Country: United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
Closing date: 12 Oct 2016
OVERSEAS DEVELOPMENT INSTITUTE
Business Development and Operations Manager
Contract: Permanent
Salary: £39, 307 - £49, 720 per annum
Location: London
Ref: HAR/01/16
The UK’s leading think tank on international development and humanitarian issues.
About us
ODI (www.odi.org.uk) aims to inspire and inform policy and practice to reduce poverty by locking together high-quality applied research and practical policy advice. The Business Development and Operations manager will work within our Humanitarian and Resilience programmes cluster, which is made up by the Humanitarian Policy Group and the Risk and Resilience Programme.
To reinforce our capacity and impact in these areas the you will improve our capacity to develop new business and strengthen business development processes from a strategic and operational perspective, including assessing options and coordinating activities for generating new revenue.
You will also support the Head of Strategic Partnerships, the MD and the Heads of Programmes in the management of cluster operations. This will entail ensuring coherence and consistency of donor reporting and information management, with particular focus on the pipeline work and business opportunities, budgeting and other key business systems and processes across all programmes in the cluster.
This is an exciting opportunity for a driven and experienced manager to work in a leading think tank alongside world experts.
About you
The successful candidate will be a self-motivated, proactive personal assistant who thrives under pressure and is able to manage a complex workload independently and to tight deadlines in a busy professional environment.
You must have:
Masters degree in a relevant discipline
Knowledge and experience of coordinating proposals, reports and donors and knowledge management
Experience of donor narrative and financial reporting
Experience of establishing complex relevant systems and procedures
Extensive experience in business development and in improving business development systems in complex and/or large organisations.
Experience in leading, managing and delivering significant proposal development processes
Exceptional planning and execution skills
A sensitive but confident management approach.
Advanced IT skills including excel, word, outlook, PowerPoint and databases
Ability to work well under pressure and to strict deadlines whilst maintaining a high level of attention to detail.
Closing date:12 October 2016
Interview date: TBC
For more information, please download an application pack from our website at www.odi.org.uk/jobs. If you are experiencing difficulties downloading, please telephone 020 7922 8234 or email recruitment@odi.org.uk.**
ODI is an equal opportunities employer
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