Job Description

Title: Coordinator - Business Development and Partnership

Company Name: Practical Action - Bangladesh.

Vacancy: 1

Location: Dhaka

Salary: Tk. 100000 - 145000 (Monthly)

Experience:
∎ 8 to 11 years
∎ The applicants should have experience in the following business area(s):NGO

Published: 13 Apr 2025

Education:
∎ Master of Social Science (MSS)

Requirements:

Additional Requirements:
∎ Female candidates are encouraged to apply.
∎ Candidates who identify as Indigenous People are encouraged to apply.
∎ At least 8 years of experience in fundraising, business development, proposal development, research, and partnership.·
∎ Professional/academic experiences in development, partnership, research, and/or knowledge management ideally with field experiences·
∎ Proven work experience in research field including knowledge on mixed research methods.·
∎ Good understanding on issues of agriculture, climate and resilience; urban WASH/Waste Management, and Energy.·
∎ Exceptional written communication skills: S/he need to be able proactively to seek (often complex) information from a variety of sources, or colleagues, and turn this into engaging and inspiring communications relevant to the donor,·
∎ A good understanding of the current fundraising environment in Bangladesh and of global fundraising trends·
∎ High levels of demonstrated skills in prioritizing task and meeting deadlines.
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∎ Experience & Knowledge:

