Officer, Strategic Information & Business Development Infectious Disease Institute

General Summary
The Officer, SIBD will have overall responsibility for two major functions at IDI:
• Support the development and implementation of effective corporate M&E systems and practices at IDI.
• Support resource generation in order to secure funding for programme work and organizational core costs from a wide range of income streams.
The Officer will be evaluated by the Manager Strategic Information & Business Development

Key Responsibilities
a) Strategic Information responsibilities
The Officer, SIBD will support all aspects of the M&E function at IDI with responsibilities including, but not necessarily limited to, the following:
• Support development of the M&E component of the IDI Strategic Plan and Logframe including appropriate indicators and milestones; periodic data collection to support this process.
• Support preparation of the quarterly Key Performance Indicators for IDI (and other periodic or ad hoc reports) including addressing issues of timeliness, completeness and quality of the data; additional development of KPIs to support tracking of emerging programmatic, business and process objectives.
• Assist in development, monitoring and evaluation of annual business plans with indicators of IDI programmes.
• Support preparation of reports to stakeholders including production of M&E information relating to the activities of the IDI Board.
• Support development of relevant tools and strategies as required to effectively monitor and evaluate the identified indicators at the corporate and project level.
• Participate in establishing M&E systems and production of KPIs at the project level, in consultation with project teams, to monitor project activities, outputs and outcomes.
• Participate in the design and implementation of M&E capacity-building initiatives for staff and partners/other organizations
• The Officer, SIBD will be working in a developing environment and may therefore be required to undertake other appropriate duties not specifically referred to above.
b) Business Development responsibilities
The Officer, SIBD will support all aspects of the Business Development function at IDI with responsibilities including, but not necessarily limited to, the following:
• Research and identify new funding opportunities in line with IDI strategy across multiple resource streams from both public and private agencies.
• Support the development of tailored proposals and applications to funding bodies and potential donors including research, writing technical sections and coordination of administrative requirements.
• Support the submission of proposals to potential funders.
• Maintain an up-to-date register of funding agencies and the opportunities for income/resource generation for IDI related to each.
• Support the analysis of resource generation achievement against targets.
• Assess later stages of existing projects with a view to identifying opportunities for ’follow on’ projects.
• Assist in identifying appropriate support (internal and external) for new project design.

Academic Qualifications
• Bachelor Degree in health or social/behavioural sciences or statistics.

Person Specification
The candidate should have:
• Strong analytical skills for programs decision-making.
• Good organization skills including ability to track/ monitor multiple funding prospects simultaneously.
• Good interpersonal skills including strong verbal and written communication skills.
• High proficiency in the use of Word, Outlook, PowerPoint, and spreadsheets.
• Ability to work in a proactive manner with little supervision.