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

Officer – Philanthropy & Private Sector Partnerships

Job Summary: 

ActionAid Bangladesh Programme and Partnership Development Unit within the Resource Mobilization 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 Officer – Philanthropy & Private Sector Partnerships is to support 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 report to the Manager – Philanthropy & Private Sector Partnerships and help deliver the fundraising strategy and action plan.

The incumbent is expected to extensively support account management of individual donors, and the engagement of prospective major supporters for ActionAid Bangladesh. The role will also support with the coordination of Philanthropy and Private Sector engagement events throughout the year, working closely with other account managers in the Programme and Partnership Development (PPD), Child Sponsorship, Programme, Policy & Campaign (PPC) teams. The role requires sufficient knowledge and understanding of local fundraising, supporter servicing, fundraising campaigns, fundraising communication products, digital marketing, and proposal development.

Key responsibilities include (not limited to):

Fundraising 

• Regular scoping of possible call for proposals from major trust and foundations and mapping of potential private sector funding and technical partnership opportunities.
• Identifying and maintaining a smart and comprehensive database of AAB supporters and potential individual donors for strategic priority areas, including child sponsorship and special projects such as Happy Home and Global Platform.
• Work alongside colleagues in needs assessment, proposal development, Go/No analysis, due diligence screening and technical support to problem analysis, logical framework development, risk assessment, and stakeholder analysis.
• Support in the production and dissemination of AAB positioning content, capacity statements, project and management reports, newsletters, fundraising products, updates, and other materials as per fundraising communication plan for supporter servicing.
• Assist in the coordination of fundraising events and campaigns, both physical and virtual.

Account management

• Support the day-to-day relationship management of AAB’s fundraising partnerships with corporates, individual donors, trusts and foundations and in grant management with colleagues in relevant departments/functions.
• Working with PPC, Operations, MEAL, Child Sponsorship and Finance colleagues to draft partnership contracts, ensure timely reporting and donor compliance.
• Participate in monitoring of project performance to ensure aid effectiveness, quality, and enhanced accountability.
• Ensure regular update of ActionAid CMS with new and ongoing projects; develop grant, project and delivery pages and ensure all processes are completed for Funding Source Code requests as and when required.

Information Management

• Maintain philanthropy and private sector partnerships pipeline and dashboard to feed into fundraising performance report.
• Participate in relevant internal forums and platforms such as Core Programme Development Community of Practice (CPD CoP) and support the incubation of innovative ideas, sharing of best practices and lessons learned.
• Maintain accurate and up to date income forecasts and tracker and reporting calendar working with the Manager to identify and address deviations as needed.
• Support the capacity building and assessment of LRP partners to be aligned with philanthropy and private sector partnership requirements.

Relationships

• S/he will report to Manager - Philanthropy & Private Sector Partnerships of ActionAid Bangladesh. S/he has to maintain functional relationship with his/her peers in the team, strategic and organisational priority team and project management team.

Required Educational Qualification and Experiences

Education

• Minimum Bachelor’s degree in social sciences, international relations/affairs, development studies, humanities, human rights, political science or other relevant discipline or relevant experience.

Experience

• Minimum of 3 years’ experience with an NGO in a programme funding and partnership development role.  
• Experience of developing proposals and/or tender bids to private corporations, trusts and foundations, high net worth individuals (HNWI), Middle & Affluent Class (MAC) and mass fundraising campaign.

Required Competencies

• Sufficient understanding of logical framework, theory of change, budgeting, reporting and needs assessment.
• Sufficient understanding of corporate strategies – both commercial and CSR – to develop stronger relationships and alignment with AAB, and to cultivate partnership opportunities.
• Excellent interpersonal, communication and negotiation skills to work effectively in a multi-cultural environment.
• Ability to prioritize own workload and work with minimal supervision.
• Ability to work with multiple teams in a diverse environment
• Excellent Bengali and English language skills (written, reading, and spoken).
• Excellent writing, reasoning, and analytical skills.
• Working thematic knowledge on any of the following themes: women’s rights and gender equality, humanitarian response, disaster risk reduction, resilience, governance, youth development, policy and campaigns.
• Knowledge of Human Rights Based Approach (HRBA)

Application instructions

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

• The last date of application is Saturday 18 September 2021. 
• Please Click Here to submit your application.

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ActionAid Bangladesh aims to attract and select a diverse workforce, ensuring equal opportunity for 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 non-negotiable policy of ZERO TOLERANCE towards Sexual Harassment, Exploitation and Abuse (SHEA), Child Protection Policy and other relevant safeguarding policies and expects all employees to abide by the Safeguarding Policies and Code of Conduct of ActionAid Bangladesh. 

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