BRAC is a large non-profit development organisation of Bangladesh established in 1972. With over 100,000 employees, BRAC touches the lives of an estimated 138 million people. We currently operate in 11 countries across Asia and Africa. We were ranked as the world's top NGO by The Global Journal in 2017 and placed in the top 3 for the last 5 years in a row. We were also ranked as the top international charity in the UK in 2016.

Programme Manager, Community Empowerment Programme

Job Description/Responsibility:

• Develop fundraising strategies for successful engagement with donors and corporate sector. Research potential donors to gain insight into needs, beliefs and donation habits to understand how to position BRAC to the donors
  
• Liaise and be in constant contact with donors to build relationships and explore for funding opportunities. Create and maintain database of donors along with their interest areas for potential funding opportunities
  
• Identify fund raising opportunities such as announced call for proposals (CFP/RFP), request for submission of EOIs, etc. from different bilateral and multilateral donors and other funding organizations. Take lead in completing internal preparation to respond to calls
  
• Respond to identified fund raising opportunities by developing project concept notes, technical and financial proposals, etc. as per requirement of the funding organizations and ensuring submission within due time
  
• Leverage technology and social media where possible to initiate and improve fundraising activities in collaboration with internal communications and as required within the organization
  
• Lead the development of strategic plan, theory of change, log frame and budget for CEP
  
• Take initiatives to capture and document programme outcomes, lessons learned and good practices of all CEP components through study/research/field visit and disseminate internally and externally. Conduct issue based researches as required and agreed upon in collaboration with M&E Unit
  
• Explore opportunities with relevant research related stakeholders like RED and external researchers as Study/ Research Point Person
  
• Provide oversight and conceptual clarity for managing new initiatives and pilot projects. Review progress report of pilot initiatives and provide feedback to implementation team to ensure objectivity. Collaborate with M&E team to ensure learning is captured for future scale up
  
• Will Coordinate Programme Development and fund raising of CEP, IDP & GJD including quality assurance

Educational Requirements:
MDS/ MSS preferably in Gender Studies/ Sociology/ Anthropology/ Development Studies/ political Science/ Economics/ Social Science/ Economics/ Social Welfare from any recognised university with minimum second class/ division or equivalent GPA/ CGPA 2.00 in all academic examinations. Any professional degree relating to development sector is preferable

Experience Requirements:
At least 5 years working experiences with strong skills and capacity in project/ programme planning and management. Additionally must have at least 3 years of experience in donor liaison, fund raising from diversified donors

Additional Job Requirements:

• Enough knowledge on development theories in general and practices by NGOs and other development agencies especially on violence against women, empowerment, local governance and environment issues
  
• Have knowledge on contemporary donors and their funding interests
  
• Have knowledge on project planning and implementation including skills of budget preparation
  
• Knowledge on management leadership in general and capacity building issues in specific and knowledge management in theory and practice
  
• Skills on Qualitative and Quantitative Research Methodology
  
• Skills on leadership, excellent interpersonal and communication (both in Bangla & English), analytical ability, multitasking, time management, facilitation, presentation & Report writing
  
• Have competency on adaptability, teamwork, relation building and change management

Salary Range: Negotiable

Other Benefits: Festival Bonus, Contributory Compulsory Provident Fund, Gratuity, Health and life Insurance as per organizational policy

Job location: BRAC Head Office

Application deadline: 03 March 2018

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