Strategic Partnerships Officer

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1 Creating opportunities for the world s poor Strategic Partnerships Officer Candidate Pack November 2017 Contact us 19 Wootton Street, London, SE1 8TG info@bracuk.net +44(0)

2 About BRAC BRAC is committed to creating opportunities for people living in poverty. BRAC was founded in Bangladesh in 1972 by Sir Fazle Hasan Abed, and today is a global leader in developing cost-effective, evidence-based poverty innovations in extremely poor, conflict-prone and post-disaster settings. These include programmes in education, healthcare, microfinance, girls empowerment, agriculture, human and legal rights, social enterprises, a bank, a university, and the world s largest mobile money platform. In 2016, BRAC employed more than 100,000 people in 11 countries, with a total global expenditure of about $900 million. BRAC is also unique among the world s major non-profits in that its overall budget is majority self-financed. In Bangladesh, where BRAC was founded and is the location of its global headquarters, BRAC financed 76% of its $682 million average annual national budget from 2011 to 2015 from its own socially-responsible businesses. In January 2017 BRAC was ranked as the number one NGO in the world for the second consecutive year by the Geneva-based NGO Advisor, an independent media organisation committed to highlighting innovation, impact and governance in the non-profit sector. Pragmatic, adaptive, BRAC can now play any game, whether using for-profit or non-profit approaches, to face and challenge systems of inequity, said NGO Advisor in its review of BRAC. BRAC ticks every box this year, with extra scoring for the clarity of its five-year strategic vision and its willingness to expand its international outreach Today, BRAC is more than a reference; it is leading the non-profit world toward its next degree of efficiency and leverage said NGO Advisor Editor-in-Chief Jean-Christophe Nothias. About BRAC UK BRAC UK works to raise resources for BRAC s programmes in Africa and Asia, raise awareness about BRAC across Europe and develop partnerships with local and global organisations, donor agencies, academic and research institutions and governments. Between 2015 and 2020 BRAC UK aims to bring BRAC s life-changing services to 10 million people. We are well on our way. We are concentrating our efforts on three priorities; education and empowerment, equitable economic development and access to health and water, sanitation and hygiene services. A small team of eleven staff, based in London work closely with our central office in Bangladesh and country programme staff to develop projects and funding proposals for a range of donors, including DFID, EuropeAid, corporates, trusts, foundations and individuals. The BRAC UK team also manage and support the accountability element of the grants received. BRAC UK has a target of raising 50m by 2020 through funding direct to BRAC UK and also supporting other BRAC entities to fundraise. BRAC UK s Strategic Partnerships team is responsible for building partnerships with the private sector (large Trusts/Foundations and Corporates) across the UK, Europe and the Middle East to co-create solutions and manage projects across all of our programmes that 2

3 are in line with BRAC s vision and mission. We seek to work with those who have a shared value approach and have sustainability as a part of their core values. We also develop relationships amongst private sector stakeholders beyond raising resources; we provide thought leadership on BRAC s unique financial models and create networks to tackle global challenges in light of the SDGs. The Strategic Partnerships Officer will strengthen the work of the growing Strategic Partnerships team in creating and managing partnerships and ideas as the pipeline of opportunities increases. BRAC UK has a great opportunity for a Strategic Partnerships Officer who is keen to learn in a varied and challenging role for a unique and successful development organisation. Job Description Job Title: Reports to: Location: Salary: Strategic Partnerships Officer Strategic Partnerships Manager Southwark, London 30,000 per annum Key relationships: Internally - Strategic Partnerships Manager, Programmes Team, Finance and Resources Manager, BRAC family Externally - Private sector partners new and existing Main Purpose The post-holder will work as part of a small team reporting to the Strategic Partnership Manager. The role seeks to support on the end-to-end management of small-mid size corporate/trusts/foundations accounts, from undertaking donor research and database management, proposal development to maintenance of the project through timely grant management and reporting. You will be joining the team at an exciting period as we drive the growth of European and Middle Eastern partnerships to support BRAC s clients globally. The ideal candidate will have a key interest and understanding of the international development landscape and how the private sector can be best leveraged, and the ability to work across multiple sectors (i.e. health, education etc). The candidate will have proven experience writing or taking part in the design of a project, developing budgets and supporting its implementation. The candidate should also have the ability to network and convey BRAC s model to various audiences. You will play a pivotal role in ensuring BRAC achieves this. We look forward to receiving your application. Key Responsibilities Administrative/Office 3

