CHARITY JOBS IN AFRICA

Organization: Living Goods
Country: Uganda
Closing date: 20 Jul 2015

Living Goods is looking for an entrepreneurial and experienced manager to drive the strategy and growth of the Partnerships arm of our business. Living Goods is in the vanguard of revolutionizing community healthcare delivery worldwide. Through our partnerships unit, we help partners adapt the Living Goods sustainable community health model.

Partnerships lie at the heart of Living Goods’ path for impact at scale. As the Director of Strategic Partnerships, you will build and manage the Partnerships team and budget, drive strategy, support existing client engagements, and build a robust pipeline of new partnerships across the developing world. By collaborating with the world's leading international NGOs, businesses and governments to replicate our business model, you will have the opportunity to improve the health and livelihoods of millions of underserved customers. Our partners include The Clinton Foundation, BRAC, PSI, and Marie Stopes International.

The position is based in East Africa in our Kampala or Nairobi Office. You should expect to spend up to 25-30% of your time traveling to build our pipeline, expand our influence, and drive the success of our partnering organizations around the world.

Qualifications

· 8+ years with a top management consulting firm and/or global health organization; leading large engagements and delivering exceptional results for clients; experience serving clients in the social and/or government sector a plus;

· Experience winning and managing large, multi-year, multi-million dollar projects/programs from development aid programs like USAID;

· Experience working in emerging markets with culturally diverse teams, preferably in Sub-Saharan Africa;

· Experience hiring, managing and leading teams;

· Proven ability to communicate effectively and inspire leaders in large, complex organizations;

· Excellent quantitative, analytical, and problem solving skills;

· Language skills are a plus, particularly French or Portuguese;

· BA required; Masters degree in a relevant field preferred.

Compensation

A competitive salary and benefits package commensurate with experience including health insurance, vacation, and bonus opportunity. The opportunity to be your best while making lives better for others.

What is Living Goods?

Living Goods supports networks of ‘Avon-like’ micro-entrepreneurs who go door-to-door teaching families how to improve their health and wealth while selling affordable, high-impact products like basic medicines, fortified foods, water filters, clean cookstoves, and solar lights. Living Goods seeks nothing less than a disruptive reinvention of distribution in the developing world, through networks of franchised micro-entrepreneurs who leverage Living Goods’ brand, buying power and mobile marketing tools to deliver vital products at accessible prices to the people who need them most. By combining the best practices from the worlds of micro-enterprise, franchising and public health, Living Goods is creating a fully sustainable system to improve the health, and wealth, of the poor.

Living Goods has been featured in The New York Times, NBC News, *The Economist,*and The Huffington Post. Check out these articles and more on our *press page**.*

Life at Living Goods

Living Goods is aiming to dramatically improve the lives of the poor. We think big, but we operate small and nimble. At Living Goods, you will have the chance to use your creativity and work with your teammates to conceive and test new ideas every day. If you work well in a dynamic, highly collaborative culture, if you set high standards for yourself and your colleagues, if you know how to fail fast and learn fast, if you meet challenges with calm determination and a sense of humor, you will thrive at Living Goods.

See www.livinggoods.org/principles.

For more information about Living Goods, please visit:

www.livinggoods.org

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How to apply:

To apply for this position please visit our career page and apply to 'Director of Strategic Partnerships' through our applicant tracking system. In lieu of a cover letter you will be asked to answer a few short questions that will help us learn a little bit more about you and your interest in working with Living Goods.

Organization: Nile Basin Initiative
Country: Uganda
Closing date: 14 Nov 2014

The purpose of this consultancy is to facilitate a midterm review process of the NBI overarching and Nile sec strategic plans. The midterm review will help NBI understand if it is on track to deliver its objectives, to understand why it has performed the way it has and allow for strategic and operational improvements to achieve better future performance

How to apply:

Interested Applicants are invited to submit letter of interest and Curriculum Vitae by e-mail to: The Executive Director, Nile Basin Initiative, midtermreview@nilebasin.org, P O Box 192; Entebbe, Uganda; not later than 14th November 2014.

