Search Results: Country/regional business development staff.

• Standard 1:

  Effective planning for quality project design.
  Key Action 1: Form a qualified and experienced team to design the project and develop the proposal.
  Phase:

  Design
  Category:

  Operations and program planning and management
  Position or role:

  Country representative, Head of programming, Head of operations, Country/regional business development staff, Deputy regional director for program quality, Deputy regional director for operations
• Standard 5:

  Early engagement with donor to inform design.
  Key Action 1: Engage with donors to guide funding to sound projects that meet priority needs of those CRS seeks to serve.
  Phase:

  Design
  Category:

  Donor engagement and accountability
  Position or role:

  Country representative, Country/regional business development staff, IDEA staff, Technical advisor, Head of programming, Project manager/Chief of party, Senior management team
• Standard 5:

  Early engagement with donor to inform design.
  Key Action 2: Engage in capture planning for specific funding opportunities, including efforts to influence the call for proposals.
  Phase:

  Design
  Category:

  Donor engagement and accountability
  Position or role:

  Country representative, Head of programming, Country/regional business development staff, IDEA staff, Senior management team, Capture planning manager, Technical advisor, Project manager/Chief of party, HQ human resources staff
• Standard 5:

  Early engagement with donor to inform design.
  Key Action 3: Take advantage of opportunities to influence, clarify, and provide feedback on the donor’s priorities for a specific funding opportunity.
  Phase:

  Design
  Category:

  Donor engagement and accountability
  Position or role:

  Country representative, Head of programming, IDEA staff, Country/regional business development staff, Technical advisor, Proposal development team, Proposal technical lead, Proposal coordinator, Capture planning manager, Proposal decision maker, Project manager/Chief of party, Technical advisor
• Standard 5:

  Early engagement with donor to inform design.
  Key Action 5: Respond to donor feedback and questions on the proposal promptly and professionally.
  Phase:

  Design
  Category:

  Donor engagement and accountability
  Position or role:

  Country representative, Country/regional business development staff, Proposal transition manager, Proposal development team, Proposal technical lead, Proposal budget lead, Proposal human resources lead, Proposal MEAL lead, Proposal coordinator, Senior management team, IDEA staff, Technical advisor, Proposal decision maker
• Standard 6:

  Early transition and start-up planning (including pre-award).
  Key Action 1: Document the rationale behind the project design and budget decisions to facilitate start-up and handover to the project start-up team.
  Phase:

  Start-up
  Category:

  Operations and program planning and management
  Position or role:

  Proposal transition manager, Proposal development team, Proposal technical lead, Proposal budget lead, Proposal human resources lead, Proposal MEAL lead, Proposal coordinator, Proposal decision maker, Country/regional business development staff
• Standard 6:

  Early transition and start-up planning (including pre-award).
  Key Action 3: Organize CRS- and partner-level internal handover from the proposal team to the start-up/implementation team.
  Phase:

  Start-up
  Category:

  Operations and program planning and management
  Position or role:

  Proposal transition manager, Project manager/Chief of party, Proposal development team, Proposal technical lead, Proposal budget lead, Proposal human resources lead, Proposal MEAL lead, Proposal coordinator, Supply chain staff (including procurement), ICT staff, Partnership and capacity strengthening staff, Country/regional business development staff, Supply chain manager, Procurement manager
• Standard 10:

  Laying the foundations for effective donor engagement and accountability.
  Key Action 4: Prepare a plan on how to engage with the donor(s) during the project (influence, communication, marketing).
  Phase:

  Start-up
  Category:

  Donor engagement and accountability
  Position or role:

  Project manager/Chief of party, Project officer/assistant, Senior management team, Country representative, Head of programming, Head of operations, Country/regional business development staff, IDEA staff
• Standard 11:

  Evidence based, action-oriented project management.
  Key Action 1: Promote and facilitate intentional project reflection, learning, and adaptation.
  Phase:

  Implementation
  Category:

  Operations and program planning and management
  Position or role:

  Project manager/Chief of party, Project officer/assistant, Country representative, Head of programming, Technical advisor, IDEA staff, Country/regional business development staff, MEAL coordinator
• Standard 18:

  Learning from and leveraging results during close-out.
  Key Action 2: Conduct a final evaluation or after-action review which engages stakeholders in interpreting results and generating learning.
  Phase:

  Close-out
  Category:

  Operations and program planning and management, Donor engagement and accountability
  Position or role:

  Close-out team, Head of operations, Head of programming, Project officer/assistant, Project manager/Chief of party, Technical advisor, MEAL coordinator, Senior management team, Country representative, Country/regional business development staff, IDEA staff, Other operations, Project officer/assistant
• Standard 18:

  Learning from and leveraging results during close-out.
  Key Action 3: Share project learning with stakeholders for influence, sustainability, and scale-up of successful project approaches.
  Phase:

  Close-out
  Category:

  Operations and program planning and management, Donor engagement and accountability
  Position or role:

  Project manager/Chief of party, Country/regional business development staff, IDEA staff, Head of programming, Country representative, Project officer/assistant, MEAL coordinator, Technical advisor