Job Summary
Published On : Nov 10, 2024
No. of Vacancies : 01
Job Type :
Full Time
Job Level :
Experience : At least 10 years
Location : Dhaka
Salary Range:
Tk. 528043 - 969027 (Monthly)
Application Deadline : Dec 4, 2024
Development Assistance Specialist (Front Office Senior Advisor), FSN - 13
USAID Bangladesh
No. of Vacancies
01
Job Description / Responsibility
- The Development Assistance Specialist (Front Office Senior Advisor) on Private Sector Engagement and Strategic Partnerships (“the PSE Senior Advisor'') is a member of the USAID/Bangladesh Front Office and reports directly to the Mission Director. The PSE Senior Advisor develops and leads the overall Mission Private Sector Engagement Strategy and Action Plan. The PSE Senior Advisor works closely with the Mission Director, Deputy Mission Director, Office Directors, and other members of the Senior Management Team (SMT) to advance the Agency’s and the USAID/Bangladesh private sector engagement policy by strengthening existing partnerships and creating new partnerships with the private sector to further USAID/Bangladesh’s development goals. The PSE Senior Advisor is a seasoned business development relationship manager and development finance professional with a strong understanding of Bangladesh’s private sector ecosystem and significant leadership, organizational, technical, writing/editing, and interpersonal skills. The PSE Senior Advisor also has a strong familiarity with a range of financing instruments. S/he has extensive experience building constructive relationships with key players in the business and philanthropic sectors. As the Front Office provides strategic direction for partnerships across the Mission, the incumbent works closely with the Office Directors and Deputy Directors in each of the technical teams and supporting offices to coordinate and represent USAID’s interests, and to find common ground with the private sector including domestic, international, and multinational corporations, impact investors, social entrepreneurs, financial institutions, think tanks, business associations, chambers of commerce, foundations and other philanthropic organizations, as well as with the Bangladeshi diaspora. The incumbent is responsible for mobilizing private sector stakeholders, leveraging private sector resources, coordinating with the private sector on Mission initiatives that may require private sector strategic focus, expertise, and capital to address
- development challenges in Bangladesh in concert with all technical teams in the Mission. S/he plays a leadership role in guiding the Mission’s dynamic portfolio to promote technical approaches that involve complex multi-stakeholder coordination, partnerships and alliances, innovative solutions to complex development problems, accessing various sources of financing, and in-kind collaboration to create new and innovative approaches that reach scale and maximum impact. To enable this, the incumbent must network extensively with potential and existing public and private sector partners to identify high-impact approaches and private enterprise driven solutions and align these initiatives with Mission activities. The purpose of the outreach is to identify high-impact partnerships to achieve Mission-wide development objectives and scale-up successful interventions to reach more beneficiaries on a financially/commercially sustainable basis.
- The incumbent serves in an advisory capacity on private sector engagement across the Mission’s five technical offices. The incumbent also leads and liaises on a regular basis with each technical team to ensure strategic collaboration and coordination. Further, through leading the Mission’s Private Sector Engagement Working Group and/or separate regular meetings, the incumbent will regularly report partnership progress and coordinate with other offices to improve the Mission’s strategic engagement with the private sector. The incumbent will prepare conference and other stakeholder events, prepare briefers, talking points, and all other administrative and communications materials related to private sector engagement for the Mission Director. This position is the Mission lead for engaging the private sector on the full range of activities that will enhance the Mission’s ability to develop strategic partnerships with a wide variety of public and private sector organizations to advance the Mission’s development goals. The PSE Senior Advisor coaches, guides, and mentors designated private sector focal persons of all technical and cross-cutting teams of the Mission. The job holder is required to perform significant work-related travel.
- Incumbent shall set in motion a rigorous strategy, plan, and standard operating procedures for identifying the diaspora and the in-country private sector, building and nurturing relationships, convincing them to partner/invest/contribute, and developing formal partnerships/MOUs. Realizing that the private sector, especially the diaspora, wants to work with USAID directly, rather than to only liaise with our contractors, the incumbent shall nurture private sector relationships and partnerships through regular meetings and direct in-house engagement with private sector entrepreneurs, owners, and corporate leadership.
Educational Requirements
- A Master's degree in the field of Economics; International Affairs/Relations; Business Administration; International Development; Public Administration/Policy; International Trade; International Finance; or a closely related subject is required.
Experience Requirements
- At least 10 years
- The applicants should have experience in the following business area(s):
- Development Agency
Additional Job Requirements
- At least 10 years of professional level experience in international development and/or private sector engagement covering strategic planning, program/project development and management, and building effective public-private partnerships and alliances.
- The incumbent will have significant experience (at least five to seven of the ten years) engaging with the private sector to foster and create effective partnerships.
- The incumbent must also have a high degree of technical, analytical, and quantitative skills in analysis of markets and policies in Bangladesh.
Location
Dhaka
Salary Range
Tk. 528043 - 969027 (Monthly)
Job Source
Bdjobs.com.bd Online Job Posting
Application Deadline : Dec 4, 2024
Company Information
Company Name:
USAID Bangladesh
Address: US Embassy, Baridhara, Dhaka
Business: The largest US agency in the US Embassy, Dhaka, Bangladesh.
