MAIN PURPOSE OF JOB
To provide technical leadership in the identification and development of Amref Health Africa regional and South Sudan projects and enterprises in line with the Corporate and Regional Programmes Strategy; including development, finalisation and submission of high quality proposals and concept papers and assessing, developing and overseeing social enterprises for the organization.
The job holder will lead the implementation and achievement of targets of business and resource mobilization strategies (2018 – 2022) for Regional and South Sudan programs.
PRINCIPAL RESPONSIBILITIES
Programme Development
Support the Regional and South Sudan programs to develop and submit high quality multi-million, multi-country applications to institutional donors.
Technical support
Support reviewers to improve the quality of proposals submitted to donors; (selection of funding opportunities, assigning teams to develop and review applications).
Enterprise Development
Increase Amref Health’s enterprise portfolio in Regional and South Sudan programs by assessing feasibility of proposed projects, developing business plans and setting up and overseeing prioritized enterprises; building relationships with key customers, and gathering intelligence on the business environment.
Capacity Building
Build capacity of Regional and South Sudan teams to support business and enterprise development appropriately through training and application of a grant making and enterprise development systems with standard tools, templates and processes.
Client Relations
Work with the relevant departments and teams across the organisation to increase client (donors, MoH, partners) awareness of Amref Health Africa’s niche area, performance and reputation as a means to increase and ensure follow-on funding.
Coordination
Improve coordination of various teams at headquarters, regional programmes directorate, South Sudan, Europe and North America by harnessing the available expertise and optimising its usage in business development.
Knowledge Management
Establish and implement a proposal knowledge management system (information analytics system) that generates timely and appropriate reports for the senior management.
