Bid Manager - Swana (Southwest Asia & North Africa)

**About The Role**

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 goals.

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 goals.

**DIMENSIONS OF THE ROLE**

- Lead, develop and promote best practice in bid/proposal management ensuring all processes and deliverables uphold the organization’s values, including climate justice, feminist principles, and decolonial approaches.
- Develop and managing existing grant/tender processes.
- Support the SWANA pipeline and the development and implementation of robust donor account plans.
- Leverage technical knowledge and professional experience of the SWANA context, donors, and thematic to strengthen Oxfam’s positioning and bidding in the region.
- Engage, build relationships, and negotiate with donors, potential consortium partners, country, and regional stakeholders, as well as internal Oxfam stakeholders.
- Lead, manage and support bid coordination and proposal input, deliver technical advice and professional leadership at positioning through to submission stages (including for large, country, multi-country, regional grants, and tenders in the SWANA region. Strengthen bid processes and build capacity across the SWANA region by working alongside Oxfam International regional and country teams and Oxfam GB internal and external stakeholders

**KEY RESPONSIBILITIES**

**Strategic leadership on bid development**

- Provide strategic leadership and hands-on support to Oxfam SWANA country and regional teams to ensure strategic, quality, timely bid submissions. This includes both grants and commercial contract tenders, primarily from Institutional Donor bi/multi-laterals, but also non-institutional donors including private or philanthropic donors and innovative financing.
- Lead bid management process at all stages, including positioning, go/no go decisions, bid development planning, bid design, bid writing, donor and consortium/partner discussions, compliance and submission, working closely with programs, technical, funding, compliance, finance and other relevant Oxfam teams to ensure quality and timely inputs.
- Provide donor knowledge and bid expertise to Oxfam SWANA and partner stakeholders to inform decisions and ensure quality, compliant bids, based on analysis of donor funding opportunities, call for proposals, contract Terms and Conditions, donor, and partner engagement.
- Input directly into bids: writing, reviewing, and finalizing, to ensure quality, compliance, and timely submissions.
- Build knowledge, skills, and resources of SWANA country and regional team at all stages of bid process through guidance, training, and hands-on support.
- Where required, fill capacity gaps for bid management in country and regional teams.

**Bid management systems & processes.**

- Lead on developing and implementing bid/proposal systems, processes, and tools for the SWANA region in collaboration with Regional Head of Program and Business Development Manager-SWANA (RBDM). In consultation with RBDM-SWANA, develop and deliver regional training and capacity development initiatives with focus on large grants and commercial contracts.
- Develop donor-facing and positioning resources, to raise Oxfam SWANA countries and regional profile with donors and partners including capacity statements.
- Lead on identifying processes for approaching new funding modalities and donors.

**Pipeline Management**

- Under the leadership of RBDM and HoP SWANA, build a better understanding of the programs and funding priorities for SWANA countries and develop a strategic response plan for countries and the region.
- In collaboration with Oxfam confederation teams, identify, build, and track a regional opportunity pipeline of funding and partnership opportunities aligned with SWANA strategic programmatic priorities.
- In collaboration with SWANA RBDM, gather and analyze donor intelligence and funding trends in the region, including upcoming opportunities, strategic shifts, and emerging modalities, to inform pipeline planning and donor engagement strategies.

**Strategic Donor & Partner Engagement**
- Under the leadership of the SWANA RBDM and in collaboration with Oxfam confederation funding colleagues and country teams identify and map the key donors in SWANA with large grant and commercial contract opportunities. Develop an