Organization: Catholic Relief Services
Country: Madagascar
Closing date: 01 Dec 2014

Job Title:PM II-Strategic Growth and Business Development (SG & BD)

Dept/Location:SARO/Antananarivo, Madagascar

Reports To:Country Representative

About CRS:

Catholic Relief Services carries out the commitment of the Bishops of the United States to assist the poor and vulnerable overseas. Our Catholic identity is at the heart of our mission and operations. We welcome as a part of our staff and as partners people of all faiths and secular traditions who share our values and our commitment to serving those in need.

Background:

CRS began working in Madagascar in 1962 and has a diversified program portfolio in several sectors including emergency response and recovery, agriculture, agro-business, health and nutrition, good governance, climate change, and Water, Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH). The Country Program supports about three large projects in the East, Southeast, and Southwest regions country with an annual budget of approximately $10 million dollars per fiscal year, implemented by approximately 15 local partner organizations. This program is managed by about 70 national staff and four international staff and reaches an estimated 500,000 direct beneficiaries. Funding sources to the country program include US Government (USAID Food for Peace, OFDA), UNDP, European Union, Developpment & Paix, and other private donors. CRS Madagascar has recently started to more intentionally engage private companies in potential or proposed partnerships. The PM for Strategic Growth and Business Development (PM/SG-BD) will contribute significantly to CRS Madagascar’s annual growth targets by providing strategic direction and leading the resource-mobilization efforts for the country program. This includes, providing guidance and leadership for strategic growth planning, maximizing CRS’ competitive position to attract new funding, managing functional teams to identify and capture funding opportunities, incorporating best practices into growth-related business processes and proposals, and building relationships with current and prospective donors. Program and proposal development in Malawi will involve developing and maintaining strategic alliances and/or coalitions with other organizations. CRS Madagascar has also formed several Cross Sector Engagement (CSE) partnerships including with multinational and local corporations, international non-profits, and Universities. CRS Madagascar wants to continue to pursue strengthening these CSE relationships, and CRS is also actively exploring additional funding sources, as well as USG sources, as restrictions to USG aid have been lifted in May 2014. CRS programming covers multiple sectors and serves poor and marginalized communities in over half of the geographic regions in the country. The country program priority is set to roll out strategic growth approaches that lead to long-term funding initiatives using innovative approaches and having an impact on a variety of beneficiary groups.

Job Summary:

CRS Madagascar seeks an experienced development professional with expertise and interest in resource mobilization to lead a creative and dynamic initiative for growing the country program. This position offers an opportunity to demonstrate initiative and leadership skills, and to help shape the direction of the country program. It is an excellent opportunity for program managers to demonstrate an increasingly sought-after skillset for many senior-management positions, as well as for those interested in a career path within business development to take on a more strategic role.

The PM/SG-BD will be part of the CRS Madagascar program team, supporting and coordinating long-term strategic growth as well as business development activities: growth planning, long-term positioning, intelligence gathering, capture planning and pursuit of new opportunities; and serve as lead writer when needed. S/he will strengthen systems, coordinating tool development with the SARO region and other Country Programs in the region. This will include coordinating intelligence, developing standards and templates for materials, and also liaising with other program staff to contribute to proper documentation of successful results of programs. S/he will also ensure proper documentation of successful results, as well as responses to donors in proper format and meet donor requirements. The PM/SG-BD will lead teams to write concept papers and proposals reflecting agency-wide program quality principles and based on robust contextual analysis on the ground. Finally, the PM/SG-BD will liaise closely with the SARO Regional Technical Advisor RTA/SG-BD and Deputy Regional Director for Program Quality (DRD/PQ): working as a BD Team within SARO, periodically supporting outside their country program on large multi-country initiatives, an ensuring a regional and agency perspective as opportunities arise.

