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Post Title: Development Officer
Location: Washington, DC
Division: Development Division
Reports To: Development Manager
Position Summary
The Development Officer assists all IREX Divisions to identify, design and secure new programmatic and funding opportunities and assists in implementing the organization’s overall development strategies.
Duties & Responsibilities
• Research and analyze new business opportunities: solicitations, forecasts, and market intelligence
• Creation and coordination of funding proposal team activities, including maintaining internal production deadlines, coordinating with program staff and partners, and trouble-shooting.
• Designing program approaches and interventions relevant to proposal needs
• Conducting field assessments
• Writing proposal sections as needed
• Preparing budgets
• Identifying, hiring and liaising with consultants
• Support recruitment efforts for chiefs of party and other key personnel
Qualifications
• Minimum five years progressively more responsible professional experience; more preferred
• Demonstrated ability to prioritize effectively and manage multiple competing priorities
• Experience with USAID, State Department and other USG funding agencies; experience with non-governmental funders preferred
• Demonstrated pro-active approach with ability to address challenges creatively while maintaining attention to detail
• Excellent writing and editing skills
• Grant proposal writing experience required and program management experience preferred
• Demonstrated budgeting skills
• International experience required
• Ability to lead and collaborate in a team environment, including under deadline pressure and in cross-cultural contexts
Application Instructions
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Application Deadline: 5/3/2013

NO PHONE CALLS PLEASE

AA/EOE/M/F/D/V