Youth Technical Advisor II, New Business Development Unit job at IREX
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Vacancy title:
Youth Technical Advisor II, New Business Development Unit

[ Type: FULL TIME , Industry: Nonprofit, and NGO , Category: Sales & Retail ]

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IREX

Deadline of this Job:
Thursday, June 15 2023 

Duty Station:
Within Kenya , Nairobi, East Africa

Summary
Date Posted: Friday, June 02 2023, Base Salary: Not Disclosed

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JOB DETAILS:
Your Background & Skills
• Bachelor’s degree required; graduate degree preferred.
• 10+ years of relative experience.
• 6-8 years of experience in positive youth development and established network of international development client, partner, and practitioners contacts in sectors relevant to IREX's core areas.
• Experience designing and writing winning proposals for donor funded projects, a preference for a positive track record designing and drafting proposals in response to USAID-funded program solicitations.
• Positive approach to iterative proposal drafting, able and willing to effectively incorporate varied inputs into proposal drafts.
• Strong experience and knowledge of best practices in youth development.
• Seasoned team player with a dedication to collaborative program design and proposal development. processes that inclusively leverage the expertise and diverse perspectives of stakeholders globally.
• Willingness to travel to developing countries, estimated at up to 20% of the time.
• Ability to conceptualize and write winning proposals for projects funded by the Department of State, USAID, and other donors.
• Technical expertise in positive youth development strongly preferred.
• Ability to manage proposal development efforts and ensure quality and timely submission.
• Ability to remotely cultivate new partnerships and build complementary consortia for effective program implementation.
• Strong donor, partner, and peer collaboration and negotiation skills.
• Demonstrated experience and expertise in Positive Youth Development (PYD) approaches that support youth to contribute to their full potential.
• Outstanding interpersonal, intercultural and collaboration skills.
• Analytical and strong writing skills.
• Fluent, professional, written and spoken English required; other languages encouraged.
• You must have unrestricted authorization to work in the United States, Kenya, Nigeria, Guatemala, or Jordan.

Your Daily Tasks
• Conduct field assessments including PEA-type analyses.
• Experience in supporting positioning events as relevant to youth NBD opportunities.
• Write technical narratives, concepts, expressions of interest, or other documents.
• Promote IREX's participation and represent IREX in conferences and industry functions.
• Assess youth programs and initiatives in the sector with the purpose of enhancing the competitiveness of IREX’s business proposals.
• Conduct market and donor assessments.
• Identify and assess new and emerging solutions deployed in youth programs.
• Identify and assess gaps in IREX’s youth-focused capabilities and proactively address those gaps in collaboration with the IREX’s Strategy and Development Group and in coordination with IREX’s Global Programs.
• Lead initiatives, including direct youth engagement activities on the ground, to position IREX as a dynamic provider of solutions to some of the most pressing problems facing youth globally.
• Harmonize all IREX’s youth-focused development efforts to ensure they are in full alignment with strategy and are grounded in rigorous competitiveness analysis.
• Lead proposal development efforts to ensure quality and timely submission.
• Help create dynamic and forward-leaning solutions in IREX’s funding proposals to donors.
• Write technical narratives, concepts, expressions of interest, or other documents.
• Contribute to ensure IREX is fully prepared to pursue new business opportunities.
• Lead proposal management efforts using consistent business development processes.
• Cultivate new partnerships around the globe and effectively engage new partners in proposal development processes.
• Leverage technical expertise to increase quality of proposals and IREX positioning.
• Track and gain intelligence to advance IREX' s new business opportunities.
• Conduct reconnaissance missions for project development.
• Contribute to priority sectors for business development.
• Contribute to country strategies for priority countries.
• Contribute to proposal development in strategy meetings and partner discussions.
• Oversee the development of relevant new business promotional materials and their dissemination to target audiences.
• Review funding trends and intel to inform business development.
• Develop and manage relationships with IREX' s clients, partners, etc.
• Help identify COPs and other key personnel and participate in interviews.
• Mentor and train staff and interns when required.
• Other support duties as needed.

Work Hours: 8


Experience in Months: 120

Level of Education:
Bachelor Degree

Job application procedure
• Interested and qualified? Go to IREX on recruiting.ultipro.com to apply

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Job Info
Job Category: Management jobs in Kenya
Job Type: Full-time
Deadline of this Job: Thursday, June 15 2023
Duty Station: Nairobi
Posted: 02-06-2023
No of Jobs: 1
Start Publishing: 02-06-2023
Stop Publishing (Put date of 2030): 02-06-2066
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