Business Development / Partnership Officer

About the role

Project HOPE, an international NGO working on global health challenges, is hiring a Business Development / Partnership Officer in Deir El Balah. The role supports the identification of strategic partnership opportunities, resource mobilization, and coordination of Country Office inputs into proposal development, in close coordination with the Business Development Team, Corporate and Foundation Team and other global functions.

Key responsibilities

• Monitor, identify and track funding opportunities, calls for proposals, RFAs, RFPs, donor announcements and partnership opportunities from institutional donors, UN agencies, foundations, INGOs, governments and private-sector actors.
• Contribute to donor and partner mapping, stakeholder and opportunity analysis, and maintain the Country Office Business Development and Partnership Pipeline Tracker.
• Analyze unsuccessful, delayed or missed opportunities and document lessons learned and recommendations.
• Support business development strategies, resource mobilization plans, donor engagement plans and partnership action plans.
• Act as the Country Office focal point for calls for expressions of interest, concept notes, proposals, donor applications and partnership submissions, developing timelines, checklists, responsibility matrices and submission calendars.
• Coordinate with technical, program, MEAL, finance, operations and support teams to gather the required inputs, and coordinate internal reviews so proposals are complete, compliant and submitted on time.
• Prepare proposal documents such as concept notes, technical narratives, logical frameworks, budgets, budget narratives, workplans and organizational capacity statements.
• Facilitate Go/No-Go decision forms, analyze opportunities against strategic fit, donor requirements, eligibility, feasibility, budget, compliance and security considerations, and archive and follow up on decisions.
• Support partnership development and strengthen relationships with donors, partners, private-sector entities and key stakeholders.