Business Development Officer

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BACKGROUND

IUCN has developed a Business Engagement Strategy that builds on the current portfolio of partnerships with the private sector companies as well as new value propositions for broader engagements with the private sector. The Business Engagement Unit (BEU) is led by the Head of the newly created unit responsible for further developing and implementing the Business Engagement Strategy of IUCN Secretariat and lead business development efforts and engagement with the private sector. The Business Development Officer is a new position that will support business engagement growth providing organisational, strategic and business administrative support to the BEU Head and team while working closely with relevant colleagues in the Strategic Partnerships Unit and other areas of IUCN as relevant. S/he will support business engagement activities through cross-functional collaborations and coordination.

JOB DESCRIPTION

Key responsibilities

- Support the implementation of the Business Engagement Strategy

- Develop institutional knowledge of nature positive implementation in priority economic sectors to enable IUCN to improve effectiveness on client outreach and conversion

- Conduct high quality prospecting towards lead generation for pipeline and portfolio growth as well as establishing strategic partnerships

- Develop marketing materials for business engagement

- Develop proposals for potential clients in collaboration with relevant IUCN colleagues

- Liaise with colleagues in the Strategic Partnership Unit, Centres and Regions to support coordination of the unit’s strategy implementation

- Coordinate preparation of written internal and external facing material such as client proposals, presentations, meeting briefs, and/or others requested by the Head

- Work closely with the Legal Office to prepare partnerships and service level agreements as well as any other legal documents as needed

- Assist in ensuring business engagement processes are in place, followed and monitored (e.g. due diligence, risk and assessments, etc). Develop workflows, templates and tools where necessary

- Work with the Finance team to develop budget templates and support consistent implementation

- Keep up to date CRM for business engagement and coordinate inputs from across the secretariat

- Develop, plan and implement, together with relevant colleagues, prospecting events and specific business engagement opportunities in IUCN convenings

- Contribute in developing annual plans of BEU

- Any other tasks assigned to support the implementation of the BEU strategy.

The above job description contains the main duties and responsibilities for this position. However, staff members are expected to show flexibility in their approach to work and be willing to undertake other tasks that are reasonably allocated to them but which are not part of their regular job description. Where any task becomes a regular part of an employee’s responsibilities, the job description will be changed in consultation with the employee and the Human Resources Management Group.

Note that as the BEU is a newly created unit and as the Unit grows, the role and scope of the BDO position can also grow.

Reporting line

The Business Development Officer of the Business Engagement Unit will report to the Head of Business Engagement Unit.

APPLICATIONS

Applicants are requested to apply online through the HR Management System, by opening the vacancy announcement and pressing the "Apply" button.

Applicants will be asked to create an account and submit their profile information. Applications will not be accepted after the closing date. The vacancy closes at midnight, Swiss time (GMT+1 / GMT+2 during Daylight Saving Time, DST). Please note that only selected applicants will be personally contacted for interviews.

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