Business Development / Head of Department (National and International)

 Job code : VI-HR-REC 2937

 Workplace :Damascus

 Last date for receiving applications : 27-07-2026

Job description 

Position Purpose:

The Director of Business Development is responsible for leading Violet's organizational growth through strategic resource mobilization, donor engagement, institutional partnerships, market intelligence, and business development systems. The position drives sustainable funding, strengthens organizational positioning,develops strategic alliances, and ensures Violet remains a preferred partner for institutional donors, UN agencies, foundations, governments, and the private sector. The role leads the organization's Business Development function and transforms funding opportunities into long-term strategic partnerships that contribute to Violet's mission and sustainable growth

Core Areas of Responsibility

1. Organizational Growth Strategy

.   Lead the development and implementation of Violet's Business Development Strategy

.   Develop multi-year funding and growth strategies

.   Align resource mobilization with organizational priorities

.   Identify strategic expansion opportunities

2. Resource Mobilization

.   Build and manage an institutional funding pipeline

.   Identify new funding opportunities

.   Diversify donor portfolios

.   Increase unrestricted and flexible funding

.   Develop private sector engagement strategies

.   Explore innovative financing mechanisms

3. Donor Engagement&External Relations

.   Build and maintain strategic donor relationships

.   Represent Violet in high-level donor meetings

.   Develop donor engagement plans

.   Lead donor intelligence and relationship management

.   Strengthen donor confidence and organizational credibility

4. Proposal&Opportunity Management

.   Lead the end-to-end business development cycle

.   Coordinate proposal development processes

.   Ensure quality assurance prior to submission

.   Lead capture planning for strategic opportunities

.   Increase proposal competitiveness

5. Market Intelligence

.   Monitor donor strategies

.   Analyze funding trends

.   Track geopolitical and humanitarian priorities

.   Analyze competitors

.   Produce strategic intelligence reports

.   Identify emerging opportunities

6. Organizational positioning

.   Strengthen Violet's external profile

.   Lead strategic communications for donor engagement

.   Develop organizational capability statements

.   Produce positioning papers

.   Coordinate participation in international conferences and forums

.   Support advocacy and thought leadership initiatives

Minimum Qualifications

Education

Bacalorios's degree in Business Administration, International Development , Humanitarian Studies, Public Policy, Strategic Management, or a related fieln.

Experience

.   Minimum 6 years of progressively responsible experience in international development or humanitarian organizations.

.   Minimum 3 years in business development, fundraising, partnerships, or institutional donor engagemen

.   Experience working with UN agencies, bilateral donors, and international foundations

.   Experience leading large, cross-functional proposal development processes

.   Experience managing strategic partnerships and consortiums

Note: the above-mentioned key responsibilities / accountabilities are illustrative ones. Another future responsibilities/accountability may be assigned to the job depending on the department organizational chart

    Child Protection Policy:

Child abuse in all its forms is unacceptable to Violet, which recognizes its responsibility to protect children from harm in all areas of its work. Violet is committed to ensuring a safe environment for children and applies a zero-tolerance      approach to any form of child abuse and exploitation.

 Discrimination, Abuse, and Harassment Policy:

Violet prohibits and will not tolerate any form of discrimination, abuse, or harassment (sexual or otherwise) based on race, ethnicity, religion, national origin, gender, age, sexual orientation, marital status, citizenship status, disability, or military status. Violet employees and associated personnel must not, under any circumstances, engage in any form of discrimination, harassment, abuse (physical, sexual, or verbal), intimidation, exploitation, or in any other way that violates the rights of others within or outside Violet.

Note:

Only short-listed candidates will be contacted. We aim to fill vacancies as quickly as possible. This means that we will close adverts as soon as we have found the right candidate and this may be before the published closing date. We would therefore advise interested applicants to submit an