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World Resources Institute · 6 days ago

Senior Advisor Strategy and Development

Washington, DC

Full-time

Hybrid

Senior Level, Lead/Staff

$138K/yr - $166K/yr

12+ years exp

World Resources Institute is an independent research organization focused on improving lives, protecting nature, and stabilizing the climate. The Senior Advisor for Strategy and Development will provide strategic leadership and business development expertise to advance the P4G mission, including mentoring colleagues and aligning marketing and operations with organizational strategy.

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No H1B

Responsibilities

You will play a lead role ensuring P4G’s strategy meets our results framework. This includes ensuring P4G’s internal incentives are aligned with delivering results against targets, identifying synergies across targets and country/global work, and ensuring coherence across our portfolio of work. The successful candidate will have experience setting up internal management processes, breaking down institutional silos, and bringing together different organizational parts to deliver results in a joined-up coherent manner

Mentoring and coaching colleagues on best practices for strategy, team work, culture and development

Aligning marketing efforts with overall business strategy

Work as part of P4G’s leadership team to drive alignment across P4G’s member countries and with the broader WRI institutional strategy

Help facilitate regular strategy discussions at the leadership and staff level to monitor progress against the strategy and trigger adjustments as needed

Advise on how to better align P4G’s internal structure and decision-making processes with delivering results against the strategy

Periodically convene thought leaders from across WRI to conduct horizon scanning to identify emerging opportunities and challenges

Continuously explore ways to deepen P4G’s engagement with prospective donors including mapping a list of prospective funders from governments, philanthropies or the private sector

Providing strategic guidance to team members on campaign strategies and business development

Share guidance on P4G’s growth and scaling strategy

Develop internal fundraising processes and materials

Create and populate fundraising development and tracking template

Run bi-weekly fundraising meetings and maintain fundraising templates

Assist in the development of additional proposals as the opportunities arise during this employment period

Pipeline and opportunity generation: actively scan for and identify opportunities to apply for funding aligned with P4G’s overall strategy and growth plan

Managing the pipeline of potential business development opportunities

Identifying and nurturing leads to convert them into viable business development prospects

Collaborating with in country team members to ensure a steady flow of opportunities

Participate in calls and conversations with prospective P4G funders or collaborative partners to understand the potential alignment with P4G and the specific value add that aligns with P4G’s overall growth options strategy

Lead on a proposal management timeline and writing new proposals for P4G as the opportunity arises. Assign writers as needed within the existing P4G team for sections of the proposal and manage authors and the proposal timeline. Lead on getting input from the P4G team and select external stakeholders as needed for the proposal. Provide feedback to section authors to maintain the consistency of narrative and clarity

Project manage or support special discrete projects with defined timelines as assigned. This will include the development of workplans and timelines with key milestones as well as developing and tracking budgets

Provide clear guidance and coordination to internal WRI teams and external partners to ensure their compliance with WRI’s internal processes and systems as well as workplans

Manage project close-outs including after-action reviews and lessons learned

Qualification

Business developmentProposal managementLeadership experienceInternational developmentClimate change knowledgeCoaching skillsAnalytical skillsMulticultural communicationEnglish proficiencyOrganizational skills

Required

Bachelor's degree or higher in international development, international relations, fundraising or an equivalent proposal writing intensive discipline. Additional years of experience can be considered in lieu of a degree

Minimum of 12 years of experience, with background as a senior manager of major campaigns for large global not-for-profit, civil society, governmental or for-profit organizations

Experience directly managing large, complex teams across geographies, as well experience in roles that do not involve direct staff management and require sophisticated skills in indirect coordination, influence and execution across a large institution

Significant experience and/or certifications in leadership, coaching, management

Demonstrated experience in leading multi-disciplinary campaigns and development teams that cut across technical areas, including in depth knowledge of the tools, systems and methodologies used by business development professionals at leading global organizations

Knowledge of and experience working in sectors related to climate change and environment, and/or any of the sub-sectors in which P4G and WRI focus. Experience working in low-and-middle income economies

Skilled at developing and managing proposal materials from initial opportunity identification through to review and final submittal across multiple donors

Demonstrated experience managing proposals that includes all aspects of proposal management, including team assignments and management as well as the hands-on work of writing and meeting the specific proposal requirements for international development activities across multiple philanthropic, bilateral and multilateral donor organizations

Demonstrated success in pursuing and securing business development opportunities across multiple bilateral, philanthropic, or corporate funders

Skilled at writing and editing for a broad audience including country and philanthropic donors, businesses and policymakers

Strong analytical, review and copyediting skills

Excellent organizational skills with the ability to work quickly and meet tight deadlines

Ability to provide constructive feedback to authors

Strong eye for detail and ability to track and monitor changing timelines

Comfortable working in multicultural environment across different time zones

Excellent verbal and written English proficiency

Existing work authorization in your country of residence which must be in a country where WRI/P4G has existing operations

Preferred

Ideal candidate would also have considerable experience in international program implementation in development in low to middle income countries

Specific trainings in business development for international development audiences including ideally EU-based bi-lateral or multi-lateral agencies, large corporations, and philanthropic funding

Benefits

Access to the WRI global network with the opportunity to exchange with and learn from passionate colleagues working at the cutting edge of their fields across Asia, Africa, Europe, Latin America and the US

The chance to have an impact and to develop your career within a mission driven organization with access to varied learning and training opportunities.

A workplace that strives to put diversity and inclusion at the heart of our work

The opportunity to join and get involved in different working groups and affinity groups to shape the future of WRI

Commitment to hybrid working model with flexible working hours

Generous leave days that increase with tenure

For US location: Medical Coverage, Dental Coverage, Vision Coverage, retirement plan access and employer contribution