Plan International USA is part of the Plan International Federation, a global organization that works side by side with communities in over 50 developing countries to end the cycle of poverty for children and their families. Plan works at the community level to develop customized solutions and ensure long-term sustainability. Our solutions are designed up-front to be owned by communities for generations to come and range from clean water and health care programs to education projects and child protection initiatives. For more information visit, www.planusa.org.
Your Objective
The Senior Technical Advisor is a member of Plan’s Water, Sanitation, and Health (WSH) Practice Area. S/he will be responsible for a portfolio of work within the Practice, but mainly focused on two immediate needs: helping identify and explore new business opportunities from institutional, foundation, and multilateral donors in an effort to maximize Plan’s revenue and influence in the health programming sector; and providing technical direction and oversight to grant funded projects. Additionally, s/he will participate in related research, documentation and dissemination efforts, representing Plan at sector meetings and events when appropriate. The position will also engage with Plan’s Federation-wide health technical network.
The Practice as a whole focuses on global health and WASH issues, including reproductive health, nutrition, HIV/AIDS, maternal and child health, health systems strengthening, particularly around demand creation/community mobilization, water, sanitation and hygiene.
Your Role
New Business Development
- Researches and identifies new business opportunities relevant to the practice area and works with other business development specialists to monitor activity and gather intelligence.
Provides technical input for proposals being developed to support Plan USA in the priority areas of reproductive health, nutrition, maternal/child health and health systems strengthening, particularly around demand creation and community mobilization. Develop relationships with donors for major funding sources and assist in the identification and development of proposals and solicitations for health funding.
Assists with the capture management process, including partner discussions and development of partner scopes of work in pre-teaming agreements.
May co-lead or support the proposal process in responding to large-scale, often complex proposals. This includes researching background information, facilitating proposal design sessions, writing and editing sections of technical and budget narratives, and managing partners and consultants.
Collaborate with Cost & Pricing Lead/Director to ensure cost proposal meets all solicitation requirements.
Program Management
- Provides management and technical support to Plan International USA’s Health programs, with close attention to ensuring quality, as well as timely spend and reporting.
- Participates in the management/backstopping of multi-year grant-funded projects, including management support for the assessment, management, design, implementation, monitoring and evaluation and compliance with donor rules and regulations.
- Provides technical support to Plan’s portfolio of, maternal/child health, reproductive health, nutrition and health systems strengthening areas to ensure technical and managerial excellence and the integration of gender into programs.
- Works with field counterparts to ensure timely and quality planning and donor reporting including: work plans, detailed project implementation plans, baseline reports, annual work plans, progress reports, etc.
- Works with Finance team to review and oversee budgets and ensure timely and appropriate use of project funds.
Key Competencies
- Excellent oral communication and writing skills
- Excellent interpersonal skills and team spirit
- Ability to work in a team setting with people of different backgrounds.
- Ability to use initiative and independent judgment, identify and resolve problems, and strong negotiation skills
- Ability to set priorities and work within deadlines.
- Ability to travel internationally, up to 30%.
Education and Experience
- Master’s Degree required, preferably an MPH or other related technical degree
- Demonstrated experience in a business development team, inclusive of proposal writing and management, specifically with USAID.
- Minimum twelve years of experience in the priority areas of reproductive health, nutrition, maternal/child health and health systems strengthening programming in developing countries; minimum 3 years of specialized expertise.
- Resident field experience is a plus
- Demonstrated experience in gender, child and women’s issues, and the broad linkages between them and health programming Physical and Mental Demands International travel is required up to 30 percent of the time, sometimes with short notice. The successful candidate must be resilient, and capable of maintaining a calm, professional focus under busy and time sensitive conditions. In turn, Plan strives to create a flexible work environment that includes compensatory time for extensive travel and the privilege to work remotely, at times, in line with our policy.
Our Offer to you
Plan is a child-centered community development organization working with communities in over 50 countries to end the cycle of poverty for children and their families. We invite our staff to embrace Plan’s mission, working in partnership with management, peers, donors, and other supporters in an effort to make lasting change for children and families around the world.
We aspire to five core values that help us define our culture and to inform our business decisions: Accountability, Passion, Integrity, Respect, and Excellence – AsPIRE.** Plan expects all staff to exhibit and embrace these values in every part of their work lives.
We are committed to adhering to Plan’s Child Protection Standards and protecting the wellbeing of children in any situation that may arise. The protection of children is everyone’s responsibility.
Plan offers opportunities for growth and development through internal and external training opportunities. We value the ideas and opinions of staff at any level and provide forums in which those can be shared with others.
Plan is an equal opportunity employer and follows all laws associated with the EEOC.
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