Business development

• Research and identify business opportunities and potential clients.
  

• Lead the development and submission of grant applications, and technical response to RFPs or expression of interest (EOIs)
  

• Facilitate brainstorming sessions to pool ideas to crystallize client’s vision.
  

• Develop networks and partnerships to promote an understanding of Sydani’s work and ensure the sustainability of Sydani operations.
  

• Provide update to clients on project activities, progress, challenges, and recommendations.
  

Project Management

• Planning
  

• Lead the development of project strategy plans based on logical framework approaches.
  

• Work with key stakeholders to define project goals, objectives, purpose, and scope.
  

• Identify the requirements of each project and ensure project goals are achievable.
  

• Coordinate the development of work tools i.e. workplan, trackers, templates.
  

ii. Execution

    ▪ Assign duties to team members and ensure that tasks are completed as scheduled and        within budget.

      ▪ Maintain project timeframes, objectives, and communications.

      ▪ Collect the necessary information required to start and complete projects.

      ▪ Lead the analysis of project data and producing insights to optimize performance.

      ▪ Coordinate staff and internal resources to achieve project goals.

      ▪ Optimize and improve processes and the overall approach where necessary.

      ▪ Lead the design of strategic interventions, tools and processes to address project challenges.

       ▪ Lead the implementation of Sydani-funded projects, using rigorous and acceptable methodologies, data collection and analysis.

iii. Monitoring and Controlling

      ▪ Monitor the progress of a project.

      ▪ Manage the project’s budget.

      ▪ Ensure that key milestones are reached.

      ▪ Compare actual performance against planned/scheduled performance.

      ▪ Conduct project review and create detailed reports for executive staff.

      ▪ Act as the point of contact and communicate project status to all participants.

v. Close-out

     ▪ Work with the client to get formal sign-off that the project is complete.

      ▪ Create and manage documentation and reports for projects.

      ▪ Support the development and dissemination of key outputs such as program proposals, donor technical reports, etc.

      ▪ Ensure the review the work of third-party vendors or partners to close their contracts and pay their invoices.

      ▪ Archive project files for future reference and use

v. Capacity Building

• Support with brand representation among staff and clients.
  

• Ensure staff capacity development, and general leadership and oversight.
  

• Participate in the routine organizational problem-solving sessions to share critical insights from the program with other members of the team.
  

• Conduct periodic performance reviews and provide feedback to team members for performance improvement as applicable.
  

• Contribute to the development of clients’ leadership and management skills to ensure sustainability of positive outcomes.
  

• Build the capacity of the team on proposal development.
  

• Develop staff capacity on knowledge management routines and work with senior management to achieve compliance by all staff.
  

vi. Research and Technical Writing

• Create and develop written works (i.e., article and blog post) for external and internal communications.
  

• Review and revise team materials to meet organizational standard.
  

• Develop subject ideas, drawing on personal interest and project issues.
  

• Develop and disseminate/publish research outputs and knowledge products, including manuscripts, policy briefs, white papers, research reports; etc.
  

• Establish strategic relationships with other knowledge-based institutions to facilitate access to, and publication of emerging knowledge and innovations relevant to Sydani’s operations.