Country: United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
Closing date: 21 Aug 2018
Do you have a passion for designing innovative development programmes to transform gender norms and realise women’s and girls’ rights? ActionAid UK is looking for an experienced business development expert to lead the development of commercial tenders and complex grant proposals to fund the delivery of our ambitious new strategy, Together with Women and Girls.
As a Senior Business Development Specialist, you will be a key member of the International Development Policy and Practice (IDPP) team, which includes business development, programme quality and assurance, and technical specialists.
The team is responsible for the development, funding and management of institutionally-funded development programmes. The Business Development team is a new dedicated sub-team within IDPP, responsible for designing and implementing the organisation’s new fundraising strategy and delivering ambitious income growth for ActionAid.
As a Senior Business Development Specialist, you will work alongside the Head of Business Development and other members of the Business Development team to build ActionAid’s profile across the sector with donors, partners and networks. You will design and lead donor and partner engagement strategies to position ActionAid strategically for funding opportunities. You will be a champion for women’s and girls’ rights and an advocate for increased resources for progressive women’s and girls’ rights programmes and approaches.
You will be responsible for leading complex and high priority grant proposal and commercial contract opportunities, coordinating bid teams across London and in-country, to ensure the delivery of high quality, competitive and compliant proposals and tenders. You will play a key role in developing and nurturing ActionAid UK’s relationships with institutional donors, partner organisations and networks.
You will also lead internal team projects such as developing donor-specific training materials; developing capacity-building plans with other federation members; and designing and supporting new team processes, procedures and systems.
To support the start-up of this new, dedicated Business Development team, we are looking for candidates who will bring creativity, innovation and proactivity, to secure new channels of funding, strengthen internal process and ways of working, and build the business development capacity across the organisation. The successful candidate will have a strong track record of developing high quality, successful proposals and commercial tenders of seven figures and above, preferably with DFID.
You will have excellent project management skills, with the ability to lead and work collaboratively with virtual teams across multiple countries in high pressure environments in meeting tight deadlines. You will also have a strong approach to mentoring and supporting the personal development of other members of the team to learn and grow.
We are particularly interested to hear from candidates with experience of developing or managing programmes focussed on violence against women and girls, women’s economic empowerment or adolescent girls.
How to apply:
To apply please complete the online application form: https://candidate.actionaid.org.uk/67084RLW