Responsibilities

• Leading negotiations for specific opportunities.
• Collecting needed data and information, mapping existing projects and organizations.
• Analyzing new opportunities.
• Develop highly competitive strategies for opportunities.
• Participating in relevant donor, partner and stakeholder Meetings.
• Prepare and  handover documents for approved works. Support start-up project to ensure a successful hand-over from proposal to period of Execution.
• May perform other job-related duties as assigned.

Qualifications, Requirements and Skills

• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in international development, communications, business or related field.
• Strong proposal writing skills with proven experience. Previous project management, proposal writing and bidding experience would be an advantage.
• Excellent writing and communication skills as well as oral presentation skills.
• Ability to handle the entire proposal development process in a systematic manner.
• Results driven with strong analytic and strategic working capacity.
• A good understanding of the government and private system as well as nonprofit organization’s in Zambia.
• Strong, cooperative team player, flexible and easy to work with.
• Able to work under pressure without compromising work environment and product.
• Demonstrable knowledge on major funders such as major institutions, foundations, and government agencies.
• Familiarity with and experience in responding to requests for application proposals.
• Ability to prepare documents and other materials in a well-designed and attractive format, with attention to detail.
• Willingness and ability to work outside of normal business hours.
• Ability and willingness to travel both domestically and internationally.
• Adequate physical condition necessary to travel to project sites in rural areas