TITLE: PROPOSAL COORDINATOR

LOCATION: WASHINGTON, DC

DIVISON: DIRECTOR GENERAL’S OFFICE

REPORTS TO: JENNA FOGLE, SECRETARY TO THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES AND SENIOR PROGRAM MANAGER

GRADE: 21 CSC

US FLSA STATUS: EXEMPT

POSTING DATE: OCTOBER 22, 2024

CLOSING DATE: NOVEMBER 22, 2024, OR OPEN UNTIL FILLED

Job Summary:

The Director General’s Office (DGO) of the International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) seeks a highly motivated Resource Mobilization Officer to join its team. The ideal candidate will be innovative, self-motivated and goal-oriented, with experience creating and executing fundraising strategies and developing successful proposals to secure restricted and unrestricted funding from foundations and government and multilateral agencies. The incumbent will be responsible for supporting senior staff and research leads with strategic resource mobilization, proposal development, and coordination efforts across the institute.

This locally recruited position is a one-year, renewable appointment and is located at IFPRI’s headquarters in Washington, DC.

Essential Duties:

Specific duties include but are not limited to:

Fundraising

• Assist in advising staff on the development and implementation of fundraising strategies
• Perform competitive intelligence gathering through research and analytics to identify new donors and funding prospects, including private industry, foundations, high-net worth individuals, multilateral agencies, and government
• Advise staff on strategies for approaching donor prospects and draft outreach & communication materials
• Manage cultivation and stewardship for select foundations and individual donors

Proposal Development & Coordination

• Proactively liaise with research units and corporate services to facilitate proposal development efforts, streamline the process, strengthen the output, and track progress and staff input throughout the proposal process
• Work closely with and support research units from project concept to full proposal development, incorporating input from multi-disciplinary staff
• Provide high quality review for key proposals to ensure output complies with proposal requirements, and facilitate professional service support (grant writer, editor, etc.), in collaboration with research units and finance
• Continually assess and propose improvements for practices/procedures/systems involving IFPRI’s proposal pipeline and funder/funding intelligence

Other duties:

• Assist with partnership-related activities and event coordination as needed.

Required Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree plus 10 years of relevant work experience or master’s degree or equivalent certification plus 8 years of experience, preferably 4 years of experience in a business development team supporting international development clients, including USAID and US government contracting.
• At least 2 years of management experience.
• Experience developing and/or implementing fundraising strategies for nonprofit organizations, including prospect research; outreach to funding sources; and donor cultivation and stewardship
• Experience developing successful proposals/grants targeting various funding sources (government, private industry, foundation and individuals), preferably in agriculture, nutrition and/or relevant fields
• Highly effective and versatile communication skills—both written and oral. Ability to effectively synthesize scientific/programmatic content for multiple audiences
• High level of professionalism, including the ability to diplomatically coordinate individuals with various disciplines to accomplish common objections
• Self-motivated, with proven ability to work independently and multi-task to accomplish key goals and complete projects
• Strong analytical skills
• Comfortable in a global team, including working well with team members and collaborators located in multiple time zones and countries
• Willingness and ability to travel as needed

Preferred Qualifications:

• Master’s degree
• Proficiency in a second language of the U.N. system
• International experience, especially in Africa, Asia and Latin America
• Working knowledge of Microsoft Office and donor databases
• Background, or interest in, international development

Physical Demand & Work environment:

• Employee will sit in an upright position for a long period of time
• Employee will lift between 0-10 pounds.
• Employee is required to have close visual acuity to perform activities such as: preparing and analyzing data and figures; transcribing; viewing computer terminal; extensive reading

IFPRI provides research-based policy solutions to sustainably reduce poverty and end hunger and malnutrition. The Institute conducts research, communicates results, optimizes partnerships, and builds capacity to ensure sustainable food production, promote healthy food systems, improve markets and trade, transform agriculture, build resilience, and strengthen institutions and governance. Gender is considered in all of the Institute’s work. IFPRI collaborates with partners around the world, including development implementers, public institutions, the private sector, and farmers’ organizations. IFPRI is a member of the CGIAR Consortium.

IFPRI offers a multicultural, collegial research environment with competitive salary and excellent benefits. IFPRI is an international and equal opportunity organization and believes that diversity of its staff contributes to excellence.

Salary Range: The expected salary range for this job requisition is between $85,600- $104,900. In determining your salary, we will consider your experience and other job-related factors.

Benefits: IFPRI is committed to providing our staff members with valuable and competitive benefits, as it is a core part of providing a strong overall employee experience. This position is eligible for health insurance coverage and a summary of our benefits can be found on our website. Please note that the listed benefits are generally available to active, non-temporary, full-time and part-time US-based employees who work at least 25 hours per week.

IFPRI Washington D.C has a hybrid work environment that allows staff members a minimum of two days (preference for 3 days) in-office work and the remaining two to three days remote work.

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