Manager - Philanthropy & Private Sector Partnerships
Job Description
Title: Manager - Philanthropy & Private Sector Partnerships
Company Name: ActionAid Bangladesh
Vacancy: 1
Job Location: Dhaka
Employment Status: Contractual
Educational Requirements:
∎ Minimum Master's degree in social sciences, international relations/affairs, development studies, humanities, human rights, political science or other relevant discipline or relevant experience.
Experience Requirements:
∎ At least 6 year(s)
Job Responsibilities:
∎ Job Summary: ActionAid Bangladesh Programme and Partnership Development Unit within the Resource Mobilisation department is an ambitious team covering institutional government/non-government, trust and foundation, private sector and individual giving/philanthropy partnerships harnessing collaborative working relationships to help realise our broader mission of social justices that defines our human rights-based approach.
∎ The team develops long-term, multi-channel partnerships which help to achieve strategic goals across fundraising, advocacy and programmes. The role of Manager - Philanthropy & Private Sector Partnerships is to drive project design and innovation and identify, engage, and secure new philanthropy (individual giving/regular giving), trust and foundation and private sector funding partnerships across core programmatic priority areas, child sponsorship and special projects/initiatives. The post-holder will work closely with the Head of Fundraising to deliver the fundraising strategy and action plan.
∎ Other key relationships will be with the Manager - Program & Partnership Development (Institutional), Manager - Child Sponsorship, Lead - Programme & Partnership Development (Humanitarian), Head of Programme, Policy & Campaign (PPC), Strategic Priority (SP) Managers, ActionAid International Business Development Unit (BDU) and funding affiliates within ActionAid federation alongside whom you will develop proposals and manage grants, technical experts, who will help imbed the ActionAid approach into partnerships, and fundraisers from country offices, with whom you will hold a direct relationship to facilitate cross-border prospecting, engagement and partnership-working.
Additional Requirements:
∎ Minimum of 6 years' experience with an NGO in a senior programme funding and partnership development position(s).
∎ Capacity building experience including training and skills development on fundraising desirable.
∎ Required Competencies
∎ Experience of developing successful proposals and/or tender bids to private corporations, trusts and foundations, high net worth individuals (HNWI) and fundraising campaign.
∎ In-depth understanding of logical framework, theory of change, budgeting, reporting and evaluation.
∎ Working thematic expertise on any of the following themes: women's rights and gender equality, humanitarian response, disaster risk reduction, resilience, governance, youth development, policy and campaigns
∎ Command a deep personal understanding of corporate strategies - both commercial and CSR - to develop stronger relationships and alignment with the organisation and cultivate partnership opportunities.
∎ Excellent interpersonal, communication and negotiation skills to work effectively in a multi-cultural environment.
∎ Excellent English language skills (written, reading, and spoken).
∎ Excellent writing, reasoning, and analytical skills
∎ Ability to prioritize own workload and work with minimal supervision.
∎ Ability to lead complex proposal development teams.
∎ Knowledge of Human Rights Based Approach (HRBA)
Salary: Negotiable
Job Source: Bdjobs.com Online Job Posting.
Application Deadline: 11 Sep 2021
Company Information:
∎ 2 Sep 2021
∎ ActionAid Bangladesh
Category: NGO/Development