4 Prospect research and initiating contact for small to medium foundations across Europe and Middle East Use Salesforce to maintain up-to-date records of funding opportunities and partnership contacts for existing and new private sector stakeholders Ensure that the research compiled is appropriately filed for future use. Use Excel to create necessary reports and databases Assist in meetings by developing detailed minutes Partnership Management To contribute to the delivery of agreed annual and three-year income targets from private sector donors, in line with BRAC UK s organisational strategy To contribute to the creation of high quality, proposals and budgets for projects particularly those that are bespoke to the private sector partner and collate all necessary information required. To maintain regular oversight of project implementation travel may be required To liaise with the BRAC UK programmes team, BRAC UK finance team and incountry technical experts to collect and collate information for the preparation of donor reports as required by contract agreements, and draft quality reports. Provide high quality and timely account management for smaller accounts. Partnership Communication To collect case studies and information about relevant private sector projects that BRAC UK is involved in and to document for use on the website or in other media. This will be in collaboration with the Communications team. To support on the organisation of events for the Strategic Partnerships team and BRAC UK Other responsibilities To keep abreast of changes in the development and environment, especially with regards to the private sector and to brief the team on relevant news and changes. To undertake other activities that lie within the remit of this role, as directed by the Strategic Partnership Manager. 4

5 Person Specification Essential Qualification Undergraduate Degree in international development or economics/business/finance. Skills Proven research and analytical skills Excellent verbal and written communication skills Strong ICT experience, especially with databases (Salesforce, CRM, Excel, etc.) Strong proposal and report writing skills Strong budget development/business modelling skills Strong organisational and administrative skills, able to operate efficiently and reliably without additional administrative support Experience Experience with a global development organisation/social enterprise/ impact investment organisation. Strong understanding of global development landscape and private sector value-add Desirable Undergraduate Degree in international development or economics/business/fina nce Languages: French, Spanish, Arabic preferred Experience living and working/volunteering in a developing country Work/volunteer experience with a global development organisation/social enterprise/impact investment organisation Experience working for a corporate or foundation engaging in international development / philanthropy Qualities Able to use initiative to solve problems Self-motivated and target-driven Able to work in a timely manner Able to keep track of and manage a range of parallel tasks A good team player 5

6 Equal Opportunity Policy BRAC UK has an equal opportunity policy and implements a programme of positive action to make this policy fully effective by ensuring that no job applicant or employee receives less favourable treatment on the grounds of age, colour, culture, disability, ethnicity, gender, HIV status, marital status, nationality, religion or sexual orientation. The principle applies to recruitment, pay, terms and conditions of employment, promotion, training, career opportunities and service delivery. Terms This is a permanent full-time post subject to funding based on a 35 hour week (plus one hour for lunch). The employee handbook guide details other terms and conditions of employment. Salary and pension The salary for this post is 30,000 pa. Salary increases are considered annually although the organisation is under no obligation to increase salaries year on year. New employees are eligible to join the NEST pension scheme to which the company makes a matched contribution of up to 4 per cent of salary per annum, on completion of their probationary period. Holidays Leave entitlement is at the rate of 25 days per annum in addition to the statutory holidays. Location This post will be located at BRAC UK office in Southwark. Our office is a short walk from Waterloo Station. Next steps Candidates must have existing eligibility to work in the UK and this will be verified prior to interview. Please do not apply unless you can demonstrate this eligibility. Send your CV and a covering letter outlining how you meet the requirements of the role in no more than 2 pages to recruitment@bracuk.net (mark Strategic Partnerships Officer in the subject line). Please note only shortlisted candidates will be contacted. If you have not heard from us within 3 weeks of submitting your application then you have not been selected. Closing date Tuesday December 5th 2017, however suitable applicants may be contacted and interviewed during the application period. 6

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