Research Project Development Officer / Associate at R-DATS Consulting (‘R-DATS’)

Responsibilities
Include but are not limited to:

• Support business opportunity identification and EOI development.
• Support timely, quality research proposal submissions.
• Serve as primary proposal writer, polish technical content into proposals.
• Maintain clients, consultants and partners relationship, update R-DATS' databases regularly.
• Organize bids, follow up, assist in negotiations.
• Manage bid queries and coordinate appropriate responses.
• Generate bid submission report, track success ratios.
• Review bid's qualitative, technical checklist with supervisors.
• Lead handing over process of successful team to implementation team.
• Coordinate performance assessments, offer advice.
• Support research projects execution and management including surveys, data analysis (quantitative or qualitative), report writing, etc. as may be required.
• Contribute to organizational development, implementation and represent R-DATS at events.

Required Qualifications / Skills

• Bachelor's Degree or higher in Public Health, Social Sciences (i.e. Sociology, Demography, Psychology etc.), or other development related studies, from a reputable national/international university. Master’s degree in any of the above fields is desirable.
• 2 - 4 years' relevant professional experience for M.Sc degree holders. 1 - 2 years' relevant professional experience for BSc degree holders.

Desired Qualifications / Skills (Not mandatory):

• Prior experience in business development or proposal management, ideally in corporate sector/INGOS is an advantage.
• Proven track record in coordinating and managing successful bid/proposal process is desirable.
• Strong background in quantitative and/or qualitative research will serve as an advantage.
• Prior experience managing complex quantitative and /or qualitative data collections, a strong advantage.
• Familiarity with contemporary statistical and qualitative data analysis software preferred (i.e. Stata, R, SPSS, Python, NVIVO, ATLAS Ti , PowerBI, MS Excel etc.)
• Familiarity with UN, WB, USAID and Govt. & International development agencies project development rules.
• Residents of Abuja.