International Rescue Committee · 2 weeks ago
Senior Program Business Development Advisor
New York, NY HQ USA
Full-time
Hybrid
Mid, Senior Level
$110K/yr - $114K/yr
6+ years expThe International Rescue Committee (IRC) is a prominent humanitarian organization dedicated to responding to crises worldwide. The Senior Program/Business Development Advisor will lead business development efforts, manage proposal teams, and enhance IRC’s relationships with key stakeholders to secure funding for humanitarian projects.
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Responsibilities
Lead proposal development for complex and strategic public opportunities, including capture strategy, management of proposal teams, calendars, and deadlines; strategy development with technical staff; consortium management and negotiations; recruiting; writing; production; and after-action reviews
Collaborate with regional, country, and technical teams to develop and implement opportunity-specific long-term capture and positioning strategies
Lead strategic capture efforts for frameworks, single opportunities and wider funding sources including donor mapping, SWOT analysis, support to win theme development, and relevant strategies for pre-positioning efforts
Contribute to strengthening IRC’s profile and relationships with key stakeholders, including donors, peer organizations, local partners, and government institutions to support opportunity-specific strategic planning and decision-making
Advises Technical Teams and Country Teams on strategic approaches for funding opportunities, guiding a robust and evidence driven Go/No Go process
Supports technical units and country teams to offer pitches to prospective partners to secure the most competitive consortia possible
Review and/or draft expressions of interest, concept notes, and proposals to ensure quality and compliance with donor standards
Collaborate with IRC’s pricing team and other budget leads, ensuring technical coherence and value for money with the cost proposal
Collaborate with Proposal Recruiters to identify and assess candidates for key personnel positions on proposals
Organize and manage internal processes to ensure IRC is always submitting the most competitive and compliant proposals
Conducts After Action Reviews and captures learning to disseminate to wider organization
Contributes to and models the use of standard business development processes, tools, templates and information
May serve in short term mentor role to junior staff leading large bids for the first time
Conducts landscape analyses as necessary to identify most strategic partnerships in public donor markets, with a particular focus on fostering local partnerships
Drafts high quality positioning materials as necessary, including capability statements and prior project reference sheets
Strengthening collaboration with internal stakeholders including country teams, technical units, and other team members
Contributes to country-specific BD strategies and BD action plans as necessary to support prioritization of new business development opportunities
Work with colleagues across IRC, in particular the BD Quality & Systems team to support change initiatives to continuously improve, evolve and innovate IRC approach to effective, mission aligned business development
Qualification
Required
Bachelor's degree in relevant field, including international relations, political science, public administration, and communications
At least six years of focused experience working with major institutional donors on large and often complex procurements. Donors may include World Bank, FCDO, USAID, French AFD, German BMZ or other comparable funders
Strong knowledge of compliance, donor rules and regulations for the donors with whom IRC works, including those listed above
Training or familiarity with commonly used Business Development processes and a willingness to learn and operate using IRC's BD guidelines
Fluency in English with proficiency in at least one other working language used commonly in IRC teams and business development (French, Spanish, Kiswahili, Arabic)
Successful track record leading large proposal teams on complex subject, multi-year, multi-partner proposals with minimal supervision
Excellent communication and interpersonal skills, including the ability to effectively manage a variety of relationships in a multicultural environment
Demonstrated ability to collaborate equally effectively with colleagues in ‘remote' and diverse teams, including as team leader for proposals
The ability to work productively and accurately while under pressure in a fast-paced, demanding environment
Experience managing large development or humanitarian programs- a strong understanding of program implementation and donor engagement throughout the project cycle will desirable
Lived and/ or working experience in IRC's main international programming locations (Sub-Saharan Africa, Middle East, Latin America, Asia)
Ability to travel internationally (up to 20% of time)
Benefits
10 sick days
10 US holidays
20-25 paid time off days depending on role and tenure
Medical insurance starting at $163 per month
Dental starting at $6.50 per month
Vision starting at $5 per month
FSA for healthcare and commuter costs
A 403b retirement savings plans with immediately vested matching
Disability & life insurance
An Employee Assistance Program which is available to our staff and their families to support counseling and care in times of crisis and mental health struggles
Company
International Rescue Committee
IRC responds to the world's worst humanitarian crises & helps some of the most vulnerable people from harm to home.
10001+ employees
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Funding
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$1.25MKey Investors
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David Miliband
President & CEO
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