Manager for Strategic Partnerships, East Africa (MSP)

• Proactively pursue opportunities for engagement with the corporate sector in priority countries, around the concept of Shared Value between corporate and LWR interests
• Track USAID and other bilateral or multilateral forecasts and Requests for Applications/Proposals (RFAs/RFPs) and initiate conversations internally and with potential partners in response to these opportunities
• Initiate discussions with regional staff on Go/No-Go decisions around funding opportunities
• Recommend strategic role for LWR (e.g. as prime or sub) under relevant RFAs/RFPs
• Lead technical design workshops with staff and partners to design and write high-quality proposals in response to donor opportunities. Contribute to setting of annual growth targets for the region, in coordination with RD and NBD

Partnership Strategy & Coordination of Engagement:

• Develop a regional and/or country level strategy for leveraging investment from private (corporate & foundation) and public (bilateral & multilateral) sectors.
• Develop a plan for coordinating relationship management with these different sectors and individual institutions/companies within them, in order to share responsibility for engagement among senior staff, providing clarity on roles and responsibilities of different staff and avoiding duplication of effort

Donor Cultivation and Networking:

• Cultivate relations with prioritized partners for possible funding, sharing information on LWR's strategies, technical approaches, and capacities
• Represent LWR at regional events to build networks

Consortium-building:

• In response to identified funding opportunities, build consortiums of partners and help define each partner's proposed role in consortium

Capacity Strengthening:

• Provide support/training to regional office and country teams around engagement with private and public donors and strategic consortium-building
• Work closely with Country Directors to develop and track partnership engagement and follow up

Professional Development

• Engage in ongoing professional development.

Other

• Other duties as assigned by supervisor.

1. Commitment to LWR's core values of Gratitude, Calling, Accompaniment, Stewardship and Innovation.
2. A graduate degree (Master's degree or equivalent) in a field relevant to international development.
3. Ten or more years of progressively responsible experience in international development with a track record in new business development, and 3-5 years of experience working overseas, preferably in the region of assignment.
4. Demonstrated ability to produce US government and foundation grant proposals, to successfully solicit grant funding, and to manage relationships with institutional funders.
5. Experience with public-private partnerships or similar engagement with corporate sector partners.
6. Experience effectively coordinating with a large group of stakeholders, including local partners and CBOs, field office staff, Headquarters staff, international partners and donors, and technical advisors.
7. Proficiency with Microsoft Outlook, Excel, and Word, as well as social media, ICT and mobile technology
8. Ability and willingness to travel up to 75 percent of time within the region of assignment, with some travel to Baltimore as needed. Travel could include adverse conditions and/or crisis zones, and may require extended stays in one place.
9. Excellent oral and written communications skills in English, including strong technical program design and proposal writing skills.  Knowledge of French or Spanish desirable.
10. Commitment to LWR's core values and ability to model those values in relationships with colleagues and partners.
11. Experience with and commitment to working in a very diverse workforce.
12. Understanding of issues related to LWR's strategic objectives of Agriculture, Climate Change and Emergency response, and with the concept of resilience.
13. Ability to effectively represent organization to internal and external audiences.