Awards Development Officer

CONTRACT LENGTH:

Till 31 Dec 2026 possibility of contract renewal

CHILD SAFEGUARDING: (select only one)

Level 2: either the post holder will have access to personal data about children and/or young people as part of their work; or the post holder will be working in a regulated position (accountant barrister solicitor legal executive); therefore a police check will be required (at standard level in the UK or equivalent in other countries).

ROLE PURPOSE:

The Awards Development Officer will coordinate and develop proposals for competitive funding opportunities. The position requires innovative thinking and creativity to package our programme strategies in ways that attract the right donor support and grow our portfolio strategically and sustainably. Recognising that many conversations with donors involve a review or update around current grants as well as discussions about new opportunities this role will also be expected to remain informed about the progress of major institutional grants.

The Awards Development Officer will also undertake Donor Landscape Studies regularly to identify donor trends lead in the development of country funding strategies facilitate structured donor engagement track and identify donor opportunities

In the event of a major humanitarian emergency the role holder will be expected to work outside the normal role profile and be able to vary working hours accordingly

SCOPE OF ROLE:

Reports to:

Direct: Head of Awards Management and Donor Compliance

Indirect: NBD Senior Officer / NBD Manager

Staff reporting to this post: N/A

KEY AREAS OF ACCOUNTABILITY:

Proposal Development (65%)

Ensure a clear and structured go/no-go process is in place.

Process-lead the development of proposals building on global regional and national expertise and ensuring the highest quality product.

Serve as lead writer and proposal lead for key competitive bids with inputs on technical writing from PDQ and other departments.

Work with Members to ensure that proposal development teams are appropriately resourced.

Lead capture planning for key opportunities ensuring that donor analysis competitor analysis and an analysis of SCs strengths and weaknesses informs go/no-go decisions partnership strategies and increases preparedness for developing high quality proposals.

Drive interdepartmental coordination for project design with PDQ Advocacy Programme Operations Awards (for field team inputs logistics requirements costings etc.) Security Logistics Finance and HR (for staffing requirements).

Ensure full internal and member review and sign off as per the proposal development process and Fundraising Protocol.

Draft key sections of proposals that are standard inputs e.g. capability statements; country context and programme experience while drawing on the expertise of Technical Advisors Operations Finance HR and Security.

Represent SC Egypt as a generalist alongside technical experts in consortium meetings regarding proposal development.

Ensure that Theory of Change is addressed in all new proposals and that key elements of programme quality are included (e.g. child participation child safeguarding gender lessons learned from past proposals accountability risk assessments effective and sustainable partnerships etc.).

In coordination with PDQ ensure that Common Approaches are integrated in proposal development when appropriate and relevant.

Coordinate Value for Money calculations in proposal development as required by donors.

Ensure proposals are compliant with all requirements of the donor and solicitation.

Arrange for after action reviews with the support of Global team business partners and/or Members to promote learning and ensure quality of proposals.

Strategy and Planning (15%)

Refresh Donor Landscape Studies on an appropriate frequency

Work with PDQ to develop generic concept notes for thematic areas and cross-sectoral integration. These concepts should reflect our ambitions and new creative thinking to achieve more for children.

Support SMT in developing and managing consortium arrangements. Ensure appropriate documentation developed and filed to support consortium arrangements.

Maintain AMS and internal tracking systems and participate in monthly NBD-Awards meetings.

Awards-NBD facilitation (20%)

Serves as the primary focal point for reviewing AMS records related to new opportunities and proposals ensuring all required documentation is properly approved and uploaded prior to initiating the relevant workflows

Coordinates with relevant Technical Advisors (TAs) and MEAL staff to ensure all awardspecific data is accurately reflected in AMS including themes sub-themes response codes Risk factors value of procurement CAM Value dates of submitting CN Proposal Due date and Date proposal submitted)

Coordinates the implementation and followup of action points related to NBD in different platforms as Pre-kick off meetings ARM donor meetings ... etc

Facilitates structured communication between NBD Awards Management Technical Advisors MEAL and Finance teams to ensure shared understanding of opportunity status and award conditions

Completes the Donor Compliance Matrix for areas related to technical compliance requirements outlined in the proposal documentation

BEHAVIOURS (Values in Practice)

Accountability:

holds self-accountable for making decisions managing resources efficiently achieving and role modelling Save the Children values

holds the team and partners accountable to deliver on their responsibilities - giving them the freedom to deliver in the best way they see fit providing the necessary development to improve performance and applying appropriate consequences when results are not achieved.

Ambition:

sets ambitious and challenging goals for themselves and their team takes responsibility for their own personal development and encourages their team to do the same

widely shares their personal vision for Save the Children engages and motivates others

future orientated thinks strategically and on a global scale.

Collaboration:

builds and maintains effective relationships with their team colleagues Members and external partners and supporters

values diversity sees it as a source of competitive strength

approachable good listener easy to talk to.

Creativity:

develops and encourages new and innovative solutions

willing to take disciplined risks.

Integrity:

honest encourages openness and transparency; demonstrates highest levels of integrity

QUALIFICATIONS

Bachelors degree in a related field related to International development

Fluent English and Arabic Languages Skills

Proficiency in an additional SCI working language such as French or Spanish is considered a distinct advantage

EXPERIENCE AND SKILLS

Essential:

A minimum of three (3) years of proven experience in role(s) focused on New Business Development and Awards Management

Proven practical management experience preferably in both emergency and development programmes

Good understanding of donor Landscapes

Good understanding Of Awards management Principles and essentials

Computer literate (i.e. WORD advanced Excel Outlook Internet Explorer financial systems)

Cultural awareness and ability to build relationships quickly with a wide variety of people

Excellent planning management and coordination skills with the ability to organise a workload comprised of varying and changing tasks and responsibilities

Desirable:

Good Understanding of Partnership management principles and Practices

Good Understanding of Monitoring and Evaluation principles and tools

Experience in one or more of Save the childrens thematic areas as Education. Livelihoods Child Protection Health Cash Interventions and MHPSS

Additional job responsibilities

The duties and responsibilities as set out above are not exhaustive and the role holder may be required to carry out additional duties within reasonableness of their level of skills and experience.

Equal Opportunities

The role holder is required to carry out the duties in accordance with the SCI Equal Opportunities and Diversity policies and procedures.

Child Safeguarding:

We need to keep children safe so our selection process which includes rigorous background checks reflects our commitment to the protection of children from abuse.

Safeguarding our Staff:

The post holder is required to carry out the duties in accordance with the SCI anti-harassment policy

Health and Safety

The role holder is required to carry out the duties in accordance with SCI Health and Safety policies and procedures.