BRAC International is a leading nonprofit organisation with a mission to empower people and communities in situations of poverty, illiteracy, disease, and social injustice. Our approach is grounded in the conviction that people living in vulnerable situations can be agents of change if they are empowered with the tools, skills, and hope they need to change their lives. We design proven, scalable solutions that equip people with the support and confidence they need to achieve their potential. BRAC’s institutional expertise on successfully implemented programmes is applied across 10 countries, touching the lives of over 130 million people, where our models are adapted according to the country’s context.
BRAC International Holdings B.V. (BIHBV) is a socially responsible for-profit organisation engaging people in sustainable economic and income-generating activities. The core focus of BIHBV is to provide microfinance services to people living in poverty to build financial resilience, contribute to women’s economic empowerment and improve the quality of life in the communities it serves. BRAC first expanded its microfinance operations internationally in 2002 and now operates in six countries across Asia and Africa, serving more than 650,000 clients, 96% of whom are women.
Searches for new funding opportunity through donor websites and donor engagement meetings.
• Reviews the funding opportunities and checks alignment with country strategy, organizational policies, program priorities, country capacity etc.
• Gathers information on country situation and becomes familiar with the requirements and guidelines of various funders.
• Establishes possible partnership and consortium with different organizations, agencies.
• Writes concept notes/proposals for different programs in consultation with program teams BI HO / GRM.
• Ensures all actions are completed at the end of a proposal development process.
• Builds relationships with representatives of potential donors
• Communicates regularly with program and field staff as well as other departments on ongoing and planned program
• Represents the organization at meetings, conferences, and workshops
• Undertakes all other duties and projects as may be assigned from time to time.
Safeguarding:
● Ensure the safety of team members from any harm, abuse, neglect, harassment and exploitation to achieve the programme’s goals on safeguarding implementation. Act as a key source of support, guidance and expertise on safeguarding for establishing a safe working environment.
● Practice, promote and endorse the issues of safeguarding policy among team members and ensure the implementation of safeguarding standards in every course of action.
● Follow the safeguarding reporting procedure in case any reportable incident takes place, encourage others to do so.
Masters in International Relations/Development/ Anthropology/Social Science or relevant subject
● At least 5 years’ experience in relevant field.
● Proposal/report writing training certificate, donor project proposal format (documents) related training
● Availability of information on time
● Managing coordination and communication channel between multiple stakeholders
● Proposal writing/ report writing within a short time
● Donor requirement understanding/conceptual skills,
● Strong English written skill,
● Familiar with the development & Humanitarian needs in Afghanistan.
● Coordination (information gathering & analysis) &
● Presentation ability.
If you feel you are the right candidate for this position, please follow the application instructions accordingly:
Candidates should email their CV/Resume and a cover letter to recruitment.bi@brac.net
Please mention the name of the position and AD# BI 40/23 in the subject bar.
Only complete applications will be accepted and short-listed candidates will be contacted.
Application deadline: 23 August 2023
BRAC is committed to safeguarding children, young people and vulnerable adults, and expects all employees and volunteers to share the same commitment. We believe every stakeholder and every member of the communities we work with has the right to be protected from all forms of harm, abuse, neglect, harassment, and exploitation - regardless of age, race, religion, and gender, status as an individual with a disability or ethnic origin. Therefore, our recruitment process includes extensive reference and background checks, self-disclosure of prior issues regarding sexual or other misconduct and criminal records and our values are the part of our Performance Management System.
BRAC is an equal opportunities employer
recruitment.bi@brac.net