Company Description
Viamo is dedicated to helping organizations harness adapted and appropriate digital technologies for large scale, high-impact development projects. With headquarters in Northern America, and offices in more than 25 countries across Africa and Asia, we assist our partners to overcome implementation challenges by maximizing the use of digital to improve efficiencies and productivity in their behaviour change projects. We combine in-country design and implementation support with an advanced cloud-based mobile engagement platform and direct integrations and partnerships with all major mobile network companies.
Viamo is firmly committed to partnering with innovators and projects that have the capacity to set forth change on both the community and global level. Through the utilization of adapted and appropriate digital technologies, mostly mobile engagement solutions, we intend to assist in reaching and engaging with beneficiaries, stakeholders, and project implementers. We change the paradigm in international development, giving people access to information in their moments of needs and facilitating meaningful two-way communication so that their voices are heard.
We focus on three important areas of Digital for Development and ICT4D:
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Mobile data collection for organizations in the developing world
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Free, on-demand information available and fully accessible for target groups on simple mobile phones, in their local language, in their moments of needs
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Mobile-to-mobile research of key informants for project monitoring and beneficiary feedback
Position
About the role
The European Partnerships Assistant will support building and growing our partnerships with European donors such as DFID, GIZ and the European Union with new business development efforts on proposals with large implementing organizations and consortia leaders. Viamo, a global social enterprise, already has a successful track record with international development donors such as USAID, the World Bank, the United Nations and other clients. We are looking to expand our work into DFID, GIZ and the European Union and become their de facto mobile engagement service provider for international development projects.
Responsibilities
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Build Viamo’s internal process for the identification, tracking and prioritization of GIZ and DFID proposals and grants
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Build and maintain strong relationships with the business development teams of large GIZ implementing organizations in tandem with Viamo’s European Partnerships Lead. This might include participating in or organizing events
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Help to convince the relevant decision-makers to include mobile engagement programing and Viamo’s services as a core component of their project design and proposals
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Support the GIZ and DFID proposal development process within Viamo, in collaboration with Regional Directors and our 25+ Country Managers
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Become a thought leader within and outside the organization in terms of mobile engagement
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Support Viamo’s European partnership development in coordination with the European Partnerships Lead
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Help represent Viamo at relevant events and conferences in Europe in coordination with the European Partnerships Lead
Requirements
Skills
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University degree in international development or similar with at least 1-year prior working experience with DFID, GIZ, or one of their implementing consulting companies
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Passion for international development in general and the role of mobile and digital technologies in development in particular
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Entrepreneurial mindset to identify relevant opportunities for the inclusion of digital approaches from reading RFPs and TORs
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Proficient communicator with a genuine interest in building strong relationships with the people around you and a clear motivation to make a difference
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Ability to design and articulate compelling pitches and ideas, both in writing and in-person; this includes advanced skills in formatting presentations and documents
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Strong organizational and analytical skills, enthusiastic to structure thoughts, ideas and processes and to collect and process learnings and best practices
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Native fluency in German
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Professional fluency in English
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Professional fluency in French desirable
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Comfortable working with remote teams in a startup-like environment
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Experience living and working in Africa and Asia desirable
Objectives and Key Performance Indicators
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Ensure we identify and track all relevant GIZ and DFID opportunities
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Establish contacts at all relevant consulting companies that implement GIZ and DFID projects, and assure we stay in touch with the GIZ implementers at least once per quarter
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Establish a partnership on each prioritized opportunity with these consulting companies
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Ensure we have all relevant documents and resources in place to pursue these opportunities and to support the proposals of the consulting companies we are working with
Other information
Location and Work Permit
This remote position is to be based in the European Union and ideal for a recent university graduate based somewhere in Germany, the Netherlands, Belgium or France. Applicants are expected to have the unlimited right to work in the European Union.
Team and Reporting Structure
Report to Viamo’s European Partnerships Lead while coordinating with Viamo’s DFID Partnerships Manager and Viamo’s Director of Partnerships. Compensation commensurate with experience. Applications considered on a rolling basis.
How to apply
Submit your Resume through our online portal on https://viamo.io/vacancies together with a cover letter highlighting your relevant skills along with our requirements.