Business Development Officer

Job Description

Title: Business Development Officer

Company Name: WaterAid Bangladesh

Vacancy: --

Location: Dhaka

Minimum Salary: Negotiable

Published: 7 Feb 2024

Education:
∎ Master’s degree in Social Science, Development Studies, Business Administration, Strategic Management, Economics or any other relevant discipline. Degree from recognised overseas institution/University would be an advantage

Requirements:

Additional Requirements:
∎ Requisite qualifications, experience, and attributes
∎ • At least 02 (two) years of professional experience in fundraising with reputed NGO/INGO or voluntary organisation
∎ • In depth knowledge about fundraising culture and competition in Bangladesh
∎ • Working knowledge of issues related to water, sanitation and hygiene and climate change
∎ • Ability to represent WaterAid in external forum/meeting with excellent presentation and communication skills
∎ • Functional skills on the common Microsoft Office Package
∎ • Excellent command in English language and professional writing skills. A valid IELTS score of 7.0 or above will be an advantage
∎ • Collaborative and learning attitude with ability to get support from other teams and colleagues
∎ • Pro-active attitude with good interpersonal skills and capacity to work with other colleagues and teams
∎ • Displays gender sensitivity, personal integrity, flexible attitude, and a sense of respect for other colleagues
∎ • Should be able to work adaptively with minimum supervision under pressure and meet deadlines

∎ Role Specifications:
∎ • Working knowledge of financial skills with the ability to track funds, understand budgets, and analyse financial data related to fundraising activities.
∎ • Creative thinking and innovative approaches to fundraising strategies.
∎ • Experience in planning and executing fundraising events to engage donors and supporters
∎ • Understanding of monitoring and evaluation methodologies to assess the impact of fundraising efforts
∎ • Cultural sensitivity and the ability to work effectively across diverse cultural contexts



Responsibilities & Context:
∎ Job Purpose
∎ • Supporting business development and fundraising functions
∎ • Facilitation of donor project requirements and addressing due diligence issues
∎ • Strengthening interdepartmental collaboration to help design project concepts & proposals
∎ • Managing pre and post award requirements
∎ • Establishing a comprehensive end-to-end proposal development process


∎ Key Responsibilities
∎ • Collect and track donor and opportunity specific information for preparation of grant proposal and bid/no bid documents
∎ • Write concept notes and project proposals for both competitive and unsolicited grants in collaboration with programme and finance team
∎ • Register new opportunity, follow up approval and update grants data in the internal system of WaterAid
∎ • Uploads grant related documents such as proposal, contract, approval etc. in RIS (Restricted Income System)
∎ • Support in drafting narrative donor report as prepared by project team/focal to improve overall quality and consistency with plan/agreement
∎ • Support special periodic evaluation by facilitating the internal work process and the work of external consultant
∎ • Support strategy development process by facilitating the internal work process and the work of external consultant
∎ • Collaborate with global fundraising teams to identify and pursue funding opportunities
∎ • Undertake field visit to learn about context, monitor progress, quality and compliance


∎ Reportable To
∎ Director of Business Development & Quality Assurance

∎ Workstation
∎ WaterAid Bangladesh Country Office, Dhaka

∎ Working Hours
∎ 37.5

∎ Contract Tenure
∎ 1 year, with possibility of extension

∎ Travel
∎ Willingness to travel to remote areas of Bangladesh is required.

∎ Ways of Working
∎ Internal: (i) Programmes, (ii) Policy, advocacy and communications, (iii) Finance and administration, (iv) Business development and fundraising, (v) Consultants
∎ External: Donors (current and potential), Partner NGOs, External vendors, Local & national government officials, , Project & program beneficiaries

Compensation & Other Benefits:

Employment Status: Contractual

Job Location: Dhaka

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Apply Procedure:

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Company Information:
∎ WaterAid Bangladesh
∎ House 97/B, Road 25, Block-A, Banani, Dhaka-1213

Address::
∎ House 97/B, Road 25, Block-A, Banani, Dhaka-1213

Read Before Apply: Please apply only who are fulfilling all the requirements of this job

Application Deadline: 20 Feb 2024

Category: NGO/Development

Source: bdjobs.com

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