NGO JOBS

Organization: Catholic Relief Services
Country: Guatemala
Closing date: 30 May 2014

Job Title: Regional Technical Advisor- Growth and Proposal Development

Department/Location: LACRO/Guatemala City, Guatemala

Band: D

FSLA: Exempt

Reports to: Regional Technical Advisor, Growth Manager

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:

LACRO country programs make approximately 40 submissions per year to external donors. In FY 2013,the combined value of these submissions was $156 million, in agriculture, water, food security, disaster risk reduction, water, urban programming, peacebuilding (including youth livelihoods, migration, and workers’ rights), and education. While the US Government is and will likely remain the largest source of public funds in the region, LACRO growth efforts will seek to maintain and grow its diverse portfolio of donors that include other public donors, UN bodies, foundations, and private companies.

The 2010-2020 CRS/LACRO strategy prioritizes “signature” and “emerging” programming sectors in which LACRO is, or has the earnest potential to be, a recognized leader, demonstrating specific technical capacity, innovation, learning, scale and influence in sector policies and programs. These areas are: emergency response and preparedness (DRR), agriculture (agroenterprise), water (integrated water resource management), peace & justice (migration and trafficking, youth and employment, and workers’ rights), and microfinance.

LACRO growth decisions and investments (human and financial) will be guided by these strategic programming priorities. LACRO growth functions encompass the three phases of the Business Development Cycle: 1) Pre-positioning; 2) Pursuit of Opportunities; and 3) Leveraging of Results. The Proposal Development Specialist will primarily focus on capture planning (part of Phase 1) and proposal planning and development (Phase 2), while the LACRO Growth Manager will be primarily responsible for the other components of the cycle, with both positions reinforcing and back-stopping the efforts of the other.

The Proposal Development Specialist will therefore have the opportunity to spearhead a number of improvements in the quality of capture planning and proposal development in the region. These include improved forecasting and positioning of CRS in the marketplace, increasing the number and diversity of actors that CRS brings to the table in solving development issues (Cross Sector Engagement), and the introduction of new tools and best practices in proposal design and development.

Primary Function:

Under the direct supervision of the LACRO Growth Manager, the RTA Proposal Development Specialist will take the lead on supporting all activities related to the identification and tracking of opportunities through the capture planning stages and into final proposal production. The emphasis will be on ensuring the development of high quality proposals for the right opportunities, shepherding resources to support both technical quality and streamlined, effective proposal development. This includes providing surge capacity for technical and non-technical writing and other proposal development needs. The Proposal Development Specialist will build capacity of country program and partner staff, as appropriate, in proposal development and the introduction of new tools and best practices in coordination with agency-wide efforts from the Business Development community of practice.

Job Responsibility:

Pursuit of Opportunities:

· Coordinate regional involvement in the Proposal Development and Approval Process, including coordination of regional reviews, BD (non-financial) review of project budgets, and coordination of HQ support and TDYs as needed.

· Support country programs to perform due diligence in go/no-go analyses and decisions.

· As determined by the Growth Manager and DRDs for PQ and GS&J, deploy throughout the LACRO region to provide hands-on proposal development support to country programs.

· Ensure receipt and incorporation of regional and/or HQ technical input into project design and technical narratives to ensure soundness of proposal technical components.

· As appropriate, ensure mainstreaming of gender, capacity strengthening, influence, evidence-based approaches and other LACRO priorities during proposal design and development.

· Assist proposal development teams to improve proposal competitiveness through cross sector engagement and integration of Shipley tools and other best practices for proposal development.

· Provide input to proposal teams and review from a growth perspective, including overall responsiveness to donor requirements, incorporation of cost-effectiveness considerations, and other aspects that may affect CRS’ competitiveness.

· Assist with proposal writing and other proposal development needs as appropriate.

· Develop and maintain a roster of consultants and TDYers for proposal development.

Prepositioning:

· Actively gather intelligence about and seek out new funding opportunities, analyze them, and share with CPs and RTAs as appropriate.

· Maintain LACRO opportunity pipeline and act as the main LACRO point of contact for the win/loss database.

· Inform and advise DRDs and country programs on relevant funding opportunities.

· Assist country program teams with capture planning for prioritized funding opportunities.

· Support country programs to improve their forecasting capacities and practices, including the forecasting of expected proposal development needs.

· Provide support to CPs in the development and execution of their positioning plans.

Agency learning:

· Share learning around pursuit of opportunities with the BD community of practice.

