The Organisation
Plan International is an independent development and humanitarian organisation that advances childrenโs rights and equality for girls.
We believe in the power and potential of every child. But this is often suppressed by poverty, violence, exclusion and discrimination. And itโs girls who are most affected.
Working together with children, young people, our supporters and partners, we strive for a just world, tackling the root causes of the challenges facing girls and all vulnerable children.
We support childrenโs rights from birth until they reach adulthood. And we enable children to prepare for โ and respond to โ crises and adversity. We drive changes in practice and policy at local, national and global levels using our reach, experience and knowledge.
We have been building powerful partnerships for children for over 85 years, and are now active in more than 80 countries.
ROLE PURPOSE
The Business Development Coordinator leads successful proposal development, under the guidance of the Business Development Manager. Coordinating, challenging and aligning a range of financial, technical, business development and programme inputs, and producing a high-quality proposal for development, humanitarian nexus to development and emergency programs that satisfies Plan Internationalโs strategy and procedures.
Accountabilities and MAIN WORK ACTIVITIES
Engage with the programme team (both technical and leadership positions) to guide the swift design and development of programme concepts and proposals; Coordinate with grants management and compliance teams to incorporate compliances in the proposal; Work closely with Business Development Manager and supporting National Offices to ensure proposals address strategies, compliance and concerns of donors, to support proposal development; Ensure adherence to Planโs procedure and guidelines in proposal development; Develop systems to improve the proposal drafting process; Work to strict deadlines coordinating with multiple stakeholders and coordinating input from local and international partners, be they public or private for the support of proposal development; Support the technical teams in preparing accurate budgets that are in line with the proposal strategy and logical frame; Ensure that each proposal submission is fully costed based on the cost recovery policy Ensure high-quality and timely production of development, humanitarian nexus to development and emergency project proposals in a range of technical areas; Ensures proposals are in line with PIE CS, capacity and capability; Proposals are in line with Plan Internationalโs global standards on CCCD, gender marker, youth and inclusion and consistently applied the IASC Marker in humanitarian actions Prepare thematic area capacity statement to support fundraising; Up-date donor mapping package on regular basis; Prepare FAD Stage 1, 2 and 3 as well as SPAD โ as and when required up-date data on the YODA system - then handover to the Grant Compliance and Programme Team; Prepare and up-date FAD tracker as well as GPMT on monthly basis; Prepare Funding Gap analysis on quarterly basis; Support proposal data assessment team at the field level; Be innovative to prepare a winning proposal and improve proposal success rate;Other Responsibilities
Within the scope of the role, there will be additional assignments as needed.Safeguarding Children and Young People (Safeguarding) and Gender Equality and Inclusion (GEI)
Understands and puts into practice the responsibilities under Safeguarding and GEI policies and Plan Internationalโs Code of Conduct (CoC), ensuring that concerns are reported and managed in accordance with the appropriate procedures. Ensures that Plan Internationalโs global policies for Safeguarding Children and Young People and Gender Equality and Inclusion are fully embedded in the area of work.Ensures that Plan Ethiopia contributes to Plan Internationalโs global efforts that safeguarding and GEI are included in proposal development and related documents.
Technical expertise, skills and knowledge
Qualifications/ experience essential:
Knowledge
BA degree in Economics, Sociology, Social Development or related/equivalent subjects. At least 5+ Years of relevant experience out of which 3 years on a senior level experience (not necessarily gained in an NGO or INGO) or demonstrated equivalent combination. Strong experience in successful proposal development; Excellent command of logical frameworks, budgets and technical formats;