Head of Business Development and Fundraising at Save The Children

Responsibilties

• The Head of New Business Development is a key position to support successful pursuit of new funding for the country program.
• His/her actions and decisions in managing multi-divisional proposal response teams directly impact the quality and competitiveness of Save the Children's proposals for new funding.
• S/he provides quality control and support to technical leads efforts to achieve greater program impact through the successful pursuit of larger and more strategic funding opportunities.

Qualifications:

• S/he should have a master's degree in intemational development or relaled field with 6-8 years' experience in international development, including at least 5 years' of experience in successful proposal development for institutional and corporate donors, including pre-solicitation preparation;
• Experience wilh USAID and DFID solicitations is required; substantive relevant experience in proposal development for other multilateral or bilateral donors may be considered within the years of experience sought;
• Experience training staff and creating training modules and materials;
• Excellent technical skills in writing, editing, formatting, research, negotiation, and verbal communications, and attention to detail required.