Organization: Adeso - African Development Solutions (www.adesoafrica.org)
Position Title: Team Lead - Business and Program Development
Reporting To:Director
of Strategic Partnerships
Working With (Remotely): Country Programme Teams, Finance/Human Resources/Logistics,
Communications and Advocacy Manager
Program / Duty Station: London, UK
Gross Salary Range: GBP 40,000 – 45,000 Annually.
Organizational Context: Adeso is an expanding and vibrant African based international
development and humanitarian organization.
At Adeso, we work with
African communities who are yet to realize their full potential; working inside
these communities to create environments in which Africans can thrive.
Our belief that economic,
social and environmental security is the bedrock of a healthy community drives
the nature and intent of our programming.
We work to prevent and
overcome situations that adversely affect community well-being by:
reinvigorating the economy, developing skills for life and work, providing
humanitarian aid, and influencing policy.
For the past 20 years we have strengthened rural livelihoods through environmental awareness, training, technology transfer and innovative humanitarian projects in pursuit of a peaceful, self-reliant, and greener future.
At present, Adeso has
programs in Somalia, Kenya and South Sudan.
Adeso is an exciting and dynamic organization experiencing managed rapid growth.
Adeso is an exciting and dynamic organization experiencing managed rapid growth.
A registered non-profit in Kenya, a 501(c)3 tax-exempt charity in the USA and a registered charity in England & Wales (no. 1131711) we offer sound employment conditions with opportunities for personal growth and development.
Adeso US and UK support Adeso through fundraising and donor outreach, along with support in finance, communications, government affairs and other areas. Each organization is governed by separate individual boards to support the organization’s critical work in Kenya, Somalia and South Sudan.
Adeso US and UK work closely
with Adeso in Kenya and the Kenyan Board of Directors to identify institutional
priorities and funding needs. Additionally, they support public advocacy on
policy issues of concern, through tax-exempt educational and outreach work.
Position Summary: The Team Lead - Business and Program Development will provide
leadership to the agency’s positioning for and pursuit of institutional and
private sector donor resources, with an emphasis on various competitive funding
mechanisms.
S/he will provide business
development expertise to cross-discipline and cross functional teams in the
development of proposals to ensure the highest quality standards and
competitiveness.
S/he will contribute to and
support internal learning processes that improve business development practices
to ensure funding opportunities align with organization’s mission and
objectives, enhance the agency’s value propositions, and leverage innovative,
evidence-based results into new revenue and programming.
S/he will research and track
upcoming opportunities through the capture planning stages and into final
proposal production and negotiation.
S/he will strengthen the
capacity of country program staff and the technical units as appropriate, in
capture planning and proposal development and the introduction of new tools and
best practices in coordination with agency-wide efforts from the Business
Development community of practice.
Position Purpose
1. Pre-Positioning
(focus on Capture Planning)
2. Pursuit
of Opportunities
3. Award
Administration
4. Agency
Learning
Specific Roles and
Responsibilities
1. Pre-Positioning (Focus on
Capture Planning)
- 1.1. Stay
abreast of trends in new business development in priority Adeso sectors
and share those with country program teams. Strengthen intelligence and
market research to identify opportunities for diversified funding and
inform positioning efforts.
- 1.2. Actively
gather intelligence about new funding opportunities, analyze them, and
share with headquarters, regional, and country program staff as
appropriate.
- 1.3. Champion
the use of Adeso's online relationship management system (Salesforce) by
staff and ensure the accuracy and completeness of all opportunity records
in the system.
- 1.4. Support
country programs to improve capture planning capacities and practices,
including identification of proposal development teams and expected
proposal development support needs.
2. Pursuit of Opportunities
- 2.1. Support
country management to perform due diligence in go/no-go analyses and
decisions.
- 2.2. As
determined with the Director of Partnership and Strategy, deploy to
provide hands-on proposal development support to country programs. As
appropriate, serve in lead or support role in proposal teams. Write or
edit technical narratives, produce budgets and other proposal pieces as
required depending on capacities of proposal development team.
- 2.3. Assist
proposal development teams to improve proposal competitiveness through
cross-sector engagement and integration of industry tools and best
practices.
- 2.4. Provide BD
strategic oversight and input for proposal teams; review proposals from a
growth perspective as needed, including overall responsiveness to donor
requirements, incorporation of cost-effectiveness considerations, and
other aspects that may affect Adeso’ competitiveness.
- 2.5. Ensure
accurate, complete and timely submission of proposals to donors, including
compliance review of all proposal components, upload into donor systems as
required. Follow through with negotiations including support to oral
defense, issues letter response and proposal revision through to award
signature and award modification as appropriate.
- 2.6. Assist
teams to conduct after-action reviews for key funding opportunities to
promote continuous learning and improvement in capture planning and
proposal development.
3. Award Administration
- 3.1. Ensure
effective award management for a select portfolio of centrally-issued
awards such that: high risk issues are quickly surfaced and handled
effectively with donors; reports meet deadlines and quality expectations;
agreement terms and compliance requirements are commonly understood and
respected; and problems and trends are fed back to project management.
- 3.2. Work with
colleagues across the agency to track, document and build upon donor hot
buttons, trends in implementation issues, successes and challenges, and
related understanding of donor expectations. Build award implementation
experience into proposal development.
4. Agency Learning
- 4.1. Share
relevant learning with the BD community of practice.
- 4.2. Build
country program capacity in BD-related skills through training and ongoing
accompaniment.
- 4.3. Support
development and roll-out of BD-related competencies and training programs.
- 4.4. Work with
Country Program teams to develop and maintain capacity statements, past performance
tables, and evidence-based results for priority areas; work with HQ to
maintain global past performance and corporate capacity statements.
