Ethiopia: Program Development Manager

Position Description: Program Development Manager

About the firm: JaRco Consulting, a leading development firm based in Ethiopia, offers high quality consulting services in the areas of qualitative and quantitative research; design of monitoring and evaluation systems; and provision of training and capacity building and technical assistance and implementation support across a wide range of sectors to leading international donors and partner agencies. For more information, please visit www.jarrco.info.

We are now seeking to fill the position of Program Development Manager with a candidate who is competent, motivated, and passionate in international development issues. This position is an ideal opportunity for a candidate with three to five years of managerial experience who is eager to be involved in all aspects of monitoring and evaluation and who would thrive in a collaborative, diverse, and diligent working environment in Ethiopia.

Position: Program Development Manager

Supervisor: Director

Employment Duration: Full time

Position Summary:

This position is one of JaRco’s priority areas and is critical to our worldwide presence, market position and growth. It has a large influence in design and development of new projects. The post holder leads the department in the pursuit of new opportunities and is expected to independently develop technical and financial proposals for submission to a variety of agencies, such as government, NGO, donors and private sector actors, while also managing the Program Development Officer, Assistant and Intern.

The primary mission of the Program Development Manager is to lead on the development, finalization and submission of proposals, expressions of interests, and concept papers to bilateral, multilateral, and other donor organizations.

The Program Development Manager represents the organization in post-award meetings, seminars and presentations related to program development.

Essential Job Functions:

Lead the Program Development department in the development of new opportunities to grow JaRco’s portfolio in order to achieve the company’s goals, and establish key external partnerships with other similar companies to do so.

Act independently in putting together teams comprised of staff, consultants, and external partners to develop proposals in response to client solicitations and pursuing organizationally-determined priority areas. In developing proposals, s/he participates in or leads project design (depending on the size and complexity of the opportunity) and writes key sections of proposals, determines budget allocations with the Budget Officer, recruits consultants and personnel, and upon award liaises with Program Director to ensure efficient project implementation.

Assess the market place, identifying opportunities, determining potential competitors and collaborators. Lead in strategy development and provide creative thinking for non-traditional pieces of work.

S/he manages the Program Development team and guides his/her staff on the design, development and finalization of proposals, expressions of interest and concept notes, as well as budgets and accompanies team members to client meetings. S/he reviews the proposals of the Program Development team and provides critical feedback for the team and quality strengthening for the potential client.

He/she contributes to the program design, making sure that both solicited and unsolicited programs are catered for. He/she prepares technical and financial proposals and drafts the technical aspects of the project proposals.

Specific Responsibilities:

· Solicit and monitor various advertising media for consultancy opportunities relevant to JaRco’s expertise.

· Ensure high quality finalization of deliverables in relation to the application of new projects that he/she leads and the submissions of his/her department staff.

· Represent the company in meetings, and various advertising venues and negotiate and finalize contracts with clients and consultants

· Work with the Director to determine a business and outreach strategy for the Program Development department

· Coordinates with the Program team, and specifically the Program Director, to properly handover new projects and coordinate between the departments.

Education:

Masters in one of the following or related fields: International Development; Economics; Sociology; Statistics; Agriculture, Management, Monitoring and Evaluation.

Qualifications of Ideal Candidates:

· Strong knowledge in monitoring and evaluation and international development issues

· Ability to manage multiple tasks simultaneously and diplomatically, and to work independently as well as part of a fast-paced team

· Excellent writing abilities

· Proposal design and development experience, particularly experience with UN agencies, DFID, USAID etc. is desirable

· Strong communication skills

· Managerial experience

Please send your Cover Letter and copy of your CV with three references to hresources@jarrco.info