Primary Functions:

• Collaborate closely with the Head of Programs, Regional Technical Advisor for Strategic Growth-Business Development (RTA/SG-BD), Deputy Regional Director for Program Quality and Growth and the Country Representative in the identification of potential funding opportunities for Madagascar and representation of the country program to potential donors through the development of strong marketing tools;
• Assist CRS’ Madagascar staff in producing well-developed, polished English and French marketing materials for external donors. Support CRS/CP with communication pieces for stakeholders (one page project information pieces, updates, reports, case studies, newsletters) in coordination with the Head of Programs and Program Managers, to enhance visibility and serve external information needs.
• Under the leadership of the CR and HoP, support and coordinate CRS’ prepositioning activities in Madagascar, including intelligence gathering and capture planning;
• Work closely with RTA/SG-BD and other PMs/SG-BD colleagues around the region on planning, intelligence gathering, sharing lessons learned, and pursuing opportunities.
• Ensure that high-quality studies, research components, and documenting of innovations are completed and presented to donors and other interested audiences.
• Coordinate multi-disciplinary teams (including finance and administration) in the development of high quality proposals and concept notes;
• Manage the project development budget including cash forecasting, monitoring spending, and budget maintenance.

Specific Responsibilities:

Planning and Prepositioning

• In coordination with senior management, develop and regularly update a strategy for resource mobilization; liaise closely with the RTA/SG-BD on the regional Resource Mobilization Action Plan (RMAP), providing information on how the country program is contributing to the accomplishment of tasks in the regional level plan
• Assist with positioning CRS as a leader in local partner institutional strengthening with potential donors highlighting concrete results and approaches; take actions to position CRS for specific opportunities which may arise;
• Lead research and identification of potential donors (foundations, embassies, bilateral organizations, INGOs, other non-traditional sources) and proactively monitor websites and listservs for useful information on donor priorities, requirements, and funding opportunities.
• Liaise with SARO RTAs and HQ-based Corporations and Foundations staff to keep them up to date on CRS’ portfolio and upcoming funding needs; keep country program portfolio information updated on CRS website for communication and visibility purposes.

Capture Planning and Proposal and Concept Note Development

• Develop specific plans for preparing to pursue key opportunities as they become known, coordinating closely with the Head of Programs, Country Representative and regional staff on go/no-go analysis and decisions.
• Lead proposal development processes including writing· Builds and maintains a basic level of technical competence in the strategic technical areas
• Participate in the review of Project Idea Notes (PINs), concept papers, and proposals ensuring adherence to program quality standards
• Also, develop PINs, concept papers and proposals in participation with program managers, donors and partners ensuring the use of all program quality tools.
• Support programming staff and potential local partners in the design of high quality programs through the use of Integrated Human Development (IHD), Propacks, Technical Application and Cost Application Guidance, and other program quality tools.
• Develop strong internal review systems for project reviews before soliciting regional approval for submission, in collaboration with the Head of Programs and programming staff.
• Coordinate the submission of concept papers and proposals for review through the regional technical review process.

Documentation of Results, Reporting and Marketing

• Conceptualize and oversee the production of appropriate marketing materials for the CRS portfolio in collaboration with programming and administrative staff; including the Annual Report for local Bishops and other interested parties, project fact sheets, sectoral and/or geographic focus brochures, past performance documentation, and others.
• Take the lead in organizing, writing, and publishing success stories and case studies. This may include managing an external consultant if needed.

Supervisory Responsibilities:N/A

Key Working Relationships:

Internal:Head of Programs, Country Representative, Deputy Country Representative, and Program Managers, SARO Regional Technical Advisors with emphasis on coordination with the RTA/SG-BD, HQ, Deputy Regional Director for Program Quality and Growth; Public Donor Liaison, HQ Business Development Unit; Corporations and Foundations, Direct Response Fundraising, Web Services

External: Church and other Partner Organizations in CP, government ministries, UN Agencies, local bilateral institutions, other funding agencies, local/international NGO offices

Personal/Professional Skills:

· Strong team-player

· Sound judgment and patient

· Assertive, yet culturally sensitive

· Strong interpersonal and networking skills

· Efficient and highly productive

· Excellent writing skills in English

· Speaking and writing proficiency in French

· Commitment to the Agency's mission

Program Manager Competencies*These are rooted in the mission, values, and principles of CRS and used by each program manager to fulfill his or her responsibilities and to achieve the desired results.*

· Sets clear goals and manages toward them

· Collaborates effectively with staff and stakeholders

· Manages financial resources with integrity

· Applies program quality standards to project design and organizational learning

Agency-wide Competencies (for all CRS Staff)*These are rooted in the mission, values, and principles of CRS and used by each staff member to fulfill his or her responsibilities and to achieve the desired results*.

