Business Development Manager At Oxfam Novib

Internal/External Advert

Business Development Manager- 40 hrs per week – 1 Year (Renewable upon Funds)

Estimated start date: ASAP

Based in WB or Jerusalem

Deadline for Application 11th April 2023

Oxfam is a global movement of people working together to end the injustice of poverty.

We are an international confederation of 19 organizations (affiliates) working together with partners and local communities in the areas of humanitarian, development and campaigning, in more than 90 countries.

All our work is led by three core values: Empowerment, Accountability, Inclusiveness. To read more about our values

Oxfam is committed to preventing any type of unwanted behavior at work including sexual harassment, exploitation and abuse, lack of integrity and financial misconduct; and committed to promoting the welfare of children, young people and adults. Oxfam expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment through our code of conduct. We place a high priority on ensuring that only those who share and demonstrate ourvalues are recruited to work for us.

The Role

The Business Development Manager will support the Country Director and other country program staff to generate Oxfam income and partnerships at country levels in order to resource the OPT Country Operating Strategy .

Business Development Manager will be responsible for developing and implementing resource mobilisation strategies, for developing a up to date business strategy in order to forgo strategic partnerships between Oxfam and institutional donors, and identifying and developing new funding opportunities.

The post holder will be expected to work across the confederation in achieving the country funding strategy and be the primary link for accessing technical fundraising assistance and support from the confederation’s fundraising architecture. The post holder will support the program teams to deliver effectively and in a timely manner against donor expectations by facilitating and ensuring timely and quality, financial and programme reporting to donors.

The role will be part of the OPT country senior management team.

For the detailed job profile please find it Here

We are looking for someone who has:

• At least 7 years experience in planning for, securing and managing funds from institutional donors such as, ECHO, BMZ, AICS, EU and UN agencies for an international agency like Oxfam.
• Proven ability to identify new business opportunities and partnerships.
• Experience of collaborating with and leading technical teams to develop program proposals that are funded by institutional donors .
• Strong networking, representational and negotiation skills.
• Ability to work effectively with others in a team across institutional boundaries and business units. Proven ability to utilise talent and expertise of team members to achieve objectives .
• Ability to adapt and work within a multicultural, multilingual, and multidisciplinary environment Superior verbal and written communications skills in English with ability to analyse and synthesise complex issue.
• Excellent computer skills, including various office applications and internet navigation.
• Experience of capacity building, preferably in funding, including coaching and delivering training at individual and group level , of staff and partners .
• Strong numeracy and financial and IT skills, with attention to detail to develop and analyse donor budgets and reports, and support the financial management / monitoring.
• Ability to manage time effectively, and adapt priorities to respond to changing demands and tight deadlines m across multiple time-zones.

Desirable

• Ability to adapt to working in a challenging environment, in potentially insecure locations.
• Understanding of and commitment to mainstreaming crosscutting issues in emergencies, such as gender/protection, with demonstrable experience of supporting others to mainstream gender into programmes under development.
• Ability to travel to Gaza office on regular basis.