Business Development Manager South Asia

Business Development Manager (South Asia)

About VSO

VSO is the world’s leading independent international development organisation that works through volunteers to fight poverty in developing countries. Our high-impact approach brings people together to share skills, build capabilities, promote international understanding and action to change lives and make the world a fairer place.

Role overview:

The Business Development Manager (BDM) is part of the Global Funding Strategy and Engagement Team and is charged with providing business development leadership and coordination for VSO Country Offices in Nepal, Pakistan and the Philippines. The BDM is responsible for optimizing income generation and business development from a diverse range of institutional donors (e.g. EU, UN, DFID, USAID etc.) in support of VSO’s programmes and regional operations.

Skills, qualifications and experience required :

We are looking for someone who is highly motivated, passionate about social justice and inclusive development, knows how to be creative and persistent to achieve results, demonstrates consistent leadership and can work independently in a variety of changing circumstances. The ideal candidate must have experience of securing funding from a range of institutional donors and direct experience of producing compelling project proposals and designing and implementing successful business development strategies. The candidate should also have experience of living and working in developing countries and will bring a well-established knowledge of the funding landscape in Asia. Candidates should enjoy extensive travel and working with diverse and geographically dispersed colleagues.

Candidates must have the right to work in Nepal. Unfortunately, VSO is unable to provide sponsorship for this position.

How to apply

If you’re interested in applying for this role, please download the job description to read more details about the position and the skills and experience we’re looking for in the link below:

http://vso.force.com/jobopportunities/job_applicationpage?jid=a0mD000000Atwi2IAB

To submit your application, click on ‘Apply now’ and complete all relevant fields on the online application form.

Application closing date: 08 Jun 2016