Title : Senior Manager, Proposal Development

Employee Working Location : Partially Virtual / Hybrid (Ottawa, Canada)

Employment Status : Temporary Full-time (12 Months)

Salary Band : $78,930 - $98,662 / year

The Canadian Red Cross (CRC) - an inspirational not for profit organization, helps people and communities in Canada and around the world in times of need and supports them in strengthening their resilience. As a Canada's Best Employers 2024, we are committed to having an accessible, diverse, inclusive, and barrier-free work environment.

In this role, you will :

Responsibility 1: Coordination of Proposal Development

• Guides the CRC program and technical teams from ideation to submission, ensuring high-quality proposals aligned with donor and partner requirements.
• Leads a participatory process that integrates inputs from partners and program, advisory, and technical teams, ensuring alignment with protection, gender, inclusion, PMER, and risk mitigation strategies.
• Develops and maintains proposal development tools and processes, manages online repositories (e.g., SharePoint), and ensures ongoing communication, updates, and knowledge sharing for proposal development.
• Ensures proposal budgets meet donor and CRC requirements, liaises with relevant teams for donor portal registration, and maintains CRC accounts for proposal submissions

Responsibility 2: Lead Responsibility for Delivering Proposals

• Serves as the lead writer for concept notes and proposals, collaborating with program leads, technical teams, and external consultants as needed to ensure a high-quality final product.
• Synthesizes inputs from technical and programmatic teams, aligns content with donor requirements (e.g., proposal templates, scoring rubrics, GBA+), and integrates partner and population perspectives into proposals.
• Ensures all required supporting documents, including needs assessments and partner contributions, are prepared and submitted on time to meet donor requirements.
• Oversees editing, redrafting, and final approvals, ensuring timely submission of polished and complete proposals aligned with donor expectations.

Responsibility 3: Manages the Proposal Development Pipeline

• Tracks all opportunities and submission, and ensures that the proposal pipeline is kept up to date with the input of the programme teams.
• Ensures that timely reports on the proposal pipeline are produced and shared with senior leadership and executives, as required.
• Analyzes pipeline data quarterly, and compares results with market and competitor analysis.
• Updates information in joint reporting platforms within GR Hub teams, such as Humanitarian Services dashboard, quarterly reports etc.

Responsibility 4: Supports an Effective Team

• Actively contributes to departmental and project teams, fostering teamwork by sharing expertise, exchanging experiences, and disseminating relevant materials.
• Mentors colleagues on processes, systems, and sourcing methods, and provides supervision and support to junior program team staff contributing to proposal writing.
• Ensures compliance with CRC policies and procedures, contributing to a healthy and safe working environment and integrating volunteer resources when needed.
• Participates in disaster planning, preparation, and response, and performs other duties as required.

What we are looking for :

• Demonstrated experience in the planning, implementation, monitoring and evaluation of large ($5+ million) programs/projects.
• Excellent writing skills in English, particularly in the context of proposal writing.
• University Degree in International Development, Humanitarian Studies or other related fields.
• Minimum 5 years managing and developing complex humanitarian and/or development programs/projects in high-risk environments.
• Knowledge of the Government of Canada's Feminist International Assistance Policy and Emergency Management programmes.
• Strong knowledge of program design that meets or exceeds Government of Canada requirements.
• Strong inter-personal skills and aptitude for working with cross-functional teams and delivering collective results in a matrix environment.
• Flexibility and adaptability: open to collaboration with passionate professionals; thrive in a fast-paced evolving work culture.
• Demonstrated ability to review, synthesize information and produce quality technical documents.
• Solid grasp of Results Based Management, including the Theory of change or other Logical Frameworks as well as donor budgetary requirements (i.e. Public Safety and Global Affairs Canada).
• Flexible and ability to adapt to change in timelines and schedules with little supervision.
• Ability to travel periodically.
• Fluency in English is required, French is an asset.

Working Conditions :

• The location of the position is preferred to be Ottawa based and will be hybrid. The work may include travel in Canada or internationally as a part of the assessment and proposal development process with partners.
• Eligibility to work in Canada: At this time, we welcome applications from candidates eligible to work in Canada. If you are not a citizen or permanent resident of Canada, we encourage you to carefully review your visa to find out whether you are eligible to work in the job you are considering applying for. Refer to our FAQ for more information.
• If you are selected for this role, you will be required to complete a successful pre-employment screening process which includes a satisfactory Enhanced Police Information Check (E-PIC).

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Salary Band:
$78,930 - $98,662