WE ARE HIRING!

A Media group seeks to recruit the services of a qualified and experienced Zambian to fill the following position: PROJECT DEVELOPMENT OFFICER

DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

•  Identify project opportunities for the group
• Initiate and sustain contact to final implementation
• Identifies and tracks relevant project program compliance requirements and opportunities for innovation and program expansion within compliance parameters
• Participates in the development of project summaries for collaboration and/or partnering with other institutions; plans, researches, develops and writes
• Collaborates with other departments to develop feasible ideas for sustainable economic development and women’s empowerment in alignment with the policies and preferences of donors
• Develops project summaries and briefings in response to routine and ad-hoc needs from donors and senior management
• Maintains quality results by using existing templates or developing new formats as appropriate; following proposal-writing standards including readability, consistency, and tone; maintaining funder compliance support databases
• Liaises and coordinates with key managers across the organization as appropriate with the aim to improve project implementation, monitoring, and evaluation processes
• Other tasks as appropriate and to be determined

KNOWLEDGE AND SKILL REQUIREMENTS

• University degree in Project Development or Social Sciences, sociology, political studies, communications, journalism, marketing, or related discipline required
• Three to five years of experience in a proposal or research, writing, communications, marketing, public engagement, or related role
• Demonstrated experience developing proposals and/or grants or other related roles
• Excellent research skills and the essential ability to write persuasively and clearly
  Strong project management skills and proven ability to manage diverse projects and shift priorities within tight timelines
• Demonstrated exposure to and experience with process Improvement and information coordination Excellent interpersonal, presentation, and verbal communication skills. Ability to forge strong, collaborative relationships across disparate groups of stakeholders.