Location: Based in Canada (Ottawa preferred)
Reports to: Project Director
Position Type: Permanent, Full-Time

Classification: Bargaining Unit, Band 5
Language Requirements: English and French fluency essential
Compensation: CA$ 68,450 - CA$ 83,399 per annum

ABOUT CUSO INTERNATIONAL

Cuso International (Cuso) is a Canadian-founded and led global development organization dedicated to addressing poverty and creating opportunities for equity. At Cuso, we believe in the transformative power of collaboration and action. For over six decades, we have worked alongside communities - in Canada and around the world – to create sustainable change, fostering g economic growth, social well-being, and resilience.

Cuso’s partnership model helps build bridges between governments, community organizations, private sector actors, volunteers, investors and equity-deserving groups. Through our innovative programs, dedicated volunteers, and strong partnerships, we support communities with the tools, education, and resources to build brighter futures for everyone.

ABOUT THE ROLE

Cuso International is undergoing a period of renewal and growth. To respond to a rapidly evolving international cooperation landscape, the organization is integrating its program development and implementation functions more closely, strengthening portfolio leadership, and aligning systems for greater impact and scale.

The Senior Advisor, Economic Resilience provides high-level technical leadership and strategic direction to design and implement programs that strengthen economic resilience, livelihoods, and access to dignified work. Leveraging deep technical expertise, the role informs and guides program development, program delivery,



and volunteer cooperation programming across the full program lifecycle. By ensuring that sector knowledge, evidence, and implementation learning shape both strategic decisions and operational approaches, the Senior Advisor helps ensure that programs are technically sound, responsive to partner needs, and designed for effective and sustainable delivery.

The Senior Advisor, Economic Resilience plays a key role in translating Cuso's program and volunteer cooperation strategy into high-quality international development programs and projects. Reporting to the Project Director, the Senior Advisor is responsible for providing technical guidance and direction to integrate economic resilience across all international development programs, projects and volunteer cooperation. They are responsible for leading the technical design and preparation of competitive funding proposals and supporting partnerships with institutional donors, local organizations, and the private sector.

Working closely with the Project Director country teams, technical specialists, implementing partners, and corporate functions, the Senior Advisor contributes to portfolio growth, program quality, volunteer cooperation integration, organizational learning, and continuous improvement.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES

Proposal Development, Funding Growth & External Engagement





- Play a key role in the preparation of technical and financial proposals and quality assurance contributing to the development of innovative and successful approaches
- Manage end-to-end proposal development, including technical design, partner engagement, consortium coordination, work planning, budgeting, quality assurance, and submission.
- Identify and assess funding opportunities and provide recommendations to the Project Director to strengthen the program development pipeline.
- Coordinate technical inputs from internal and external contributors to ensure high-quality, competitive proposals.
- Develop and maintain effective working relationships with donors, governments, implementing partners, consortium members, private sector partners, and other stakeholders to support program development and delivery.
- Develop and deliver compelling technical presentations and pitches that communicate Cuso's approach, expertise, and value proposition to donors, partners, and consortium members.
- Lead technical discussions, partner consultations, co-creation processes, and solution design workshops with donors, partners, and private sector stakeholders throughout program and project design and proposal development.
- Identify opportunities to leverage private sector partnerships, market-based approaches, and cutting-edge financing mechanisms to strengthen program and project design and sustainability.

Technical Assistance & Project Implementation

- Serve as Cuso’s expert and MEAL for Economic Resilience projects and partnerships.
- Provide technical support, training, and tools on economic resilience to other Cuso staff.
- Provide technical and budgeting support to team members working on economic resilience pr

📌 Senior Advisor, Economic Resilience (Ottawa)
🏢 Cuso International
📍 Ottawa