Business Development Officer

Job Description/Requirements

Responsibilities:

Conduct market research and analysis to identify new business opportunities and emerging trends relevant to CCSI’s work. Identify and pursue funding opportunities, including grants, contracts, and partnerships with donors, governments, and private sector entities.

Develop and maintain a pipeline of potential funders, donors, and partners.

Undertake research to identify new business opportunities, such as new donors, markets, thematic areas, growth areas, trends, strategic partnerships, or new ways of reaching existing markets. Develop in-depth knowledge about business development practices, marketing activities, prospective clients and industry trends.

Develop and implement business development strategies to drive revenue growth and expand CCSI’s project portfolio.

Establish and seek out appropriate contacts in organizations of interest and seek out contacts to arrange meetings. Develop and implement business and marketing plans in coordination with the Executive Director to achieve revenue goals. Develop business proposals for new and existing customers.

Developing relationships with customers, clients, and partners to generate repeat business and find new opportunities. Identify the various funding opportunities and set up means to connect. Eg, responding to proposals.

Setting business development or resource mobilization goals and targets for the business and ensure alignment with the organization’s strategic direction.

Developing plans for business growth and revenue. Maintain a knowledge repository of clients, referrals, RFPs, prospects and presentations.

Researching, planning, writing new proposals and implementing new business or resource mobilization initiatives.

Write reports and make presentations to the Executive Director, senior management, and the BoTs as may be required.

Support to sustainability initiatives. Lead on developing sustainability and resource mobilization plans on project initiatives.

Industries: Non-profit Organization Management

Function: Sales