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• Responsible for acquisition of new projects and project bids that fit within the overall goals of the organization.
• Provides analysis and evaluates new business opportunities, collaborative agreements and new ventures or partnership for management
• Manages the proposal development process and maintains the time lines for the proposal development.
• Coordinate in conjunction with the Africa Bureau Executive Team, and the RAPD team on Program Development of new initiatives, including researching, and acquiring funding sources, scouting and assessing potential new sites, identifying partners and establishing legal and NGO status, and writing proposal and grants with AHF Grant writing teams.
• Coordinates with and develops new business relationships with funders and partners, aimed at generating new income for the organization.
• Develops and delivers business plans for country programs through carrying out research, analyzing the environment of operations and delivers accurate business reports
• Serves as a lead facilitator both internally and externally for new projects and provides direction and guidance to the management to ensure alignment with the organization strategies
• Proactively hunts for target organization or government bodies, establishes communication with those organizations and maintain a database of these organization from whom a mutually beneficial relationship will elevate organization goals.

• To perform this job successfully, the post holder must be able to deliver in each essential duty satisfactorily, in addition to;
• Experience in proposal development for grant opportunities especially USG grants
• Ability to become conversant with AHF’s work ethics within the Africa Bureau
• Ability to network and track Africa-wide grant opportunities and present ROI for AHF HQ on what would be worthwhile partnerships to pursue and assisting country level staff in this regard
• Ability to cultivate partnerships and have familiarity with stakeholders at government and community level e.g. through donor forums
• Ability to be involved with program development activities on an as needed basis
• Ability to travel within Uganda and internationally regularly.

• Bachelor’s degree in Development Economics or Social Sciences with 7-10 years working experience directly related to program development and responsibilities specified above.
• Additional Post Graduate Qualification in MBA, MPH, International Development or Masters in Development Studies or its equivalent.

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