Business Development Officer

• Location: Addis Ababa, Ethiopia Country program Office
• Contract type: 22 months renewed yearly based on performance
• Salary: Competitive salary as per Organizational pay Scale.
• Hours: 40 Hours Per week

Established in 1988 (as Send a Cow), Ripple Effect is a dynamic and passionate international development charity on a mission to create a powerful and lasting impact. Our vision is to see a rural Africa that is confident, thriving, and sustainable, with a growing economy and higher living standards for all.

At Ripple Effect, we’ve honed our focus on three critical areas: Sustainable Agriculture, Gender and Social Inclusion, and Enterprise Development. Through these pillars, we’re dedicated to combating poverty and nurturing a vibrant, thriving African landscape that will thrive for generations to come.

Conduct in-depth prospect research to support high value fundraising efforts, providing actionable intelligence to the fundraising teams of the charity to maximise the effectiveness and hit rate of our fundraising. With resources constrained this resource and more generally the proposed Fundraising Intelligence and Business Development team will help us to work smarter at a time competition for funding has never been greater.

Research could include prospects, funding opportunities, profiles on key supporters, audience segmentation, and other fundraising analysis including performance tracking, comparator analysis, due diligence checks, and consideration of new fundraising products and entry into new markets.

Master’s degree & BA in social work and Business administration, Management, Agriculture, Economics, M&E, Development studies or another related field. Work experience 3 & 5 year respectively.

Essential:

• Managing large funding contracts from donors
• Developing funding proposals for institutional and other donors.
• Preparing and reporting against financial budgets
• Networking with donors and partners
• Use of data management systems and Microsoft Excel and word.
• Developing documents that demonstrate logical thinking and are interesting to read

Desirable:

• Experience of Share point and team, or similar databases including data entry and creating reports.
•  Experience in the use of Power-point for presentations
• Experience in the development and use of logical frameworks for project planning
• Experience in NGO work.
• Experience of project proposal writing and fund raising
• Community development experience

Excellent 

• communication skills – both written and verbal
• Strong interpersonal skills and the ability to work co-operatively in a team
• Ability to work to meet tight deadlines
• Highly organized and able to priorities workloads
• Good IT skills
• Ability to research, collate and summarize information from a wide range of sources
• Attention to detail and ability to follow guidelines

–             Pension/Provident fund

–             Generous annual leave allowance

–             Medical insurance for yourself and dependents

–             Life insurance

If you feel you have the qualities, passion, skills, and experience to fulfil this varied, rewarding, and vital role, we would love to hear from you.

1. Download the:
   • Application form
   • PSEA self-assessment form
2. Submit your application form and PSEA self-assessment form online (in Word or PDF format) to: hrethiopia@rippleeffect.org clearly indicating the position you are applying for and the job code in the subject line.

Please note that CVs will not be considered and only shortlisted candidates will be interviewed.

Ripple Effect also seeks references and conducts background checks before confirming any candidate in a role offered.

If you require the job description or the application form in a different format, please contact hrethiopia@rippleeffect.org.

Application Closing date: Friday August 8, 2025

Interview date: Thursday August 14, 2025

Start date: As soon as Possible

Email Address: hrethiopia@rippleeffect.org.