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About the Role:

• As the Senior Bid Manager in the Bid Management Team, you will support the development of winning proposals to deliver strong growth in our restricted funding pipeline.
• In this role you will lead the bid development process for large complex institutional grants and commercial tenders, working closely with key stakeholders including internal WaterAid colleagues in London and in-country, as well as external partners towards achievement of WaterAid’s strategic programme objectives in priority countries.

You’ll also:

• Support or coordinate the project design process
• Work with country finance teams to build and review project budgets that reflect the technical design
• Design and deliver training to strengthen capacity of colleagues in Country Programmes and regional teams in proposal development
• Support the global restricted funding community of practice, developing tools and processes, and advocating for industry best practice

About You:

• Significant experience as a bid manager, ideally with a track record of successful bidding for development projects in low-income countries
• Experience negotiating with partners in complex consortia
• Experience developing and negotiating proposal budgets
• Ability to design and deliver training, and help embed practices across a complex organisation
• Excellent business acumen and ability to influence others
• High level of attention to detail and accuracy

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