New Program Development Specialist

The New Program Development Specialist will apply understanding and knowledge of grant writing and project funding to advance proposal development in Jhpiego’s New Program Development (NPD) Department by providing overall coordination through the lifecycle of lower complexity proposals. This position may occasionally assist and support moderate complexity proposals with guidance from higher levels.

The NPD Specialist will help to identify and assess requirements of select proposals and coordinate meetings, deliverables, review sessions, and inputs for submission. Additionally, they will foster strong relationships and provide strong customer service to identify and support the needs of proposal teams. The individual in this role will provide meaningful insights and recommendations to support successful execution of NPD initiatives, frameworks and approaches. The NPD Specialist will engage internal and external stakeholders, including subject matter experts, to collect, gather, synthesize and/or provide information in support of proposal teams and new funding opportunities.

We seek a creative, pro-active and passionate professional with a growth mindset who thrives on playing any role which helps turn ideas into action, working with and through technical and multi-disciplinary teams. The selected candidate can expect to grow core competencies in developing and refining theories of change, understanding/facilitating and/or drafting compelling proposal content and sharpening draft narrative. Similarly, the selected candidate will grow in the areas of interpreting motivators behind donor interests, particularly within private sector and foundation donors, and translating these interests into effective donor strategy.

Responsibilities:

Proposal Support

• Supports sub-proposals and low-to-moderately complex prime proposals that do not require substantial new teaming or recruitment, or new technical areas (e.g. sole source to Jhpiego, opportunities without partners, replication of current work), where Jhpiego is the prime, including production of proposal submissions, assuring on-time delivery of all documents.
• Applies understanding of the critical path of proposal development
• Sources information and works with program and technical staff, drafts, edits and synthesizes proposal content in the format that will be most appealing to the donor (e.g. concept note, slide deck), including content for pitch ideas, corporate capability statements, past performance references, and other related content
• Works via proposal team members and/or reviewers to assure proposals meet a clearly defined scope of work, including a strong value proposition which appeals directly to the donor while aligned with Jhpiego priorities, interests and capacity, as well as clearly defined donor requirements. This may also include theory of change (as appropriate), objectives and outcome metrics.
• Drafts proposal writing outlinesand calendars, leveraging standard templates and providing recommendations for future enhancement
• Supports proposal managers and teamsdeveloping job descriptions, formulating or formatting CVs, coordinating design meetings, technical reviews, etc.
• Gathers and analyses opportunity feedback from stakeholders, including to support bid and no-bid decisions
• Provides regular reporting on proposal status and results
• Ensures non-technical proposal content complies with client needs
• Supports transition of awarded projects to implementation team

Stakeholder Engagement

• May serve as NPD counterpart for select countries and substantively contributes to developing a country office pipeline and related positioning, as needed
• Serves as a liaison between NPD and select lower touch technical area(s), supporting strategy, positioning and pursuit of targeted opportunities. This can include supporting landscape analysis and advising on new donors or opportunities, aligned with country-office interests and priorities
• Fosters positive relationships with competitors, partners and donors, as appropriate
• Supports recruitment efforts and liaises with Global Human Resources (GHR) to gather candidate information, coordinate the posting of positions etc.
• Liaises with contractors and organizations related to specific proposal opportunities
• Supports teams in preparation of external facing activities (introductory or pitch meetings, conferences/networking events, etc.). This could include but is not limited to: research on donors, synthesizing info on market into a landscape analysis, organizing slide decks, drafting key messages, and other prep.

NPD Departmental Support & Enablement

• Identifies and tracks potential procurements that are consistent