Bid Manager- SWANA (South West Asia & North Africa)

**JOB PURPOSE:** The Bid Manager-SWANA works closely with countries in SWANA region, Oxfam International (OI) regional team, and staff from Oxfam Great Britian to bring together well-performing bidding teams to successfully pursue large grant and tender opportunities.

The role will contribute towards:

- Increasing institutional income in the SWANA region.
- Building stronger funding relationships and providing additional capacity.
- Build a new partnership with Oxfam International regional platform at SWANA to advance Oxfam

**DIMENSIONS OF THE ROLE**

- Lead, develop and promote best practice in bid/proposal management ensuring all processes and deliverables uphold the organisation’s values, including climate justice, feminist principles, and decolonial approaches.
- Develop and managing existing significant processes.
- Support the SWANA pipeline to build robust donor account plans.
- The job encompasses work that demands understanding of SWANA’s geography and key thematic topics, leveraging both technical knowledge and professional experience. Frequent internal/external negotiations with potential consortium partners, country and regional stakeholders.
- Providing direct bid coordination and proposal input, delivering technical advice and professional leadership on bid development and management for opportunities (large, multi-country, regional) lead by SWANA region.
- Strengthens bidding process and build capacity across the SWANA region by working alongside OI regional and country teams and OGB internal & external stakeholders.

**KEY RESPONSIBILITIES**

**Strategic leadership on bid development**

- In consultation with the strategic partner countries and Oxfam regional team provide leadership to bid management for strategic bids/proposals in SWANA countries from a range of donors including institutional as well as non-institutional and non-traditional donors such as private foundations, philanthropic networks and other innovative funding sources
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