Tender & Strategic Funding Consultant

Job posted by: Oxfam GB - UK - Thu, 24 Apr 2014

Job Details:

Organisation: Oxfam GB - UK

Deadline Fri, 2 May 2014

Job type: Permanent

Location: Senegal United Kingdom

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Consultancy to Assess Tendering and Strategic Funding Opportunities in Support of Oxfam’s Programme Ambition in WA

Background

Oxfam works with more than 60 institutional donors – bilateral donor governments, multilateral agencies, and international foundations – to deliver long-term development, humanitarian, and advocacy programmes around the world to the value of £180 million per annum.

Forging new partnerships is key to resourcing Oxfam’s programme ambition in the WA region as outlined in the regional framework. We seek to build a platform of partnerships and funding from institutional donors that will provide a more stable and diversified income stream in support of our programme ambition. To take advantage of emerging opportunities, particularly development of consortia for both tendering and strategic funding opportunities, more diverse and flexible partnerships at global, regional and country levels are needed

Oxfam is aiming to position our programme teams to be able to compete when such opportunities occur. This requires new ways of working and thinking (in particular developing ‘preferred partner’ relationships with private sector consultancies and others seeking to expand and consolidate their bidding portfolio). Pursuing new opportunities will require multi-agency collaboration and implies shifts in ways of working, and the ability to demonstrate and dedicate time, management capacity, rigour and compliance – whether we play a partner or management role.

Purpose

The aim of this consultancy is to conduct research in order to scope the donor environment for possible tendering, consortium development, commercial bidding and strategic funding opportunities and develop a clear strategy for partnership development, consortium building, and donor engagement and cultivation.

Objectives

Identify specific tendering and other strategic funding opportunities in support of Oxfam’s programmatic ambition in WA.

Identify a set of core propositions for Oxfam’s programmes in West Africa based on thematic synergies and geographic priorities that would align with current institutional donor priorities and strategies.

Propose an investment plan based on an assessment of Oxfam’s capacity to manage a significant portfolio of work in this area

Refine the job profile of the Regional Fundraising and Business Development Coordinator to maximise opportunities identified above.

Activities

Interviews with WA CDs and selected staff in Oxfam’s West Africa RLT for comprehensive introduction to Oxfam’s programmes (including background on current programmes, theory of change, impact, successes, beneficiary reach, and market niche); current income overview (existing donor partnerships, grants, and income); and ideas about future tender prospects. Scope: 5 days

Interviews with donor leads in Programme Funding Department for information and leads to harvest existing information on prospects for tendering from bilateral donors (SIDA, DFID, DFATD etc); development finance institutions (African Development Bank, World Bank); and international foundations (Gates, Rockefeller etc). Scope: 5 days

Desk research using available donor websites in order to scope tendering opportunities and prospects appropriate to West Africa. Scope: 5 days

Interviews with 2 other agencies with success in tendering to ascertain how they resource this type of funding and donor engagement. Scope: 3 days

Interview 2 seasoned tender lead entities to help assess Oxfam’s potential added value in opportunities under consideration. Scope 3 days

Interview donors based on intelligence gathered and select three opportunities for development in specific contexts (country/regional programmes). Scope 3 days

Facilitate engagement for Oxfam WA CDs and selected RLT member with these 3 donor agencies in order to research opportunities for partnership and income. Scope: 6 days

Outputs

Mapping of key donor tendering prospects according to donor, theme, geographic priority, potential funding, and key contacts.
Strategy to meet programme funding ambition that focuses on tendering and strategic funding opportunities, recommendations for regional or country approaches, recommended thematic approaches, key contacts and operational steps envisaged to deliver the strategy.
Forecast for future funding based on Oxfam’s programme ambition.
Identification of key leading NGOs or commercial development agencies/firms with which OXFAM would be best advised to position itself as sub.
Identification of opportunities for priming (and related required investments).
Draft a roadmap for the RBDC and Oxfam to cultivate relationships critical to positioning ourselves in partnerships where we may be able to build and lead, or partner, in a bid.
Timeline

Consultant will need to devote 5 days per week (8 billable hours) over a six week period of time (30 days).

Required skills and experience

Extensive knowledge of institutional donors, tendering and external trends;

Ability to write funding proposals and budgets for development programmes;

Knowledge of partner platforms required for successful tenders in development and poverty alleviation.

Experience working in an international development agency or institutional donor.

Prior experience as a consultant on consortia and commercial bids and tenders as well as institutional fundraising.

For more information and to apply, email  Sharon Prendiville sprendiville@oxfam.org.uk and Willy Kilanga on wkilanga@oxfam.org.uk.



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