​​​​Engagement is tailored to client needs and may span full proposal bid leadership, targeted writing support, budget development or independent proposal review.
​Illustrative service packages are outlined below (where relevant, services can also be paired with MEL & Analytics or surge support)
Proposal Prepositioning and Bid Leadership
- Leadership of complex institutional funding processes from early positioning through to submission. Includes partnership structuring, governance alignment, narrative direction or writing and coordination of technical and financial inputs.
(Primarily for multi-country or strategically significant bids requiring experienced oversight.)
Proposal Writing and Design Support
- Supporting development of theory of change, results frameworks and writing of narrative that triangulates donor expectations, client-strengths and operational realities
(​Appropriate where internal teams require senior drafting assistance or support to ensure structural coherence across technical components.)
Programme Budget Support
- Design of structured budget templates and financial guidance frameworks that align with donor requirements and support multi-partner coherence, cost transparency and visibility over risks.
(​​Aim to strengthen analytical oversight to avoid last-minute budget review crises, without displacing cost ownership or pricing decisions among client teams.)
Proposal Quality Review
- Structured review of draft proposals and budgets to enhance strategic clarity, logical coherence, compliance alignment and evaluability prior to submission.
(​​Typically engaged at late-stage refinement where independent scrutiny adds value or in specific "red team" reviews with rapid turnaround)