Summary: Oversee RENEW’s development practice (after a period of onboarding and understanding of the business and our clients/projects), ensuring the team delivers exceptional quality deliverables, hits project targets, meets project delivery times within quality and budget parameters, and develops the team and practice into a world-class development consulting group.
Accountable for:
- Managing projects within the project timeline and budget
- Delivery of project deliverables to exceed client expectations
- Generating new business and leading project proposal writing
- Winning new development consulting projects
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Overseeing the monitoring and evaluation function and reporting on projects outcomes
Responsibilities:
- Lead projects and a growing support team
- Develop, continuously improve, and maintain RENEW’s M&E and reporting systems
- Help develop and facilitate RENEW’s core training programs
- Prepare or oversee the preparation of final project deliverables
- Prepare project reports that demonstrate RENEW’s impact in a compelling and beautiful manner
- Manage communications with clients and, when necessary, run project meetings
- Identify RFPs that align with RENEW’s expertise, and write winning proposals
- Create and improve RENEW’s development consulting project tools and systems
- Report to senior management
- Hire, lead and develop team members
Preferred Qualifications:
- Master’s degree in business administration or international development is preferred
- 5+ years of consulting experience, preferably with a ‘Big 10’ firm; consulting experience both in the private sector and with a development agency is a plus
- Experience managing grant-based projects
- Proficiency in writing and winning grant proposals and overall excellence and efficiency in written English
- Strong report writing ability
- Experience leading consulting projects
- Strong project management skills – ideally certified in project management
- Exposure to the finance or private equity world is a plus
- Strong ability to handle all Microsoft products
Location and Travel Opportunities:
The position is based out of Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, with frequent local and regional travel and occasional international travel.
About RENEW:
We invite you to learn more about RENEW by visiting our website www.renewstrategies.com and viewing the following videos.
Application Process:
RENEW invites qualified applicants to 1) submit their CV, along with 2) a cover letter describing their qualifications related to the requirements for this position, their salary history, and expectations and the reasons for applying, to renew@renewstrategies.com. Applicants should include their undergraduate, graduate GPAs in their CVs, and their favorite book.
