Partnerships Manager

Organization Name: YLabs

Location: Kigali, Rwanda

Eligible Citizenship: Rwanda

Role Code: R08-Nat

Role Overview

The Partnerships Manager reports to the Director of Growth and Partnerships and is responsible for actively supporting the fund development and growth activities of YLabs. As part of a larger team, they will identify and manage the development of new opportunities to improve young people’s health and economic opportunity globally. The successful candidate will be able to craft funding proposals and reports in a clear and compelling manner. Excellent writing, analytical, and research skills are essential. Candidates must be self-motivated, detail oriented, and highly organized, and have experience using online databases and other sources to locate new funding opportunities.

Responsibilities

• Identify and track new funding opportunities, aligned with YLabs’ mission and priority areas
• Determine proposal concept by identifying and clarifying opportunities and needs, studying requests for proposals (RFPs), and attending strategy meetings
• Prepare proposals by determining concept, gathering and formatting information, writing drafts, and obtaining approvals
• Meet proposal deadlines by establishing priorities and target dates for information gathering, writing, review, approval, and transmittal
• Coordinate the inputs and review process from relevant contributors
• Gather proposal information by identifying sources of information, coordinating submissions and collections, and identifying and communicating risks associated with proposals
• Develop proposal by assembling information including project nature, objectives/outcomes/deliverables, implementation, methods, timetable, staffing, budget, standards of performance, and evaluation
• Write, revise, and edit drafts including executive summaries, conclusions, and organization credentials
• Maintain quality results by using YLabs’ existing templates; follow proposal-writing standards including readability, consistency, and tone
• Maintain proposal support databases
• Obtain approvals by reviewing proposal with key providers and project managers
• Improve proposal-writing results by evaluating and re-designing processes, approach, coordination, and boilerplate language

Skills and Experience

Items indicated with an asterisk (*) are required

• Excellent writing skills, including at least two years of experience developing concept notes and proposals, ideally for large donors (i.e. USAID)*
• At least four years of experience coordinating the development of proposals and protocols for complex projects, as evidenced by coordinating partner content or managing the grant review process*
• Strong verbal communications skills, as evidenced by attending partnerships meetings or giving presentations, trainings, workshops, etc.*
• Educational or professional experience in at least one of the following specialties: adolescent health, sexual and reproductive health, HIV/AIDS, climate, mental health, or economic inclusion*
• Able to work well in a team environment, handle multiple assignments and meet deadlines*
• Working proficiency in French
• Educational or professional experience in Human Centered Design
• Experience developing budgets and workplans for project proposals
• Passionate about improving the health and opportunity of young people globally
• Committed to operationalizing equity in our work and decolonizing global health
• Committed to building trusting, convivial working relationships that support wellness, creativity, and collective joy
• Willing to work flexible hours to accommodate evening calls with staff in other time zones
• High attention to detail, and able to prioritize and manage time effectively, meeting deadlines consistently

About the Organization

YLabs is a global design and research organization that designs, tests, and advocates for youth-driven solutions to improve young people’s (aged 10-24 years) health and economic opportunity. Our team of physicians, designers, economists, developers, public health professionals, and educators work in 16 countries with a base in Rwanda and the USA. We bring a unique mix of human-centered design, adolescent health, outcome evaluation, and implementation know-how to the global problems facing youth.

YLabs was founded at the Harvard Innovation Lab in 2016 in response to a need for innovation in partnership with youth. Despite impressive global reductions in child mortality over recent decades, there has been little improvement in the health and survival of young people globally.

By 2020, YLabs had engaged more than 15,000 youth in the design and evaluation of programming meant for them, and their services and programs had reached more than 17,000 young people. In 2021, their programs are set to reach over 150,000 young people globally with services to support their health and economic opportunity.

Role Function: Development / Fundraising / Grant-Writing, Partnership Development, Program Design / Program Planning

Issue Area: Economic Development, Healthcare Access, Technology for Health

Stipend, Benefits, and Logistics

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Note: these vary depending on placement country and citizenship.