Summary
Date Posted: Monday, March 03 2025, Base Salary: Not Disclosed

JOB DETAILS:
What you will do:
Leadership & strategy:
• Lead on all BDC tasks and mentor the BDC Analysts & Associates, and coordinate day-to-day BDC activities
• Develop and implement business development and communications strategies that align with organizational goals and build on each other.

Business development:
• Develop a deep understanding of the client landscape in the development research sector across our operating countries.
• Coordinate outreach and business development activities at country-level in partnership with country offices.
• Manage the Laterite’s proposal pipeline from strategy to delivery, and work with the Research Team to prepare strong bids and grant applications.

Communications:
• Oversee and enhance Laterite’s website and social media presence to amplify the organization’s voice and impact.
• Work with the wider Laterite team to source and develop new content to showcase Laterite’s work and impact (e.g., blogs, publications).
• Improve how Laterite communicates its findings by exploring and implementing interactive and engaging methods of presenting data.

Knowledge management:
• Maintain, improve, and expand Laterite’s knowledge base, ensuring it supports internal learning and operational efficiency.

What you bring:
Our ideal candidate is a natural communicator and relationship builder, with experience in the development sector, for example a research firm, an NGO, a consultancy. They are organized, self-motivated, with excellent attention to detail and a drive to get things done, while working in a collaborative environment.
Our future colleague has:
• At least a Bachelor’s degree in relevant field.
• 5+ years of relevant experience working in a similar setting.
• Excellent oral and written communications in English.
• Experience in leading and mentoring delivery teams.
• Experience with managing proposal pipelines according to funder and donor procurement rules (including private funders as well as multilaterals and donors such as the World Bank, USAID, FCDO, among others).
• Experience with Communications, especially strategic communications activities geared towards business development and outreach. Experience with writing blogs, and creating engaging content is welcome.
• Experience with knowledge management solutions (ideally Confluence).
• Excellent organizational and interpersonal skills, self-motivation and drive to flourish in a fast-paced environment, where timelines can often be unpredictable.

Work Hours: 8

Experience in Months: 60

Level of Education: Bachelor Degree

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