Business Development at Widows and Orphans Empowerment Organization (WEWE)

Employment Nigeria 29-Jan-2016 ABUJA , Business Development NGO

Widows and Orphans Empowerment Organization (WEWE) is a registered local NGO with its head office in Abuja FCT. (WEWE) is soliciting for individuals to fill job vacancies for a 5-year USAID funded project called "Local Partners for Orphans and Vulnerable Children (LOPIN)" Project for Anambra, Imo, Akwa-Ibom and Rivers States.

WEWE is earnestly looking for individuals who are highly skilled, intelligent, hardworking and exceptional in their field. WEWE is currently soliciting for individuals who have God’s calling on their lives to help widows and orphans, individuals who have a passion for vulnerable children and who are ready to join the WEWE family to help WEWE/USAID achieve its project vision ‘To make Anambra, Imo, Akwa-Ibom and Rivers State the best place to live in Nigeria for over 340,000 vulnerable children and 68,000 vulnerable households.

POSITION : New Business Development/Proposal Writing Officer

The Main Responsibilities

To identify new business opportunities for WEWE and follow up with writing concept notes, full proposals and filling application forms for funding to support WEWE’s work on the USAID funded LOPIN 2 project.

Job Duties
Resource Mobilization, New Business, Strategic Planning Development/Proposal Development which will involve the following:

Search for new business opportunities for WEWE via Fund for NGO website, daily newspapers and other websites.
Develop a ‘go or no go’ list for funding opportunities that list all possible funding opportunities and make a recommendation of which one WEWE should go for Format CV and resume of potential candidates for proposals.
Conduct mapping of potential donors and visit them to make further enquires.
Identify international networks that WEWE needs to register with for membership.
Develop systems for forecasting opportunities and setting up ‘go or no go’ criteria. The term ‘go or no go’ is used to describe a process of making a decision whether an organization should go for a new business opportunity or not.
New business brokering (setting up new business meetings with potential partner donors, companies and government agencies),
Partnership development strategy i.e. identifying potential international and local, technical partners to be sub partner on proposals.
Identify funding opportunities; on internet, on newspapers and visit with international and local donor.
Forecast and develop a list of upcoming opportunities that WEWE is eligible to apply for e.g. DFID – Girls Education Initiative
Track new business opportunities.
Meet with potential partner organizations to identify and negotiate strategic partnerships.
Write technical sections of concept notes, proposals and applications for funding.
As needed, determine and collect costing information.

Qualification and Experience Required

A minimum of university degree or HND in any social science or science course.
Very strong English writing skills.
Strong verbal reasoning, spelling and English diction.
Extremely strong computer skills particularly in MS Word and MS Excel.
Strong computer technology skills. i.e ability to search the internet and fill forms online.
Very strong report writing skills.
Fluency in both written and oral English is required

How To Apply
Interested and qualified candidates should send their comprehensive CV and cover letter in ONLY one attachment (MS word document) explaining suitability for the job; to:wewevacancies@weweng.org

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Note:

WEWE-LOPIN Project will not provide travel allowance to attend an interview. Selected Candidates are expected to be resident within Abuja.
WEWE LOPIN 2 Project will also not cover the cost of relocation for the final candidates to move to Abuja.
Applicants are advised to provide functional emails/mobile phone number on CV as well as that of at least three referees with functional emails and phone numbers. Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.
The advert has no deadline and is therefore on a rolling basis. However, WEWE reserves the right to close this advert at any time once it has found suitable candidates.

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