Business Development Officer

Business Development Officer

Requisition #: 41366 Role: ATP Level: 4 Range: PC Status: Full Time Hours Worked:  Work Week: Monday - Friday Contact:  Personnel Area: Academic Centers Org Unit: Business Development (BDO) Location: Baltimore, Maryland Approximate Starting Salary:

General Description:  The Business Development Officer works with the Business Development Office, Business Development Finance, Global Human Resources and Program Technical Staff to ensure successful completion and responsiveness of Jhpiegos proposals for new business. In support of Proposal Managers, the Officer provides overall coordination for the development of proposals, including managing various proposal deliverables and ensuring submission of the proposal.  Officer will be assigned to select countries or a target region and will participate in leads development, identification and dissemination of opportunities. This includes scanning for potential new business opportunities through donor websites, regular communication with the field, tracking the status and results of on-going projects and monitoring activities of competitors, partners and donors. Jhpiegos work focuses on Maternal and Child Health, Family Planning & Reproductive Health, HIV/AIDS Prevention and Care, Malaria Prevention and Treatment and Cervical Cancer Prevention and Treatment.

Responsibilities: * Identify and track potential procurements that are consistent with Jhpiegos core competencies of human capacity development, standards and guidelines, education, training and curriculum development and performance and quality improvement * Gather, synthesize and support analysis of information about donors, partners, and competitors * Analyze and manage opportunity feedback from stakeholders * Compile and synthesize input to support bid/no-bid decisions * Provide regular reporting on proposal status and results * Manage sub proposals and less complex primes * Draft, edit and synthesize proposal content * In collaboration with program and technical staff, draft and edit corporate capability statements and past performance references * Liaise directly with prime contractors and organizations * Support proposal managers and teams * Work closely with the human resource office to identify and propose staff * Develop proposal writing outlines * Assure non-technical proposal content complies with client needs * Manage production of proposal submissions, assuring on-time delivery of all documents * Support transition of awarded projects to implementation team * Nurture and maintain relationships with competitors, partners, and donors * Maintain updated information on JLibrary * Support development and implementation of office processes * Meeting planning including room set-up, meals, etc. * Draft, route and track contractual documents * Assist Proposal Manager with additional tasks/initiatives as assigned

Qualifications:  * BA with 2+ years of business development, project management writing and editing experience in international development environment * Knowledge of editorial standards and guidelines * 3+ years experience working with technical/subject matter eperts and technical materials drafted by scientific/technical subject matter experts * Knowledge of international and U.S. donor agencies and private sector foundations * Ability to work in a complex environment with multiple tasks, short deadlines and intense pressure to perform * Excellent communication, presentation and writing skills * Strong interpersonal and analytical skills * Proficient in office software and online resources * Willingness to work overtime during proposal preparation and production * Aware of and sensitive to working in multiple socio-economic settings and with multi-cultural groups in a developing country environment

Preferred Qualifications:  * Fluency in one or more languages used by the international development community * Worked or lived in one or more developing countries

NOTE: The successful candidate(s) for this position will be subject to a pre-employment background check.

Please refer to job code jhu-41366 when responding to this ad.

Category:	Advertising/Marketing/Public Relations
	> Business Development
Location:	Baltimore, MD
County:	Baltimore City County
ZIP Code:	21201
Pay Rate:	Open
Job Terms:	full time
Company:	Johns Hopkins University
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