· Serves with Integrity

· Models Stewardship

· Cultivates Constructive Relationships

· Promotes Learning

Qualifications

• Master's degree in business management, public health, international development, or related field
• Five years of experience working in a development setting managing projects and/or resource mobilization
• Understanding of U.S Government grant provisions and guidelines, including proposal formats and reporting requirements; as well as those of UN agencies and Caritas organizations
• Demonstrated capacity in establishing and maintaining strong working and representational relationships with partners, donors, government officials, international NGOs, local organizations, communities and other stakeholders
• Proven development for various donor types and funding amounts
• Familiarity with gender concepts and their application in program design and implementation;
• Demonstrated ability to provide leadership in strategic planning initiatives.
• Capacity to work closely with and understand local partners
• Excellent oral and written communication skills
• Native fluency in oral and written English, with proficient communication skills in French and intermediate writing skills in French
• Experience designing and developing successful proposals and strategic alliances
• Strong computer skills: Word, Excel, Outlook, PowerPoint; Microsoft Publisher preferred
• Experience in staff development and local partner capacity preferred
• Knowledge of CRS’ program quality standards and Catholic Social Teaching principles preferred

Physical Requirements/Environment: The position is based in Antananarivo with occasional travel and to be available for up to 20% of travel to support other regional and country program proposal development processes.

Disclaimer: This job description is not an exhaustive list of the skills, effort, duties, and responsibilities associated with the position.

EOE/M/F/D/V

How to apply:

Please create an online profile and submit your cover letter and resume to www.crs.org/about/careers. Req. #I 1997. Thank you.

Organization: Catholic Relief Services
Country: Senegal
Closing date: 15 Nov 2014

Position Title:Regional Technical Advisor for Strategic Growth and Business Development

Dept/Location:WARO/Senegal

Reports To:DRD Program Quality and Growth (DRDPQ)

Est. Length of Service:3-4 Years

About CRS:

Catholic Relief Services carries out the commitment of the Bishops of the United States to assist the poor and vulnerable overseas. Our Catholic identity is at the heart of our mission and operations. We welcome as a part of our staff and as partners people of all faiths and secular traditions who share our values and our commitment to serving those in need.

Job Background/Summary:

The Regional Technical Advisor for Strategic Growth and Business Development (RTA/SG-BD) position is part of the regional program quality and growth team, and will lead CRS efforts in marketing, prepositioning, capture planning and pursuit of opportunities in West Africa, including identification and development of new public donor funding relationships and increasing CRS’ capacity to respond to opportunities from a variety of donors. Working closely with the Deputy Regional Director for Program Quality and Growth (DRDPQ), other Regional Technical Advisors (RTAs), Program Managers for Strategic Growth and Business Development (PMs/SG-BD), Heads of Programming and Country Representatives – and the headquarter-based Business Development Team (BDT) – the advisor will be responsible for: supporting regional and country efforts in planning strategically; leading state-of-the-art business development practices in West Africa; researching and building relationships with current and potential donors; working closely with a CRS/Marketing staff and outside firms on strategies and materials; gathering and managing information to support pursuit of opportunities; providing assistance to Heads of Programming to ensure sound project design and proposals; writing proposals; and monitoring progress towards the region’s growth objectives.

Specific Job Responsibilities:

Resource Mobilization Plan (ReMAP), Coordination

• Implement the WARO ReMAP, in close coordination with the DRDPQ, updating it as necessary; support country programs in development of country-level growth plans
• Lead West Africa SG-BD Team with DRDPQ support and participation from five PMs/SG-BD
• Liaise with the HQ-based Resource Acquisition Department (RAD) to ensure that relevant information is disseminated to country programs and RTAs and appropriate follow-up is carried out.
• Work with country, region and HQ staff in to analyze WARO past performance for both publicly- and privately-funded awards, by donor, sector, and region, with an emphasis on public resource proposal submission and success rates and lessons learned

Prepositioning and Representation:

• Lead and coordinate processes to build country level and regional level relationships with donors and other stakeholders, developing new relationships at USG and other donors with regional presence in Dakar, Accra or elsewhere; disseminate information as appropriate.
• Guide Country Programs and build capacity to gather information about donor trends and potential upcoming opportunities, and record encounters and information gathered.
• Maintain a Donor Map and other intelligence management tools for tracking regional and global donor trends

Identify Funding Opportunities:

• In coordination with the BDT and regional team, explore, identify and track both regional and country program funding opportunities, including those with the USG and non-traditional donors;
• Develop and maintain a roster of available consultants for proposal development and proposal writing.

