• Job Description

  Req#: d6c0f12c-5aba-4c1d-8850-68d957db7e10

  The Organization

  Search for Common Ground (Search) is an international non-profit organization that promotes peaceful resolution of conflict. With headquarters in Washington, DC and a European office in Brussels, Belgium, Search’s mission is to transform how individuals, organizations, and governments deal with conflict—away from adversarial approaches and towards cooperative solutions. Search seeks to help conflicting parties understand their differences and act on their commonalities. With a total of approximately 800 staff worldwide, Search implements projects from 50 offices in 30 countries, including in Africa, Asia, Europe, the Middle East, and the United States.

  
  

  Summary of Position

  Search is establishing a roster of vetted Proposal Development Consultants and is seeking consultants with different experience levels (junior, mid-level, senior) to provide short-term proposal development services. Search works with a variety of donors around the world, ranging from governments such as the US and UK to multilateral bodies such as the EU and UN to foundations and corporations. While we have internal program development staff, we also use proposal development consultants at times to fill gaps in availability/capacity/expertise.

  
  

  This solicitation is to identify individuals to be added to the pre-vetted roster, from which program development staff can identify and rapidly hire consultants to respond to a specific program development opportunity. Being included on this roster does not guarantee funding or a consultancy with Search, but it will place those consultants in the roster from which Search will draw as needed. The Proposal Developer’s main responsibility is to lead individual proposal development and writing processes for Search for Common Ground. Proposal Developers will work as part of the Global Affairs and Partnerships team in supporting Search’s regional program development staff around the world, and will be based remotely.

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  General requirements

  • Consultants are individuals who are not Search employees
  • Consultants are available to be engaged on an “as-needed basis” to perform specific tasks within a specific duration and deliverables

  
  

  Proposal Developer’s responsibilities

  • Perform in-depth research and literature review
  • Participate in or lead capture, design, and/or partnerships meetings
  • Write drafts and final version of a proposal
  • Coordinate with the Country Office, Regional Team, and Global Affairs and Partnerships to develop and fine-tune the content of the proposal, including some or all attachments and/or required documentation
  • Ensure compliance of the proposal to donor standards and requirements
  • Specific consultancies may require travel to a Search for Common Ground Country Office (this will be made clear if/when Search reaches out to individuals on the roster about opportunities)

  
  

  Minimum Qualifications (junior, mid-level, senior)

  
  

  
  

  Essential:

  • Bachelor’s degree in international relations, development, conflict resolution, nonprofit management, or other relevant field
  • Proven experience leading successful proposals for development and/or foreign policy donors in Europe and the US, multilateral, foreign government, corporations and/or foundations
  • Strong knowledge of donor rules, regulations, and templates
  • Able to handle multiple tasks simultaneously and meet tight deadlines while coordinating proposal processes
  • Excellent written communication skills, ability to write clear, structured, articulate, and persuasive proposals
  • Native-speaker level fluency in English
  • Highly organized with excellent attention to detail
  • Knowledge of peacebuilding and conflict transformation programming
  • Computer literacy proficiency, including solid working knowledge of Microsoft Office applications (Word, Excel, PowerPoint), Google applications (Gmail, Drive, Docs, Sheets, and Hangouts) and Internet research skills

  
  

  Desirable:

  • Experience leading successful proposals focused on peacebuilding and/or conflict issues for development and/or foreign policy donors (governments, multilateral institutions, corporations, and foundations)
  • Experience developing proposal partnerships/consortia
  • Familiarity with Search for Common Ground programming and systems
  • Familiarity with international development priorities
  • Ability to travel to support proposal design
  • Native-speaker level fluency in French and/or Arabic may be desirable for some donors

  
  

  Specific requirements for a senior-level proposal developer:

  • Over 10 years of experience writing winning proposals and leading capture, design, and oversight of a proposal process
  • A clear track record of winning complex projects with over $5 million awards

  
  

  Specific requirements for a mid-level proposal developer:

  • 5-10 years of experience writing winning proposals and leading capture, design, and oversight of a proposal process
  • A clear track record of winning complex projects with over $1 million awards

  
  

  Specific requirements for a junior-level proposal developer:

  • 2-5 years of experience writing winning proposals
  • A clear track record of winning smaller projects with of $250,000+ awards

  
  

  
  

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  Salary: Commensurate with education and experience. Please specify your daily rate when applying.

