Division: Development Division

Location: Washington, DC

Reports To: Director of Development and Strategic Planning

ELIGIBILITY: Open to US citizens or permanent residents.

ABOUT IREX

IREX is an international nonprofit organization providing leadership and innovative programs to improve the quality of education, strengthen independent media, and foster pluralistic civil society development. Founded in 1968, IREX has an annual portfolio of $50 million and a staff of more than 500 professionals worldwide. IREX and its partner IREX Europe deliver cross-cutting programs and consulting expertise in more than 50 countries.

SUMMARY OF POSITION

The Senior Development Officer works with the Civil Society Division Director to set and achieve funding goals and implements the organization's development strategies.

RESPONSIBILITIES

Principle responsibilities include:

Analyze funding trends and contribute to overall strategy for new business development: identify priority areas (geographic and technical) and emerging opportunities; help achieve new business goals in civil society.

Monitor market intelligence and manage leads: track and monitor information from all sources and updating of the IREX opportunity management system, ensuring that bidding decisions are coordinated and effectively made.

Lead and support new business projects: analyze solicitations; create and oversee proposal teams; prepare technical proposals in collaboration with technical staff and partners; prepare cost proposals; oversee submission.

Contribute to organization-wide capacity in new business development: supervise junior development staff; train and mentor technical staff in proposal preparation; represent IREX at meetings, partner negotiations, and conferences.

QUALIFICATIONS

Excellent writing and editing skills

Contract and grant proposal writing experience for USG solicitations (specifically USAID) and other donors

Technical acumen in a field(s)/subfields related to civil society strengthening, good governance promotion, strengthening of minority rights, and/or integration of communications as a development tool

Demonstrated commitment to the role of civil society in development

Ability to work and lead in a team environment

Experience with monitoring and evaluation systems

Demonstrated organizational and budgeting skills Management and staff training experience

Experience living/working overseas preferred

Bachelor's degree; Master's degree preferred

Proficiency in a second language preferred.

APPLY TO

Please send a resume and cover letter via email to This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it or fax to (202) 628-8189. Include DEV/SDO/LB in the subject line.

NO PHONE CALLS

EOE.