ROLE PURPOSE:
The New Business Development Specialist will work with the New Business Development Advisor and Head of New Business Development to proactively seek out and disseminate information on new funding opportunities; cultivate excellent relationships with donor agencies, partners and Save the Children Member offices globally. He/She will facilitate program development for the Ethiopia Country Office through identification of opportunities for funding, donor research and relations, drafting proposals and supporting project design, and ensuring proposals are compliant with internal and donor standards. The position will also support research and documentation of lessons learnt and ensures utilisation of evidence in the design process; and builds other teams’ capacity to develop high quality proposals.
Child Safeguarding:
Level 3 - the responsibilities of the post may require the post holder to have regular contact with or access to children or young people.
SCOPE OF ROLE:
Reports to: New Business Development Advisor
Dimensions: Save the Children works in 8 regions in Ethiopia with a current staff of approximately 1,600 and annual expenditure of approximately $80 million.
Staff directly reporting to this post: None
Key working relationships: Ensures appropriate coordination between technical experts (PDQ team) including MEAL, Operations, Budgeting, Security, HR and Awards teams to ensure the execution of strong proposal development processes.
A.KEY AREAS OF ACCOUNTABILITY:
Programme Quality in Design & Implementation:
Donor research and relationship building
Proposal/ Concept Note coordination
Documentation and learning
SKILLS AND BEHAVIOURS (our Values in Practice)
Accountability:
Holds suppliers accountable to deliver on their responsibilities
Ambition:
Collaboration:
Creativity:
Integrity:
QUALIFICATION AND EXPERIENCE
Education
KEY COMPETENCIES
Technical competencies:
Generic Competencies
Child Rights: Promotes the rights of children in own work and in work with colleagues and peers
Additional job responsibilities
The duties and responsibilities as set out above are not exhaustive and the role holder may be required to carry out additional duties within reasonableness of their level of skills and experience.
Equal Opportunities
The role holder is required to carry out the duties in accordance with SCI’s global Diversity, Equity and Inclusion and Gender Equality Policies, supported by relevant procedures.
Child Safeguarding:
We need to keep children safe so our selection process, which includes rigorous background checks, reflects our commitment to the protection of children from abuse.
Safeguarding our Staff:
The post holder is required to carry out the duties in accordance with the SCI anti-harassment policy.
Health and Safety
The role holder is required to carry out the duties in accordance with SC Health and Safety policies and procedures.
We offer a competitive package in the context of the sector. The duty station of the position holder will be in Addis Ababa This role is offered on the basis of national terms and conditions only.
The Organization
We employ approximately 25,000 people across the globe and work on the ground in over 100 countries to help children affected by crises, or those that need better healthcare, education and child protection. We also campaign and advocate at the highest levels to realize the right of children and to ensure their voices are heard.
We are working towards three breakthroughs in how the world treats children by 2030:
• No child dies from preventable causes before their 5th birthday
• All children learn from a quality basic education and that,
• Violence against children is no longer tolerated
We know that great people make a great organization, and that our employees play a crucial role in helping us achieve our ambitions for children. We value our people and offer a meaningful and rewarding career, along with a collaborative and inclusive environment where ambition, creativity, and integrity are highly valued.
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