Work Location : US- Washington, DC Type of Post : Not Applicable Other Possible Location : Funding : APPROVED Expected Travel : up to 20% Type of Contract : Language Requirement : ENGLISH Application Deadline : Employee Duration : Full-Time
CARE is a leading poverty fighting and development and humanitarian global nonprofit. Our 2030 strategy will see us deliver impact through gender equal, locally led and globally scaled programs across 100+ countries. The continued ability to help those most in need will depend on increasing our funding and the Proposal Technical Writer will play a vital role in helping CARE realize its ambition of reaching $1B in annual revenue.
The Proposal Technical Writer supports CARE's fundraising efforts writing high value, multi-sector proposals in food/water/climate/nutrition with funding from the US government. As a key member of the Resource Development Content Team and reporting to the Executive Director, the Writer will collaborate with multiple technical teams based at global and country levels to document CARE's evidence based and impactful strategic approaches and programs, and support contextualization of these solutions to write winning proposals.
Responsibilities:
Collaborate with Knowledge Management and M&E teams to mine program data for learnings and contributions to evidence base. Develop communication material for internal and external thought leadership as well as capacity strengthening within the organization. Support Technical Leads to conduct staff capacity strengthening to increase knowledge of CARE technical strategies, operational plans and contextualization at country levels.
Qualifications:
Bachelor's Degree in international relations, agriculture, communications or related field with 15 years of relevant work experience supporting business development in an international development context. 5+ years of demonstrated experience serving as a Lead Writer on large, USG and other major donor-funded technical proposals in development assistance in gender equality and gender in food and water, health and education in the countries where CARE works. Proven experience and track record working in multi-sectoral, geographically dispersed proposal teams to design and write $30M+ proposals. Demonstrated capability to independently manage complex processes under tight deadlines. Flexibility to travel 30 % of time and work flexible hours. Demonstrated technical subject matter expertise in gender equality, particularly as a it applies to integrated programming in food, water and nutrition, health equity and rights, and education and adolescent empowerment. Strong communication, coordination and collaboration skills with proven experience applied in international context. Passion for writing and commitment to gender equality Strong working knowledge of MS Office, Teams and SharePoint.
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