted fundraising efforts.

1.3   Monitor research and development initiatives of other organizations, including INGOs, UNs and government to spot trends in the development sector which need to be taken into account to develop competitive proposals.

1.4   Contribute to Strategic Business Plan and follow-up, with a focus on Fundraising action plan and Internal Project Documents.

2.  Relationship Management:

2.1   Work with the Secratry and Core Team of EKTA, building key stakeholder relationships with relevant decision makers in government, national/local organizations, donors and key international organizations;

2.2   Develop excellent and active working relationships with strategic donors and partners in- country ;

2.3   Promote EKTA’s technical positioning, approaches, know-how and expertise in relevant networks in order to develop consortium agreements.

3.  Proposal Development :

3.1   For new project: support donor’s proposal writing in accordance with EKTA’s proposal writing process and tools (PD-tool, Project Developement Monitoring tool, etc.) and including the development of: logical frameworks, MEAL plan, technical approach narrative, planning, staffing and budgeting;

3.2   For the renewal of existing projects: contribute, under the lead of the Project Manager, to the proposal’s writing;

 

3.3   Coordinate and collaborate with Support services and technical staff to ensure their inputs are duly reflected in proposals;

3.4   When required, identify appropriate/competitive teaming arrangements (consortiums, multi- country projects…) and facilitate negotiations.

3.5   For consortiums, manage coordination, communication and inputs from subs during project development;

3.6   Review final proposal/concept note before submission for compliance with donors’ guidelines and expectations, budget matching to technical narrative and overall quality;

3.7   Ensure (when relevant) the final submission of the concept notes and proposals to donors;

Knowledge

Master degree in humanitarian and development studies HI’s vision, mandate, values and strategy Humanitarian principles and principled humanitarian action The fundamentals of disability HI service sectors, mandatory cross-cutting approaches Donor rules Planning          and          internal coordination

Know-how (practices)

· Minimum of 5 years’ experience in humanitarian project development and donor relationship (including experience in consortium development) · Written and oral communication in French, English and/or Spanish · Analysis (donor environment, geopolitics) and ethical positioning · Negotiation and representation (internally and externally) · Advocacy and networking techniques · Strategic thinking · Partnership mobilization and management · Expert in proposal development (logframes, budget & narrative) · Synthetic and analytic thinking · Leadership of multi-cultural and multi-sector teams, on-site and remotely

Interpersonal skills (attitudes)

Ethical values and a constructively critical mind set Benevolent (shows trust / acknowledges achievements) Cooperative /collaborative (asks for feedback / listens to the organisation) Accountable (internally/externally/to governance) Diplomacy Audacious                            (shows initiative/entrepreneurial) Resilience to stress and uncertainty Capable of self- criticism (listens and seeks to improve) Pragmatism, capacity to adapt with agility

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ekta.hrdteam@gmail.com

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