JOB DESCRIPTION
Job Title / Senior Proposal WriterReporting to: / Philanthropy Team Lead, Philanthropy Team
Department/Team / Partnerships & Philanthropy/Fundraising
Location / UNICEF House, 30a Great Sutton Street, London, EC1V 0DU
Hours / 35 hours per week, Monday to Friday 9.30am – 5.30pm
Salary Band/Grade / Band 6: £32,557 - £38,759 per annum
Duration / Permanent
Position in the organisation
The Philanthropy Team sits within the Partnerships & Philanthropy Division, alongside the Corporate and Foundation Partnerships Teams. The team is responsible for building long term relationships with high level philanthropists and their families to support Unicef’s work.
With ambitious targets over the next 5 years, this is an exciting time to join a highly successful team in delivering greater results for children.
Purpose of Post
The Senior Proposal Writer will support the delivery of high level philanthropy within the team with a particular focus on high level proposal development at the £1M+ level. The post holder will work alongside the Head of Philanthropy and Principal Gift Leads to develop exceptional high level written documentation in the form of project proposals, concept notes, programme updates and impact reports using knowledge and insight of donor motivations to create bespoke content.
Responsibilities
Lead on the development of quality written documentation to inspire and motivate high level philanthropists to support Unicef’s work for children at the £1m+ level.
Develop technical field materials into donor friendly resourcessuch as detailed programmatic proposals; includes analysing, summarisingand disseminatingthematic reports, official statistics,and any otherUnicef international materials and/or official briefing packages as appropriate.
Lead on the synthesis of material from a range of sources to produce brand consistent and audience specific written documentation. Submit drafts for review, signoff and record in appropriate location for future reference.
Develop a close working relationship with the International Programme Engagement Team, within the Communications Department, which constitutes the hub of technical expertise on Unicefprogrammatic areas and provides a bridge between UUK and global Unicef colleagues; in order to work closely with country offices to source information to craft details proposals and reporting.
Lead on creating and project managing the reporting schedules for all £1m+ prospects and donors in the Philanthropy pipelines, ensuring timely and high quality reporting as part of the teams world class stewardship offerings.
Build and develop capacity of internal staff in conceptualising and writing winning proposal
content across Partnerships & Philanthropy Teams.
Contribute to the ongoing development of best practices and streamlining of processes and tools to effectively manage donor /prospect related workflow.
Take forward specialist projects as requested by the Head of Philanthropy in line with organisational priorities
Provideon callcoverin case of international emergenciesif necessary.
PERSON SPECIFICATION
This section details the skills, behaviours and experience required for the role. All criteria in the Person Specification are essential.
Effective Behaviours / Ability to…Criterion 1
Communication / Able to produce a range of communications and high quality bespoke presentations/reports/proposals for high value donors, engaging the audience and wining understanding and support.
Presents complex and difficult messages clearly and with impact.
Criterion 2
Collaboration / Values diversity, respecting and drawing on colleagues’ different perspectives, skills, experience and knowledge.
Criterion 3
Efficiency and effectiveness / Respond flexibly to unforeseen events to ensure that effectiveness is not compromised, remaining positive and recovering from setbacks. Manage conflicting priorities to ensure that objectives are achieved and deadline met. Systematically plan projects to maximise performance and cost effectiveness. Anticipate risks and put plans in place to minimise their impact.
Criterion 4
Negotiating and influencing / Uses a range of approaches to gain commitment tailoring information in terms of content and format.
Criterion 5
Resilience / Takes a solution focused approach to problem solving to succeed in difficult circumstances.
Relevant Experience
Criterion 6
An understanding of programme design, ideally with field experience in programme delivery or grant management across multi-country platforms
Criterion 7
Experience in writing successful high value donor funding proposals at the £1m+ level
Criterion 8
High levels of numeracy and previous budget preparation experience in preparing proposals and reporting at the £1m level
Specific Skills / Specific Knowledge
Criterion 9
Confident IT skills to enable the production of visually appealing and professional Word and Excel documents. / Criterion 10
Knowledge of the current philanthropy and HNW landscape and insight into future trends, with experience of and insight into how charities are catering to this landscape.
Understanding of the Sustainable Development Goals would be an advantage.