Manager, Business Development

CARE Canada is looking for a Manager, Business Development

ABOUT THE ROLE / WHAT THE ROLE OFFERS

CARE Canada’s Global Programs Team is responsible for developing and managing the organization’s programs in both development and humanitarian assistance focusing on the injustice of poverty and gender inequality. The new Strategic Plan reaffirms our gender-equality focus and our dual-mandate status. Our ultimate impact goal is to support women’s leadership for a gender-just future grounded in strong programs supporting safety/protection, health and dignified livelihoods across both humanitarian and development settings.

The Program Design & Development team, within the Global Programs Unit, directly mobilizes programmatic financial resources for CARE’s mission, working in partnership with Program Quality and Program Management teams to support Country Offices to have the funds they need to deliver quality, impactful programs. They collaborate closely with other relevant units in the organization including Philanthropy, Global Programs (program quality and impact, and program management in particular). This includes traditional program funding through the Canadian government, other institutional donors, multilaterals and more, in close collaboration with the Philanthropy team.

Under the leadership of the Director, Program Design & Development, the Manager, Business Development plays an integral role in CARE Canada’s Global Programs Department by facilitating and coordinating the design of quality, impactful programs that funders can’t resist. A collaborator at the core, they seamlessly bring together technical experts, program managers, country office teams, financial specialists, amongst many others, to reach this goal.

The Manager, Business Development is responsible for, among others:

• Leading the thoughtful coordination, and writing, of high-quality, mandate-aligned, successfully funded proposals.
• Identifying new funding opportunities and resource mobilization strategies, participating in donor engagement and stewardship, along with supporting other revenue development efforts.
• Supporting the development and maintenance of strategic partnerships in program design.
• Maintaining the smooth functioning of the processes that lead to these successes.

They work in close collaboration with Global Programs colleagues, as well as those across the CARE Confederation, to build and maintain funding and programming partnerships, leading to secured funding for CARE’s priority programmatic work. They ensure strong alignment of new program opportunities to the CARE International Program Strategy, with a particular focus on ensuring gender is meaningfully included in all program design, as well as all our program quality standards. They contribute to the success of the team and ensure that our work is aligned to CARE Canada’s values and approaches in all that they do, with decolonisation as a core principle.

WHAT YOU OFFER / ABOUT YOU

• Related studies in international development, social services, business administration, economics or a related field or equivalent combination of education and work experience.

• Deep knowledge and experience of working in international development and/or humanitarian business development roles in the Canadian context.

• Experience in development of opportunities with public, private, institutional, and Philanthropic funders, donors and investors of all sizes. Thorough understanding of and previous experience developing funding proposals for complex funding from large institutional donors preferred.

• An ability to work effectively in two of CARE’s working languages is highly desired, including English, French, Spanish, with a strong preference for French, in light of the multilingual support to project proposals required.

• Experience of working overseas in a development and/or humanitarian context.

• Experience and commitment to promoting gender equality and to gender transformative programs.

• High level of influential leadership and strategic collaboration skills from a matrixed role to bring people together for collective ideas and action.

• Ability to build and maintain positive working partnerships with stakeholders, in particular country offices, partners, local organizations, donors, and government officials. Ability to build networks with external and internal stakeholders.

WHAT WOULD MAKE YOU EXTRAORDINARY

• Experience managing complex Global Affairs funding, including familiarity with Contribution and Grant Agreement requirements, negotiations and execution.

• Specialized technical expertise within the sector, including but not limited to the areas of the CARE 2030 Program Strategy (gender equality, crisis response, food and water, economic justice, health and climate justice).

• Experience working at all levels of the project cycle including one or many of the following: design, delivery, reporting, evaluation; additional sectoral technical assistance experience would be an asset.

• Experience and willingness to travel to and work in insecure environments.

• Specialized training / higher learning in a related field/ technical area relevant to CARE’s work.

REQUIREMENTS

• Promote and maintain an organizational culture that advances gender equality, reduces power abuse and inequalities, and fosters trust and safety.
• Create an environment within CARE’s workplaces, programming, and communities where CAREworks thatis free from sexual harassment, sexual abuse and sexual exploitation and child abuse (SHEA-CA).
• Ensure high standards of prevention and response measures for SHEA-CA are in place consistent with the CARE International (CI) Safeguarding Policy and Safeguarding Code of Conduct.

WHAT WE OFFER / ABOUT CARE

• Starting salary range between CAD $78,000 – $83,000
• Comprehensive benefits package and confidential employee assistance program services available to you and your dependents from your first day of employment
• 3 weeks of annual leave (increases to 4 weeks from 2^nd year of employment)
• In addition to annual leave, we offer a December 24-January 1 office closure so we can all recharge simultaneously.
• Inclusive holiday policy
• Paid sick leave.
• Parental leave top-up
• Employer contributions to group pension plan after first year of employment
• Optional participation in group RRSP (eligible from first day of employment)
• International and domestic travel opportunities
• Annual all-staff retreat in Ottawa.
• Learning and development opportunities and specialized training
• Flexible work hours to support employee wellbeing and productivity.
• A focus on wellness and work-life balance
• Amazing colleagues who are very committed to CARE’s mission.

If you are someone who thrives on challenge, loves to be part of a dynamic team and you are passionate about making a difference, then this opportunity is for you! Don’t think you check all the boxes? Reach out anyway – we would love to hear how your experience translates to this role! Please apply directly by October 27, 2023. Please note resumes will be reviewed on an ongoing basis and the advertisement will be removed once a candidate has been identified. We are only able to consider candidates who currently have the right to work in Canada.

CARE Canada is committed to employment equity, welcomes diversity in the workplace and encourages applications from all qualified applicants. Recruitment-related accommodations for persons with disabilities are available on request.

CARE Canada has a mandatory vaccination policy currently in place with accommodations based on the Ontario Human Rights Code.

As part of CARE Canada’s commitment to preventing sexual harassment, exploitation and abuse, we conduct reference checks on all final stage candidates in line with the Interagency Misconduct Disclosure Scheme. By applying to this role with CARE Canada, you are giving us consent to contact your previous employers to seek information in line with this scheme.