Program Development Manager

About the firm: JaRco Consulting, a leading development firm based in Ethiopia, offers high quality consulting services in the areas of qualitative and quantitative research; design of monitoring and evaluation systems; and provision of training and capacity building and technical assistance and implementation support across a wide range of sectors to leading international donors and partner agencies. For more information, please visit www.jarrco.info.

We are now seeking to fill the position of Program Development Manager with a candidate who is competent, motivated, and passionate in international development issues. This position is an ideal opportunity for a candidate with three to five years of managerial experience who is eager to be involved in all aspects of monitoring and evaluation and who would thrive in a collaborative, diverse, and diligent working environment in Ethiopia.

This position is one of JaRco’s priority areas and is critical to our worldwide presence, market position and growth.  It has a large influence in design and development of new projects. The post holder leads the department in the pursuit of new opportunities and is expected to independently develop technical and financial proposals for submission to a variety of agencies, such as government, NGO, donors and private sector actors, while also managing the Program Development Officer, Assistant and Intern.

The primary mission of the Program Development Manager is to lead on the development, finalization and submission of proposals, expressions of interests, and concept papers to bilateral, multilateral, and other donor organizations.

The Program Development Manager represents the organization in post-award meetings, seminars and presentations related to program development.