Senior Advisor, Proposal Pricing; P4

Hybrid-Washington, DC
899 N Capitol St NE
Washington, DC 20002, USA

Save the Children

For over 100 years, Save the Children has been fighting for the rights of children. The right to a healthy start in life. To have access to education. To be in a safe environment, protected from harm. We work in some of the world’s hardest-to-reach places – over 100 countries, including the U.S. No matter what your role is, when you join Save the Children, you’re creating positive, irreversible change for children, and the future we all share.

The Role

As the Senior Advisor, Proposal Pricing, you’ll be integral to our work in helping vulnerable children achieve a brighter future. You will provide leadership in Save the Children’s efforts to achieve greater program results at scale through the successful pursuit of large and strategic funding opportunities from the US Government (USG) and other institutional donors. The Senior Advisor, Proposal Pricing provides leadership for the cost proposal development function of new business development, assisting the agency to secure large-scale, multi-million-dollar funding from institutional donors by supporting the largest and most complex opportunities.

This position also serves as a subject matter expert for agency or departmental special projects, training content, and resource development and works closely with the Senior Director, Proposal Pricing to strategize on how to address pricing challenges.

Location

Hybrid – Washington DC office location

What You’ll Be Doing (Essential Duties)

* not inclusive of all role responsibilities. May be subject to change

Cost Proposal Development (65%)

Serve as Cost Lead, Cost Advisor, and/or reviewer as required. In particular, serve as cost lead on the largest and most complex opportunities from institutional donors, with minimal guidance and the ability to provide expertise while working with staff in Country Offices and technical teams. This position is expected to provide innovative solutions, problem solving, quality control to and/or directly support key elements of the proposal pricing process, including but not limited to:

• Serve as a member of proposal teams;
• Review and analyze solicitation documents, advising the team on requirements and raising points of clarification to the donor/client as needed;
• Create cost and pricing strategy in collaboration with proposal team leadership;
• Engage closely with Proposal Manager to set cost deliverable timelines and communicate closely on progress from capture through submission;
• Work with the Save the Children proposal team, including technical staff and country office staff, to collect budget inputs and develop a high quality, compliant, and competitive cost proposal, including a full detailed budget and budget narrative and all required Annexes and supporting documentation;
• Develop complex Microsoft Excel-based budgets, budget narratives, partner instructions/guidance, and relevant cost Annexes;
• Manage partner budget development, including reviewing and providing feedback on detailed partner budgets and budget narratives and negotiating budget matters with consortium partners to produce a compliant cost proposal;
• Facilitate budget review processes and provide strategic guidance to the team on areas affecting our compliance or competitiveness;

Strategic Leadership and Representation (15%)

• May lead agency special projects and department initiatives as lead subject matter expert.
• Serve as a subject matter expert on USG cost applications, advising peers on donor expectations and industry best practices.
• Support the development, improvement, and rollout of new or improved processes and resources, institutional strengthening and capacity building, and knowledge management and learning.
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