Senior Associate – Health

Job id : 147432 Apply by: 20 Aug 2020 Relevant Sectors Health, Doctors, Nurses, HIV/AIDS, Nutrition

Job Title: Sr. Associate – Health
Job Family: Business Development	Salary Grade: K
Job Function: Business Development	Job Code: NA
Reports to: Director – Health

Essential Duties: Partnership and Stakeholder Management:Strengthen strategic relationships by liaising with government stakeholders, donors and RTI International colleagues. Manage effective partnerships with both existing and new key corporate partners, NGOs, government, foundations, media and other national/ international funders Business Development: Provide support and guidance for the continuous improvement of new business development procedures and processes, specifically in donor prospecting and strategic prioritizing, and donor relationship cultivation and stewardship, to ensure that new business development efforts are efficient, effective, and of the highest possible quality. Represent the organization’s business development interests at relevant meetings, events, and within resource mobilization or donor-specific peer networks Technical writer:Write concept notes, insights from research studies, crafted in plain speak language, differentiated by target audience. Provide publications support to ensure the quality of documents produced for external and internal clients, including reports, proposals, journal articles, presentation materials, guidelines documents, newsletters, and annual reports. Proposal writing:Support health division in business development by drafting or contributing to writing proposals and concept notes, conceptualizing problem statement and lead proposal development to ensure high quality concept papers and proposals by identifying and managing proposal teams, supporting proposal-related research and writing, and managing timely delivery of documents, including serving as the lead writer. Project Management: Lead execution of commissioned projects, managing teams and client relationships.   Research:Draw or support creation of research frameworks for proposed studies. Conduct secondary and primary research for ongoing projects.  Knowledge creation and Knowledge management: Strategize collation and dissemination of knowledge products like briefs, posters and publications.

combination, on an individual basis, is the responsibility of Management. Minimum Required Education & Experience   Bachelor’s with 8 yrs or Master’s with 6 yrs in Economics or Public Health or equivalent from a reputed institute   Experience of working with either funding organization or implementation or organizations in the Public health or development sector Skills & Abilities Skills and abilities required to perform the essential job duties of this job are listed below. An addendum that clarifies additional skills and abilities for incumbents in this job may be used in addition to this description.
	Evidence of successful engagement and relationship skills while serving as an organizational representative to large donors and sub-partners.  Knowledge of key donor procurement process for a variety of contracting mechanisms.  Flexibility and ability to handle multiple tasks and work collaboratively with others.  Strong oral and written communications skills.  Ability to interact effectively with senior staff, external clients and stakeholders, including a proven ability to build consensus and relationships and influence and motivate teams to achieve goals.  Highly-detailed oriented, strategic thinker with substantial capacity to thrive in deadlinedriven, dynamic environments.  Strong and demonstrated track record of self-management and initiative while working with remote teams.  Software Proficiency: Microsoft Office Applications (including SharePoint); Salesforce.  Ability to prioritize multiple tasks.  Ability to work well with others and work independently.  Attention to detail and accuracy.