JOB DESCRIPTION
Job Title: Bid Manager
Location: Tunis
Mission: Leaders International
Hours: Full time (40 hours per week)
Reporting to: Business Development Director
Contract: Open-ended contract
Starting Date: ASAP
Leaders International
Leaders International is an international network of local organizations that plans, manages, and monitors innovation and economic development interventions in the region. Through its offices in Brussels, Amman, Tunis and Ramallah, Leaders International provides complete project-management services with a focus on private-sector development, enterprise development, job creation, entrepreneurship, D4D, economic policy dialogue, and tourism value chain development.
Job Summary
To support the Business Development department in coordinating the end-to-end bid process, from identifying opportunities and appropriate partnerships, managing resources, overseeing the preparation and submission of all documents, and ensuring compliance with client requirements.
Task and Responsibilities
Bid Management and Business Development Strategy
- Coordinating the end-to-end bid process, including opportunity identification, qualification and proposal submission and enforce deadlines on delivery of sub-tasks and necessary information from internal departments
- Maintain active and up-to-date registration profiles on various procurement and contracting portals by key clients
- Contribute to designing and refining application submission processes
- Maintain online repository of all organisational documents required for bid and grant application submission
- Managing internal and external resources and timelines to ensure on-time and high-quality proposal submissions
- Lead on the identification of qualified experts based on required profiles, ensure the relevance of their expertise and the supporting references
- Identify potential project partners and coordinate with selected partners on the provision of all required administrative and technical documentation.
- Maintaining comprehensive and accurate bid documentation, including technical and financial files, key experts, and administrative experts
Programme design and development
- Contribute to drafting technical concepts for prospective leads
- Develop and maintain corporate technical communications materials such as documents and presentations
- Contribute to project design meetings
- Support the Business Development Director in identifying new market opportunities and developing market entry plans accordingly
Research
- Identify and analyse key development challenges facing programme countries in intervention areas • Research specific topics and themes relating to current or potential programmes • Assess the landscape and stakeholder ecosystems relating to intervention areas in programme countries
including key operating agencies, government departments, donor and public programmes as well as local actors
- Lead and support evaluation activities into programmes and projects
Other
- Manage corporate CRM systems related to business development activities
- Maintain links with potential and previous partners
- Developing informational materials related to the organisation and its programmes • Represent the Organisation in events and activities as may be requested by the Director • Any other relevant tasks required by the Business Development Director
Qualification, Knowledge and Experience
- A bachelor’s degree in a relevant field such as business administration, international relations, or a related discipline.
- Minimum of 5 years of experience in bid management, business development, or a related role, preferably in the nonprofit or international development sector.
- Experience with coordinating the end-to-end bid process, including proposal development and submission.
- Familiarity with contracting processes, including maintaining registration profiles. • Proficiency in designing and refining application submission processes to improve efficiency. • Ability to maintain an organized online repository of organizational documents required for bid and grant applications.
- Proficiency in the English language is a must. Proficiency in French is a strong plus and highly desirable.