Contract Length: one year
Country Programme: Nepal
Base: Kathmandu with travels to the field
Line Manager: Country Director
About the Nepal Programme of People in Need:
People in Need (PIN) is a non-governmental, non-profit, international organization founded in the Czech Republic in 1992. PIN arrived in Nepal as part of a humanitarian response to the April 25, 2015 earthquake. Since its inception in Nepal, PIN has had a strong role in designing and facilitating systemic solutions advocating for and addressing the needs of vulnerable populations affected by disasters including person categories who live in geographically remote areas of the country, historically marginalized ethnic groups, and those marginalized because of their age and/or gender identity. Currently, PIN Nepal is implementing programmes under three strategic pillars 1) Emergency response and recovery, 2) Climate resilience, and 3) Civil society and inclusive governance. PIN Nepal team works in and promotes strong partnerships with civil society, Government of Nepal, academia, private sector and other key stakeholders in Nepal. Together with them, PIN Nepal has been for example one of the pioneer organizations advancing programmes such as landslide disaster preparedness and anticipatory action, climate and flood resilient housing, durable local solutions, climate change modelling for more inclusive and efficient local decision-making, girls and inclusive education, waste management and circular economy approaches. PIN is strongly committed for safeguarding of children and vulnerable adults, including persons with disabilities, in line with its safeguarding framework and child protection policy
About the role:
The Business Development Manager will lead PIN Nepal’s pre-positioning in developing new grants/business cases, design, lead and write proposals and concept notes, finalize proof of concept of all tested interventions and perform required tasks of submitting proposals. S/he will be primarily responsible to coordinate with PIN’s Institutional Fundraising Unit (IFU) and Knowledge and Learning Department (KLD) for donor and partnership mapping, identifying new funding opportunities, preparing for PIN’s pre-positioning and leading new business case development together with technical advisors, managers and other team members.
Main Duties amp; Responsibilities:
Fundraising and Business Case Development
- Lead the proposal and business development process together with Head of Programme (HOP) and Head of Systems and Operations (HOSO) under supervision of Country Director (CD) including setting up Programme Development Task Force (PDTF) for each opportunity, leading kick off meetings, preparing division of tasks, time plan, and pro-actively leading and/or participating in other necessary tasks related to preparation for specific business cases and/or funding opportunities;
- Lead, write and contribute to the development of concept notes and funding proposals (including budgets and compliance), in coordination with all relevant departments, and ensure:
- Relevancy to the constraints and needs of the country, appropriate definition of beneficiaries and target groups, documented added value;
- Appropriate design of the action coherency, analysis of the problem, external factors, consistency of activities and results, consideration of cross cutting elements, analysis of stakeholders;
- Sustainability of the action impact on target groups, multiplier effect, sustainability on different levels;
- Cost effectiveness and value for money, together with PDTF and Finance Manager/HOSO;
- Monitoring and risk analysis;
- Contribute to building partnerships and coordination for engagements with potential and existing partners in line with PIN Nepal’s Country Strategy;
- Ensure that the team understands governmental programmes, plans and strategies at federal, provincial and local levels, and together with Partnership Manager ensure that PIN’s proposals and programmatic design are in line with it;
- Lead on and develop engagement with private sector and non-traditional civil society actors and stakeholders with the aim to ensure sustainability of PIN Nepal’s programmes and appropriate exit strategies (including CSR, impact investment, leveraging private and other potential funding);
- Lead on capacity development of PIN Nepal’s team in topics necessary for business development, proposal writing and successful positioning;
- Ensure aligning of proposals and programmatic design with donor strategies (including their mainstreaming policies, such as environmental policy, GEDSI policy, GBV mitigation, etc.), together with government’s commitment towards SDGs (and UN agenda) and governmental (periodic) plans and policies;<