Capture Planning

• Train CP staff on capture planning
• Mentor CP business development staff to facilitate capture planning trainings.
• Once significant opportunities are identified, work together with HoPs and CP business development staff to create and implement capture plans using CRS models.
• Coordinate participation of other regional staff to support CP capture plans.

Proposal Development:

• Form and coordinate regional and HQ technical teams to support country programs in the development of appropriate responses, and based on participatory project design process, coordinate proposal development of new funding sources.
• Assist country programs to develop and write project proposals, including DFAPs and other large grant opportunities. Assistance may also include seeking consultants who can provide specific services for proposals, and liaising with the donor regional offices as necessary;
• Ensure that proposals conform to agency quality standards (i.e., Propack,TAG/CAG, IHD, etc.) and donor requirements.
• Provide direct technical assistance to and strengthen the capacity of country program staff in project design and drafting of proposals (including both program and resource planning).

Marketing and Evaluation of Potential Funding Opportunities

• Coordinate with marketing staff and possibly a firm to develop strategies, marketing tools, including written materials, videos, and a process to market widely and successfully to donors and other key audiences.
• Coordinate marketing activities at the country program and regional level.

Additional Responsibilities:

• Maintain WARO’s tracking sheet of up-coming funding opportunities and post an update every week to the BDT’s “early intel” library for Regional and HQ use.
• Participate in agency-wide BD community learning and knowledge management by sharing experience and lessons learned virtually.
• Ensure WARO proposals are accurately tracked in the CRS Win/Loss Database and ensure WARO projects are reflected in agency-wide past performance tables, corporate capacity statements, and other boilerplate proposal sections housed in the online Public Proposal Toolbox.

Supervisory Responsibilities:Partial supervision of PMs/Business Development (dotted-line).

Agency-wide Competencies (for all CRS Staff):

These are rooted in the mission, values, and guiding principles of CRS and used by each staff member to fulfill his or her responsibilities and achieve the desired results.

• Serves with Integrity
• Models Stewardship
• Cultivates Constructive Relationships
• Promotes Learning

Key Working Relationships:

*INTERNAL:* Regional Director; Deputy Regional Directors/Program & Management Quality; Regional Finance Officer; Regional Technical Advisors; Country Representatives; Country Program technical staff and project managers; HQ Business Development Team, HQ Program Quality Support Department, Resource Specialist, and Foundations & Corporations Team.

*EXTERNAL:* USG officials; Representatives of non-traditional public donors including UN, World Bank, Regional banks, Caritas agencies, international research centers, and others.

Qualifications:

• Master’s degree in development, international relations, or relevant field preferred; equivalent experience acceptable.
• Familiarity with funding solicitation mechanisms, regulations and standard provisions, and programming priorities of USAID – preferred candidates would be familiar with others US agencies and funding sources as well, e.g., USDA, US State Department, US Department of Labor, Global Fund, Buffet Foundation, Melinda and Bill Gates Foundation.
• Minimum five years international development management experience, including at least three years of work in a developing country.
• Proven experience drafting proposals for food and/or non-food public resources highly desirable and experience with RFAs, strongly preferred.
• Excellent interpersonal, oral and written communication and negotiation skills.
• Exceptional writing ability.
• Strong analytical skills, budget development skills and ability to build consortia.
• Knowledge of CRS programs, justice agenda and Catholic Social Teaching principles a plus.
• Knowledge of and comfort level with Microsoft Office software (Word, Excel, Outlook, Internet) required, experience with Access or other data base programs is a plus.
• Willingness/ability to travel 30-50% of the time.
• Native level ability in written and spoken English
• Fluency in written and spoken French.

****Disclaimer Clause:****

This job description is not an exhaustive list of the skill, effort, duties and responsibilities associated with this position.

****EOE/M/F/D/V****

How to apply:

Please submit a cover letter and resume to www.crs.org. Go to About Us, Careers and click on Search. Look for Req. #I 1847. Click on the job title and scroll to bottom of job to apply directly.

