The position is to be filled as of October 1, 2023, with an initial contract duration of two years. There are good prospects for an extension. The contract is based on a 50% basis and entails 112 assignment days for deployment countries per year accordingly. As Proposal Development Manager, you are home-based, but commit to deployment within 14 days to respond to an assignment in a Welthungerhile project country. During the deployment, per diems and expenses are paid.

Welthungerhilfe (WHH) aims to diversify institutional funding sources and access to funding from competitive calls for development proposals. As Proposal Development Manager, you will be responsible for writing proposals for competitive calls of strategically important institutional donors. You will also steer the proposal writing process. In your position, you will contribute to the decentralized structure of WHH assuring the elaboration of high-quality and competitive proposals.

Your responsibilities

• Develop needs based & impact-oriented project planning processes and write proposals in the context of specific donor calls for proposal (in line with WHH and country strategy)
• Provide support and organise field assessments for proposal development incl. involvement of local and other NGO partners
• Ensure the timely development of competitive project proposals in line with WHH’s global and respective country strategy
• Ensure compliance with WHH’s quality standards and internal processes when preparing proposal documents
• Coordinate the preparation of a full application and complete set of documents according to donor requirements for submission to selected donor calls
• Actively lead the proposal development process incl. internal stakeholder management and timely internal provision of required inputs
• Develop and keep track of the time schedule to ensure on-time submission
• Provide training on the job for the proposal development team to generate more capacity in the country
• Review process and codify lessons learnt to be provided to country office and head office units

Your profile

• A university or college degree in a field related to the position
• At least 3-5 years of experience in the elaboration of concept notes and full proposals for various institutional donors, ideally in collaboration with partner organizations
• Technical Expertise in (one of) WHH’s focus areas
• Sound knowledge in the management of proposal development processes
• Excellent skills in managing proposal development processes
• Excellent (proposal) writing, communication, and facilitation skills
• Readiness to receive necessary vaccinations for working in Welthungerhilfe’s programme countries
• Excellent spoken and written English and French language skills

Our offer

We offer you the opportunity to work in a responsible and interesting field as part of an extremely dedicated team. Welthungerhilfe attaches great importance to the personal and professional development of its employees and the balance of their work and private life. Remuneration is based on our gender-independent salary scale. In addition, Welthungerhilfe offers numerous other benefits, which are listed under “Our benefits”.