· Build CP and partner staff capacity in TAG, CAG, and capture planning-related skills, through training and ongoing accompaniment.

· Support development and roll-out of BD competencies and CSE training programs for targeted CP staff, particularly in competencies related to capture planning and proposal development.

· Identify professional development opportunities for country program staff, especially dedicated growth staff, including TDYs within LACRO and elsewhere.

· Work with CPs to develop and maintain capacity statements, past performance tables, and evidence-based results for emerging and signature areas; work with HQ/RAD to maintain global past performance and corporate capacity statements.

Key Working Relationships:

Internal: LACRO Growth Manager, Deputy Regional Director for Program Quality, Deputy Regional Director for Global Solidarity and Justice, Deputy Regional Director for Management Quality, Regional Finance Officer, LACRO Regional Technical Advisors/IDEAS group, LACRO Country Representatives and Heads of Programming, LACRO CP-level growth staff, HQ Resource Acquisition Department, HQ Public Donor Liaisons.

External:Representatives from peer international NGOs, local partner organizations.

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

Qualifications:

· Master’s degree and 5-7 years of relevant professional NGO experience

· Two or more years of experience in a developing country, preferably in Latin America or the Caribbean

· Demonstrated experience with proposal development, at least some of which was in a leading or coordinating capacity; USAID proposal development experience preferred

· Familiarity with one or more of the LACRO signature and emerging program areas

· Familiarity with procedures, policies and priorities of USG and UN agencies, other public and private donors, and Caritas agencies

· Demonstrated experience in capacity building, training and mentoring

Personal/Professional skills

· Demonstrated ability to work in a team; excellent interpersonal, diplomacy and negotiating skills

· Ability to work independently, make sound decisions, and work effectively under pressure and competing priorities; assertiveness

· Demonstrated experience managing people and processes, leading teams to produce deliverables under tight deadlines and at exceptional quality

· Commitment to the Agency’s mission

· Excellent oral and written communication, interpersonal, and networking skills required

· Fluency in spoken and written English and Spanish required; French is a plus

· Willingness and ability to travel internationally at least 35% of the time

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

How to apply:

To apply, please visit:

https://www5.apply2jobs.com/CRS/ProfExt/index.cfm?fuseaction=mExternal.showJob&RID=1642&CurrentPage=1

EOE/M/F/D/V

Organization: UN Children's Fund
Country: Ethiopia
Closing date: 05 May 2014

REQUEST FOR PROPOSAL

Reference number: RFP–S&L–2014-9111512 Date of issue: 21-April-2014

Dear Sir/Madam,

UNICEF (Ethiopia) wishes to request eligible bidders to participate in a Request for Proposal to provide consultancy servicesfor Long Term Agreement (LTA)– (1) to perform spot checks of implementing partners as per UNICEF risk assurance plan –see TOR page21-39, (2) conduct capacity development on spot checks for UNICEF programme and finance/operations staff to be engaged on spot checks of our implementing partners-see TOR page 40-41 and (3) perform internal control audit of our implementing partners-TOR page 42-54.

Background

UNICEF Ethiopia uses a Harmonized Approach to Cash Transfers (HACT) as a framework for transferring cash to government and non-government Implementing Partners (IPs). HACT calls for adaption of a risk management approach and selection of specific procedures for transferring cash on the basis of the assessment of the Financial Management capacity of IPs.

As one of the mechanisms to obtain assurance of transferred funds for risk management and mitigation under the HACT framework, a spot check will be performed by qualified agency staff or an audit firm as per UNICEF assurance plan, on the basis of IPs risk rating and UNICEF guidelines. Government or NGO/CSO IPs will be audited once or more during the programme cycle. Scheduled audits are performed during the programme cycle as per UNICEF assurance plan, on the basis of IPs risk rating and UNICEF guidelines in order to obtain assurance on IPs financial records and financial management systems of internal controls related to the programme. Unfavourable findings of assurance activities and risk ratings may result in a reconsideration of the modalities, procedures, and assurance activities for that IP.

Purpose:United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) wishes to procure the above mentioned services through a competitive bidding process and establish a Long Term Agreement (LTA) for an initial period of 24months and renewable for additional 12 months subject to satisfactory performance by the bidder. In this respect, UNICEF would like to invite your organization to submit technical and financial proposals as outlined in this request for proposal and the terms and conditions contained herein.

Request for informationAny questions concerning this invitation must be forwarded in writing by email or by fax, to the person who prepared this document, with specific reference to this RFP number prior to 5 days of the due date of submission of the proposal. No request for information will be entertained after this. The question and its response will be circulated to all the bidders, after deleting the name of the bidder who requested for the information.

