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Proposal Development Manager – Asia

Contract type: Permanent

Salary & Benefits: Competitive Salary, 37 annual leave days including public holidays.

Application closing date:  23 Oct, 2017

Introduction to VSO

VSO is the world’s leading independent international development organisation that works through volunteers to fight poverty in developing countries. Our high-impact approach brings people together to share skills, build capabilities, promote international understanding and action to change lives and make the world a fairer place.

It’s an exciting time to join VSO! 

Role overview

The Proposal Development Manager is part of the Global Bid Development Team and is charged with providing leadership to diverse international proposal bid teams which includes: pulling together bid materials (proposals, presentations and concept notes), design and lead on proposal development workshops to design and validate consortia/bid team inputs, provide high quality proposal review to other proposals and support capacity building and training of country office teams and local partners on proposal development. The role supports different geographic and thematic areas of work and requires frequent travel.

Please note this role can be based in either Pakistan, Cambodia, Philippines or Thailand.

Skills, qualifications and experience

We are looking for someone who is highly motivated, passionate about social justice and inclusive development, knows how to be creative and persistent to achieve results, demonstrates consistent leadership and can work independently in a variety of changing circumstances. The ideal candidate has experience of living and working in developing countries, has strong writing skills and will bring a well-established track record of developing winning funding proposals to donors such as USAID, EC, UKAID, SIDA and UN Agencies. Candidates should enjoy extensive travel and working with diverse and geographic dispersed colleagues.

• Proven experience of preparing compelling, high quality documentation (concept notes, presentations,

   proposals, budgets, reports, log frames, Theories of Change etc.) for different donor audiences

• Proven track record in writing winning donor proposals for donors including USAID, EC, UKAID, SIDA

   and UN Agencies – excellent knowledge of donor proposal formats, log frames and budgeting

• Experience of establishing and cultivating strong donor relationships that have delivered substantially

   increased income

• Proven experience of evaluating proposals and providing high quality analytical, feedback to

   programmes

• Familiarity with M&E tools; theories of change, monitoring frameworks and basic evaluation

   techniques

• Proven ability to research new funding opportunities and to make appropriate judgements about their

   potential to realise significant restricted income

• Strong interpersonal skills, including written, verbal and presentation skills used in international

   settings – experience of leading and facilitating workshops and training

• Proven experience of establishing and negotiating partnerships between organisations; experience in

   developing and writing consortia proposals and teaming agreements as part of consortia bid

   development

• Strong administrative and organizational skills: ability to be self-directed and take initiative
• Strong analytical and financial and skills

VSO reserves the right to close this job early if we receive a sufficient number of applications.

Unfortunately we are unable to provide sponsorship for this position, so please ensure you have the right to work in either Pakistan, Cambodia, Philippines or Thailand before you apply.

How to apply

If you're interested in applying for this role, please download the job description to read more details about the position and the skills and experience we're looking for at https://www.vsointernational.org/about/careers/jobs/proposal-development-manager-a0md000000bg8baiaj   To submit your application, click on  “Make an application” and complete all relevant fields on the online application form. 

Before you apply, please download and read the job description for full details of the roles and person specification and application guidelines available on our website. 

VSO is committed to a policy of equal opportunities, values inclusion and seeks to have a diverse workforce.

Interview/Assessment date(s):  TBC
Start date:  ASAP

Industry

Nonprofit Organization Management

Employment type

Full-time

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Expert

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