Business Development Associate

Panagora Group is a small business providing novel and integrated solutions in global health and international development. Our goal is to provide innovative solutions that build national capacity and promote sustainability through robust local participation and capacity building, utilizing highly integrated and private sector solutions. Throughout our work, we embrace a virtuous circle of knowledge stewardship, collaborative learning, and application of evidence to heighten and accelerate positive health and development outcomes.

Panagora seeks a business development associate will provide a broad range of new business support for capture and proposals of new contracts including a large focus on coordination of all recruitment efforts. As part of a team, the successful candidate will also support Panagora projects occasionally, ensuring to uphold project management standards, policies, and procedures.

Duties and Responsibilities

• Conduct market research to identify and evaluate specific business opportunities and market trends.
• Maintain business development trackers and potential procurements across Panagora Practices.
• Administration of contact and resume databases.
• Coordinate and prepare expressions of interest.
• Recruitment of staff and consultants for on-going projects and bids.
• Coordinate proposal efforts, including recruitment, partnering, non-technical writing and production.
• Coordinate to prepare cost proposals.
• Draft non-technical sections on proposals.
• Liaise with partner organizations on business development related activities.
• Coordinate and support business development meetings.
• Format CVs, bios, and past performance information for proposals, marketing materials and website.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in business or relevant field.
• 1-3 years of relevant work experience in business development.
• Familiarity with USAID global health and international development programming.
• Experience with integrated health, private sector health programming, capacity building, monitoring and evaluation, and/or knowledge management
• Demonstrated new business and recruitment skills.
• Strong verbal and written communication skills
• Demonstrated self-starter with leadership skills, versatility, and integrity
• Experience living and working in a developing country
• Proficiency in one or more foreign languages preferred

Reports to: Business Development Manager

No telephone inquiries, please. Finalists will be contacted. Only applicants who include the required application components will be considered.

Panagora Group is an equal opportunity employer and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws.

*Note: Panagora does not offer visa sponsorship at this time.