Business Development Senior Coordinator
| Published | October 22, 2025 |
| Location | Beirut, Lebanon |
| Category | Management |
| Job Type | Full Time |
Description
You'll contribute to ending world hunger by ...
Objective 1: Identify and respond to new funding opportunities
Support the Country Director and Deputy Country Director with donor intelligence, including donor mapping, background research, and preparation of briefing notes or other relevant documents.
Monitor new calls for proposals, reviewing published opportunities, identifying risks, constraints, and AAH’s eligibility, and brief relevant staff accordingly.
Strengthen proposal quality and consistency by identifying Focal Points, leading process mapping, and ensuring a smooth handover to the Grants Coordinator once a funding opportunity is identified.
Prepare TORs, oversee procurement, and supervise consultants to ensure high-quality and timely proposal submissions.
Coordinate donor feedback, track responses, and manage resubmissions using feedback tracker tools.
Conduct thorough risk assessments for each funding opportunity, considering financial, operational, and reputational risks, and develop mitigation strategies.
Provide training and capacity-building support to program teams on donor requirements and proposal development processes.
Objective 2: Identify and respond to new funding opportunities
Maintain and update donor and partner contact lists, including strategies, priorities, and potential synergies with Action Against Hunger Lebanon’s programmatic objectives, in coordination with Grants, Advocacy, and Communications Teams.
Implement targeted donor stewardship initiatives to nurture long-term relationships and maximize donor engagement.
Coordinate with Advocacy and Communications staff to ensure materials are shared effectively with relevant donors.
Organize and, when necessary, lead donor-related field visits and capital lobby trips, including logistics, communications, and technical preparation.
Ensure timely and consistent communication with donors, involving Technical Coordinators and the Country Director as appropriate.
Objective 3: Provide Strategic and Technical support to Grant Management and Partnerships
Facilitate coordination between the Grants Coordinator (due diligence) and the Business Development Senior Coordinator (relationship-building) to ensure progress and alignment across partner management activities.
Liaise with HQ staff across the Action Against Hunger International network—including the Donor Relations Unit and Madrid HQ Operations—on potential funding opportunities, donor intelligence, and strategic guidance.
Review contracts and memoranda of understanding with donors, partners, and institutions to ensure alignment with AAH and donor requirements.
Prepare briefing papers and support external communication materials for donor visits and meetings.
Maintain a database of donor guidelines and regulations and collaborate with Communications to create fact sheets for key donors.
Support Programme Teams in meeting donor visibility and reporting requirements.
Objective 4: Security
Respect the security rules specified in the mission and base security plan, see to it that the team under his/her responsibility complies with the security plan and perform the security management tasks that can be assigned in its protocols.
Communicate to the security managers of the working location any security related information or noncompliance with the security plan
Report possible problem or conflict during the activities
Promote gender equality within the humanitarian and/or development work
Objective 5: Gender & Safeguarding
Promote safe and equitable environments, through knowledge and application of the protocol against harassment and gender policy.
Key activities in your role will include
Lead proposal and report planning, writing, and coordination
Oversee grant compliance and donor requirements
Ensure timely and accurate reporting to HQ and network
Coordinate with internal teams and external partners for funding opportunities
Do you meet the profile required criteria?
Master’s or Bachelor’s degree in Humanitarian Action, Communications, Political Science, or related fields
5+ years’ experience in proposal writing, donor compliance, and project cycle management
Extensive background in training, capacity building, and working with major donors (ECHO, OCHA, UNICEF, etc.)
Fluent in English and Arabic, with French highly desirable for donor engagement
Strong proficiency in MS Office and data management systems
Please send your resume/CV