How to apply:

Due date and time for submission of the proposals

Sealed proposals must be submitted latest by the date and Ethiopian local time specified below. Sealed proposals (technical and financial) received prior to the stated closing time and date will be kept unopened. Proposals received after the stipulated date and time will be invalidated. UNICEF will not accept any responsibility for the premature opening of the proposals not properly addressed or identified. Due to the nature of the bid, there will be no public opening of the bid.

Due date: Monday 05-May-2014 Time:9:00 am standard Time (East African time)

Organization: UN Children's Fund
Country: Ethiopia
Closing date: 16 May 2014

REQUEST FOR PROPOSAL -RFP-ETH-2014- 9111559

Open for International &Local firms

1: Topic: Consultancy Services- (1)for Long Term Agreement (LTA) of 24 months to provide - (1) guidance to the Federal Ministry of Health (Office of the Minister) on the development of a strategic and actionable plan on knowledge management, policy advocacy and (2) facilitate the development of post MDGs, “Health Sector Development Plan 5” and role of the health sector in “Growth and Transformation Plan II”.

2. Background.

The Federal Ministry of Health (FMOH) has requested UNICEF’s with a letter dated 9 January 2014 Ref. No, 4/101/41/78 to support in the development of a Knowledge Management Initiative (KMI) and policy advocacy to hone the achievement of health MDG. Ethiopia has achieved MDG 4 and striving to achieve MDG 5 and sustain the gains. In addition to working on meeting the Millennium Development Goals, FMOH has embarked on the development of its “Health Sector Development Plan 5”; Visioning Ethiopia’s Path towards Universal Health Coverage through Primary Health Care by 2035” and enhances the role of the health sector in “Growth and Transformation Plan II”.

3. TEAM COMPOSITION in the firm and Experience Required.

1. At least team of three persons with at least master level preferably doctoral level educational background in the field of public health, social science, computer science and related fields and experience in knowledge management and research
2. Technical and coordination expertise in supporting the development and implementation in knowledge management and policy advocacy
3. Knowledge in the area of Knowledge Management and Human Resources Development in Ethiopia’s health sector

Experience & credibility of the firm with similar or other areas in the health system of Ethiopia has an advantage. The firm should have adequate qualification, international experience and mix of professionals in knowledge management area.The payment should be based on the deliverables upon written confirmation of the service from MoH officials.

How to apply:

Interested and eligible bidders are invited to collect the complete tender documents by sending an email to Mr. Sebastian Muzuma (smuzuma@unicef.org) starting from 1-May-2014 (Thursday). Proposals are to be submitted to UNICEF Ethiopia Office on or before 9.00 am (East African Time) 16^th May 2014 (Friday). Please quote the RFP nr. 9111559 in all your correspodences. Due to the nature of the bid, there will be no bid public opening for this offer. UNICEF reserves the right to accept or reject part or all of any or all bids. ADDRESS: UNICEF ETHIOPIA, Supply Section, Room 112, Attn. Mr. Sebastian Muzuma / Mr. Deresse Damte, P.O.BOX 1169, TEL: +251-11 518 4233 / 4167, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.

Organization: UN Children's Fund
Country: Ethiopia
Closing date: 20 Jan 2014

REQUEST FOR PROPOSAL- (RFP-2013-9110069)1. Topic: Consultancy Services: a registered company/firm -to develop operational guideline and M&E framework for social cash transfers (SCT) pilot programme in SNNPR and Oromia. 2. Background: Social protection is a central public policy component for countries addressing poverty, vulnerability and inequality. Establishing Ethiopia’s social protection framework is part and parcel of an integrated approach to the progressive realization of social and economic rights noted in article 41 of the constitution. This policy introduces a shift from the social welfare approach of the developmental social welfare policy to a complete framework leading to coordinated actions to protect citizens from economic and social deprivation through emergency interventions and targeted cash transfers. It also has preventive actions designed to avert deprivation or to mitigate the impact of adverse shocks including health and unemployment insurance, promotive actions that aim to enhance assets and human capital and income earning capacity, and transformative actions including legal and judicial reforms, budget analysis and policy evaluations to help the nation better manage social protection.

