International Proposal Officer

ORGANIZATION SUMMARY:World Relief is a global Christian humanitarian organization that is fighting for change that lasts, right here in the U.S. and across the globe. We bring sustainable solutions to the world’s greatest problems – disasters, extreme poverty, violence, oppression, and mass displacement. The organization is approximately 75 years old and has worked in over 100 countries around the world since its founding.  In the United States, we come alongside local churches, community organizations and hundreds of individual volunteers to support newly arriving refugee and other immigrant families. Today, we are proud to partner with over 6,000 local churches, and 95,000 volunteers globally to bring hope, healing and transformation to the most vulnerable.
POSITION SUMMARY:Are you a person of compassion? An advocate for justice? Someone who stands up for the rights of the vulnerable and speaks out for the marginalized, the exploited and the forgotten?  Do you believe in our calling as Christians to welcome the least of these and love our neighbor?
If you answered ‘yes’, to any of the above, World Relief, and millions of people around the world need you.
The Proposal Officer will play a critical role in supporting World Relief's efforts to secure, maintain and grow a robust portfolio of publicly funded grants. The team member will be responsible for researching and assessing World Relief's strategic positioning to pursue new opportunities. The Proposal Officer will support home office and country office-managed proposal development processes.  The ideal candidate will have 2-3 years’ experience in developing high quality proposals for USAID and other technical donors and have a keen interest in developing new skills related to prepositioning and partnership development.

Role & Responsibilities

• Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
Research, Intelligence Gathering and Preposition:
• The team member will play an active role in identifying new opportunities and working with technical leads to innovate and plan preposition strategies.
• Regularly track donor, potential donor, and umbrella websites for RFAs and proposal submission opportunities aligned to WR's priority sectors or countries
• Conduct background research on proposal opportunities to determine WR's competitiveness and strategic positioning
• Work closely with various technical leads to monitor trends and priorities of donors and collaborate with others to support the development of prepositioning plans.
• Alongside technical leads, arrange and attend meetings focused on building strategic partnerships with other organizations. 
Proposal Development:
• Support all elements in the proposal development process.
• Roles will vary depending on the opportunity and may include coordinating a cross-functional, multi-sectoral team working on a proposal, serving in a proposal writing capacity under the leadership of others, reviewing and editing elements of proposal developed by other team members and/or other roles as needed to ensure the final proposal is competitive and appropriate for submission.
• Ensure effective and ongoing communication among WR departments and offices, external partners, and collaborators throughout the proposal development process.
• Maintain and grow intelligence-gathering network and ensure effective communication and collaboration between World Relief's longstanding Alliance partners, traditional collaborators, and others. 
Operations and Process Coordination:
• Promote effective coordination of World Relief's overall proposal development efforts
• Maintain and monitor a tracking log of public funding opportunities actively being pursued by the organization.
• Ensure documentation and resources needed for proposal development are up to date and filed appropriately in the knowledge management system.
• Develop and utilize tools, templates, and work processes that result in streamlined and efficient proposal development and teamwork 
• Through capacity-training and mentorship, build a strong internal collaborative system for proposal development.

Knowledge, Skills, & Abilities

• Demonstrated success in developing high quality proposals for the US Government and other international agencies
• Clear understanding of institutional donor priorities related to global health and humanitarian assistance - especially the priorities of USAID (BGH, BHA), State Department (BPRM) and UN Agencies.
• Familiarity with building and managing consortia proposals.
• Outstanding English writing skills and strong analytical capacity assessment, and planning skills.
• Strong capacity for developing budgets for development projects
• Computer proficiency in MS Office and familiarity wi