MicroSave Consulting (MSC) is a boutique consulting firm that has, for 25 years, pushed the world towards meaningful financial, social, and economic inclusion. With over 300 staff of different nationalities and varied expertise, we are proud to be working in over 68 developing countries. We partner with participants in financial services, enterprise, agriculture and health ecosystems to achieve sustainable performance improvements and unlock enduring value. Our clients include governments, donors, private sector corporations, and local businesses. We can help you seize the digital opportunity, address the mass market, and future-proof your operations.
Job Description
Join our dynamic team to help convert bold
development ideas into winning proposals that drive social and economic
transformation across emerging markets. This is your chance to work with global
donors, collaborate with thought leaders, mentor a talented team, and
strengthen systems that make real change happen. If you love bringing
structure, creativity, and strategy together this role is for you.
Proposal Management: Lead and coordinate the full proposal lifecycle
for strategic bids, from bid planning with technical team members, coordination
with other internal teams to quality assurance and timely submission.
Quality Control: Review and edit technical and financial proposals
to ensure donor compliance, clarity, and strategic positioning.
Team Leadership and Mentoring: Work closely with SI leadership on resource
allocation for proposals. Supervise a small team of junior resources supporting
proposal writing, providing guidance, feedback, and skill development.
Content Development: Support drafting of EOIs, capability statements,
and CVs ; refine with inputs from technical teams for coherence and impact.
Strategic Support: Work with SI leadership on business development
initiatives – donor and partner scoping, training and capacity building of SI
team members and technical teams on proposal writing and budgeting.
Process Improvements: Ideate and implement tools and frameworks to
improve the quality of proposals, timely submissions and proposal development
process.
Knowledge Management: Maintain and enhance the proposal content library,
CV database, and standard templates for efficient proposal turnaround.
Cross-functional Coordination: Engage with Finance, HR, and Operations for
budgeting, compliance documentation, and team composition inputs.
Performance Monitoring: Track proposal submissions, conversion ratios, and
lessons learned for continuous process improvement.
Requirements
Master’s degree in English, Business Management or equivalent
fields.
Minimum five years of relevant experience in business
development, proposal writing, or donor engagement within a consulting or development
organization.
Strong leadership skills and experience in mentoring junior
staff.
Proven experience in preparing bids and ensuring compliance for
international donors (World Bank, ADB, FCDO, USAID, GiZ, DFAT, etc.).
Excellent writing, editing, and quality control skills.
Proficient with Microsoft Office Suite applications including
Word and powerpoint. Dexterity and strong capabilities using Microsoft excel
and other MS-Office supported databases.
Excellent verbal and written communication and language
(English) skills.
Proficiency in MS-Word, MS-Powerpoint and Advanced in MS-Excel.
Experience in proposal writing, donor and partner scoping and
landscape assessment.
Identifying and profiling current and potential donors in the
preferred geography.
Summarize findings and share it with the larger MSC team.
Willingness to work in a demanding, and results oriented team
environment where priorities can change frequently.
Ability to work in a deadline- bound environment and beyond
regular working hours, as and when required.
Ability to update data fields, synthesize data, and conduct
rigorous data analytics.
Must have led a team and is able to plan and allocate tasks with
a strong understanding of task complexity, dependencies, and deadlines.
Ability to delegate tasks effectively, ensuring team members are
fully utilized. Collaborates to balance workloads and achieve shared goals.
Good team player, ability to work with a global team and
self-starter willing to take initiative.
Ability to effectively present to internal teams to deliver
trainings or external teams to provide company overview and capabilities.
Ability to effectively communicate information and ideas in
written and spoken format. Solid knowledge of the English language and capacity
to write concise and articulate business emails with little to no supervision.