1. Objectives:
   • Review the existing documents including the draft social protection policy and related documents (guidelines, manuals, etc.) and on-going programmes such as the productive safety nets programme (PSNP) in a bid to build a synergy and integration of the two programmes that will target labour constrained individuals or termed as direct beneficiaries;
   • Review the Framework for Community Care Structures that has been endorsed by MoLSA and its relevance to the contexts of the two regions with the result of fully utilising the full potential of these community structures in targeting, cash delivery, monitoring households and reporting ion the use of cash transfers
   • Discuss with the regional social protection members that are part of the social protection platforms/structures on the existing experiences on the provision of social services, targeting, reaching distant vulnerable populations and monetary contributions made by the regional and federal bodies and the private sector to finance the delivery of social services
   • Identify suitable means for the regular payment of cash transfers to beneficiaries using or adopting cost effective and user friendly e-devices that are without fiduciary risks and using existing micro finance institutions as intermediaries
   • Assess the strengths and limitations of the social workforce, kebele and woreda administration, the regional bureaus of labour and social affairs, and community based organizations to monitor report and respond to complaints that may arise during the implementation of the scheme and map out their roles and responsibilities to assist in the management of the social cash transfer programme
   • Develop a functional framework and an M&E tools as reference guide for the planning and implementation of the social cash transfer in the two regions taking into the peculiarity of social safety nets in the two regions
2. Qualification of Firm and experience required for team composition:• Master’s degree in Economics, Social Policy or other relevant fields, A minimum of ten years of progressively responsible experience in development and/or implementation of social protection programmes, Experience in social policy development and delivery in developing countries in general and sub-Saharan Africa in particular. Strong background in statistics, modelling and econometrics , Knowledge of challenges and issues on development, poverty, vulnerability and exclusion in general and in Ethiopia in particular ,Strong analytical aptitude, communication and presentation skills, Outstanding communication skills in English required • Computer proficiency: MS Office, Excel, SPSS and other relevant tools

How to apply:

Interested and eligible bidders are invited to collect the complete tender document by sending an email to the address below starting on Monday 6 Jan - 2014. Formal offers are to be submitted to UNICEF on or before 9.00 hrs. On Monday 20 Jan- 2014. Due to the nature of the bid, there will be no bid public opening for this offer. UNICEF reserves the right to accept or reject part or all of any or all bids. UNICEF reserves the right to accept or reject part or all of any or all bids. ADDRESS: UNICEF ETHIOPIA, Supply Section, Room 112, Attn. Mr. Sebastian Muzuma (smuzuma@unicef.org) P.O.BOX 1169, TEL: +251-11 5184233, ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia.

Organization: UN Children's Fund
Country: Ethiopia
Closing date: 20 Jan 2014

REQUEST FOR PROPOSAL- RFP-2013- 9110070

1. Topic: Consultancy Services for Organisation/firm-To conduct a Feasibility and costing analysis of the social cash transfer schemes in SNNPR and Oromia regions (Two months)
2. Background: Recent years in Ethiopia saw an increased use of cost analysis approaches in the area of social protection. It is important for the ministry of labour and social affairs to conduct a cost analysis of the social cash transfer scheme being fully operationalized in the two selected regions with the aim of indicating which types of non-contributory social protection intervention are affordable (cost-feasibility analysis), which option delivers a given level of benefit for the lowest cost (cost-efficiency analysis), or which design option yields the highest level of effectiveness for a given cost (cost-effectiveness analysis). Determining whether benefits of a given intervention can be expected to be larger than its costs, or estimating rates of return of public investments in social protection is much more complex.

Responding to the lack of national empirical evidence, international aid actors and UN agencies are in partnership with the government of Ethiopia through its ministry of labour and social affairs using a national social protection platform have launched social transfer pilot project in Tigray region in an attempt to demonstrate that innovative forms of social transfers can be implemented and can generate very positive results, and eventually support the implementation of national policies

1. Objectives: a) To determine the total cost of a social cash transfer programme in each of the two regions.b) To estimate the total incremental costs at scale.c) To appropriately determine the amount to be transferred per Beneficiary Household

2. Qualification of Firm/ experience required for the team composition• Master’s degree in Economics, Social Policy or other relevant fields.• A minimum of ten years of progressively responsible experience in development and/or implementation of social protection programmes• Experience in social policy development and delivery in developing countries in general and sub-Saharan Africa in particular. Strong background in statistics, modelling and econometrics
   • Knowledge of challenges and issues on development, poverty, vulnerability and exclusion in general and in Ethiopia in particular• Strong analytical aptitude, communication and presentation skills• Outstanding communication skills in English required • Computer proficiency: MS Office, Excel, SPSS and other relevant tools

