Job Description
The assignment
The consultant shall take the role as capture manager to design and co-lead the capture plan for the opportunity. Tasks that fall under this include:
- Donor Intelligence & Cultivation including conducting research and analysis of donor requirements and priorities. Read and interpret solicitations to identify critical items required for compliant responses.
- Develop SNV’s bid strategy and support identification of SNVs unique selling point and critical win themes.
- Coordinate and advise on partnership strategy including identification of local and international partners (sub-awardees) to be included in bid.
- Facilitate technical design sessions with SNV technical staff and partners, support development of technical approach. Work with SNV staff to formulate content for technical and/or non-technical sections.
- Draft Concept Note with SNV technical team in compliance with USAID requirements.
- Once past initial stage, consultant’s SOW will may be extended to support to process of co-creation and to write full proposal content, including technical sections, management and staffing sections, resumes, and executive summaries.
- Review and edit sections drafted by other contributors.
- Synthesize raw content from various sources into a cohesive and comprehensive passage.
- Provide the first and second draft(s) for an anticipated technical approach section/volume.
- Provide technical insight and input across all elements that inform the technical approach, including appropriate levels of effort and staffing structure(s), work-planning, execution of activities, partnering, and overall responsiveness to the requirements.
- Provide technical expertise and guidance to the proposal team during review sessions.
- Ensure USAID specific language/concepts are weaved throughout the concept note and proposal.
The work is anticipated to commence on 14 August 2023.
Qualifications
The Consultant Profile
- Minimum of 10 years of experience in business development experience in international development
- Minimum 7 experience working specifically on USAID funded Cooperative Agreements proposal submissions.
- Experience supporting bid management for USAID funded competitive solicitations.
- Experience working on co-creation bids, including development of initial concept note submissions.
- Demonstrated experience with US donor-funded RFP/RFA/RFQs, particularly USAID, US DoS, and MCC.
- Demonstrated ability to manage proposals, including analysis of RFP, translation into a work structure breakdown, development and cost proposal management.
- Excellent English writing and editing skills.
- Oral and written fluency in English required.
- Education: bachelor’s degree in international Affairs, International Development, Economics, Business Administration, English or related field.
Curriculum Vitae(s)
CVs need to be well written and demonstrate the basis of the relevant qualifications, expertise, and skills of the individual to carry out the assignment, highlighting the most relevant experience in the context of the assignment. The CV of the consultant must show essential characteristics of the knowledge, relevant professional experience in similar works and skills.
SNV may ask for copies of certifications, diplomas, contracts, or other documents described in the CV(s) of the shortlisted Consultants.
CLICK HERE for the Terms of Reference (TOR) as evaluation and further information about this relevant assignment.
Additional Information
How to apply?
IMPORTANT – By clicking on the “I’m interested” button, you can apply to this consultancy service, uploading your CV(s). Consultant(s) can include additional information, files, links, offers or any other documentation related to this service.
Deadline for submission: 23:59 CET Monday 31 July 2023
Questions Arising from Documents
Additional questions that may arise from this specific assignment which answers were not found on the TOR document linked above should be directed to SNV Global Contracting & Procurement Team, globalprocurement@snv.org, no later than the last day of submission of CV.
Data protection
The review and scoring are closed processes and are not open to the public. The data received shall be validated by SNV through remote and/or physical checks and processed following SNV’s General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) framework (which complies with the European Union’s GDPR 2018), the hardcopy and electronic data you provide will be kept secure and will only be processed by SNV for procurement and project execution purposes. The data will be kept for 7 years, after which they will be destroyed by SNV. By submitting your signed self-declaration and participating in the SNV process, you agree with this data use, storage, and processing of the data provided.