Advisor, Proposal Pricing (P3)

Summary

New Business Development provides leadership in Save the Children’s efforts to achieve greater program results at scale through the successful pursuit of large and strategic US Government (USG) development funding opportunities. The Advisor, Proposal Pricing provides leadership for the cost proposal development function of new business development, assisting the agency to secure large-scale, multi-million-dollar grant and contract funding from USAID and other institutional donors. This position will sit on the Proposal Pricing Team within the New Business Development (NBD) unit of the Portfolio Growth & Performance department.

What You’ll Be Doing (Essential Duties)

Cost Proposal Development (70%)

Lead, support or review cost proposals while working with staff in Country Offices and technical teams. Serve as cost lead on opportunities from USAID and other institutional donors.

• Review and analyze solicitation documents, advising the team on requirements and raising points of clarification to the donor/client as needed;
• Engage closely with the Proposal Manager to set cost deliverable timelines and communicate closely on progress from capture through submission;
• Work with the Save the Children proposal team, including technical staff and country office staff, to collect budget inputs and develop a high quality, compliant, and competitive cost proposal, including a full detailed budget and budget narrative and all required Annexes and supporting documentation;
• Develop complex Microsoft Excel-based budgets, Microsoft Word-based budget narratives, partner instructions/guidance, and relevant cost Annexes;
• Manage partners’ budget development, including reviewing and providing feedback on detailed partner budgets and budget narratives and negotiating budget matters with consortium partners to produce a compliant cost proposal;
• Facilitate budget review processes and provide strategic guidance to the team on areas affecting our compliance or competitiveness;
• Produce cost proposal volume for donor submission.

Knowledge Management and Learning (30%)

Create or update current tools and templates and identify the need for new tools, templates, and guidance for cost proposal development for U.S. Government (USG) proposals and participate in the execution of the NBD Learning Strategy, which is a learning and training plan to develop and enhance core business development competencies.

• Execute technical updates to resources;
• Support continuous improvement of the Proposal Pricing Team’s tools and templates (identify need for revision/overhaul or creation of new solutions as business practices evolve);
• Troubleshoot and support end-user issues with use and application of tools and templates;
• Create and adapt content for the department’s Business Development Learning Program curriculum;
• Deliver trainings through a variety of modalities (in-person instructor-led trainings, virtual instructor-led trainings, mentoring and coaching, job aids, and on-the-job learning).

Required Qualifications

• Minimum of a Bachelor Degree or equivalent experience, plus at least 5 years of relevant experience
• Experience in preparing cost/business proposals with different cost structures, especially in response to USAID grant and contract solicitations
• Advanced proficiency in and knowledge of budget development in Microsoft Excel
• Knowledge of pertinent US government regulations, trends and practices, including OMB Circulars, FAR and AIDAR
• Experience and familiarity with industry-standard proposal development/project design process
• Experience working and negotiating with international and local consortium partners
• Experience delivering training and capacity building in cross-cultural environments
• Ability to handle multiple tasks simultaneously with accuracy and attention to detail, and work under pressure with flexibility for competing/evolving priorities
• Must be comfortable working in a fast-paced and intense, deadline driven work environment
• Up to 10% international travel required, sometimes on short notice
• Professional proficiency in MS Office suite
• Professional proficiency in spoken and written English

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with a non-profit organization or government contractor in the international development arena
• Experience with USAID contracts
• Foreign language skills (especially French)
• Experience working with other institutional, multi-lateral, corporate and foundation donors
• Advanced Microsoft Excel skills

Compensation

Save the Children is offering the following salary ranges for this position, dependent on candidate location:

• Geo 1 - NY Metro, DC, and other locations with labor costs significantly above national average: Target Salary for this position is $84,150 – $94,050 base salary
• Geo 2 - Locations around the US National Labor Cost Average: Target Salary for this position is $76,500 – $85,500 base salary
• Geo 3 - Locations significantly below the US National Labor Cost Average: Target Salary for this position is $68,850 – $76,950 base salary

The salary ranges listed above are for US based candidates. For candidates located outside of the US, salary ranges will be based on the salary scales of the local employer of record.

Actual base salary may vary based upon, but not limited to, relevant experience, base salary of internal peers, business sector, and geographic location (more information on job structure is available here). Employee may be eligible for an incentive program. Save the Children US also offers outstanding benefits that include health, dental, vision and life insurances, short-term and long-term disability coverage, an Employee Assistance Program, a retirement savings plan with employer contribution, paid vacation leave, safety & wellness leave, family leave, parental/adoption leave, caregiver leave, and much more.

About Save the Children

Save the Children believes every child deserves a future. In the United States and around the world, we give children a healthy start in life, the opportunity to learn and protection from harm. We do whatever it takes for children – every day and in times of crisis – transforming their lives and the future we share.

Our work for children and their families requires that we commit—at every opportunity—to work together to identify and dismantle persistent systemic and structural racism, inequality, and any other forms of discrimination in this country and beyond. As an anti-racist organization, Save the Children will not tolerate discrimination in any form—in our employment practices, amongst our staff, in our leadership or toward the people we serve. We stand in solidarity with all people to fight for equal rights, justice, inclusion, and belonging.

Save the Children is committed to conducting its programs and operations in a manner that is safe for the children it serves and helping protect the children with whom we are in contact. All Save the Children representatives are explicitly prohibited from engaging in any activity that may result in any kind of child abuse.

Save the Children is committed to minimizing safety and security risks for our valued employees, ensuring all are given training, support and information to reduce their risk exposure while maximizing the impact of our programs for children and families. Our shared duty, both agency and individual, is to seek and maintain safe working conditions for all.