Business and Proposal Development Assistant at R-DATS Consulting (‘R-DATS’)

We are recruiting to fill the position below:

Responsibilities:

• Provide the highest levels of administrative and management support across the proposal lifecycle;
• Regularly track donor, potential donor, and umbrella websites for Requests for Applications (RFAs) and proposal submission opportunities
• Conduct background research on proposal opportunities to determine R-DATS’ competitiveness and strategic positioning;
• Undertake analytical and research tasks to support technical proposal development;
• Support efforts to recruit high-quality candidates and present them effectively in proposals;
• Conduct compliance checks and gap analysis of proposals against client requirements;
• Support pre-proposal capture work, including desk-based research and overseas, on-the-ground preparation;
• Learn R-DATS’ proposal best practices and actively support the maintenance and continual improvement of proposal processes and related tool; 
• As assigned, serve as primary proposal writer, drafting, editing, and ensuring final production of competitive proposal for submission to donor; use writing skills to transform technical content and conceptual design into polished final proposals that are responsive to donor guidelines
• Constantly seek to make R-DATS’ mission, vision and values central to our program design.
• As assigned research and write corporate and technical fact sheets, capability statements and provide writing expertise to other assignments as needed and/or as time permits.

Qualifications:

• University education in relevant field required (Languages, social sciences, applied sciences, business, Arts, or similar).
• Minimum of one-year experience in business development and proposal writing, including conceptualizing and technical writing.
• Demonstrated success in writing proposals that were subsequently funded preferred
• Outstanding English writing skills and strong analytical, capacity assessment, and planning skills.
• Excellent information management skills, with very strong attention to detail and understanding of requirements;
• Strong capacity for developing budgets for development projects a plus (but not required).
• Computer proficiency in MS Office (Word, Excel) and familiarity with project management software
• Strong leadership and teamwork skills
• Excellent time-management skills, ability to deliver when facing multiple projects with tight deadlines.
• Individual must be a self-starter, strongly motivated and interested in rapidly producing results

NOTE:

• Applications will be reviewed on rolling basis and only the shortlisted candidates will be contacted.