How to apply:

Interested and eligible bidders are invited to collect the complete tender document by sending an email to the address below starting on Monday 6 Jan-2014. Formal offers are to be submitted to UNICEF on or before 9.00 hrs, on Monday 20 Jan 2014. Due to the nature of the bid, there will be no bid public opening for this offer. UNICEF reserves the right to accept or reject part or all of any or all bids. UNICEF reserves the right to accept or reject part or all of any or all bids. ADDRESS:UNICEF ETHIOPIA, Supply Section, Room 112, Attn. Mr. Sebastian Muzuma (smuzuma@unicef.org) P.O.BOX 1169, and TEL: +251-11 5184233, ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia.

Country: Bangladesh
Closing date: 23 Oct 2013

Closing date: 23 October 2013

Start date: 1 November 2013

Duration: to be discussed on submission of proposal.

FSUP-H Overview FSUP-H is a 5 year, €13M+ project funded by the EU. The overall objective of the project is, “To reduce extreme poverty and food insecurity in chronically vulnerable and poor Haor region of Northeast Bangladesh. The project is coming to a close and CARE now seeks a consultancy team to conduct the final evaluation for the project.

The FSUP-H targets women and their dependents from 55,000 extremely poor households within the most remote and vulnerable communities in northeast Bangladesh. To achieve its objective, the project undertakes activities in four ‘result areas’ to a) support their engagement in community decision-making; (b) increase economic activities and income for project participants; (c) improve DRR activities to reduce vulnerability to shocks; and (d) reduce malnutrition amongst women and children in the project area. Women’s empowerment is key to the project approach and applies throughout all four result areas.

FSUP-H Final Evaluation Objectives: The main objectives of the final evaluation are as follows: a. Make an overall independent assessment of the project performance, for CARE, its donors and the Government of Bangladesh. b. Provide future CARE programming to with lessons and learning to improve practice in future projects. The consultants are requested to verify, analyse and assess the integration and impact of cross cutting issues in the project.

Team requirements:

The evaluation team shall consist of at least two experts –a Senior Food Security Expert and a Gender Specialist. The senior Food Security expert will work as Team Leader and other team members will work under his/her supervision. The expected duration of the consultancy is approximately 8 weeks. Requirements of the Food Security Expert and Team Leader are as follows:

• Substantial professional experience in a relevant field.

• Demonstrable knowledge of food and nutrition security in rural Bangladesh. • Excellent knowledge of gender aspects of food and nutrition security and poverty alleviation interventions • significant experience in monitoring and evaluation of large scale projects.

• proven working experience in Project Cycle Management.

• proven research, analytical, organizational and communication skills, knowledge of management practices of development organizations: human resources management, organisation development and linkages.

The team leader will take overall responsibility for the quality and consistency of all deliverables for this assignment. Additional desirable experience includes good understanding of project management, project cycle and monitoring and evaluation principles of international donors.

Please submit your proposal in the format detailed in the Terms of Reference available at our website below.

How to apply:

Full details of the evaluation and how to apply are available at our website -www.careinternational.org.uk/jobs/current-vacancies

Organization: Save the Children
Country: Bangladesh
Closing date: 26 Sep 2013

Save the Children in Bangladesh [SCiBD] is a leading child rights based organization. SCiBD works in number of thematic areas, including education, care & protection, child rights governance, health and nutrition, food security & livelihoods, HIV/AIDS and emergency.

Currently SCiBD aims to commission a study to understand what and how the Bangladesh Government delivers in terms of nutrition services and how they could operationalise commitments to have an impact on the growth of young children either directly, as nutrition specific interventions, or indirectly, as nutrition sensitive interventions. The analysis will scope what is the scenario at the national level and trace this down to explore how this manifests at the sub-national level in the context of Sylhet. The aim is to understand the flow of nutrition specific and nutrition sensitive programme from the top to the bottom (using Sylhet) and is as such a form of political economy assessment with some components of health system assessment.

Save the Children International is seeking to hire either a local or international highly competent person (or team) as a consultant(s) to carry out the study. A scientist with international nutrition governance experience would be preferable, who is familiar with the nutrition delivery processes of the Bangladesh Government, and with advice from a nutritionist with particular familiarity with the roles of food insecurity and disease in causing undernutrition.

For detail information please see the Terms of Reference (TOR). http://www.resumelink.info/tor/SCF_ToR_nutrition_governance_study_final.pdf

For further clarification please communicate with Dr. Julie Newton, Julie.newton@savethechildren.org

N.B- Organizations are not eligible to apply but feel free to share with those individuals who are potential and interested of your organization.

