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Friday, April 10, 2015

Senior Proposal Development and Reporting Officer

by Unknown  |  at  11:30 AM

Center for Education and Development (CED), Somalia is a non-governmental humanitarian and development organization working in Somalia. CED responses emergency and development needs in Somalia and assists the Somali communities towards self-reliance. CED works with poor local communities through sustainable community development programs to overcome ignorance, hunger, injustice and inequality.
Senior Proposal Development and Reporting Officer
CED is looking for a suitable qualified candidate with strong proposal and report writing skills to fill the position of Senior Proposal development and Reporting Officer.
Location: Mogadishu, Somalia

General Responsibilities

The Senior Proposal Development and Reporting Officer under the direction and supervision of the Program Coordinator will be responsible for all aspects of managing program activities, designing and writing high quality concept notes, proposals and reports. He/she will be responsible in managing the entire process of concept paper preparation, proposal writing and report writing of different projects from start to completion tasks. He/she will identify funding opportunities and will write concept notes and proposals for programs to donors. The Senior Proposal Development and reporting Officer will be based in Mogadishu, Somalia with frequent travel to Nairobi, Kenya.
Specific Responsibilities
  1. Responsible for the production and review of concept papers, proposals and reports for all new and ongoing projects according to the strategy or in response to new emergencies.
  2. Ensure quality preparation of grant proposals, budgets, reports and other design documents of CED.
  3. Preparation and writing proposals to be submitted to donors
  4. Conduct background research on new proposals and gather Proposal information.
  5. Produce monthly, quarterly, annual reports, and other reporting requirements for the ongoing projects..
  6. Ensure timely reporting of all program or projects progress and lessons learned to the relevant stakeholders.
  7. Take lead in undertaking situation and stakeholder analysis, reviews, baseline studies, and field assessments of CED’s programs and projects.
  8. Building the capacity of CED staff in proposal development and report writing by providing them technical support, training and guidance, coaching and mentoring for effective program/projects implementation.
  9. Develop the staffs’ capacity to document, disseminate and learn from development work and ensure all reporting is of the highest standard.
  10. Ensure collection of information, synthesis and production of good advocacy materials aiming at promoting CED’s work to the donors
  11. Work with the Communications and Reporting office to ensure production of wide range of information such as publications, leaflets, DVDs, videos reports etc in order to help CED to carry out effective fund raising and advocacy activities.
  12. Representation of the organization at key clusters coordination meetings.
  13. Support the advancement of CED mission through the nurturing of existing relationships associated with current Programs and through the establishment and strengthening of new partnerships to enhance the role of CED in humanitarian relief and development work
  14. Carryout other assignments as requested by supervisor and Executive Director

Qualifications and Experience

  1. Masters degree in international development, humanitarian affairs, international relations, social science or other relevant area. Those with Bachelor degree and more than 5 years experience might be considered in lieu of the advanced degree.
  2. Minimum of 5 years humanitarian aid, recovery and development experience with experience in proposal writing under strict deadlines.
  3. Knowledge of monitoring and evaluation methodologies.
  4. Appropriate sector specific skills (Agriculture, Livelihood, WASH, Education, Nutrition, Shelter/Protection).
  5. Good program proposal design skills, including the capacity to prepare logframes and budgets.

Language Skills

Excellent written and spoken English

General Skills

1. Excellent good proposal and report writing skills

  1. Exceptional communication skills
  2. Excellent training / facilitation and capacity building skills.
  3. Excellent negotiation and problem solving skills5.
  4. Good team management skills
  5. Good planning and analytical capacities
  6. Good Research skills
  7. Ability to travel frequently to project sites.
  8. Ability to work under pressure and extreme time constraints.
  9. Excellent communication and supervisory skills.
Contract period: one year, with possibility of renewal

HOW TO APPLY:
If you meet the criteria herein please submit your application and detailed CV. Each applicant package will include the following:
  1. Cover letter explaining why consider yourself qualified for this position with the applicants current contact information
  2. CV including work experience and education
  3. Copies of Certificates
  4. Your contact number, present salary and contact details for three professional referees with their complete contact information (including current or most recent supervisor)
All applications should be sent to Abdullahi Ali Hassan, Abdullahi.ali@cedafrica.org and copied toced.somalia@gmail.com with the subject of the e-mail marked Senior Proposal Development and Reporting Officer” By April 25th 2015.
Only short-listed candidates will be contacted and invited for interviews.
CED is an equal opportunity employer. Qualified female candidates are encouraged to apply.

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