Oct 26, International Alert Senior Commercial Funding Officer Jobs in Rwanda

This is an exciting opportunity for an experienced fundraiser to join our Resource Development team to help grow our commercial funding portfolio. You will work closely with country and technical teams to support identification, positioning, bidding and contracting of tenders from key donors such as the FCDO, EU and USAID.

As framework coordinator for Alert’s growing number of framework agreements, you will liaise with partners and donors as well as colleagues to maximise opportunities and ensure effective management of contractual obligations. You will also collaborate across the organisation to improve our capacity to identify, win and deliver commercial contracts to complement our extensive grant funding portfolio. ​

We are looking for someone expert in commercial tenders, with a proven track record in bringing people together to develop winning bids. You should bring a strong understanding of working with peacebuilding multilateral and bilateral institutions, a network of suppliers and/or consultants, and an ability to provide technical support and guidance to colleagues in different country contexts.

In return you will have the opportunity to join a dynamic and creative team, working across programmes and technical teams to secure new funding and improve our approaches to commercial contracts. The position sits within our global Resource Development team and is open to applicants to be based in any of our countries of operation (subject to permits).

Working patterns vary between contexts, but flexible working arrangements are available including remote working, compressed hours and part time options.

Role duties and responsibilities:

Lead on opportunity identification and positioning for commercial contracts

Liaise with country, regional and technical teams to identify priority funding areas and build a strong commercial pipeline

Scan and identify suitable funding opportunities and share across Alert including attending early market engagement events

Build and maintain relationships with UK, US and European contractors to position Alert as a preferred sub-contractor

Support pre-bid partnership positioning and consortium building

Facilitate strategic go/no-go decision making

Coordinate project design and bid development for commercial funding opportunities in collaboration with country, regional and global teams

Coordinate the bid development process for commercial tender opportunities including programme delivery contracts, framework bids and consultancies

Support consortium building and partner liaison as required

Provide written inputs to tender documents and gather relevant information e.g. CVs, compliance documents

Work closely with finance colleagues to ensure quality financial/commercial proposals in line with donor requirements

Provide donor-specific guidance to support effective targeting and tailoring of bids and ensure donor compliance

Act as framework coordinator for Alert’s framework agreements

Be the focal point for partners within Alert’s framework agreements including lead partner liaison (where Alert is a sub)

Monitor and share draw down opportunities, facilitating go/no-go processes and ensuring compliance with agreed timeframes

Coordinate bid development process for framework tenders

Provide guidance and support internally to ensure all relevant teams are well briefed in framework contracts

Monitor framework performance and provide periodic reports to key colleagues

Help strengthen Alert’s approach to identify and secure commercial contracts

Collaborate with relevant colleagues to sharpen Alert’s offer, and ensure Alert has up-to-date capacity statements in all relevant areas

Work with GPU teams to increase our reach and impact on conflict sensitivity and conflict analysis; gender; peace economies; and climate crisis including support to business model development and developing fundraising strategies

Keep up to date on new rules and ways of working with key donors, and share important intel with colleagues

Collaborate with Global Delivery team colleagues to support systems strengthening and ensure donor compliance for commercial contracts

Collaborate with the wider Resource Development team on learning and cross-organisational initiatives

Ensure the CRM is updated with relevant information

Provide training and learning opportunities for colleagues on commercial contracts

Contribute to the maintenance of the organisation’s funding pipeline

Participate in and provideinput to regular team meetings, technical meetings and the fundraising community of practice

Contribute to team and organisation planning and strategy development

How to Apply

For more information and job application details, see; International Alert Senior Commercial Funding Officer Jobs in Rwanda

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