Business Development Manager

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The British Council is the United Kingdom’s international organisation for educational opportunities and cultural relations.  We operate in 109 countries.  Our purpose is to build mutually beneficial relationships between people in the UK and other countries and increase appreciation of the UK’s creative ideas and achievements.

We are looking for an experienced professional to fill the fixed-term position of Business Development Manager.

Job responsibilities:

• Business Development: working with colleagues and contacts in Eastern Partnership  countries and British Council’s FCR pursuit teams in the UK and Brussels, to gather intelligence about emerging project opportunities;

• From these emerging opportunities, to agree with regional and UK FCR leaders a tightly focused set of priority projects for active pursuit, which are coherent with agreed strategies and to prepare business plan data and reports as needed;

• Contract Delivery Partners: working with colleagues, to identify and line up delivery partners and key experts for priority projects in anticipation of funders’ invitations for expressions of interest (EoI) for projects;

• Business Development Management: in consultation with relevant managers, to prepare all necessary documentation to put projects identified for pursuit through the British Council’s corporate Contract Approval Process (CAP); this will include the identification of internal or external resources to manage the development of proposals for successful expressions of interest, as well as the assessment and management of risks;

• Once the procurement notice is published for projects approved through CAP, to ensure that the EoI is prepared either by self or an appropriate colleague;

• Proposal management of some of the projects under pursuit; this will sometimes involve working alongside other colleagues in a proposal management mentoring role;

• Capacity Building: to support the development of colleagues in FCR contract pursuit skills through mentoring advice;

• Providing support, when necessary, to colleagues managing a project, e.g. at project set-up;

• Contributing to corporate British Council initiatives in the FCR contract business, such as the development of the global centre of excellence.;
• EOD: to ensure that all projects and activities reflect the British Council’s values and adhere to its Equal Opportunities and Diversity principles;

Requirements:

• Project and contract management
• Business management and development
• Financial planning and management
• Full cost recovery business management, including the pursuit and delivery of donor-funded projects
• Relevant university degree or equivalent experience
• Fluent written and spoken English and Azerbaijani. Spoken Russian is desirable.

Conditions:     

• Fixed-Term Contract to 31 March 2014 (with possibility of extension)
• The monthly Gross Salary for this post is AZN 2,747.52

Requirements:

The successful candidate will be fluent in English, Azerbaijani and will offer skills and experience to match the job profile for this post in the application pack. (Download role profile for Business Development Manager) ( Role Profile Business Development Manager.doc )
Successful applicants will need to be able to travel within Azerbaijan and abroad and to work out-of normal-working hours when needed.

Benefits:

The post holder will benefit from a medical insurance package and annual defined leave allowance.  Post will be appointed at British Council Grade F and starting annual salary will be 32,970.24 AZN.

Successful candidate will need to start working with us since 1 November 2013. 

If interested please fill in the application form ( 6_Application_Form_External.doc ) attached and send it to the British Council at [email protected]  indicating Business Development Manager in the subject area of the e-mail.

Please do not send CV. Only electronic applications are acceptable.

The closing time for applications is 7 October 2013. Only short-listed applicants will be contacted.

The British Council is committed to a policy of equal opportunity and welcomes applicants from all sections of the community. We work to ensure that people are not unjustifiably discriminated against on the basis of age, disability, ethnicity, gender, religion or belief, sexual orientation or any other irrelevant grounds.

The British Council believe that all children have potential and that every child matters – everywhere in the world. The British Council affirms the position that all children have the right to be protected from all forms of abuse as set out in article 19, UNCRC 1989

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