Plan International is an independent development and humanitarian organization that advances childrenโs rights and equality for girls. Plan International envisages a world in which all children and young people realise their full potential, a vision now shared by the 193 Heads of State and Government who adopted the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development in September 2015. Our core values bind us together and hold us to high standards for how we expect ourselves and those we work with to behave. They are our guiding principles to the way we work and help us to understand how to put our organisational purpose-Advancing Childrenโs Rights and Equality for Girls into practice.
Our organisation is transforming itself to meet the enormous challenge everywhere that we work. We need bold, forward-thinking and innovative individuals in our team, driving change and delivering results that will allow us to reach our target of 100 million girls. With this backdrop, Plan International Bangladesh (PIB) has set the vision for 2030 as, โWe will partner to empower girls and young women, to be heard, to live without fear of violence and to achieve their rightsโ. This change will enable us to deliver successfully on our global ambitions and significantly impact childrenโs rights and gender equality in Bangladesh.
The Role:
Head of Business Development & Resource Mobilization will lead on mobilizing resources and new business development in the country by building strategic relationships with donors and partners, actively tracking and analyzing country pipelines and portfolios including linkages to broader regional initiatives, capture planning for key must win in-country opportunities, and for ensuring that well-coordinated and competitive proposal management processes are used to achieve Plan International Bangladeshโs Vision 2030.
The role will actively seek to grow the countryโs funding base through various strategic initiatives and effective interdepartmental coordination. This includes improving insights of country pipelines and new opportunities, linking them with broader regional initiatives; in collaboration with DPDL, leading on donor engagement planning and opportunity tracking, developing and reviewing strategic approaches to fundraising, enhancing capture planning, and delivering high quality, competitive proposals that contribute to the Country Strategic Plan.
Head of Business Development & Resource Mobilization will guide the business development specialists in positioning, capture planning, and lead proposal development. S/He will also work support the Grants Finance and Compliance advisor to ensure all grants compliance in managed effectively and efficiently. In addition to displaying a high level of competency in business development and team working, s/he should demonstrate an aptitude for strategic thinking, data and trend analysis and process improvement and grants and compliance.
What weโre looking for:
We need a self-motivated and energetic development professional with a relevant Masters' Degree or equivalent professional experience. Someone who has a minimum of 8 years business development experience with minimum 5 years in managerial role and minimum 4 years of managing a team in International development organization. Must have concrete successful track record of winning minimum 15-25 million USD proposals. Needs to have excellent English writing/editing skills, budget review/development skills and presentation/communication skills along with experience in leading development of large-scale and strategic proposals, including the development of multi-million-dollar project budgets. Must have good interpersonal skills with the ability to communicate and negotiate clearly and effectively at all levels, taking into account cultural and language diversity. S/he should have highly developed cultural awareness and ability to work well in an international environment with people from diverse backgrounds/cultures and have experience of solving complex issues through analysis, definition of a clear way forward. Also have ability to present complex information in a succinct and compelling manner. Finally, strong commitment to Plan International values.
To know more about this position go to this link: Head of Business Development & Resource Mobilization
Location: Bangladesh Country Office (with 40% travel)
Duration: Two years
Application Closing Date: 06 December 2023
Plan International Bangladesh is committed to ending gender inequality, and achieving a gender balanced workforce. Equality, diversity and inclusion is at the very heart of everything that we stand for. Only short-listed candidates shall be contacted. Any prior communication or persuasion may lead to disqualification of the candidacy.
A range of pre-employment checks and anti-terrorism screening will be undertaken in conformity with Plan International's Safeguarding Children and Programme Participants policy. Plan International also participates in the Inter Agency Misconduct Disclosure Scheme. In line with this scheme we will request information from applicants previous employers about any findings of sexual exploitation, sexual abuse and/or sexual harassment during employment, or incidents under investigation when the applicant left employment. By submitting an application, the job applicant confirms their understanding of these recruitment procedures.
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Plan follows an equal opportunity policy and actively encourages diversity welcoming applications from all especially women and people living with disability.
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