How to apply:

If you are interested please send your proposal (Technical & Financial including Tax & VAT as per GOB rule) with your

1) updated resume with e-mail address,
2) Proven experience of similar work including names of organizations and period (minimum two),
3) Team details and
4) Consultancy fee history (minimum last two)

in hard copy through courier to The Human Resources Department, Save the Children, Bangladesh Country Office, House # CWN (A) 35, Road # 43, Gulshan # 2, Dhaka - 1212, Bangladesh

or

soft copy through below mentioned email addresses by 26 September, 2013.

Email address- tinni.yasmin@savethechildren.org ; zillur.rahman@savethechildren.org

Organization: EQUALITY for Peace and Democracy
Country: Afghanistan
Closing date: 15 Sep 2013

Background

EQUALITY for Peace and Democracy (EPD) established by a team of Afghans, who believe in equal rights and inclusiveness, is a professional, non-governmental and non-profit organization with a vision to transform Afghanistan into a peaceful, prosperous and democratic nation where all Afghans enjoy equal rights without any form of discrimination. EPD’s mission is to empower and strengthen civil society organizations, associations and networks at the community and policy level to initiate and implement holistic solutions for vibrant development of the country towards peace and democracy.

EPD is aiming at massive mobilization of women and youth as agents of change in the areas of peace and reintegration and good governance through partnering with community based as well as policy based civil society organizations and networks. EPD is providing the platform for women and youth organizations and groups to work together and develop and achieve joint objectives.

We are looking for an international proposal writer and researcher to help the senior management in the development of project concepts, proposals for fundraising as well as development and implementation of research tasks and projects.

The incumbent will be responsible for the following tasks:

Proposal Writing:

• Determine proposal concept by identifying and clarifying opportunities and needs; studying requests for proposal (RFPs); attending strategy meetings.
• Meet proposal deadline by establishing priorities and target dates for information gathering, writing, review, and approval; entering and monitoring tracking data; coordinating requirements with contributors; contributing proposal status information to review meetings; transmitting proposals.
• Gather proposal information by identifying sources of information; coordinating submissions and collections; identifying and communicating risks associated with proposals.
• Develop proposal by assembling information including project nature, objectives/outcomes/deliverables, implementation, methods, timetable, staffing, budget, standards of performance, and evaluation; writing, revising, and editing drafts including executive summaries, conclusions, and organization credentials.
• Prepare presentation by evaluating text, graphics, and binding; coordinating printing.
• Maintain quality results by introducing and using templates; following proposal-writing standards including readability, consistency, and tone.
• Obtain approvals by reviewing proposal with key providers, project managers and Executive Director.
• Improve proposal-writing results by evaluating and re-designing processes, approach, coordination; implementing changes with the EPD senior management.
• Build capacity of local staff in proposal writing and research.
• Accomplish organization goals by accepting ownership for accomplishing new and different requests; exploring opportunities to add value to job accomplishments.

Research:

• Responsible for development of research methodology including sample size, coverage, draft questionnaire and research tools;
• Ensure that research methodology is developed based on cultural norms and traditions of Afghanistan;
• Information collection from the relevant required sources;
• Conduct desk review of all required relevant materials;
• Arrange and attend meetings when and where needed together with the EPD relevant staff to get their opinion on the research topic (with government officials, relevant partners and donor organizations);
• Develop drafts of questionnaires and ensure sharing and inducting comments from relevant staff, partners and stakeholders to ensure inclusion of their comments/suggestions;
• Conduct research in the center and provinces based on the initial research plan and ensure proper reporting of the field visits including FGDs and KII to EPD Staff;
• Ensure smooth and accurate data collection process; error checking and arranging for revisiting the sites through national staff, when and where necessary;
• Reports: Preparing final draft reports and sharing them with relevant government counterparts and stakeholders; collect feedbacks and incorporate the necessary and relevant comments into reports; finalize reports after feedbacks; submitting it to the relevant program manager with all supporting documents.
• Designing the layout of the report; ensure quality translations; coordinating and follow-up of printing material.

Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree or higher in English, Communications, Journalism, Social Sciences or similar discipline or equivalent experience.
• Excellent English language skills (speak, read, write). Outstanding grammar and research skills are essential.
• Knowledge and understanding of one or both local languages (Dari/Pashtu) an added asset.
• Minimum of 4 years’ experience as a writer/copywriter/proposal writer/researcher.
• Knowledge of and interest in Afghanistan and the ability to understand cultural sensitivities.
• Previous experience of working with Afghan community an added asset.
• Experience using research methods and journalistic standards.
• Outstanding communication skills, particularly the ability to write emotive and compelling stories
• Strong attention to detail; strong analytical skills with the ability to extract pertinent information.
• Ability to simultaneously balance multiple assignments with strict deadlines.
• Self-motivated, highly creative, with a strong ability to work both in a team setting and independently.
• Intermediate proficiency level in Microsoft Office applications (Word, Excel, Power Point, Photoshop/InDesign).

How to apply:

If you are willing to work with an enthusiastic team and you have the required experience, skills and talent to be successful in this exciting role, please submit your resume and a writing sample (preferably a project proposal and/or research paper) with your salary expectation to the following e-mail address by 15 September, 2013: epd.afghanistan@gmail.com

This position is open for all internationals especially with good knowledge about Afghanistan.

Please write the post title and/or vacancy number in the subject of your e-mail.

Only short listed candidates will be contacted for the interview.

Organization: Abt Associates
Country: United States of America
Closing date: 13 Sep 2013

Organization Overview:The International Health Division is committed to the improvement of health and healthcare delivery around the world. Serving both the public and private sectors, our efforts include health policy research and evaluation, health promotion and disease prevention, health finance, and health systems management. Our impact is felt in policies that ensure healthcare access for women, children, and individuals with special needs, in strengthening health infrastructures, and HIV/AIDS solutions.

Minimum Qualifications:

(7 – 10) years of experience OR the equivalent combination of education and experience.

Job Responsibilities:

Abt Associates seeks a Writer/Editor to support continued growth in its International Health Division. The Writer/Editor assists in the development of high quality, compliant proposals submitted to federal government and other clients. Responsibilities on each proposal will differ, but can include the following:

Substantive editing, which focuses on improving readability by shortening sentences, eliminating redundancies, rearranging sentences to improve transitions, and clarifying exhibits and references.Marrying and weaving text from different writers into a unified voice.Copyediting, which focuses on correcting errors in spelling, punctuation, grammar, and style; verifying that acronyms are defined; checking proper references of client names, position titles, etc.; and ensuring consistency in formatting.Other proposal support tasks such as developing proposal style guides, developing compliance matrixes, conducting compliance reviews, performing final quality control reviews, and working with graphics and production staff to coordination final proposal production, packaging, and delivery.Original writing, which consists of researching and drafting specific proposal sections such as management, staffing, corporate experience, past performance, or other areas for which technical expertise is not required.

In addition to proposal specific writing and editing responsibilities, this position may perform the following tasks:Write and/or update proposal boilerplate textDevelop capability statements and other business development (BD) or marketing related documents drawing from existing materialsProvide writing and editing services on project deliverables and marketing materials for both internal and external dissemination

Skills Prerequisites:

Bachelor's degree in English, Journalism, Marketing, or related fields preferred.Strong editing, proofreading, and writing skills.Knowledge of the international development industry and donors, specifically USAID and DFID, is highly preferred.Knowledgeable in using/adhering to GPO, APA, and/or Chicago style manuals.Ability to work autonomously and in team environment under critical deadline pressures.High level of proficiency in MS Office applications.Strong organizational skills that demonstrates a high level of accuracy and attention to detail.Experience with Government proposals highly desired.Writing and/or editing sample may be required.

How to apply:

Please apply online at: https://jobs-abtassociates.icims.com/jobs/8130/writer-editor/job

Organization: Abt Associates
Country: United States of America
Closing date: 13 Sep 2013

Organization Overview:

The International Health Division is committed to the improvement of health and healthcare delivery around the world. Serving both the public and private sectors, our efforts include health policy research and evaluation, health promotion and disease prevention, health finance, and health systems management. Our impact is felt in policies that ensure healthcare access for women, children, and individuals with special needs, in strengthening health infrastructures, and HIV/AIDS solutions.

Minimum Qualifications:

BA (8 – 10) years of experience in proposal management OR the equivalent combination of education and experience.

Job Responsibilities:

Abt Associates seeks a Proposal Manager with a background in international public health to support the continued growth of the International Health Division. The International Health Proposal Manager plays an integral role in the business development life cycle – from initial capture and pre-proposal positioning through the proposal and to the ultimate award – and works hand-in-hand with technical teams to developing winning proposals that are fully compliant and responsive to client needs.

