Proposal/Bid Manager - HECA at Oxfam

What you’ll be doing:

The Proposal/Bid Manager-HECA works closely with Oxfam Great Britain’s strategic priority countries in HECA region, Oxfam International regional team and staff from Oxfam Great Britain to bring together well-performing bidding teams to successfully pursue large grant and tender opportunities.

The overall accountability of the role includes:

• Improving bidding competitiveness, delivering technical advice and professional leadership on bid development and management for opportunities (large, multi-country, regional) lead by Oxfam Great Britain across the region.
• Strengthening bidding process and build capacity across the region by working alongside Oxfam International regional and country teams and OGB internal & external stakeholders
• Work alongside Oxfam International regional and country teams to implement, adopt and mainstream bidding best practises to reduce pursuit costs and maximise opportunity win rates in HECA region.

You'll have:

We’re looking for a candidate who cares about Oxfam's mission to end poverty and is personally aligned to the values of empowerment, accountability and inclusion in all you do and our feminist principles.

An ideal candidate for the role will also be / have:

• Sound understanding of the institutional donor and partner landscape particularly in HECA and familiarity with rules and regulations of public sector procurement.
• Experience of institutional donors such as FCDO, EU, UN, Nordics and International Financial Institutions such as Asian Development Bank, World Bank etc.
• Proven track-record in leading a broad range of successful bids/proposals (particularly in Oxfam’s thematic areas), showing knowledge and experience in leading best practice across both grants and tenders and across a range of donor agencies and funding mechanisms.
• Experience of working in matrix management system with wide range of stakeholders such as technical advisors, country funding coordinators, regional business development manager and finance lead.
• Strong verbal and written communications skills, including writing and editing quality proposal with input from technical experts.
• Proven ability to analyse, synthesise and document complex issues.
• Detailed oriented and analytical.
• Ability to adapt and work within a multicultural, multilingual, and multidisciplinary environment.