Country: Kenya
Closing date: 21 Dec 2018
Purpose of role:
Support VSO to seek and respond to restricted funding opportunities – developing competitive funding proposals by coordinating VSO bid teams and acting as lead writer.
Responsibilities:
Funding strategy & positioning is aligned to programme priorities:
* Contribute to a global, coordinated fundraising strategy, centered around VSO’s Core Programme Areas and Signature Programmes – when required participating in the CPA and SP development processes (either as a process coordinator or a member of the core development team)
* Work collaboratively with wider funding team to help identify and plan strategies to position VSO with potential partners and donors
Bid development:
* Rapidly pull together bid materials (proposal, presentation, concept outline) that bring a project or programme idea into a concrete, fundable proposition (including bringing out the VfM arguments, responding to donor/partner key interests, & being technically compliant, to ensure sound concept in line with good development practice and feasible delivery –
* Provide bid development for single and multi-country bids, regional and global calls and where VSO is a member of a consortia (as lead or sub)
* Manage and lead diverse proposal bid teams (made up of country office staff, partners, volunteers, VSO technical experts from finance, M&E & fundraising, programme teams and external consultants as needed) to deliver highly competitive concept notes and full proposals for all funding sources (institutional donors, trusts, foundations, major donors, and the corporate sector) -emphasis on large scale funding opportunities over £1M, complex and / or consortia applications
* Design and lead on proposal development workshops to bring together and validate consortia/bid team inputs
* Ensure legally binding teaming agreements are in place with consortia partners, and facilitate internal proposal risk assessment sign offs by senior leadership
* Ensure Value for Money arguments and Theories of Change and Cost Recovery are clearly articulated in all proposals
* As part of the wider business development team, provide high quality proposal review to other proposals (where not the lead)
* Identify, collate and share good practice and learning around donor requirements and agreed programme portfolio
* Contribute to the development of signature packages for country offices as part of the prepositioning and bid development core functions
How to apply:
Application URL: http://www.aplitrak.com/?adid=ZW56aW9rYS4zOTM2OS4zODMwQHZzby5hcGxpdHJhay5jb20