International Health Proposal Manager responsibilities for assigned proposals include but are not limited to:

Works with capture teams to support pre-proposal capture efforts.Facilitates pre-proposal strategy activities, including win themes discussions and competitor assessments.Develops technical outlines, compliance matrices, and schedules.Orchestrates proposal review meetings.Mobilizes the technical team, technical lead, and writers to ensure focus on key issues, and priorities.Coordinates with the costing team to ensure alignment in technical and business proposal content.Contributes proposal content (e.g., management plans, partner roles and responsibilities, and personnel descriptions) as appropriate.Coordinates with bid partners.Collaborates with division management, recruiters, and proposal team to identify staff for proposal inclusion. Leads internal “lessons learned” meetingswith proposal team members, documents findings, and recommends process improvements, as appropriates. Liaises effectively with the Global Business Development Unit (GBDU).

In addition to managing specific proposals, the International Health Proposal Manager, as a member of Abt’s International Health Division, participates in activities that continue to improve our business development processes and resources, including:

Provides training and mentoring to division staff on business development best practices.Creates and updates templates and tools to make proposal development easier and more efficient.Participates in division meetings to learn about new opportunities.Contributes to the development and expansion of Abt’s centralized repository for proposals, project descriptions, and boilerplate library.

Skills Prerequisites:

Master's degree in international public health-related field.At least 10 years of experience in proposal development in the donor-funded international health industry.Demonstrated experience and success in all aspects of business development and proposal writing.Successful track record in international proposal and grant application development, including a proven understanding of international donor organizations. Strong preference for experience with USAID, DFID, among other donor institutions and other government agencies.Prior international field project/program experience is preferred.Strong programmatic experience working with international development organizations. Demonstrated leadership and organizational skills with excellent writing and computer skills.A passion for excellence and a commitment to quality.

How to apply:

Please apply online at: https://jobs-abtassociates.icims.com/jobs/8131/international-health-prop...

Organization: International Medical Corps
Country: Jordan
Closing date: 06 Sep 2013

International Medical Corps is a global, humanitarian, nonprofit organization dedicated to saving lives and relieving suffering through health care training and relief and development programs.

Established in 1984 by volunteer doctors and nurses, International Medical Corps is a private, voluntary, nonpolitical, nonsectarian organization. Its mission is to improve the quality of life through health interventions and related activities that build local capacity in underserved communities worldwide. By offering training and health care to local populations and medical assistance to people at highest risk, and with the flexibility for rapid response to emergencies. International Medical Corps rehabilitates devastated health care systems and helps bring them back to self-reliance.

International Medical Corps (IMC) is seeking a family planning/reproductive health proposal development consultant to contribute to the technical development and writing of an upcoming USAID RFA on Effective Communication Programming for Increasing Utilization of Family Planning and Reproductive Health (FP/RH) Services in Jordan. The consultant must have substantial technical expertise in FP/RH with additional skill in facilitating and writing proposals for public health interventions.

Primary Responsibilities:• Guide the proposal development process in terms of technical components from inception through successful submission• Coordinate and/or review technical and programmatic input from a multidisciplinary team of health professionals in the US and Jordan to develop and present a coherent and forward-thinking technical strategy in line with USAID objectives and guidance• Write technical sections of the proposal as required• Development of specific requests and timelines for input from partners, and coordination of inputs from these partners• Ability and willingness to travel to Jordan if deemed necessary, though this is not anticipated at this time

1. Minimum master’s degree in public health, health policy, social sciences or relevant discipline
2. Minimum 10 years of experience in design, implementation, and management of FP/RH and/or maternal and child health programs in developing countries in public, NGO, faith-based, and/or community-based sectors
3. Thorough knowledge of technical aspects of family planning, reproductive health, and behavior change communication
4. Strong track record of development of competitive proposals
5. Prior experience with USAID solicitations
6. Ability to analyze USAID solicitations, design and write successful technical proposals in a limited amount of time
7. Ability to work under pressure
8. Ability and willingness to travel internationally on short notice if needed

Strong interpersonal skills and ability to work in diverse teamsPrevious relevant experience in the Middle East region strongly preferred, with Jordan added valueMUST have excellent writing skills (please request writing samples)Skilled in use of MS Office including excel and graphics

How to apply:

APPLICATION PROCEDURETo officially begin the application process, qualified candidates please go to our career page http://careers.internationalmedicalcorps.org/careers.aspx , noting where you noticed the position you are applying for and complete the online employment application form