  To Apply: Please click on the Search’s consultants application form (here) and select “Proposal writing” as your area of expertise to send your information to the vetting committee by December 20, 2023. Note that you will be expected to upload your resume, at least two references and some writing samples to support your application.

  
  

  Please see our website www.sfcg.org for full details of our work.

  
  

  As job descriptions cannot be exhaustive, the position holder may be required to undertake other duties that are broadly in line with the above key responsibilities.

  
  

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  Only applicants invited for an interview will be contacted. No phone calls, please. Please see our website www.sfcg.org for full details of our work. All Search Employees must adhere to the values: Collaboration- Audacity - Tenacity - Empathy - Results. In accordance with these values, Search enforces compliance with the Code of Conduct and related policies on Anti Workplace Harassment, Protection from Exploitation and Abuse, Child Safeguarding, Conflict of Interest, and Anti-fraud. Search is committed to safeguarding the interests, rights, and well-being of children, youth, and vulnerable adults with whom it is in contact and to conducting its programs and operations in a manner that is safe for children, youth, and vulnerable adults. Search for Common Ground does not and shall not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion (creed), gender, gender expression, age, national origin (ancestry), disability, marital status, sexual orientation, or military status, in any of its activities or operations. View our code of conduct here and our privacy policy here .

  
  

  Les descriptifs de pouvant ne pouvant être exhaustifs, le titulaire du poste pourra être amené à entreprendre d'autres tâches qui correspondent globalement aux responsabilités clés ci-dessus.

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  Seuls les candidats invités à un entretien seront contactés. Pas d'appels téléphoniques s'il vous plaît. Veuillez consulter notre site Web www.sfcg.org pour tous les détails de notre mission.

  
  

  Tous les employés de Search doivent adhérer aux valeurs de Search : Collaboration- Audace - Ténacité - Empathie - Résultats. Conformément à ces valeurs, Search fait respecter le code de conduite et les politiques connexes sur la lutte contre le harcèlement au travail, la protection contre l'exploitation et les abus, la protection des enfants, les conflits d'intérêts et la lutte contre la fraude. Search s'engage à préserver les intérêts, les droits et le bien-être des enfants, des jeunes et des adultes vulnérables avec lesquels elle est en contact et à mener ses programmes et ses opérations d'une manière qui soit sûre pour les enfants, les jeunes et les adultes vulnérables.

  Search for Common Ground ne fait pas et ne doit pas faire de discrimination fondée sur la race, la couleur, la religion (croyance), le sexe, l'expression de genre, l'âge, l'origine nationale (ascendance), le handicap, l'état matrimonial, l'orientation sexuelle ou le statut militaire, dans aucune de ses activités ou opérations.

  Consultez notre code de conduite ici et notre politique de confidentialité ici.

  
  

  Dado que la descripción de funciones no puede ser exhaustiva, el titular del puesto puede tener que realizar otras tareas que coinciden en líneas generales con las responsabilidades clave mencionadas.

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  Sólo se contactará con los candidatos invitados a una entrevista. Se agradece no recibir llamadas telefónicas. Consulte nuestro sitio web www.sfcg.org para conocer todos los detalles de nuestro trabajo. Todos los empleados de Search deben adherirse a los valores de la organización: Colaboración - Audacia - Tenacidad - Empatía - Resultados. De acuerdo con estos valores, Search hace cumplir el Código de Conducta y las políticas relacionadas con luchar contra el acoso en el lugar de trabajo, la protección contra la explotación y el abuso, la protección de la infancia, los conflictos de intereses y la lucha contra el fraude. Search se compromete a salvaguardar los intereses, derechos y bienestar de los niños, jóvenes y adultos vulnerables con los que está en contacto y a llevar a cabo sus programas y operaciones de una manera que sea segura para los niños, jóvenes y adultos vulnerables. Search for Common Ground no discrimina ni discriminará por motivos de raza, color, religión (credo), género, expresión de género, edad, origen nacional (ascendencia), discapacidad, estado civil, orientación sexual o condición militar, en ninguna de sus actividades u operaciones. Consulte nuestro código de conducta aquí y nuestra política de privacidad aquí .

  
  

• About the company

  Search for Common Ground is an international non-profit organization operating in 36 countries whose mission is "to transform the way the world deals with conflict away from adversarial approaches toward cooperative solutions".

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