Proposal Development Expert

**TERMS OF REFERENCE**

POSITION Proposal Development Expert - Focus: Green Climate Fund
DEPARTMENT Institutional Partnership and Business Development

PLACE OF WORK Save the Children Italia Onlus (Roma - Remote)
REFERS TO Proposal development Team Coordinator

TYPE OF CONTRACT Co.co.co.
SALARY 30.000-32.000 €
- CSP LEVEL 1**INTRODUCTION TO SAVE THE CHILDREN**
Save the Children is the world’s leading independent organization for children.
- **OUR VISION** is a world in which every child attains the right to survival, protection, development and
- participation.
- **OUR MISSION** is to inspire breakthroughs in the way the world treats children, and to achieve
- immediate and lasting change in their lives
- Save the Children Italia (StC IT) was created as an ONLUS in 1998 and is now a prominent member
- of Save the Children International.**SAVE THE CHILDREN’S VALUES**

**ACCOUNTABILITY**: We take personal responsibility for using our resources efficiently, achieving
- measurable results, and being accountable to supporters, partners and, most of all, children.
- **AMBITION**: We are demanding of ourselves and our colleagues, set high goals and are committed to
- improving the quality of everything we do for children.
- **COLLABORATION**: We respect and value each other, thrive on our diversity, and work with partners
- to leverage our global strength in making a difference for children.
- **CREATIVITY**: We are open to new ideas, embrace change, and take disciplined risks to develop
- sustainable solutions for and with children.
- **INTEGRITY**: We aspire to live to the highest standards of personal honesty and behavior; we never
- compromise our reputation and always act in the best interests of children.
- To finance our work, we depend on the support of the general public, volunteers, the corporate
- sector, governments and international donor agencies.**OUR SAFEGUARDING POLICIES**
At Save the Children Italy we are committed to the safeguarding and protection of beneficiaries
children and adults - in our work. Save the Children believes that beneficiaries - children and adults- should never experience any kind of abuse. We have a responsibility to work in a way that promotes

the welfare of beneficiaries and protects them from any kind of harm. Our Organization has a zero
- tolerance approach to any harm or exploitation of beneficiaries by any of our staff, representatives,
- or partners. Save the Children expects the highest standards of behavior from all its staff when
- dealing with beneficiaries. Those who are representing Save the Children must adhere to the Child
- Safeguarding Policy and the Policy for protection against sexual exploitation, abuse, harassment,
- intimidation, discrimination, and abuse of authority, both in their private and professional lives.

**JOB PURPOSE**
Proposal Development Expert will contribute to SC Italy Institutional Partnerships & Business
development strategy by ensuring that high quality proposals are submitted to key institutional
donors and that Save the Children project development practices, donor compliance and
international standards are met. Especially, this position is aimed at contributing to the development
of proposals to be funded by the Green Climate Fund. However, as needed, the recruited proposal
development expert will also support the Institutional Partnership and Business Development
Department in the development of proposals funded by other donors, such as INTPA, ECHO, AICS.

**RESPONSIBILITIES**
**Proposal Development**
- Collects, analyses and ensures an in depth knowledge of the guidelines, templates, rules and
- Leads on proposal development process from the go-no-go to the signature of the contract

with the donor. To this end, ensures coordination of different actors involved (internal and
external to SC Italy) in relevant key stages of the process
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- Collects and analyses key material (user guide) to be used for the development of quality

project proposals;
- Ensures that the relevant Country Office staff involved in the process have a clear

understanding of the donor/call for proposal priorities and are appropriately guided in the
project design
- Responsible for the development of the main proposal development outputs (concept note,

full proposal, logical framework, work plan etc.)
- Supports and contributes to the proposal budget development in cooperation with

Grant/finance staff
- Responsible for final proofreading and consolidation of mandatory supporting and

administrative documents (including translation when needed)
- Ensures that high quality proposals are timely submitted to donors in line with their

guidelines and templates
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- Coordinate, supervise and manage international consultants who may be involved in the

process
- Guides the evaluation of full proposal development process and ensures that key learning

are captured to improve future processes
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- Focal point for the development of environmental cross cu