ActionAid Bangladesh is looking for suitable candidate for the following position:

Officer - Programme and Partnership Development (PPD)

Directorate                       :               Resource Mobilization 

Location of posting          :               Dhaka

Types of contract             :               Regular

Number of position         :               1 (one)

Salary and benefits          :              Monthly Gross Salary will be 60,264/- with other admissible benefits such as festival bonus, provident fund, gratuity, medical benefit, group life insurance etc.

Job Summary:

The role of the incumbent is to assist program and Policy campaign (PPC) Directorate to develop grant winning concept notes and project proposals. The person will provide support to and build linkages with programmatic areas of AAB, International Partnership Development (IPD) and institutional donors nationally and internationally. The position holder is also required to provide contract management support to ongoing projects and aid capacity development initiatives around fund raising and contract management.

Key responsibilities include (but not limited to):

 Fund Raising: 

•  Initiate and assist concept note and funding proposal development;
• Ensure the compliance of donor and AABs requirements in the concept note and funding proposal;
• Assist AAB priorities in needs assessments, problem analysis, logical framework development, risk assessment and stakeholder analysis
• Assist PPD team in developing fund-raising strategy, funding plan and donor scoping report 

Contract Management: 

• Identify/Collate reporting commitments (programmatic & financial) of ongoing projects and follow up with project managers before submission deadlines;
• Assist Project Manager to ensure donor requirements (as per project proposal and MoU) are met and all reports submitted to the donor are of ‘good’ quality. 
• Participate in monitoring of project for aid effectiveness and enhanced accountability.
• Prepare and Update Project Manager’s Toolkit to aid in project management
• Organize Project Manager’s Forum meeting

Database Management: 

• Preparation, regular Update and maintenance of the project information database and relevant information.
• Provide project related information and generate report for IPD, Board and SLT meeting.

Liaise with and provide support to and build linkages with programmatic areas of AAB, IPD and Donors:

•  Assist Program and Partnership Development (PPD) team to share plan and progress of routine activities
• Maintain working relation with AAB priorities
• Maintain working relationship with International Partnership development (IPD) unit of AA
• Maintain donor communications
• Attend all staff meetings.

Capacity Building of Partner Organizations: 

• Assist the development of Concept Note/Proposal writing manual
• Facilitate and organize training for AAB staff members and partner organizations

Relationships

S/he will report to Manager - Programme and Partnership Development of ActionAid Bangladesh.
S/he has to maintain functional relationship with her/ his peers in the team. S/he must be able to make effective communications with other programme and operational teams and Partner NGOs.

Required qualification and competencies

Education & Training

• University degree (Master’s Degree or equivalent) in Political Science, International Relations, Social science, Law, or other related field
• Extensive experience and training on Project development and Proposal writing
• Training on Grants management
• Training on Human rights-based approach
• Training on developing and managing web-based and offline data management system
• Training on Report writing and case study preparations

Experience

• Minimum 2 years of working experiences in development organizations in relevant field. Preferably worked in International NGO;

Other desirable skills 

• Knowledge on Child rights;
• Expertise in conducting training/workshops;
• Ability in Managing web-based data management system;
• Sound in basic computer operating system;
• Ideas on development issues;
• Willing to visit field frequently;
• Orientation Gender sensitivity;
• Hard working and ability to meet strict deadlines;
• Ability to work in a diverse team;

Application instructions

 Only those who meet the above requirements are requested to apply following these instructions:

•  Last date of application is 25 July 2020 (Saturday)
• Please click here to submit your application.

 ActionAid Bangladesh aims to attract and select a diverse workforce ensuring equal opportunity to everyone, irrespective of race, age, gender, sexual orientation, HIV status, class, ethnicity, disability, location ActionAid Bangladesh aims to attract and select a diverse workforce ensuring equal opportunity to everyone, irrespective of race, age, gender, sexual orientation, HIV status, class, ethnicity, disability, location and religion. Any personal persuasion/phone-call will result in disqualification of candidature.

 ActionAid Bangladesh has a nonnegotiable policy of ZERO TOLERANCE towards Sexual Harassment, Exploitation and Abuse (SHEA) and other Safeguarding concerns (including child abuse and adults at-risk abuse) and expects all employees to abide by the Safeguarding Policies and Code of Conduct of ActionAid Bangladesh.

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