Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. PSI is seeking an external Consultant - Cost & Pricing to provide on-call advisory support to its Cost and Pricing function. The consultant will advise on cost build-ups and pricing, review proposal budgets, support cost proposal development, and strengthen staff capacity in budget development and cost estimation.
Responsibilities
- Provide first-line responses to cost and pricing queries submitted through the C&P mailbox, and flag policy-level or sensitive issues to the C&P team for decision
- Conduct technical reviews of assigned proposal budgets and budget narratives, and return written feedback on accuracy, consistency, reasonableness of costs, application of indirect cost rates, and alignment with donor cost principles and solicitation requirements
- For proposals assigned by the C&P team, provide advisory input on solicitation cost and pricing requirements, draft responses to solicitation questions, prepare budget templates, and support or lead budget development
- Through reviews and advisory interactions, share guidance and good practice that strengthens country office capacity in budget development and cost estimation
- Strengthen the capacity and confidence of staff across the globe to independently complete proposal budgets, through a discrete and time-bound training and support series
- Provide troubleshooting advice on formula errors, broken links, and template issues in budget models, and recommend improvements to spreadsheet structure
Skills
- Demonstrated cost and pricing experience including developing proposal budgets for a variety of government and non-government funders in the field of international development (e.g. USG Agencies, UN Agencies, Global Fund, Gates Foundation, FCDO, EKN/Dutch Government, GAVI alliance, etc.)
- Experience budgeting for a variety of grant and contract types (e.g. cost reimbursable, milestone based, firm-fixed price, etc.)
- Professional proficiency in MS Office suite
- Strong MS Excel skills including familiarity with advanced MS Excel functions (e.g. Pivot Tables, XLOOKUP, SUMIFS, Ifstatements, etc.)
- Excellent interpersonal, written, and verbal communications skills
- Flexibility to assume a workload that often necessitates an adjustment of priorities
Benefits
- Remote (US)
- Set your own working hours, with most tasks completed asynchronously
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