Senior Business Development Officer who has previous experience within an international organisation, excellent understanding of the international development funding environment and excellent writing, analytical and numeracy skills is required for an international development organisation.
SALARY: £36,009 - £38,651 per annum + Excellent Benefits (see below)
LOCATION: Hybrid - a mix of office-based work in Rugby, Warwickshire and working from home, with some international travel
JOB TYPE: Full-Time, Permanent
WORKING HOURS: 35 hours per week
The role occasionally requires very intense periods of working - either from where you are based, or in the country where the bid is being developed. The ability to flex a working schedule and to travel occasionally is a requirement of this role.
JOB OVERVIEW
We have a fantastic new job opportunity for a Senior Business Development Officerwho has previous experience within an international organisation, excellent understanding of the international development funding environment and excellent writing, analytical and numeracy skills.
The position of Senior Business Development Officer sits within the organisation's highly successful Strategic Business Development team, whose role is to support teams across the world to identify, engage and win funding from some of the largest and most high-profile donors.
Working with colleagues from across the organisation, your focus as the Senior Business Development Officer will be on leading and winning medium-sized opportunities, from existing and new donors. Who these donors are is dependent on the skills and experience you can bring to this role.
You will also play a critical role in supporting bid teams working on larger or more complex opportunities.
The organisation is embarking on a new and ambitious strategy and the role offers an amazing opportunity for an ambitious business development professional to help deliver that growth.
DUTIES
Your duties as the Senior Business Development Officerwill include:
- Deliver exceptional relationship management for a portfolio of existing projects and donors, where the donor relationship is UK-led
- Research, identify, engage and lead on winning medium-sized opportunities, from existing and new donors
- Provide support to bid teams working on larger, strategic proposals
- Support and promote the use of the organisation's Business Development Processes
- Work with colleagues globally to ensure they maximize opportunities to engage with donors, for example at conferences, events or meetings
- Represent the organisation at events
- Keep abreast of priorities in country offices to ensure they have the business development support they need
- Maintain accurate records within the in-house database
CANDIDATE REQUIREMENTS
- Business development experience, in an international organisation
- Experience of one or more of the following: institutional donors, international trusts & foundations, climate finance, innovation funding, USAID or carbon finance
- Good project management skills, with experience of coordinating bid teams and proposal development
- Excellent understanding of the international development funding environment and key trends
- Experience of representing your organisation externally at events or donor meetings
- Excellent writing, analytical, and numeracy skills and the ability to synthesize and communicate complex information
- Ability to manage multiple responsibilities and to set priorities
- Proven track record of making sound decisions, based on evidence, opportunities and risks
- Commitment to development principles
- Able to work with a high degree of flexibility and autonomy
- An excellent working knowledge of Microsoft Office (Outlook, Excel, Word and PowerPoint)
- A willingness to travel
- Fluent written and spoken English
WHY JOIN?
The opportunity to work for an organisation that is making a positive difference to the lives of people worldwide, a friendly and supportive culture, working with values driven and highly engaged colleagues, work life balance and flexible working - these are just some of the reasons why the organisation is a great place to work.
Their open plan offices are located in the centre of Rugby near to the train station.
In addition, the organisation offers the following benefits:
- Full time roles are contracted at 35 hours per week
- 27 days holiday in addition to public holidays
- Hybrid/flexible working options
- A pension scheme that new employees can join from day one of employment (rules apply) - employer contributes 10.5% of salary and the employee contributes a minimum of 5%
- Enhanced family friendly policies, including maternity, adoption, paternity, and shared parental leave
- Life assurance (3 x annual salary)
- Cycle to Work scheme
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JOB REF: AWDO-P12540
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