Partnership Associate

Job Description

Title: Partnership Associate

Company Name: Strategic Alliance Management Services P Ltd.

Vacancy: 1

Age: Na

Job Location: Dhaka

Salary: --

Experience:

• 3 to 7 years
• The applicants should have experience in the following business area(s): NGO, Consulting Firms

• Bachelor/Honors

• Applicants must have bachelor’s degree and/or equivalent

• 3 to 7 years
• The applicants should have experience in the following business area(s): NGO, Consulting Firms

• Minimum three years of experience of working with financial products and services in at least one of the following areas: retail, wholesale, and micro finance, micro, small and medium enterprises, and/or water and sanitation infrastructure finance/projects;
• Proficiency with Microsoft Office 365 software and related applications. Advanced proficiency with data manipulation and visualization in Excel and PowerPoint; 
• Proficient in English, both oral and written.

Skills and Competencies:

• Customer Focus: Builds strong customer relationships and delivers customer-centric solutions.
• Optimizes Work Processes: Knows the most effective and efficient processes to get things done, with a focus on continuous improvement.
• Communicates Effectively: Develops and delivers multi-mode communications that convey a clear understanding of the unique needs of different audiences.
• Values Differences: Recognizes the value that different perspectives and cultures bring to an organization. 
• Nimble Learning: Learns through experimentation when tackling new problems, using both successes and failures as learning fodder.

Complex Problem-Solving Skills

• Exceptional organizational skills, attention to detail, resourcefulness, and ability to multi‐task and adjust to changing priorities;
• Applying existing standards and processes related to work assignments, appropriately classifying and escalating risks to the appropriate authority;
• Ability to engage with external and internal clients and stakeholders to provide account support and foster relationships

TRAVEL: Travel up to 25% of the time both domestically and internationally.

ORGANIZATIONAL BACKGROUND: 

Water.org, a global non-profit headquartered in Kansas City, USA, was co-founded by Gary White and Matt Damon in 2009 to expand access to safe water and sanitation. The organization has transformed 73 million lives and thousands of communities across Africa, South Asia, and Latin America. Today, it works to serve the 2.2 billion people without safe water and 3.5 billion without access to a safe toilet.

Water.org tackles the root causes of the global water and sanitation crisis, driving large-scale, sustainable solutions. In India, it has empowered over 28 million people with access to safe water or sanitation through its innovative WaterCredit program. By partnering with microfinance institutions, self-help groups, government missions, banks, social enterprises, and the Government of India, Water.org mobilizes resources and shares knowledge to expand affordable access to safe water and sanitation for families living in poverty. 

For more information please visit, https://water.org/.

JOB DESCRIPTION/ RESPONSIBILITIES:

Reporting to the Portfolio Lead/Manager, the Partnership Associate (PA) will act as a key individual contributor, providing data-driven insights and coordinating multiple priorities across the region’s business lines. The PA will support business objectives and ensure consistent delivery to account or portfolio priorities through research, analysis, business support, or account administration.

Key Responsibilities:

Job Specific Accountabilities:

Account Operations Support and Analysis

• Provide project coordination and day-to-day support within the region’s business line operations, ranging from managing internal communications, events, and meetings relevant to the effective functioning of the business lines;
• Coordinate comprehensive analysis, reports and presentations of partner account plans and progress against milestones and targets, for use in partnership/business reviews, monthly operating reviews, and other senior management meetings.

Business Development Support

• Support business development efforts, helping to build data-driven insights and collateral that provide a commercial perspective and strategic positioning of Water.org’s unique value to current and prospective partners;
• Coordinate efforts between Regional Business, Insights and Award Management functions to support philanthropic revenue generation and impactful storytelling.

Account Management Support

Support day-to-day account management support for allocated partnerships which includes the following responsibilities:

• Coordination of partner workplan management and updates;
• Preparation of partner payments, agreement documentation, invoices, field monitoring planning, partner visits, etc.;
• Creation of meeting packs, reports, or other related documentation in preparation for partner meetings;
• Backstopping Senior/Partnership Account Managers.

Department Accountabilities:

• Impact Strategy Leadership and Execution 
• Portfolio and Account Management 
• Business Development 
• Business Metrics and Data Insights 
• Pre-Award and Post Award Administration 
• Project Management 
• Risk Identification 
• Advisory and Consulting Services

REFERENCE: PA-WO-BA

Gross compensation offered for the position is attractive. The offer made to the selected candidate shall be commensurate with qualifications, experience, and salary history.