Deadline: Ongoing
The Plan International is currently accepting applications from the eligible applicants for the post of Business Development Manager in Cairo, Egypt.
The Business Development Manager (BDM) manages the Business Development Unit (BDU). The BDU is responsible for identifying funding opportunities in line with Plan Egypt’s program priorities, writing successful grant proposals in coordination with program colleagues in addition to strengthening our linkages with local donor missions and national offices.
Plan International is one of the oldest and largest children’s development organisations in the world, working in 51 developing countries across Africa, Asia and the Americas to promote child rights and lift millions of children out of poverty.
Key Job Responsibilities
The Business Development Manager will perform the following functions-
- Develop resource mobilization plans to operationalize the resource mobilisation strategy of Plan Egypt.
- Ensure development of regular reports and analysis of the implementation plans, mapping between program priorities and donor opportunities, funding analysis, etc to be used by management for tracking progress against the targets, review and decision making.
- Actively identify grant opportunities and develop grant proposals in line with agreed organizational procedures and in close coordination with Program Design Unit, Program Areas and other relevant departments and units within Plan Egypt and National offices.
- Ensure that all categories of program costs are taken into account at the conceptualization and submission stage of grant preparation.
- Monitor, analyze and consolidate relevant grant information and disseminate where relevant within Plan Egypt.
- Produce and regularly update a comprehensive mapping of all donor opportunities (by sector and geography) in Egypt.
- Lead on developing and packaging grant proposals to suit the requirements of different donors, including working with the programme communications team to develop separate marketing collateral aimed at different audiences (NOs, Institutional donors, Corporate etc.).
- Ensure, in coordination with the DCD – Programme and Strategic Partnerships manager, to develop, manage and maintain strategic partnerships with local donor missions, including bilateral and multilaterals.
- Develop and maintain a strong and professional image of Plan Egypt among relevant donors.
- Lead on researching where potential opportunities for grants funding can be found.
- Ensuring successful on-going donor relationship management and ‘ownership’ of relations with donor representatives locally.
- Identify and coach competent staff for grants acquisition and implementation including coaching and mentoring to support their abilities in different fields.
- Co-ordinate with the DCD-Programme and HROD manager to strengthen the capacity of staff and partners in building donor relations, generating resources (technical, funding, material) and managing/reporting on grant-funded programs and projects.
- Work with the Finance and Program Quality & Delivery Manager to ensure the effective utilization of grants monitoring systems in terms of projections and forecasting, the monitoring of expenditure, negotiations with grantors for budget modifications and completion of project reports.
Eligibility Criteria
- Applicants must have-
- Master’s Degree in relevant field
- Five years of professional experience of which at least three should have been spent in a resource mobilisation in the development sector
- Demonstrated track record of writing project proposals and obtaining grant funding for development projects from institutional donors
- Experience in coaching, training and facilitation
- Experience in identifying and developing fund raising opportunities
- Experience of working with children and communities and managing child-related program and projects would be an advantage
- Other skills-
- Demonstrable knowledge as a result of study, training or practical experience on grants acquisition;
- Knowledge of the various donors interests, priorities and requirements;
- Excellent English oral and written communication skills;
- Advanced negotiating skills;
- Proven strategic relationship management skills;
- Conceptual and analytical skills;
- Excellent people skills; team builder;
- Planning and monitoring
- Marketing skills;
- Coaching, mentoring, training and facilitation skills;
- High level of computer proficiency.
How to Apply
Applications must be submitted through online process.
For more information, please visit Plan.
