Senior Manager, Fundraising & Proposal Development, Ultra-Poor Graduation Programme
Job Description
Title: Senior Manager, Fundraising & Proposal Development, Ultra-Poor Graduation Programme
Company Name: BRAC
Vacancy: Not specific
Job Location: Dhaka
Employment Status: Full-time
Educational Requirements:
∎ Graduation from any background.
Experience Requirements:
∎ At least 4 year(s)
Job Context:
∎ BRAC`s Ultra-Poor Graduation (UPG) programme in Bangladesh, formerly known as Targeting the Ultra Poor (TUP) programme, is recognised worldwide as the pioneer of the Graduation approach and acclaimed for its innovative and holistic solution to ultra poverty. This approach aim to enable ultra-poor households to achieve key milestones towards sustainable livelihoods and socioeconomic resilience, in order to progress along a pathway out of extreme poverty. Since it began in 2002 to December 2018, the programme has served more than 1.9 million ultra-poor households in Bangladesh and also implementing this approach globally in different context. Currently the programme is running its operation in 44 districts across Bangladesh with a large workforce of more than 2700. We are looking for a "Senior Manager, Fundraising & Proposal Development" who will be closely engaged with fundraising effort of the programme and manage existing donor and strategic partner relations to mobilise resources.
∎ Job Location: BRAC Head Office
Job Responsibilities:
∎ Work collaboratively with wider funding team to help identify and plan strategies to position UPG programme with potential partners and donors
∎ Proactively seek new funding opportunities from both public and private sector and engage in donor relationship management
∎ Develop concept note and funding proposals independently and support joint proposal development initiative through coordination with different programmes, such as PRL, BRAC International and other development programmes of BRAC.
∎ Identify, collate and share good practice and learning around donor requirements and agreed programme portfolio
∎ Conduct continuous environmental scan and provide donor intelligence (thematic orientations, modalities of engagement, entry points, forecasts etc.) to the senior management to increase probability of attracting funds.
∎ Participate in the bidding process for fund raising as per needs.
∎ Support global and regional efforts to develop programmatic, fundraising, communications and other strategies as needed.
∎ Support programme to conduct and initiate graduation related studies for programme development, identify the potential gaps, and optimum utilization of resources through enriching existing intervention
∎ Represent BRAC and UPG programme at various internal and external forums as and when required.
Additional Requirements:
∎ Minimum 4 years experience to work with major donors/ funders with a good understanding of what motivates these donors. Exceptional writing skills and a proven track record of producing high quality written materials or writing successful fundraising proposals or reports.
∎ Ability to work across cultures, with external stakeholders, international colleagues, etc.
∎ Experience of working in programming or service design, or a strong interest in developing skills in this area.
∎ Collaborate and coordinate with different stakeholders in case of integrated project proposal.
Salary: Negotiable
Compensation & Other Benefits:
∎ Festival Bonus, Contributory Compulsory Provident Fund, Gratuity, Health and life Insurance and others as per organisation policy
Application Deadline: October 6, 2019
Company Information:
∎ BRAC
Category: NGO/Development
