Fresher Officer, Strategic Information & Business Development NGO Jobs – Infectious Diseases Institute (IDI)

Job Title:  Officer, Strategic Information & Business Development (Fresher NGO Jobs) 

Organisation: Infectious Diseases Institute (IDI)

Duty Station: Kampala, Uganda

About the Company:

Infectious Diseases Institute (IDI) is an independently governed institute within the College of Health Sciences at Makerere University and has the mission “To strengthen health systems in Africa, with a strong emphasis on infectious diseases, through research and capacity development.” IDI has operations across Uganda as well as in a number of other African countries and has a staffing of over 1,000 managing multiple projects in research, clinical services, public health and training.

Job Summary:

The Officer, SIBD will have overall responsibility for two major functions at IDI:

• Support the development and implementation of effective corporate M&E systems and practices at IDI.
• Support resource generation in order to secure funding for programme work and organizational core costs from a wide range of income streams.
• The Officer will be evaluated by the Manager Strategic Information & Business Development

Key Duties and Responsibilities:

Strategic Information responsibilities

• The Officer, SIBD will support all aspects of the M&E function at IDI with responsibilities including, but not necessarily limited to, the following:
• Support development of the M&E component of the IDI Strategic Plan and Logframe including appropriate indicators and milestones; periodic data collection to support this process.
• Support preparation of the quarterly Key Performance Indicators for IDI (and other periodic or ad hoc reports) including addressing issues of timeliness, completeness and quality of the data; additional development of KPIs to support tracking of emerging programmatic, business and process objectives.
• Assist in development, monitoring and evaluation of annual business plans with indicators of IDI programmes.
• Support preparation of reports to stakeholders including production of M&E information relating to the activities of the IDI Board.
• Support development of relevant tools and strategies as required to effectively monitor and evaluate the identified indicators at the corporate and project level.
• Participate in establishing M&E systems and production of KPIs at the project level, in consultation with project teams, to monitor project activities, outputs and outcomes.
• Participate in the design and implementation of M&E capacity-building initiatives for staff and partners/other organizations
• The Officer, SIBD will be working in a developing environment and may therefore be required to undertake other appropriate duties not specifically referred to above.

Business Development responsibilities

• The Officer, SIBD will support all aspects of the Business Development function at IDI with responsibilities including, but not necessarily limited to, the following:
• Research and identify new funding opportunities in line with IDI strategy across multiple resource streams from both public and private agencies.
• Support the development of tailored proposals and applications to funding bodies and potential donors including research, writing technical sections and coordination of administrative requirements.
• Support the submission of proposals to potential funders.
• Maintain an up-to-date register of funding agencies and the opportunities for income/resource generation for IDI related to each.
• Support the analysis of resource generation achievement against targets.
• Assess later stages of existing projects with a view to identifying opportunities for ’follow on’ projects.
• Assist in identifying appropriate support (internal and external) for new project design.

Qualifications, Skills and Experience:

• Bachelor Degree in health or social/behavioural sciences or statistics.
• Person Specification
• The candidate should have:
• Strong analytical skills for programs decision-making.
• Good organization skills including ability to track/ monitor multiple funding prospects simultaneously.
• Good interpersonal skills including strong verbal and written communication skills.
• High proficiency in the use of Word, Outlook, PowerPoint, and spreadsheets.
• Ability to work in a proactive manner with little supervision.

How to Apply:
All interested candidates should apply online at the link below.

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Deadline: 5th November 2024

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