Business Development Coordinator

The Organisation

Plan International is an independent development and humanitarian organisation that advances children’s rights and equality for girls. We believe in the power and potential of every child but know this is often suppressed by poverty, violence, exclusion and discrimination. And it is girls who are most affected.

Working together with children, young people, supporters and partners, we strive for a just world, tackling the root causes of the challenges girls and vulnerable children face. We support children’s rights from birth until they reach adulthood and we enable children to prepare for and respond to crises and adversity. We drive changes in practice and policy at local, national and global levels using our reach, experience and knowledge.

For over 85 years, we have rallied other determined optimists to transform the lives of all children in more than 80 countries.

We won’t stop until we are all equal.

The Opportunity

The Business Development Coordinator leads successful proposal development, under the guidance of the Business Development Lead.  Coordinating, challenging and aligning a range of financial, technical, business development and programme inputs, and producing a high-quality proposal for development, humanitarian nexus to development and emergency programs that satisfies Plan International’s strategy and procedures.

Key Accountabilities Include;

• Engage with programme teams, technical leads, and senior leadership to guide the rapid design of programme concepts and full proposals.
• Coordinate closely with the Business Development Lead, National Offices, Grants Management, and Compliance teams to ensure proposals meet donor strategies, technical priorities, and compliance requirements.
• Ensure all proposals adhere to Plan International procedures, global standards (CCCD, gender marker, youth and inclusion), the IASC marker for humanitarian actions, and align with PIE Country Strategy, capacity, and capability.
• Work under tight deadlines while coordinating inputs from diverse internal and external stakeholders, including local and international partners.
• Support technical teams to prepare accurate, compliant budgets and ensure proposals are fully costed in line with the cost recovery policy.
• Ensure the timely production of high‑quality proposals across development, humanitarian, and nexus programming areas.
• Strengthen the proposal development process by improving systems, tools, and workflow efficiency.
• Prepare thematic capacity statements to support fundraising.
• Regularly update donor mapping and maintain accurate information on donor priorities and funding windows.
• Lead the preparation of FAD Stage 1, 2, and 3 documents and SPADs, and liaise with Grants Compliance and Programme teams for handover.
• Update the FAD tracker monthly and prepare quarterly funding gap analyses.
• Support field-level proposal data assessments to ensure strong evidence and contextual grounding.
• Apply innovation and creative approaches to increase proposal competitiveness and success rates.

The Individual

• BA degree in Economics, Sociology, Social Development, or related fields.
• Minimum 5 years of experience in resource mobilization or fund acquisition, including at least 2 years directly focused on proposal development in INGOs.
• Proven track record in developing high‑quality, successful proposals for humanitarian and development programs.
• Strong command of logical frameworks, budgeting, and donor‑specific proposal formats.
• Demonstrated ability to coordinate and integrate inputs from multi-disciplinary teams.
• Skilled in collaborating with field teams and remotely with National Office (NO) teams to write and revise proposals.
• Solid understanding of donor compliance and requirements across major multilateral and bilateral donors (e.g., UN agencies, EU, ECHO, World Bank, USG, GAC, MFA donors).
• Knowledge of humanitarian principles, minimum standards, and sectoral approaches.
• Proficient in Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and other relevant software

Safeguarding Children and Program Participants (Safeguarding) and Gender Equality and Inclusion (GEI)

• Understands and puts into practice the responsibilities under Safeguarding and GEI policies and Plan International’s Code of Conduct (CoC), ensuring that concerns are reported and managed per the appropriate procedures.
• Ensures that all staff in the unit/function/department are properly inducted on and understand their role in upholding Plan International’s safeguarding and GEI policies;
• Ensures that Plan International’s global policies for Safeguarding Children and Program Participants and Gender Equality and Inclusion are fully embedded in day-to-day work.
• Ensures that Plan Ethiopia contributes to Plan International’s global efforts to ensure safeguarding and GEI, including making sure that relevant reporting and data are submitted.

Location: Addis Ababa, Country Office

Type of Role: Fixed term full time contract

Reports to: Business Development Lead

Grade: D1

Closing Date: February 20, 2026

Equality, diversity and inclusion is at the very heart of everything that Plan International stands for.

We want Plan International to reflect the diversity of the communities we work with, offering equal opportunities to everyone regardless of age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, sex or sexual orientation.

Plan International is based on a culture of inclusivity and we strive to create a workplace environment that ensures every team, in every office, in every country, is rich in diverse people, thoughts, and ideas.

We foster an organisational culture that embraces our commitment to racial justice, gender equality, girls’ rights and inclusion.

Plan International believes that in a world where children face so many threats of harm, it is our duty to ensure that we, as an organisation, do everything we can to keep children safe. This means that we have particular responsibilities to children that we come into contact with and we must not contribute in any way to harming or placing children at risk.

A range of pre-employment checks will be undertaken in conformity with Plan International's Safeguarding Children and Young People policy. Plan International also participates in the Inter Agency Misconduct Disclosure Scheme. In line with this scheme we will request information from applicants previous employers about any findings of sexual exploitation, sexual abuse and/or sexual harassment during employment, or incidents under investigation when the applicant left employment. By submitting an application, the job applicant confirms their understanding of these recruitment procedures.

Please note that Plan International will never send unsolicited emails requesting payment from candidates.