Skills and Qualifications
- Master’s Degree
in Development, International Relations, or relevant field preferred;
equivalent experience acceptable
- 7-8 years of
international development experience, including at least 3 years working
with an NGO in a developing country
- Demonstrated
experience leading and producing competitive proposals in programming
contexts similar to Adeso required. Comprehensive familiarity with
technical and cost application requirements of main institutional donors
required
- Demonstrated
experience managing people and processes; leading teams to produce
deliverables under tight deadlines and at exceptional quality
- Familiarity
with relevant regulations and with the institutional agency-specific
policies, procedures and priorities
- Experience with
staff and local partner capacity development and mentoring
- Experience with
implementation and management of awards
- Must be
eligible to work in the UK
Application Process
This is a challenging
opportunity for a dedicated and highly motivated professional.
If you would like to
join this dynamic team, send your up-dated CV and an application letter which
should include remuneration requirements and contact details of three
work-related referees, to the HR Manager, Adeso in Kenya by email to
jobs@adesoafrica.org by 26th October, 2016.
Vacancy: Senior Communications and
Advocacy Officer (NEAR Network)
Organization:African
Development Solutions - Adeso,www.adesoafrica.org&
Network for Empowered Aid Response - NEARwww.near.ngo
Reporting To: Interim Network Director
Reporting To: Interim Network Director
Working With: Communications Department and Network
Advisor
Program / Duty Station: Nairobi
Duration: One (1) year
Organizational Context: Adeso is an expanding and vibrant African
based international development and humanitarian organization.
At Adeso, we work with
African communities who are yet to realize their full potential; working inside
these communities to create environments in which Africans can thrive.
Our belief that economic,
social and environmental security is the bedrock of a healthy community drives
the nature and intent of our programming.
We work to prevent and
overcome situations that adversely affect community well-being by:
reinvigorating the economy, developing skills for life and work, providing
humanitarian aid, and influencing policy.
Near Network: Adeso together with
other local and national NGOs have come together to form a global network which
was launched in May 2016 at the World Humanitarian Summit in Istanbul,
Turkey.
The network, NEAR (Network
for Empowered Aid Response), is a movement of local organizations with a bold
ambition – to reshape the top-down humanitarian and development system to one
that is locally driven and owned, and is built around equitable, dignified and
accountable partnerships.
Position Summary: The Senior
Communications and Advocacy Officer will work closely with the Network
Executive Director and the Network Support Officer in the next phase of its
development, and namely, help promote the network as the leading platform
through which local and national NGOs can convene to advocate for a more
equitable and dignified humanitarian system.
Scope of Work
The Senior Communications and
Advocacy Officer will:
- Implement a
Communication and Advocacy strategy for the network
- Implement the
branding strategy for the network
- Conceive, write
up and present a yearly work plan to match the communications strategic
objectives
- Prepare and
develop relevant communication materials for the network. This includes
writing, development and production of press releases, newsletters,
articles, website pages, brochures, banners, posters.
- Ensure member
engagement by adequately communicating to network members about the
network’s initiatives and coordinate with members’ communication
departments.
- Manage the
network’s website, social media and newsletter. Ensure that the website
and social media channels are up-to-date and engaging.
- Establish a
regular flow of compelling stories – features, photo and video stories
etc. - delivered across various communications channels, which bring to
life the work of NEAR and its members.
- Organizing
logistics and communication materials for the network events, workshops,
trainings, conferences, and the general assembly.
- Manage
contracts with vendors including drawing up terms of reference and
contracts with the procurement department.
- Ensure
visibility of NEAR in regional, national and international events
- Develop and
maintain positive working relationships with targeted online, print and
broadcast journalists, editorial writers, bloggers and columnists, as well
as other media influencers.
- Oversee
monitoring of the current and future news agenda in order to identify and
exploit communications opportunities, manage press enquiries and pursue
opportunities for promoting NEAR network.
- Identify key
advocacy meetings, working groups, conferences, consultations, donor fora,
and events where the network’s members, leadership council and the
executive director can advocate on behalf of the network.
- Oversee
management of contact database for all network stakeholders.
- Any other
duties as may be assigned.
Skills and Qualifications
- Bachelors
degree in Communications, Journalism, International Relations or
Marketing. Bachelors degree in Business Administration or another related
degree will also be considered with relevant work experience.
- Experience
managing networks, communities of practice, or any initiatives that
require extensive coordination.
- Excellent
written communication skills up to publishing standards
- Experience in
designing and executing advocacy campaigns
- Experience in
events management
- Experience in
dealing with vendors
- Familiarity
with current development and humanitarian issues.
- Well-developed
capacity for taking initiative.
- Cultural
awareness and sensitivity to gender issues
- Excellent
command of oral and written English.
- Excellent
Organizational skills.
- Ability to work
under tight deadlines
Please Note: This job description is
intended to convey information essential to understanding the scope of the job
and the general nature and level of work performed by job holders within this
job.
However, this job description
is not intended to be an exhaustive list of qualifications, skills, efforts,
duties, responsibilities or working conditions associated with the position.
Application Details
If you would like to join the
NEAR team, please submit your application to jobs@adesoafrica.org with ‘Senior
Communications and Advocacy Officer’ on the email subject line.
Application deadline: 27th
October, 2016.
Your application should include the following documents:
- A detailed
resume containing candidate’s qualifications and experiences
- Two writing
samples
- An application
letter which should include cover letter, remuneration requirements and
contact information for three work-related referees.
Applications not including
all of the above information will not be reviewed.
Only short-listed candidates
will be contacted.
Adeso is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate based on one's background, beliefs, gender or sexual orientation.