Organization: FHI 360
Country: Mozambique
Closing date: 14 Oct 2014

FHI 360 is a nonprofit human development organization dedicated to improving lives in lasting ways by advancing integrated, locally driven solutions. Our staff includes experts in Health, Education, Nutrition, Environment, Economic Development, Civil Society, Gender, Youth, Research and Technology; creating a unique mix of capabilities to address today's interrelated development challenges. FHI 360 serves more than 60 countries, all 50 U.S. states and all U.S. territories. We are currently seeking qualified candidates for the position of Strategic Behavior Change Communication Specialistfor the upcoming****S****trengthening Agribusiness and Fostering Rural Alimentation (SAFRA) Project**** that aims to promote agriculture value chains and food security development, improve nutrition and health status and poverty reduction.

Project Description:

The SBCC Specialist will work collaboratively with the key stakeholders to design and implement SBCC interventions and materials aimed at improving nutritional status and inclusive agricultural growth. The SBCC interventions would need to be designed targeted to all levels and a range of stakeholders including government, civil society and community. The position will be based in Maputo.

Job Summary / Responsibilities:

• Formulate project SBCC objectives and develop strategies for their achievement.
• Develop comprehensive communication tools and SBCC activities, using evidence-based theories and methodologies, in close collaboration with technical specialists across the project.
• Design community level interventions in close collaboration with the Project staff that target women and children.
• Provide day-to-day management of the project’s SBCC and community level activities.
• Manage the work of any research firms, advertising agencies, public relations experts, production vendors, community mobilizers, and/or consultants hired by the project to assist with SBCC or community level work. This includes building capacity of local implementing partners to implement quality and successful SBCC work.
• Collaborate with other technical specialists and stakeholders beyond the project to ensure coordination of materials and communication message strategies and avoid gaps and overlaps.
• Ensure that SBCC materials are pre-tested, proved effective and used efficiently and by the correct target group.
• Help develop, maintain, and follow the indicators set in the workplan for SBCC and community-level activities.
• Work with M&E; Advisor to monitor and evaluate the progress and impact of SBCC activities.
• Contribute to regular quarterly and annual reports to the client.
• Document project results and impacts in various forms, including media stories, lessons learned, case studies, client satisfaction, etc.
• Other duties as assigned.

Qualifications:

• Experience and demonstrated results in strategic behavior change communication.
• Knowledge of and experience with the design, management and implementation of nutrition, agriculture and livelihood programs.
• Sensitivity to cultural differences and understanding of the socio-economic and political situation in Mozambique and targeted communication to stimulate behavior change.
• Ability to organize systems to monitor results.
• Well-developed written and oral communication skills.
• Ability to work well with others and to develop and maintain compatibility among project staff, subcontractors, consultants, and recipients of assistance.
• Ability to travel as needed.

Minimum Requirements

• A Master’s Degree in Communications, Marketing, Social Sciences.
• At least 6 years of experience in projects of similar or related nature, size, and complexity, with national or local governments, NGOs, or donors; with preference given to a candidate who has actually worked in devolved health settings.
• Demonstrated understanding and familiarity with development communications issues and solutions, especially in Nutrition and agriculture.
• Familiarity and understanding of USAID policies and procedures (highly preferred), or those of other donors, donor-funded projects, community-based projects, or corporate social responsibility projects.
• Proven abilities to set priorities, to multi-task, and to work collaboratively across technical disciplines.
• Possess outstanding professional reputation and have strong demonstrated interpersonal, written, and oral presentation skills.
• Willingness to travel within the country as needed.
• Oral and written English language required,
• Portuguese fluency required.

FHI 360's Career Center at http://www.fhi360.org/careers or through the Employment section at www.fhi360.org. Please submit CV/resume and cover letter including salary requirements. Please specify source in your application.

FHI 360 is an equal opportunity and affirmative action employer. FHI 360 is committed to providing equal employment opportunity without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, national or ethnic origin, age, disability or status as a veteran with respect to policies, programs, or activities.

How to apply:

https://jobs-fhi360.icims.com/jobs/14778/strategic-behavior-change-commu...