Business Development Advisor

With 75 years of experience, our focus is on helping the most vulnerable children overcome poverty and experience fullness of life. We help children of all backgrounds, even in the most dangerous places, inspired by our Christian faith. Come join our 31,000+ staff working in nearly 100 countries and share the joy of transforming vulnerable children’s life stories! Employee Contract Type: Local - Fixed Term Employee (Fixed Term) Job Description: The Business Development (Grant Acquisition) Advisor - WASH, Environment and Resilience will provide strategic leadership in shaping, growing, and positioning World Vision Laos' WASH portfolio to deliver sustainable impact for vulnerable children and communities. The role will lead the design and development of an integrated WASH programme that intentionally connects water, sanitation and hygiene with environmental sustainability, nutrition, climate resilience, and disaster risk reduction (DRR). Working across technical sectors and with external partners, the position will identify and secure new funding opportunities, cultivate strategic partnerships, and drive innovative programme development aligned with national priorities and World Vision's strategic objectives. The role will serve as a thought leader and champion for integrated programming, ensuring that WASH interventions contribute to broader outcomes in child well-being, health, food security, environmental stewardship, and community resilience. Through proactive donor engagement, market intelligence, and resource mobilization efforts, the position will lead the development of high-quality funding proposals and strategic investments that strengthen and expand World Vision Laos' WASH and resilience programming. The role will also provide technical and strategic guidance to internal teams, fostering collaboration across sectors and supporting the establishment of a strong, evidence-based, and scalable WASH programme that delivers measurable and lasting impact. Working closely with the WVI Laos teams, East Asia Regional Office, GC and Support Offices, the role is expected to make an impact by: • being a key member of the core team responsible for developing new opportunities and successfully securing the resources required for WVI Laos to deliver its mission and strategy • supporting the Resource Development, Programme Operations and Impact, Finance and Support Services, and People and Culture teams in ensuring we meet our accountabilities in the management of the current grants Development of proposals for new opportunities for WASH programming. Collaborate with Operations and Programme teams in developing concept notes and proposals that will facilitate WVI Laos growth for WASH Programming opportunities to increase our impact for children. Work with the Resource Development team and the SLT in generating new leads and conducting necessary business research to build new opportunities for WASH programming. Coordinate the development of WASH proposals and package the proposals together with WASH team, operations and programme ensuring quality reviews are done and that submitted proposals have been reviewed against the evaluation standards of donors and the Support Offices. Undertake donor mapping and monitor donor websites and liaise with potential donor partners to determine grant sources, and other funding sources as appropriate under the WVIL National Strategy. Liaise with Support Offices on the development of Private Non-Sponsorship (PNS) project proposals that fit within the WVIL National Strategic priorities. Quality and timely compliance with WVIL grants acquisition and management policies, procedures and requirements. Coordinate with the Regional Grant Acquisition and Management (GAM) focal points on GAM business planning and requirements. Ensure that WVI Laos follows the required GAM policies, strategies, reports and inputs Assist RD team in mapping and updating new acquisition opportunities and building relations with key stakeholders. Update iMPAQ system with timely and accurate GAM data. Record and maintain all resource acquisition-related documentation appropriately, ensuring relevant content is up to date. Comply with the GAM requirements in collaboration with Support Offices, Donors and other stakeholders. Ensure donor requirements and standards are well understood by all relevant project and field staff (particularly in start-up phase) Be the focal person for the RD, Programme Operations, and SLT in maintaining communications with support offices and donors for active funding. Lead and support WVIL teams in coordinating with donor project audits together with Finance team counterpart undefined Actively engage in WVI Laos Resource Development process and organizational procedures. Represent WVI Laos externally as assigned by the RD or SLT. Comply with WVI Code of Conduct and policies and required staff inputs and participation. Ensure that there is strong child safeguarding in all grants through responsible personnel and strong policies and mechanisms. Support development of project proposals during emergency periods. Applicant Types Accepted: Local Applicants Only Our vision for every child, life in all its fullness. Our prayer for every heart, the will to make it so. As a global Christian relief, development and advocacy organisation, our focus is on helping the most vulnerable children overcome poverty and experience fullness of life. We help children of all backgrounds, even in the most dangerous places, inspired by our Christian faith. Learn more about our work at wvi.org. Our organisational culture reflects a "Partnership" of World Vision offices in 100 countries and 31,000+ staff working towards one vision: life in its fullness for every child. A career with World Vision is a God-given calling, and we believe that every staff member has been brought to World Vision for God’s purposes. Whether working from home, in an office, or with children and community members, we celebrate and embrace each staff member’s diverse background and talents – knowing that together, we can make a difference. Together, #WeAreWorldVision. Learn more about our culture. Our people are our greatest asset. Each staff member brings their unique experience and God-given talents to the organisation – and in return World Vision provides employees a competitive "Total Rewards" package tailored to the context in which they work. Learn more about benefits. Have questions about applying to a job with World Vision? 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