United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland: Communications and Business Development Manager

Organization: Overseas Development Institute
Country: United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
Closing date: 26 Oct 2014

****OVERSEAS DEVELOPMENT INSTITUTE****

****Communications and Business Development Manager****

****Contract: Fixed Term Contract – 2 years****

Salary:£38,155 - £48,263 per annum

****Ref: CEP/15/14****

****The UK’s leading think tank on international development and humanitarian issues.****

****ODI**** aims to inspire and inform policy and practice to reduce poverty by locking together high-quality applied research and practical policy advice.

This is an exciting opportunity for a Communications Officer to join the Climate and Environment Programme housed at ODI.

Work on climate change and the environment at ODI has grown significantly in the last three years, with interest in climate change in almost every programme in the Institute. The Climate and Environment Programme (CEP) has increased from 10 to 50 staff over this period, making it the biggest programme in the organisation.

In order to support ODI’s ambitions and strategic plans on climate change, we are looking to recruit a Communications and Business Development Manager, with the purpose of:

• Strengthening business development processes from a strategic and operational perspective, including assessing options and delivering activities for generating new revenue.
• Providing leadership on strategic communications processes and delivering key communications projects, to increase the effectiveness of ODI’s communications around climate-compatible development.
• Providing dedicated technical support and leadership to each of the cross-Institute clusters on ‘effective climate compatible development’ in proposal, budget development, and other work winning processes.
• Reinforcing the programme’s communications to external audiences, working with researchers and other communications staff, to maximise our impact and influence though public affairs, partnerships and social and traditional media

The successful candidate will have:

• A post-graduate qualification in a relevant discipline
• In-depth understanding of key issues in climate change and development
• Extensive knowledge of funding bodies for research and policy advisory work on climate change and development
• Experience in business development and improving business development systems in climate change, environment or development sectors
• Experience in leading and managing significant proposal development processes
• Excellent communication abilities in relation to a wide variety of audiences
• Foreign language skills, in particular Spanish/French readily welcomed

****Closing date: 26 October 2014****

****Interview date: 13 November 2014****

ODI is an equal opportunities employer Charity

How to apply:

For more information, please download an application pack from our website at https://jobs.odi.org.uk/VacancyInformation.aspx?VId=20720. If you are experiencing difficulties downloading, please telephone 020 7922 0351 or emailrecruitment@odi.org.uk.