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 who will provide a range of new business support for capture and proposals for new contracts including a coordination of proposal recruitment efforts. The successful candidate may also support Panagora activity management teams on 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, particularly the U.S. Agency for International Development’s (USAID’s).
• 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 bids.
• In collaboration with technical staff, draft, edit and synthesize proposal content, including corporate capability statements and past performance references
• Coordinate proposal efforts, including recruitment, partnering, non-technical writing, and production.
• Gather, synthesize, and support analysis of information about USAID, other clients, partners, and competitors
• Assist with company/ staff membership, workshop, and conference attendance.
• Coordinate with the proposal team to prepare cost proposals.
• Draft non-technical sections on proposals.
• Liaise with partner organizations on business development activities.
• Coordinate and support business development meetings.
• Format CVs, bios, and past performance information for proposals
• Coordinate with Corporate Communications to develop marketing materials and information for the website

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in business, public administration, international development, or other relevant field.
• 3-5 years of relevant work experience
• Familiarity with USAID programming required
• Experience with integrated health, private sector health programming, capacity building, monitoring and evaluation, and/or knowledge management
• Demonstrated new business and recruitment skills.
• Ability to work in a complex environment with multiple tasks, short deadlines, and competing priorities
• Excellent communication, presentation, and writing skills
• Strong interpersonal and analytical skills
• Demonstrated self-starter with leadership skills, versatility, and integrity
• Proficient MS Office skills

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience living and working outside the continuous US.
• Proficiency in one or more foreign languages (preferably French, Portuguese, or Spanish)

Reports to: New Business 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.