Business Development and Partnership Manager

World Vision International

JOB PURPOSE

The Business Development and Partnership Manager holds a strategic leadership role, primarily responsible for leading World Vision Iraq s fundraising, marketing and partnership initiatives. In addition to resource mobilization, the Business Development and Partnership Manager plays a key role in business strategy development, innovation, and expanding the donor base. This includes engagement with traditional institutional donors, as well as promoting relationships with non-traditional partners, including the private sector and local entities, in alignment with the localization agenda. World Vision is a member of the Resilience and Recovery Pathways for Iraq program (RRPI Program) a collaborative endeavor formed by eight organizations. The position requires a forward-thinking and adaptive leader capable of building strategic partnerships, representing the organization in high-level donor and partner meetings, and effectively positioning World Vision Iraq in coordination forums and other external platforms. Furthermore, the role includes responsibility for building the capacity of staff in business development, fundraising, and partnership management including representing World Vision Iraq on the RRPI business development working group.

KEY RESPONSIBILITES

Business development, Grant Management and Compliance

• Provide strategic oversight, technical direction, and management support to the Business Development and Partnership team.
• Develop and implement effective fundraising strategies aligned with the Our Promise and the World Vision Iraq NEXUS Strategy, ensuring a diversified funding including blending financing models to support long-term operations in Iraq.
• Oversee the preparation of high-quality value for money grant proposals, low-cost high impact budgets, reports, and design documents for submission to World Vision s support offices, partners and donors.
• Ensure accurate budgeting and close coordination with support departments to determine both project and operational costs, maintaining competitive cost ratios.
• Establish and maintain systems and procedures that ensure grant quality, compliance, and favourable audit outcomes.
• Provide portfolio analysis and funding projections to the Senior Leadership Team, particularly advising the Senior Leadership and Management Team on trends and strategic options for sustaining the Programme.
• Oversee effective grant management through regular after-action reviews and strategic funding reviews and the use of monthly/ periodic reporting tools including the Grants Health Tracker.
• Maintain comprehensive tracking systems for the full grant cycle, including pipeline monitoring, proposal development, awards, implementation, compliance, and close-out in line with World Vision partnership standards.

Donor External Engagement and Networking

• Lead the World Vision Iraq s external engagement for resource mobilization and partnership development, including the development and implementation of donor engagement office road maps and strategies.
• Oversee and coordinate World Vision Iraq s involvement in key donor meetings and strategic discussions.
• Conduct continuous review of existing and new donor and country priorities, including key thematic and sectoral areas of interest, to inform the development of targeted strategies for positioning the organization for future funding, innovation and strategic partnerships.
• Collaborate with Senior Leadership and Management Team members to represent World Vision at national-level coordination forums with donors, international NGOs, local partners, and government officials, as appropriate.
• Oversee and coordinate World Vision Iraq s involvement in key donor meetings and strategic discussions.
• Strengthen World Vision Iraq s programming by building and maintaining strong relationships with major donors and stakeholders operating across the humanitarian-development-peace nexus. Embassies; Private Sector as well as relevant in-country donor agencies, the NGO community, local partners, and World Vision Support Offices.
• Collaborate with Communications and the regional office to generate strategic communication and prepositioning materials that highlight World Vision Iraq s strengths and impact, for both internal use and external engagements.