mothers2mothers (m2m) is an Africa-based NGO that unlocks the potential of women to eliminate paediatric AIDS and create healthy families across eight sub-Saharan African countries. m2m trains, employs, and helps empower HIV-positive women to work as community healthcare workers in understaffed health centres and underserved communities. Through a peer-to-peer approach, these ‘Mentor Mothers’ deliver a range of health services, advice, and support to women and their families. Started in Cape Town, South Africa in 2001 with an initial focus on preventing mother-to-child transmission of HIV, m2m has innovated and built on its strengths and now provides family-centred support for a range of related health and social issues spanning pregnancy, birth, childhood, and adolescence. It also partners with governments and other NGOs on the adoption of its programme to spread the Mentor Mother Model and its benefits. m2m has a track record of scaling its services and proven impact. To date, m2m has reached over 11M women and children under two, and created more than 10,000 jobs for African women living with HIV. For more, visit www.m2m.org
The position is based at our head office in Cape Town and reports to the Business Development Specialist. The Intern will provide proposal and administrative support to the Business Development Team.
Key Performance Areas
- Prepare and process administrative documents that support the proposal development process, such as consultant agreements, travel expense requisitions, and purchase requisitions
- Support proposal coordinators in proposal preparation by conducting desk research, landscape analysis, due diligence on potential funders and partners; helping to complete forms to support the go/no go process; schedule meetings
- Support updating of online systems, such as SalesForce and SharePoint
- Take notes at weekly and key meetings and distribute to m2m teams, as requested
- Participate in webinars and share key learnings with the Business Development team.
- Review websites for potential funding websites
Qualifications and experience
- Recent graduate
- Relevant degree or post graduate qualification
- Basic public health or science knowledge
- Working knowledge of MS Office
Competencies required:
- Fluency in English essential
- Well-developed interpersonal skills and ability to handle confidential matters in a professional and ethical manner
- Well-developed verbal and written communication skills
- Planning and organising
- Ability to work independently
- Ability to take initiative
- A passion for the m2m vision and values
More Information
- Job City Cape Town
