# Business Development Coordinator

**Company**: International Rescue Committee (IRC)
**Location**: Addis Ababa
**Experience**: senior
**Job type**: full-time
**Category**: Operations
**Industry**: Non-Profit

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## Description

The International Rescue Committee (IRC) is seeking a Business Development Coordinator to be based in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. The successful candidate will own the design and development of assigned funding proposals for the IRC Ethiopia program.

The Coordinator acts as proposal lead on assigned opportunities, convening and facilitating the technical design process, writing concept notes and proposal narratives, managing the proposal team and consortium partners day-to-day, and assuring the quality, compliance, and on-time submission of the full package.

Key responsibilities include:

- Researching and maintaining current donor briefs on funding priorities, strategies, and geographic interests

- Identifying, qualifying, and tracking new opportunities across technical sectors and donors

- Preparing opportunity assessments for Go/No-Go meetings and presenting them to the Senior Coordinator and Deputy Director for Grants and Partnerships

- Leading Project Design Meetings for assigned proposals and developing the theory of change and results framework

- Writing concept notes and proposal sections independently and to a high standard

- Compiling narrative, financial, and MEAL inputs from staff, consultants, and partners into a single, coherent, donor-compliant document

- Managing submission logistics, including donor portal requirements and final packaging

- Collecting donor feedback and debriefs on the proposals led

The Coordinator will work closely with the Senior Business Development Coordinator, who owns business development strategy, the opportunity pipeline, and donor relationships.

The IRC has a focus on narrowing the gender gap in humanitarian aid and ensuring that it contributes to gender equality, diversity, and inclusion in both its programs and operations.

The successful candidate will have a strong track record of leading proposal development with multilateral and bilateral donors in humanitarian and international development contexts.

**Requirements:**

- BA degree required; Master's degree in International Affairs, Social Sciences, or any related field of study preferable

- Six years of substantial experience in business development or proposal development in humanitarian and international development

- Demonstrated technical design skills, including experience facilitating design workshops and developing theories of change, results frameworks, and logframes

- Proven record of authoring successful concept notes and full proposals under tight deadlines

- Strong working knowledge of the strategies and proposal processes of key government and statutory donors

**Benefits:**

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**Safeguarding Responsibilities:**

- Promote and actively participate in initiatives and efforts to build team engagement, inclusion, and cohesion in IRC

- Foster ongoing learning, honest dialogue, and reflection to strengthen safeguarding and to promote IRC values and adherence to IRC policies

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## Skills

### Required
- proposal development
- business development
- technical design
- donor relations
- project management

### Nice to have
- Ethiopian humanitarian and development context
- English verbal and written communication skills
- ability to work independently in a fast-paced environment

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