Responsibilities & Context:
∎ Should demonstrate success in fundraising around Practical Action’s four thematic areas with significant achievement: Climate Resilience, Urban WASH, Agriculture and Energy areas.
∎ Ensure that proposals for raising funds fall within the Practical Action vision, aims and strategy and align with Practical Action policies and processes.
∎ Coordinate & develop proposals, budgets, Expressions of Interest (EoI), and tender documents, meeting minutes to facilitate fundraising efforts.
∎ Review final technical proposal content for clarity, consistency, and responsiveness to solicitation requirements, in preparation for reviews and final production.
∎ Analysis of current and past financial data, assist in taking actionable strategies to reduce costs and enhance revenue streams.
∎ Foster effective communication channels between internal and external staff, clients, and stakeholders to ensure smooth collaboration.
∎ Draft agreements, Memoranda of Understanding (MOU), and other confidential letters to support fundraising initiatives.
∎ Prepare detailed reports and presentations, actively collaborating with team members to convey fundraising objectives and outcomes.
∎ Perform qualitative and quantitative data analysis, utilizing insights to inform and optimize fundraising strategies.·
∎ Maintain and regularly update the company database, ensuring data accuracy and relevance for fundraising activities.
∎ Establish and organize a comprehensive filing system for important and confidential company documents related to fundraising.·
∎ Provide essential support to the Business Development team by actively monitoring routine data management, conducting database development, validation checks, and reviews.·
∎ Actively participate in various meetings, taking a proactive role in documenting processes and outcomes related to fundraising activities.·
∎ Contribute to the evolution of office policies as needed, aligning them with the objectives of the fundraising department.
∎ Assist in organizing fundraising events and campaigns, coordinating logistics and ensuring seamless execution.
∎ Stay informed about trends and best practices in fundraising, incorporating relevant strategies into the company's fundraising approach.
∎ Prepare and submit grant applications, ensuring compliance with funding requirements and deadlines.
∎ Set business development priorities on a quarterly, monthly, and weekly basis with the business development team and communicate them internally.
∎ Ensure regular routine of basic business development activities: donor and call screening and intelligence gathering; sharing intelligence internally; initiating proposal development; recording donor and partner information on HubSpot; reporting monthly and quarterly on fundraising performance.
∎ Proactively engage, in coordination with PAC Managing Director & thematic leads, consulting firms and private sector companies, NGOs and CSOs, with a view to forming consortia and partnerships that will enhance PAC’s work and increase the potential for securing funding.
∎ Work with thematic team to develop offer documents suitable for engaging with potential donors and partners.
∎ Ensure leadership on the coordination of proposal development, including scheduling, clarifying roles and responsibilities, sign off/internal approval and submission.
∎ Lead monthly, quarterly, and annual reporting and planning for business development, ensuring timely preparation and data analysis.
∎ Lead communication, partnership and building relationship with wider donor such as government, multilateral, bilateral institutions, private organizations and other relevant donors.
∎ Enhance networking and building association with National and International likeminded organizations.
∎ Identify, communicate, negotiate, and maintain relationship with partner associated consultants and technical experts.
∎ Represent as a point of contact for PAC business development and lead internal and external communication.
∎ Coordinate, manage and support PAC team members to achieve change ambitions, encourage joined up ways of working with Business Development, Thematic areas, and other Units in Practical Action.
∎ Coordinate and manage performance of the PAC team and hold team accountable for technical delivery, financial control, donor reporting, strategic fit, contract preparation and conformance of the assignment.
∎ Manage and coordinate PAC finance to comply with the financial policies of GoB and Practical Action.
∎ Work with the finance team (local and UK) to prepare and submit correct monthly, quarterly, and annual financial report on time as scheduled.
∎ Practical Action Consulting Bangladesh Limited is an unconventional, multi-disciplinary change making organisation.A highly innovative community development charity and Consultancy operating in Africa, Asia and Latin America. Practical Action community projects use ingenious ideas to design, test, refine and prove new ways to overcome poverty and disadvantage and then ‘open source’ knowledge of what works so that it can be implemented at a greater scale by others.
∎ Join Practical Action Consulting’s dynamic team in Bangladesh as a Coordinator - Business Development and Partnership, based in Dhaka. This exciting role provides a unique opportunity to contribute to positive change for the world.
∎ Fundraising, Partnership, Leading Proposal Writing and Bid Coordination (50%)         ·
∎ Should demonstrate success in fundraising around Practical Action’s four thematic areas with significant achievement: Climate Resilience, Urban WASH, Agriculture and Energy areas.
∎ Ensure that proposals for raising funds fall within the Practical Action vision, aims and strategy and align with Practical Action policies and processes.
∎ Coordinate & develop proposals, budgets, Expressions of Interest (EoI), and tender documents, meeting minutes to facilitate fundraising efforts.
∎ Review final technical proposal content for clarity, consistency, and responsiveness to solicitation requirements, in preparation for reviews and final production.
∎ Analysis of current and past financial data, assist in taking actionable strategies to reduce costs and enhance revenue streams.
∎ Foster effective communication channels between internal and external staff, clients, and stakeholders to ensure smooth collaboration.
∎ Draft agreements, Memoranda of Understanding (MOU), and other confidential letters to support fundraising initiatives.
∎ Prepare detailed reports and presentations, actively collaborating with team members to convey fundraising objectives and outcomes.
∎ Perform qualitative and quantitative data analysis, utilizing insights to inform and optimize fundraising strategies.·
∎ Maintain and regularly update the company database, ensuring data accuracy and relevance for fundraising activities.
∎ Establish and organize a comprehensive filing system for important and confidential company documents related to fundraising.·
∎ Provide essential support to the Business Development team by actively monitoring routine data management, conducting database development, validation checks, and reviews.·
∎ Actively participate in various meetings, taking a proactive role in documenting processes and outcomes related to fundraising activities.·
∎ Contribute to the evolution of office policies as needed, aligning them with the objectives of the fundraising department.
∎ Assist in organizing fundraising events and campaigns, coordinating logistics and ensuring seamless execution.
∎ Stay informed about trends and best practices in fundraising, incorporating relevant strategies into the company's fundraising approach.
∎ Prepare and submit grant applications, ensuring compliance with funding requirements and deadlines.
∎ Core Business (20%)
∎ Set business development priorities on a quarterly, monthly, and weekly basis with the business development team and communicate them internally.
∎ Ensure regular routine of basic business development activities: donor and call screening and intelligence gathering; sharing intelligence internally; initiating proposal development; recording donor and partner information on HubSpot; reporting monthly and quarterly on fundraising performance.
∎ Proactively engage, in coordination with PAC Managing Director & thematic leads, consulting firms and private sector companies, NGOs and CSOs, with a view to forming consortia and partnerships that will enhance PAC’s work and increase the potential for securing funding.
∎ Work with thematic team to develop offer documents suitable for engaging with potential donors and partners.
∎ Ensure leadership on the coordination of proposal development, including scheduling, clarifying roles and responsibilities, sign off/internal approval and submission.
∎ Lead monthly, quarterly, and annual reporting and planning for business development, ensuring timely preparation and data analysis.
∎ Networking, Partnership Building and Managing Relationships –10%
∎ Lead communication, partnership and building relationship with wider donor such as government, multilateral, bilateral institutions, private organizations and other relevant donors.
∎ Enhance networking and building association with National and International likeminded organizations.
∎ Identify, communicate, negotiate, and maintain relationship with partner associated consultants and technical experts.
∎ Represent as a point of contact for PAC business development and lead internal and external communication.
∎ Management (15%)
∎ Coordinate, manage and support PAC team members to achieve change ambitions, encourage joined up ways of working with Business Development, Thematic areas, and other Units in Practical Action.
∎ Coordinate and manage performance of the PAC team and hold team accountable for technical delivery, financial control, donor reporting, strategic fit, contract preparation and conformance of the assignment.
∎ Manage and coordinate PAC finance to comply with the financial policies of GoB and Practical Action.
∎ Work with the finance team (local and UK) to prepare and submit correct monthly, quarterly, and annual financial report on time as scheduled.

