Business Development Associate

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.

Plan started working in Egypt in 1981 and has a presence in ten of the 27 governorates in which the country including Cairo, Alexandria, Giza, Beheira, Kalyoubia, Damietta, Qena, Assuit and Sohag. Plan international Egypt implements programmes designed to enable communities to improve the lives of the most marginalised children and their families. Plan Egypt’s Country Strategy focuses on five strategic objectives.

Through a five-interconnected, gender transformative and context-fit country objectives, PIE intends along with the various stakeholders at all levels to continue delivering positive and transformative changes so that “Children, especially girls, and young people grow up in an enabling environment, realizing their rights and contributing in both development and humanitarian settings as active agents of change”.

 Purpose

The purpose of the role is responsible for identifying funding opportunities in line with Plan Egypt’s program priorities, writing successful grants in coordination with program colleagues and strengthening our engagement with local donor missions and national offices. The Business Development Associate will support the achievement of country fundraising targets, while assisting the Business Development Manager and Head of Programmes to develop a strong professional image among Plan donors so that additional grant funding is acquired to grow and support Plan’s program. This will be achieved through actively seeking and maximizing opportunities for additional funding from a variety of sources.

Responsibilities:

Donor Mapping: Lead continuous Market scan to identify emerging fundraising trends, funding

opportunities, new donors’ strategies to support in directing the organization’s business

development efforts and new areas of growth. Conduct market research and trend analysis

to identify emerging opportunities, donor priorities, and funding trends in the development and

humanitarian sector.

▪ Proposal development: Write compelling proposals, grant applications, and fundraising

appeals tailored to specific donor requirements, highlighting the organization's impact,

expertise, and add value proposition.

▪ Collaboration and coordination: Collaborate closely with program strategy, program

implementation finance, and communications teams to develop integrated fundraising

strategies, aligning fundraising efforts with programmatic priorities and organizational

objectives.

▪ Fund tracking: Maintain up to date funding tracker for PIE reflecting the current status of

funding applications and the funding gaps and present continuous analysis to various

departments on the funding secured vs gaps

▪ Donor Relations: Support Business development manager to develop, manage and maintain

strategic partnerships with local actors, including bilateral, multilaterals, corporate donors and

external networks.

▪ Coordinate Internal processes: Develop FAD stage 1 for all agreed funding opportunities,

ensure to capture all the funding opportunities that Plan Egypt will proceed with. Support

Programme Quality unit throughout the handover process and start-up of grants approved by

the donor

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Location: Plan International Country Office in Maadi.

Type of Role: One year fixed term contract

Reports to: Business Development Manager

Closing Date: 5/12/2024

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.