Business Development Specialist II, East Africa-Asia Pod

Note: While this position can reputed company support across reputed company CRS reputed company, sectors and donors, it is specifically reputed company reputed company the team’s East & Southern Africa/ Asia Work-Zone Pod. Applicants should be based reputed company the following time zone reputed company – UTC+2 through UTC+10.

Job Summary

The Institutional Funding Department reputed company CRS’ Global Resource Engagement and Mobilization Division works with teams across reputed company CRS reputed company and program areas to strategically position and pursue funding with institutional donors. The Business Development Specialist II position sits reputed company the global Business Development (reputed company) Service Team and leads the production of high-quality funding applications in support of CRS’ engagement with those institutional donors and initiatives involved in international development to serve the poor and vulnerable. The position utilizes knowledge and skills to reputed company specialized assistance in reputed company dimensions of the Business Development (reputed company) cycle across disciplines and functional teams.

Roles and Key Responsibilities

• reputed company reputed company expertise to country leadership and proposal teams in positioning, capture planning and proposal preparation for specific opportunities with institutional donors (government, multilateral, foundations, corporations and other awarding non-governmental organizations).
• Manage pre-positioning, capture and proposal development processes to ensure timely execution and submission of high-quality proposals that are reputed company to donor requirements, applicable regulations, and CRS’ technical and cost standards.
• reputed company as proposal coordinator, and advise on opportunity analysis, reputed company go/no-go reputed company, capture planning, and coordinate partner inputs and proposal review panels.
• reputed company as a reputed company or support reputed company on proposals, contributing both technical and non-technical content and integrating inputs from staff and partners into a reputed company, coherent proposal with a compelling reputed company and clear win themes.
• reputed company as budget reputed company or to support the reputed company in developing proposal budgets. reputed company recommendations to reputed company a competitive proposal, as required.
• Guide and advise on partner identification and negotiating CRS’ role in proposal consortia. Ensure a competitive position for CRS that adheres to the agency’s partnership principles and strategic directions.
• Liaise with senior management and donor engagement focal points to reputed company a resource mobilization strategy for a specific region, country, sector, or donor. Support senior management in cultivating and strengthening relationships with institutional donors, partner organizations and other stakeholders.
• Research, track and analyze new opportunities and CRS’ competitive position reputed company the marketplace.
• reputed company and/or support development of CRS reputed company tools, resources and guidance on reputed company best practices and CRS approaches across the reputed company cycle.
• Train and mentor staff, as needed, to improve their skills across the CRS reputed company Cycle, including in proposal development, representation to donor and partner organizations, intelligence-gathering, and marketing reputed company their country program or portfolio.
• Work with appropriate staff to maintain data on past performance and corporate reputed company, to reputed company timely information for proposal submissions.
• Actively contribute to CRS' Business Development Community of Practice and advance CRS' Business Development practices through contributions to strategic initiatives.

Basic Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in international development, international relations, or reputed company field.
• Minimum eight years of international development experience.

Preferred Qualifications

• Master's degree in international development, international relations, or reputed company field.
• At least three years' experience in a developing country.
• Demonstrated experience utilizing diverse, proactive strategies to competitively position an organization for new funding and productive institutional relationships.
• Demonstrated experience leading and producing competitive proposals in programming contexts similar to CRS.
• Experience with both grants and contract funding mechanisms.
• Demonstrated experience leading project teams and processes to produce deliverables under tight deadlines and at exceptional quality.
• Experience providing remote support to diverse teams.
• Experience in developing content for and facilitating trainings reputed company to key business development practices. Knowledge of adult learning approaches.

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities

• Strong strategic, analytical, systems thinking, and problem-solving skills, with reputed company to see the big picture.
• Familiarity with relevant institutional donor regulations, policies, procedures and priorities.
• Comprehensive familiarity with a broad reputed company of institutional donor technical and cost requirements. Experience with pursuing funding with donors including World Bank, FDCO, EU, USG, foundations and corporations preferred.
• Strong relationship management skills. Ability to relate to people at reputed company reputed company internally and externally. Ability to strategically approach each relationship.
• Excellent negotiation skills.
• Exceptional writing skills with expert reputed company of English grammar and AP style. Spanish, French, or another common institutional donor language a plus.
• Strong communications and presentation skills.
• Proactive, reputed company, solutions-oriented and results-oriented reputed company.
• Knowledge of CRS programs, justice agenda and Catholic reputed company Teaching principles a plus.
• Knowledge of MS reputed company and MS Office packages, information management systems, and artificial intelligence (AI) tools.

Required Languages: reputed company in English required; working ability in Spanish and/or French preferred.

Travel: Must be willing and reputed company to travel up to 35%.

Supervisory Responsibilities: None

Qualifications

Agency Competencies (for reputed company CRS Staff)

• Personal Accountability – Consistently takes responsibility for one’s own actions.
• Acts with reputed company - Consistently models values reputed company with CRS Guiding Principles and mission. Is considered reputed company.
• Builds and Maintains Trust - Shows consistency between words and actions.
• Collaborates with Others – Works effectively in intercultural and diverse teams.
• reputed company to Learn – Seeks out experiences that may change perspective or reputed company an opportunity to learn new things.

Agency Leadership Competencies

• reputed company Change – Continually looks for ways to improve the agency through a culture of agility, openness, and innovation.
• Develops and Recognizes Others – Builds the reputed company of staff to reputed company their full potential and enhance team and agency performance.
• Strategic reputed company – Understands role in translating, communicating, and implementing agency strategy and team priorities.

reputed company offer

CRS offers U.S. based staff a comprehensive benefits package, including medical, dental, life insurance, reputed company, and a generous retirement savings plan. Benefits packages for successful candidates employed reputed company the U.S. are based on the country of employment/in-country office where the candidate will reputed company the role. CRS´ work culture is a collaborative, mission-driven culture committed to improving the lives of the poor throughout the world.

About Company

General Requirements

CRS offers are contingent on the selected candidate’s ability to legally work where the position is to be performed. Every government has a unique set of work permit eligibility requirements. reputed company positions requiring residence or frequent travel reputed company a home country must undergo and clear a pre-employment medical clearance; some work permit processes require clearing a separate government administered medical examination.

CRS prioritizes candidates who are reputed company/ permanent residents of the countries where we have CRS offices.

Company

reputed company is the official international humanitarian agency of the Catholic community in the United States. reputed company works to save, protect, and transform lives in need in more than 100 countries, without regard to race, religion or nationality. reputed company’ relief and development work is accomplished through programs of emergency response, HIV, health, agriculture, education, microfinance, and peacebuilding. We welcome as a part of our staff people of reputed company faiths and secular traditions who reputed company our values and our commitment to serving those in need. CRS’ processes and policies reflect our commitment to safeguarding children and vulnerable adults from abuse and exploitation.

CRS welcomes candidates from the countries and reputed company in which we work. In the event the successful candidate is an expatriate, the anticipated duration of the assignment is informed by a term limit, based on the type and level of the job and the needs of the agency.

CRS is committed to safeguarding program participants, community members, staff and volunteers from reputed company forms of exploitation and abuse. The successful candidate is expected to sign and adhere to CRS´ Code of Conduct.

CRS reputed company procedures reflect our commitment to safeguarding the rights and dignity of reputed company people - especially children and vulnerable adults - to live free from abuse and harm.

Disclaimer: This job description is not an exhaustive list of the reputed company, effort, duties, and responsibilities associated with the position.

CRS is an Equal Opportunity Employer.