CRS Business Development Specialist II Jobs 2023 – Ethiopia NGO Jobs.
CRS Ethiopia looking for “Business Development Specialist II”.
Applicants with a Bachelor’s Degree may apply on or before 13th December, 2023.
Catholic Relief Services is the official international humanitarian agency of the Catholic community in the United States. CRS works to save, protect, and transform lives in need in more than 100 countries, without regard to race, religion or nationality. CRS’ relief and development work is accomplished through programs of emergency response, HIV, health, agriculture, education, microfinance and peace building.
CRS Business Development Specialist II Jobs 2023
The CRS has published a job vacancy announcement on 04th December, 2023 for qualified Ethiopians to fill in the vacant post of Business Development Specialist II to be based in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.
| Recruiter | Catholic Relief Services (CRS) |
| Position | Business Development Specialist II |
| Location | Addis Ababa, Ethiopia |
| Country | Ethiopia |
| Total Vacant Post | N/A |
| Qualification | Bachelors Degree |
| Experience Required | Minimum Five (05) years |
| Application Deadline | 13th December, 2023 |
CRS Job Vacancy 2023
Roles and Key Responsibilities:
- With a particular focus on pricing strategy and cost inputs, provide BD expertise in positioning, capture planning and proposal preparation for specific opportunities with institutional donors (government and inter-governmental award issuing organizations, as well as foundations, corporations and other awarding non-governmental organizations).
- Coordinate cost proposal development processes to ensure timely submission of high quality cost proposals that are responsive to donor requirements, applicable regulations, and CRS’ technical and cost standards. Lead and support proposal budget processes and propose recommendations to develop a competitive proposal.
- Serve as cost lead on proposal teams, working with technical staff, management, local finance staff, and partner staff to integrate inputs into a responsive, cost competitive detailed budget and budget narrative. Collaborate with proposal teams to ensure an understanding of the proposal requirements and to establish competitive and reasonable cost and pricing data for the development of cost proposals in accordance and alignment with relevant proposal specifications. Create or modify budget spreadsheet templates in accordance with client requirements.
- In close collaboration with proposal coordinators and technical leads, lead or contribute to the writing of competitive cost proposal narratives.
- Support to proposal budget processes, including compliance reviews and cost competitive analyses, to ensure adherence to the solicitation, donor rules and regulations and internal CRS policies and cost standards.
- Manage partners as a part of the proposal process and perform activities including developing budget templates, providing budget assumptions, negotiating budgets, reviewing budgets and notes, and ensuring final submissions comply with donor requirements.
- Lead proposal teams in collecting, preparing, and analyzing historical cost data for use in budgeting.
- Support senior management to cultivate and strengthen institutional relationships with institutional donors, partner organizations and other stakeholders.
- As appropriate and time permitting, serve in other lead or supporting role on a proposal team, working with proposal teams to ensure the timely submission of high-quality proposals that are responsive to donor requirements, applicable regulations, and CRS’ technical and cost standards.
- Train and mentor staff, as needed, to improve their skills in cost proposal and pricing strategy development across a variety of donors.
- Support and guide identification of partners and negotiation of CRS’ role on proposal consortia, ensuring a competitive position for CRS that adheres to the agency’s partnership principles and strategic directions.
- Lead in developing and/or updating of relevant cost proposal tools, resources and training modules. Develop templates and tools for efficient and effective cost proposal preparation according to donor and industry best practices (e.g. Excel budget templates and cost notes).
- Actively contribute to CRS and EARO Business Development Communities of Practice and advance CRS’ Business Development practices through contributions to strategic initiatives and annual summits. Cultivate collaborative relationships with other key stakeholders, including HQ and regional finance staff.
Position in Organization:
- Business Development Specialist II
- Job Identification: 3001116
- Job Category: Resource mobilization
- Posting Date: 28/11/2023, 21:23
- Job Schedule: Full time
- Job Shift: Day
- Location: Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
Minimum Requirements:
Qualification:
- Bachelor’s degree in international development, international relations, finance, economics, or related field.
- Master’s degree preferred.
Experience:
- Minimum five years of international development experience, with at least three years’ experience in a developing country.
- Five years of proposal development and/or budgeting experience, with familiarity with USAID.
How to Apply CRS Business Development Specialist II Jobs 2023
Note: Before you apply, please download (link is given below) the full advertisement and read it carefully.
Then to apply, go to https://eipn.fa.us2.oraclecloud.com/hcmUI/CandidateExperience/en/sites/CX_1/job/3001116
The Closing Date: 13th December, 2023.
Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted for interviews.
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| Official Website | www.crs.org |
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