Business Development Consultant

This is a fully remote position, open to applicants in United States.

📋 Description

• Provide support for business development and proposal development across both technical and operational domains.

• Assist throughout the entire proposal lifecycle, including capture, design, drafting, costing, and submission.

• Contribute to proposal development from pre-positioning activities to final submission.

• Create donor-compliant deliverables that meet solicitation requirements.

• Engage in proposal design workshops, review cycles, and coordination activities.

• Collaborate with internal teams, partners, and subject matter experts.

• Deliver work under tight timelines while ensuring strong quality control.

• Write technical narratives and convert design inputs into proposal language.

• Lead the planning of proposals, including timelines and tracking of deliverables.

• Coordinate inputs and facilitate the review processes effectively.

• Prepare budgets and cost narratives, while conducting cost realism checks.

• Design results frameworks, indicators, learning strategies, and MEL plans.

• Manage document control, formatting, version management, annexes, attachments, and submission materials.

• Provide logistical and administrative support, including scheduling meetings and taking notes.

• Copyedit proposal narratives for clarity and coherence.

• Offer sectoral subject matter expertise and contribute to program design, theories of change, and technical methodologies.

• Tasks will be assigned on a task-order or call-down basis; inclusion in the roster does not guarantee work.

⛳️ Requirements

• Demonstrated experience in one or more of the specified functional areas.

• Strong history of supporting proposals for major donors.

• Capability to work both independently and as part of fast-paced, distributed teams.

• High level of attention to detail and the ability to meet stringent deadlines.

• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.

• A minimum of 10 years of proposal experience for technical writers and proposal managers.

• Experience with a variety of donors.

• Ability to meet tight deadlines and engage in rapid review cycles.

• Professional proficiency in English writing and editing.

• Knowledge of additional languages is a plus.

• Submission of a 1–2 page CV or firm profile along with resumes of key personnel is required.

• Experience with donors is necessary.

• Proposed daily rate in U.S. dollars should be included.

• Optional submission of a writing sample for technical writing applications.

🏝️ Benefits

• Remote (work-from-home) position.

• Potential for subsequent contracts lasting up to five years, contingent on funding and vendor performance.