United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland: Programme Design and Development Specialist

JOB PURPOSE
Programme Design and Development Specialist will work in the Business Development team and will work closely with technical and programme teams at headquarters, regional and country level to develop technical aspects of competitive public health proposals to a range of institutional and non-institutional donors. This role will also lead on system development and capacity building to design and implement an organizational project design system; and conduct training and capacity building with country and regional staff. The role will also collaborate with colleagues on new country scoping and set up.

MAIN RESPONSIBILITIES

Business Development

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  Work closely with HQ, regional and country programme staff to lead the process of developing programme approaches in response to donor calls and other opportunities, including the development of log frames and articulating theories of change;

  
  


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  Design and lead project development workshops and writing processes and guide country offices through project design processes;

  
  


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  Serve as lead writer on bid applications and as an editor and reviewer on proposals and bids;

  
  


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  Participate in the design and implementation of bids process action plans;

  
  


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  Coordinate comprehensive review processes for bids in development mobilising internal and external resources persons;

  
  


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  Contribute to other proposal development (e.g. trusts and foundations) as required;

  
  


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  Contribute to partner and competitor analysis;

  
  


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  Contribute to capacity statements, past performance references and liaison with consortia leads, partners and donors as required;

  
  


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  Work closely with Budget Development specialist to ensure coherence of narrative, workplanning and budgeting processes in business development.

  
  

Capacity Building and System Development

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  Lead organisational capacity building initiative for project design and development;

  
  


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  Manage internal funding and workplan and take lead responsibility for producing outputs of internal capacity building project;

  
  


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  Take overall accountability for producing guidance, training and supporting regions and country offices in project design and development;

  
  


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  Devise, design and roll out standard guidance and training for project design, development and review.

  
  

Other Business Development

• Work closely with technical and programmes colleagues on new country scoping, assessments and resulting proposal development;


• Serve as Business Development team link with organisational initiatives e.g. the project management initiative advisory group;


• Contribute to business development documentation such as donor profiles, organisation profiles and briefings for network opportunities;


• Identify training needs of key Regional and Country level staff involved in bid preparation and design supervise remote training tasks;


• Work closely with the external relations team to prepare organisational marketing materials.

REQUIREMENTS

Qualifications and Experience

• Significant programme development and implementation experience in a health context in either development and/or humanitarian programmes;


• Experience in leading the writing of successful competitive proposals and tenders for public health programming;


• Strong project management skills/experience;


• Experience in delivering training and capacity building for colleagues;


• Extensive experience in development of bid applications for institutional donors including USAID, UNICEF, DFID and Europe Aid for health programmes;


• Experience of developing proposals for trusts and foundations;


• A Masters in Public Health, Epidemiology, Development Studies or similar fields, or equivalent practical experience demonstrating a strong focus on technical writing;


• Right to work in the UK;


• Experience in malaria and communicable disease control either through programme implementation or research (asset);


• Experience at programme management level in the field in either Africa or Asia (asset);


• Fluency in English mandatory, ability to work in Portuguese or French (asset).

Work Based Skills and Competencies

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  Strong project development skills including technical writing;

  
  


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  Proven competencies in use of project development tools (including logical frameworks, theory of change, and monitoring and evaluation frameworks) to analyse and express complex ideas in a concise and logical manner;

  
  


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  Able to understand and analyse budget information and relative to programme design and development;

  
  


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  The ability to work productively and accurately under pressure in a fast-paced, demanding environment, able to prioritise effectively and meet tight deadlines;

  
  


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  The ability to work in a team environment and independently and collaborate effectively with colleagues from a wide variety of backgrounds and contexts;

  
  


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  The ability to understand epidemiological and statistical information;

  
  


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  Ability to travel internationally and to work in multi-cultural environments;

  
  


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  Strong computer literacy (word, excel).