Business and Program Development Coordinator

PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT COORDINATOR

Clinics4All is a locally development non-profit organization. Our mission is to create long-lasting, positive and community-led change that improves and provides basic health care for medically underserved women and children.

Clinics4All is seeking a Business and Program Development Coordinator to join its Development and Technical Services team at the Country Office in Lusaka, Zambia. The program Development Manager tracks program efforts, identifies and leads new business opportunities, coordinates with regions and programs staff, and represents Clinics4all to donors, partners and other external stakeholders.

Primary job responsibilities include:

1. Monitors and coordinates all program development efforts in assigned region.

• Identifies and analyses new program opportunities within the region, regularly monitoring opportunities from Clinics4Alls’ primary donors.
• Creates program development budgets and justifications. Monitors and reports on status of budgets.
• Coordinates regularly with field staff and other departments engaged in program development in assigned region.
• Ensure that tracking database is kept up to date for all ongoing program development in assigned region.

2. Identifies, leads and supports new traditional and non-traditional funding and program opportunities by Managing proposal process start to finish, ensuring Clinics4All and donor standards and requirements are met.

• Analyses opportunities and makes recommendations on potential program strategies.
• Responsible for the overall coordination, planning, development, and management of a public and private sector fundraising strategy to mobilise resources and support accountability of transparent grant management.
• Participates on proposal teams in assigned role, whether leading the proposal team or serving in another role.
• Identifies needs on the proposal team and defines roles of each team member, ensuring an appropriate level of support.
• Develops and articulates strategic approaches, partnerships, management/staffing plans, M&E, budgets, and project designs.
• Develops and defines partnership arrangements as related to specific proposals.
• Ensures all actions are completed at the end of a proposal development process.

3. Builds regional-focused relationships with representatives of potential donors (traditional and non-traditional) and strategic partners.

• Identifies new partners, sub awardees/subcontractors, and/or donors to enhance Clinics4Alls’ capabilities and expand our programming.
• Stays abreast of funding priorities of Clinics4Alls’ major donors.
• Supports Clinics4All’s program and field staff’s relationship building with non-traditional donors and partners.
• Effectively conduct market analysis on funding trends

• Gather business intelligence
• Identify and participate in responding to business opportunities in the country
• Join existing and /or create new and relevant networks in-country to Clinics4All Zambia for funding partnerships
• Donor engagements and donor contracts management

4. Communicates regularly with program and field staff as well as other departments on ongoing and planned program development efforts, specific support needs and field staff capacity building requirements.

5. Represents Clinics4all at meetings, conferences, and workshops.

6. Undertakes all other duties and projects as may be assigned from time to time.

Required Skills

• Broad understanding of principals of international development, including sub-fields such as community mobilization, local governance and civil society development, local economic development, microfinance, food security, health and/or others.
• Familiarity with UKAID/DFID, SIDA, USAID rules and regulations and knowledge of UKAID/DFID, SIDA and USAID RFA and RFP proposal processes and/or other donors.
• Excellent critical thinking skills and sound judgment. Proven willingness to make timely and sound decisions based on accurate judgment.
• Excellent verbal and written communications skills.
• Excellent interpersonal and listening skills. Ability to interact with all levels of staff in a professional manner.
• Excellent organizational skills. Ability to manage deadlines, to manage others and to work independently.
• Ability to work in a cross-cultural, geographically dispersed team environment.
• Able to work abroad in sometimes difficult and challenging environments.
• Fluency in English, written and oral. Abilities in a second language preferred.
• Advanced knowledge of word processing, and database maintenance.
• Ability to travel extensively to region of responsibility.
• Accuracy, attention to detail.
• Ability to read and interpret documents and ability to sit at a computer and operate a keyboard.

Required Experience

• Minimum requirement of Degree/Diploma in Business Development Studies, with relevant minimum work experience of 3 – 5 years.
• Experience with Donor Funded related project implementation and/or development preferred such as USAID/DFID/CIDA /UNICEF or others
• Other international project experience with other donors also desired.
• Experience in field program implementation, program backstopping and/or budgeting desired, preferably in assigned region.
• Equivalent combination of education and experience.

Interested member of the public who meet the required details above may submit their CVs, letter of reference and certified copies of academic and professional Certificates for consideration to the email address below:

The recruitment Committee

Clinics4All Zambia

Plot No: 100/655, off Lake Road

P.O. Box 320320

Lusaka.

Email Address: [email protected]

*Please note that this is not a Finance role

If you are interested in the position and have the right skills and attributes, send your application, consisting of a letter of interest and a CV, via email to [email protected] using “Business and Program Development Coordinator” as the subject by 28th February 2019 before the close of business.  Please provide details of at least three relevant references and clearly indicate details of your current remuneration package.

Please note: in order to apply for this role, you must demonstrate your eligibility to work in Zambia.

Clinics4All is an equal opportunities employer and positively encourages applications from suitably qualified and eligible candidates regardless of sex, race, disability, age, sexual orientation, gender reassignment, religion or belief, marital status, or pregnancy and maternity. We particularly encourage applications from women who are underrepresented at this level in the Organisation.

Only candidates shortlisted for interviewing will be contacted within two weeks of the closing date for applications.

NOTE: Applications that will come after close of business on the 28th February 2019 will not be accepted.