Assistant Technical Specialist, Business Development, Bhasan Char, HCMP

Job Description

Title: Assistant Technical Specialist, Business Development, Bhasan Char, HCMP

Company Name: BRAC

Vacancy: --

Age: Na

Job Location: Noakhali (Hatiya)

Salary: Negotiable

Experience:

• At least 5 years
• The applicants should have experience in the following business area(s): NGO, Development Agency

Master’s or equivalent degree in Business Faculty from any UGC approved reputed university or institute

• At least 5 years
• The applicants should have experience in the following business area(s): NGO, Development Agency

KNOWLEDGE:

• Humanitarian and development programming

• Market systems, value chains, and enterprise development

• Donor compliance and reporting requirements

SKILLS:

• Business planning and budgeting

• Market analysis and sales planning

• Communication and report writing

• Monitoring, evaluation, and learning

• Project and stakeholder management

COMPETENCIES:

• Facilitating group discussions and coordination meetings

• Managing timelines and multiple priorities

• Strong oral and written communication in Bangla and English

• Handling critical operational and donor-related issues

BRAC is an international development organisation founded in Bangladesh in 1972 that partners globally with over 100 million people living with inequality and poverty to create opportunities to realise their potential.

The Assistant Technical Specialist- Business Development role supports the Production Center by strengthening business planning, market access, and sales strategies. The position focuses on increasing production center revenue, expanding market linkages locally, nationally, and globally, and ensuring sustainable economic opportunities for Rohingya community members on Bhasan Char.

Business Planning & Production Management

• Prepare and update business plans, sales forecasts, and production schedules.

• Align production with confirmed orders and market demand.

• Conduct cost analysis, pricing, profitability, and break-even assessments.

• Support inventory management and reduce unsold or rejected products.

Increase Sales & Revenue

• Increase sales volume and revenue of Production Center products.

• Ensure products meet buyer and market requirements for quality, design, packaging, and pricing.

• Develop and implement sales and promotion plans aligned with production capacity.

• Promote branding, product positioning, and visibility of Production Center products.

Expand Market Access (Local, National & Global)

• Identify and access viable local, national, and global markets.

• Conduct market assessments to understand trends, demand, and competition.

• Support participation in trade fairs, exhibitions, buyer meetings, and online marketplaces.

Explore institutional, wholesale, and bulk sales opportunities.

• Strengthen Buyer Engagement, Value Chain Linkages & Sustainability

• Identify, negotiate, and manage relationships with buyers, suppliers, and distributors.

• Facilitate contracts, delivery schedules, and payment terms with buyers.

• Strengthen backward and forward linkages, including raw materials, logistics, and distribution.

• Promote long-term buyer relationships and ethical, sustainable business practices.

• Generate business intelligence, sales reports, and market insights for management decision-making.

• Support monitoring, evaluation, learning, and continuous improvement of production and sales operations.

Safeguarding:

• Ensure the safety of Programme Participants, people who come into contact with the organisation and team members from any harm, abuse, neglect, harassment and exploitation including sexual exploitation and abuse (SEA) to achieve the programme`s goals of safeguarding implementation. Act as a key source of support, guidance and expertise on safeguarding for establishing a safe working environment.

• Practice, promote and endorse the issues of safeguarding policy among team members and ensure the implementation of safeguarding standards in every course of action.

• Follow the safeguarding reporting procedure in case any reportable incident takes place and encourage others to do so.

• Mobile bill

• Weekly 2 holidays

• Festival Bonus

• Free Accommodation

• Health & Life Insurance

• Paternity/ Maternity leave

• others as per Organisation policy.