Partnerships Coordinator
Catalpa International, Fiji
Job Description
- Fully remote role, this role can be based anywhere in the APAC region ie, any country in the Pacific Islands region, Papua New Guinea, Timor Leste, Australia, New Zealand
- Contract role, 24 months with the possibility of extension
In a nutshell
Catalpa International is a global development organisation designing new, creative ways of tackling complex problems. We integrate international development practice, design thinking, and adaptive management with the potential of technology to drive change.
Catalpa brings together people from unique backgrounds to work together on meaningful projects education specialists, engineers, designers, education economists, public health researchers, nutritionists, international development practitioners, and operations personnel. Check us out at www.catalpa.io
Catalpa is seeking to support its growth through the creation of a Partnerships Coordinator role. Reporting to the Partnerships and Growth Manager, this role will provide important support for the implementation of Catalpa’s ambitious business development strategy.
For this role, we are seeking a go-getter, creative thinker that loves opportunity and growth and trying new things. Experience in program design, business development or international development in the Asia Pacific region will be highly regarded.
About the position
The Partnerships Coordinator will work with our teams to generate and coordinate compelling project proposals, presentations, and client touch points. You will work with the Partnerships and Growth Manager, and collaborate with global and local teams to maintain and optimise a set of tools, processes, and systems that supports and governs our business development cycle to achieve growth strategy goals.
The Partnerships Coordinator will act as a point of connection between area Heads and the broader management of a pipeline and opportunities.
In this role you will:
- Track and maintain information on opportunities
- Generate leads - pitch decks and other business related collateral.
- Support communications in sector areas that wish to enhance thought leadership through conferences and advocacy papers
- Assist in the development and maintenance of business development systems and processes
- Assist in the development of the organisational growth strategy
- Coordinate and support internal reporting, including meetings.
- Support all key administrative elements of preparing and responding to bids
- Prepare and write proposals working with the Partnerships and Growth Manager, finance team, and sector teams
- Support business development data collection, maintenance, analysis and reporting.
- Help undertake secondary research and client / industry analysis to support our understanding of client briefs to enable more effective and compelling project proposals.
- Work in close collaboration with Catalpa’s Communications Lead to develop and adapt promotional material for clients.
- Support the editing of all Catalpa outputs, including reports, tenders, manuals and other important deliverables as needed.
The role will play a critical role with supporting:
- Tender Management and Administration
- Tender writing and output support
- Tracking and prospecting
- Supporting the development of systems and processes for business development
- Creating proposal response templates
A detailed Position description can be found at this link.
Requirements
- Relevant work background with at least 4 years of professional experience: Preference is for 4 years experience in business development. A relevant degree is an added advantage. Past work with government and/or donors is a must. International development experience will be highly regarded.
- Research Experience: You love learning and research and have a high level of ability to source, synthesise, manage and present information in engaging formats. You are an ideas person.
- Great communication skills: You love writing and are highly skilled in presenting complex information in various written, diagrammatic and verbal formats to a range of audiences using various modalities. You like talking to people, developing relationships and partnerships and promoting your organisation.
- Systems and processes: You thrive on establishing and documenting efficient and effective quality systems and processes for business development and reporting on achievements. You are detail oriented.
- Appreciation for design thinking amp; technology for social impact: You have an understanding of the value of human-centred design and can articulate how it can