Workplace:
∎ Work at office

Employment Status: Full Time

Job Location: Dhaka

Company Information:
∎ Practical Action - Bangladesh.
∎ House # 28/A, Road # 5, Dhanmondi, Dhaka-1205
∎ Practical Action is an international development organisation putting ingenious ideas to work so people in poverty can change their world.

We treat all applications for employment on their merits and do not take into consideration any factors that are not relevant to the job such as gender, race, religion, ethnic or national origin, caste, tribe, belief, age, marital status, pregnancy, caring responsibilities, sexual orientation, or disability. Practical Action is committed to safeguarding and protecting children and vulnerable adults and as such candidates will be subject to pre-employment checks including criminal checks and terrorist financing. As part of SEEDs commitment to safeguarding we are a member of the Inter-Agency Misconduct Disclosure Scheme. This will mean that we ask your references to comment on any disciplinary investigations undertaken as a result of safeguarding concerns that resulted in disciplinary action. SEED will also ask you for additional references if the references you provide do not cover the past five years of employment.

We’re a global change-making group. We help people find solutions to some of the world’s toughest problems. Challenges made worse by catastrophic climate change and persistent gender inequality. We work with communities to develop ingenious, lasting and locally owned solutions for agriculture, water and waste management, climate resilience and clean energy. And we share what works with others, so answers that start small can grow big.

Address::
∎ House # 28/A, Road # 5, Dhanmondi, Dhaka-1205
∎ Practical Action is an international development organisation putting ingenious ideas to work so people in poverty can change their world.We treat all applications for employment on their merits and do not take into consideration any factors that are not relevant to the job such as gender, race, religion, ethnic or national origin, caste, tribe, belief, age, marital status, pregnancy, caring responsibilities, sexual orientation, or disability. Practical Action is committed to safeguarding and protecting children and vulnerable adults and as such candidates will be subject to pre-employment checks including criminal checks and terrorist financing. As part of SEEDs commitment to safeguarding we are a member of the Inter-Agency Misconduct Disclosure Scheme. This will mean that we ask your references to comment on any disciplinary investigations undertaken as a result of safeguarding concerns that resulted in disciplinary action. SEED will also ask you for additional references if the references you provide do not cover the past five years of employment. We’re a global change-making group. We help people find solutions to some of the world’s toughest problems. Challenges made worse by catastrophic climate change and persistent gender inequality. We work with communities to develop ingenious, lasting and locally owned solutions for agriculture, water and waste management, climate resilience and clean energy. And we share what works with others, so answers that start small can grow big.

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Application Deadline: 22 Apr 2025

Category: NGO/Development