United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland: Development Specialist

Organization: Malaria Consortium
Country: United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
Closing date: 09 Nov 2014

Location: London

Contract: Permanent

Salary: Up to £35,000 depending on experience

Closing date: 9th October 2014

We have currently got an opening for a Development Specialist to join our team in London. As part of the business development team the Development Specialist will work closely with technical and programme teams at headquarters, regional and country level to develop technical aspects of competitive public health proposals to a range of institutional and non-institutional donors.

The successful candidate will have:

• A Masters in Public Health, Epidemiology, Social Sciences, Development Studies or similar fields

• Extensive experience in development of bid applications for institutional donors including USAID, DFID and Europe Aid for health programmes.

• Experience in leading the writing of bid applications or research proposals

• Strong technical writing skills

• Proven competencies in use of project development tools (including logical frameworks, theory of change, and monitoring and evaluation frameworks)

• The ability to work productively and accurately under pressure in a fast-paced, demanding environment.

• The ability to work in a team environment & independently.

• The ability to meet unexpected deadlines.

• The ability to prioritize effectively

• The ability to understand epidemiological and statistical information

• Strong computer skills: familiar with MS Word and Excel

• Native fluency in written and spoken English

• Attention to detail

• Ability to travel internationally, at times with minimum notice and for up to six weeks

• Right to work in the UK

How to apply:

For more information please visit our website www.malariaconsortium.org where you will have access to the full job description. Please send your CV, with a covering letter outlining how you meet the person specification and your current salary information, to Human Resources at HR.Recruitment@malariaconsortium.org

Malaria Consortium thanks you for your application. However, due to the volume of applications received, only short listed candidates will be contacted within three weeks of the closing date.