New Business Development (NBD) / Proposal Development Coordinator

The Opportunity

The New Business Development (NBD) Coordinator will support the I&I Director and other country programme staff to grow Save the Children’s funding and partnerships in order to resource the Country Strategic Plan.

To achieve the country’s programme ambitions in line with Save the Children (SC)’s Global Breakthroughs, the NBD Coordinator will be responsible for coordinating the proposal development process, contributing to the development and implementation of the country’s funding strategy and donor engagement plan, and maintaining regular communication with Save the Children Members and Global Business Partners – Resource Mobilisation, Comms & Engagement Unit. S/he will also be responsible for supporting the design of quality proposals, coordinating inputs from technical, operational, and financial teams, and contributing to planning for key strategic opportunities, ensuring the final product is responsive, competitive, and timely.

The role will serve as the primary focal point for day-to-day business development activities within the country office and will work closely with programme teams to support portfolio growth, donor engagement, and strategic partnerships.

In the event of a major humanitarian emergency, the role holder will be expected to work outside the normal role profile and be able to adjust working hours accordingly.

In order to be successful, you will bring/have: 

• Demonstrated experience in coordinating and facilitating the development of major project proposals and proposal budgets to institutional donors, multilateral agencies, corporate donors, and/or foundations.
• INGO, NGO, or nonprofit experience and an excellent grasp of operational issues.
• Demonstrated ability to solve complex issues through critical thinking, analysis, definition of a clear way forward and ensuring buy in.
• A high degree of attention to detail and the ability to lead key tasks (eg. proposal development) to on-time completion under significant pressure.
• Highly developed networking skills and ability to form productive working relationships with a wide range of internal colleagues and stakeholders (eg. programme, technical, awards, compliance, finance, programme operations).
• Good personal organisational skills, including time management, and ability to meet deadlines and work under pressure.
• Well-developed interpersonal and communication skills including communicating with impact, influencing, negotiation, and coaching. 
• A high degree of flexibility and adaptability in order to respond to changing needs. Ability and willingness to change work practices and hours in the event of major emergencies including travelling at short notice and for extended periods of time. 
• Experience in project and change management related to organisational development projects and international, cross-functional teams with a proven history of delivering results.
• Fluency in English and Turkish.
• Familiarity with local context and funding landscape is highly desired.
• Proven ability to write persuasive, competitive, and compliant narrative proposals for institutional donors is highly desired.
• A detailed understanding on funding mechanisms for development work such as Save the Children’s is highly desired.

Position holder will be based in İstanbul/Hatay, therefore legal right to work in Türkiye is necessary at the time of application. Applications will be evaluated in a rolling basis.

The Organisation
We employ approximately 25,000 people across the globe and work on the ground in over 100 countries to help children affected by crises, or those that need better healthcare, education and child protection. We also campaign and advocate at the highest levels to realise the right of children and to ensure their voices are heard.  

We are working towards three breakthroughs in how the world treats children by 2030:

• No child dies from preventable causes before their 5th birthday 
• All children learn from a quality basic education and that,
• Violence against children is no longer tolerated 

We know that great people make a great organization, and that our employees play a crucial role in helping us achieve our ambitions for children.  We value our people and offer a meaningful and rewarding career, along with a collaborative and inclusive environment where ambition, creativity, and integrity are highly valued. 
Save the Children is committed to create a truly inclusive, effective and representative organisational culture, encouraging equity and diversity among its employees and eliminating discrimination. Having a diverse profile of employees, different age groups, backgrounds, cultures, gender identities and expressions, sexual orientation etc., including a range of different experiences and capabilities helps us understand, represent and serve children better. Therefore all qualified applicants will receive equal consideration for employment without regard to race, religion, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, disability, or age.

Application Information:
Please attach a copy of your CV and cover letter with your application, and include details of your current remuneration and salary expectations.  A copy of the full role profile can be found at www.savethechildren.net/careers

We need to keep children safe so our selection process, which includes rigorous background checks, reflects our commitment to the protection of children from abuse.

All employees are expected to carry out their duties in accordance with our global anti-harassment policy.