🇸🇱 Job Vacancy @ eHealth Africa – Proposal Development Manager

eHealth Africa designs and implements data-driven solutions and technologies to improve health systems for and with local communities. eHA’s technology works in low connectivity settings, and smartly uses data to drive decision-making by local governments and partner agencies to get optimum results.We leverage our staff and department expertise across five programmatic areas:

• Health Delivery Systems
• Public Health Emergency Management Systems
• Disease Surveillance Systems
• Laboratory & Diagnostic Systems
• Nutrition & Food Security Systems

In each of these programmatic areas, we partner with governments, communities, nonprofits, and other stakeholders to generate holistic solutions because we believe that every community deserves access to the types of tools that can enable them to lead healthier lives.




The Role

Your Responsibilities Will Include

• We are looking for an eloquent, persuasive Proposal Development Manager (PDM) to join our new business development and strategic engagement team with the purpose of coordinating and supporting the writing of quality proposals and business concept notes.
• The PDM’s responsibilities also include evidence gathering and research to support situation and contextual analysis for each proposal.
• Evidence gathering will also entail part of pre-work activities to inform business decisions to proceed with proposal development.
• The PDM would be involved in technical writing, formatting and packaging of the final application according to eHA and funder policies, including running appropriate quality and administrative checks ahead of submission.
• To be successful as eHA’s PDM, you should be articulate, have excellent writing and communication skills, and must be able to work under pressure to meet demanding deadlines.
• Ultimately, we are in need of a top-notch proposal writer who is consistent and poised for quality, detail-oriented, and able to write in a factual, convincing manner.

Ideal ProfileSkills Required

• Master’s degree or its equivalent is highly desirable.
• At least ten (10) years of experience in successful business and proposal development including multi-year, multi-million/complex solicitations for international donors such as the US, UK government and other multilateral organizations, large foundations, and/or corporations.
• In-depth knowledge on technical and business priorities of diverse donor agencies (including USAID, CDC, GAVI, NIH).
• Experience with European development assistance, particularly the U.K. Foreign Commonwealth and Development Office, and/or major charitable foundations based in the US and Europe are highly preferred.
• Proven skills in writing and editing proposal content within a professional and credible manner with evidence of successful wins.
• Experienced in leading capture planning, storyboarding sessions, participating in key review meetings / final document review, content sign-off, and document production.
• Medium level working knowledge of digital solutions and technology space with foundational competencies in the health sector.
• Forensic attention to detail and meticulous proof-reading skills.
• English is the spoken and written language.
• Ability to read, analyze and interpret general business periodicals, professional journals, or government regulations.
• Ability to write reports, business correspondence, and procedure manuals. English is the spoken and written language.
• Ability to effectively present information and respond to questions from executive and senior managers, employees, the general public and clients/partners.

What's on Offer?

• A chance to accelerate your careeer
• Opportunity within company with a solid track record of success
• Opportunity to work with an excellent team

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