Emergency Business Development Technical Advisor II

November 8, 2023

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Agricultural Livelihoods • Emergency Response and Recovery • Health • Education • Microfinance

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Description

• Provide technical advice and accompaniment to local organizations participating in the EMPOWER West Africa program to produce high-quality funding applications. • Support participating organizations to strengthen their institutional capacity for business development, informed by CRS program quality principles and standards, donor guidelines, and industry best practices. • As a part of the EMPOWER team, support local national organizations to achieve their institutional objectives for humanitarian response resource mobilization.

Requirements

• Master’s degree in International Development, International Relations, Communications, or related field required. A bachelor’s degree with significant relevant work experience may replace the requirement for a master’s degree. • Minimum of five years relevant work experience, with progressive responsibilities, ideally with an international NGO, with minimum of three years relevant field-based experience in complex emergencies in partnership with local humanitarian actors. • Demonstrated application of technical principles and concepts in emergency program design and business development. General knowledge of other related disciplines such as local organization capacity strengthening, food security and market-based approaches, protection mainstreaming, safeguarding and MEAL to ensure proper cross-sectoral approach. • Previous experience providing technical assistance, coordinating, and writing successful proposals and cost applications for competitive, external donor funding is required. • Experience in mentoring, coaching, facilitation, and training applying adult learning principles and practices. • English and French oral and written language proficiency required, with excellent English writing skills and capable of conducting trainings, writing reports and proposals, holding meetings, conducting interviews and communicating with Local Humanitarian Actors in both English and French.