Proposal Writer

It is an exciting time at VSO. We are growing our income and global project portfolio and we are developing new strong partnerships to deliver our mission of creating a fair world for people in the world's poorest countries. Help us achieve our ambition and join our Bid Development Team as the new Proposal Writer, working together with diverse teams in 23 countries across Africa and Asia in developing strong and innovative programme proposals.

You will be leading VSO's response to restricted funding opportunities - developing competitive funding proposals by coordinating VSO bid teams and acting as lead writer. You will be able to design impactful programmes together with relevant VSO expert colleagues and partner organisations in the areas of Inclusive Education, Resilient Livelihoods and Sexual Reproductive Health & Rights.

This role is homebased and can be done from any country where VSO is registered.

• Maintain familiarity with the VSO Volunteering for Development methodology to be able to articulate it without diluting the donor request - using multiple aspects of Volunteering for Development
• Attend the proposal planning sessions and capture the key content for the proposal and play back to the Practice Area/ programme development and quality leads
• Rapidly produce bid materials (proposal, presentation, concept outline) that bring a project idea into a concrete, fundable proposition based on identified 'win themes'
• Provide bid development leadership for single and multi-country bids, and global calls, where VSO is a member of a consortium (as lead or sub)
• Complete the proposal narrative incorporating recommendations from relevant reviewers
• Prepare and coordinate a bid development plan with timeline and ensure the agreed bid development process is followed including internal proposal risk assessment and sign offs by senior leadership
• Manage and lead diverse and dispersed proposal bid teams to deliver highly competitive concept notes and full proposals for all funding sources
• Ensure Value for Money arguments, Theories of Change and Cost Recovery are clearly articulated in all proposals
• As part of the wider business development team, provide high quality proposal review to other proposals (where not the lead)
• Identify, collate and share good practice and learning around donor requirements and agreed programme portfolio