Malaria Consortium is one of the world's leading non-profit organisations dedicated to the comprehensive control of malaria and other communicable diseases in Africa and Southeast Asia. Malaria Consortium works with communities, government and non-government agencies, academic institutions, and local and international organisations, to ensure good evidence supports delivery of effective services, providing technical support for monitoring and evaluation of programmes and activities for evidence-based decision-making and strategic planning. The organisation works to improve not only the health of the individual, but also the capacity of national health systems, which helps relieve poverty and support improved economic prosperity.
The role is based in Malaria Consortium’s UK office in London. Malaria Consortium operates in two main regions, being Asia and Africa with the UK office providing a management and support function to the regional management teams. The majority of Malaria Consortium’s staff are based regionally and management responsibility is devolved to the regions for programme delivery with 3 of the Global Heads based in the UK. The UK office supports specific programmes with global coverage, our global external advocacy and communications team, global HR and part of the technical team are also based here.
Since its founding in 2003, Malaria Consortium has grown rapidly. Today, it implements projects in 11 countries, and had an income of £30.5m for the financial year ended 31 March 2012. Malaria Consortium seeks a Business Development Administrator to work in its newly created Business Development Unit. S/he will work closely with headquarters, regional and country teams to ensure that winning project proposals are submitted in response to solicited and unsolicited opportunities from public and private donors. Among their key accountability will be; Ensuring that business development opportunities are approved by the Global Management Group to initiate the business development process, Administering and maintaining up to date information systems regarding all Business Development processes including databases & developing new compelling proposals, in collaboration with other colleagues, which are complete, coherent and fully responsive to donor requirements. This is an exciting opportunity to be part of a totally new unit, helping found and develop a new function within the organisation.
The successful candidate will have:
• Degree in English, communications, or journalism • Minimum two years professional writing and/or editing experience • Native fluency in verbal and written English. • A U.K. work permit • Strong organisational and time management skills, including ability to juggle editing and packaging multiple sections of proposals or reports simultaneously under tight deadlines • Advanced computer skills; knowledge of publishing software and graphics creation desired • Ability to build strong working relationships and foster open communications.
The ability to work in Portuguese or French would be desirable but is not essential.
How to apply:
For more information please visit our website http://www.malariaconsortium.org where you will have access to the full Job Description. Please send a covering letter outlining how your skills and experience meet the Person Specification along with your CV to Human Resources at HR.Recruitment@malariaconsortium.org. Please quote the position and country in the subject line of your application.
We appreciate your application however, only short listed candidates will be contacted. If you have not been contacted within three weeks of the closing date we regret that your application has been unsuccessful. Please continue, however, to periodically review our website for other suitable opportunities. Thank you for your interest in Malaria Consortium.
