Title: Fundraising Specialist
Company Name: WaterAid Bangladesh
Vacancy: Not specific
Job Location: Dhaka
Employment Status: Full-time
Educational Requirements:
∎ Master's degree in Social Science, Development Studies, Business Administration, Economics or any other relevant discipline. Advanced degree from recognised overseas institution/University would be an advantage.
Experience Requirements:
∎ At least 5 year(s)
Job Context:
∎ This is an important position representing fundraising commitment of the organisation. The position is to contribute to organization`s overall goal and in the implementation of its strategic plan through fundraising and related activities including opportunity tracking, proposal writing, donor reporting and updating internal system related to restricted income. The position is expected to coordinate with programme department for writing concepts and proposals; with Finance to update financial data in the system; and with M&E to collect progress data for reporting. The position is also responsible to maintain necessary documents - both electronic and hard copies of each individual donor fund. The position is based in Dhaka with some demand for field visits across the country.
∎ Report-able to : Director-Fundraising and Learning
∎ Working hours : Full time (05 days in a week with minimum 37.5 hours per week)
Job Responsibilities:
∎ Track potential funding opportunities and collect donor and opportunity related information in advance for preparation and making bid/no bid decision.
∎ Lead/contribute in the preparation of concept notes and project proposals for both competitive and unsolicited opportunities
∎ Register new opportunity, follow up approval and update grants data in Restricted Income System (RIS) as maintained by WaterAid globally.
∎ Maintain important grants related documents such as proposal, contract document, approval evidence etc in RIS as well as in paper.
∎ Remind/lead preparation of narrative donor reports and follow up with programme and finance team for managing submission within deadline.
∎ Undertake field visit to monitor implementation progress, quality and compliance in order to remain update on the utilization of grants and help variance reporting.
∎ Coordinate as per need with grant focal (opportunity owner) in UK, and other WaterAid member country depending on the grant origin.
∎ Support WAB's engagement in consortium application for competitive grants, specially from UN, DFID, USAID, EC and any other institutional donors.
∎ Support organization to ensure donor compliance
Additional Requirements:
∎ Experience: Minimum 05 (five) years of professional experience with reputed NGO/INGO or research organisation. Proven records in fund raising is essential. Experience of fundraising in WASH sector would be an advantage.
∎ Knowledge: Knowledge on fundraising culture and competition in Bangladesh and elsewhere, and familiarity with online database systems is essential. Understanding of the issues related to water, sanitation and hygiene is desirable.
∎ Skills: The person should be able to represent WaterAid at external forum with good presentation and communication skills. Functional skills are required on most of the common Microsoft programmes. Good command on English language and excellent writing skills is essential.
∎ Personal competencies: The person should have good leadership qualities with problem solving attitude; should be able to draw confidence and support from other teams and colleagues. Must be pro-active with good interpersonal skills and capacity to understand and work with other colleagues and teams. S/he must be gender sensitive, possess personal integrity, flexible attitude, sense of respect for other colleagues; be able to work with minimum supervision under pressure to meet deadlines.
Salary:
∎ Attractive salary package
Compensation & Other Benefits:
∎ Admissible benefits that include provident fund, gratuity, festival bonus, life insurance, hospitalization insurance scheme for spouse and children, cell phone allowances etc
Application Deadline: January 28, 2020
Company Information:
∎ WaterAid Bangladesh
Category: NGO/Development
Source: bdjobs.com