Business Development Manager ACAPS Geneva Switzerland

Position: Business Development Manager (Program Support)

Reports to: ACAPS Director

Budget responsibility: none; inputs to new budget

Duty Station: Geneva, Switzerland, Oslo, Norway, or London, United Kingdom

Travel: Limited

Duration and contract type: 6 months – NRC National contract (possible extension)

Location: Norway / Switzerland / UK only

ACAPS Purpose and project background

ACAPS is dedicated to helping humanitarians make better decisions. We want to put evidence at the heart of decision-making. To achieve this, we collaborate with a variety of partners across the humanitarian sector and beyond. We strive to be an evolving platform providing:

• Independent analysis on complex humanitarian crises to support evidence-based decision making for humanitarian operations.
• Deployment of experts to support assessments and analysis in crisis.
• Innovative approaches to collect more reliable and timely data and conduct rigorous analysis
• Capacity development of humanitarian actors to carry out better needs assessments and analysis.

ACAPS has over the years built up a solid donor base with eight of the major humanitarian donors providing core funding for the organisation. In addition, several donors provide project funding for field projects. The growing number of active projects and the complexity of securing continued, flexible funding necessitates a dedicated business development focal point to ensure the continued financial stability and growth of the project as well as develop and expand new partnerships within ACAPS. 

ACAPS, initially hosted by the Norwegian Refugee Council, will soon become an independent entity. The transition is scheduled to take place between January 2024 and December 2025.

Purpose of the position

To be the focal point for business development in ACAPS, managing the current portfolio of grants, including fostering current partnerships with donors and sub-grantees, and contributing towards further development of donor opportunities. The business development manager will work closely with the programmes team to support global teams and hubs to build and expand new partnerships and funding opportunities, as well as contribute to ensure best MEAL practice are embedded into new proposals and across existing projects. This role will also provide management support and guidance to Grants Coordinator(s), who will be the main focal point for donor reporting and grants compliance. Ultimately, the business development manager will be instrumental in communicating essential updates and providing reassurance during the transition process with ACAPS’ existing donors.