Business Development Manager
- No. of Openings 1
- Category NGO/INGO/Social/Develop.Projects
- Location 26
About the role
We are looking for a competent Business Development Manager to manage overall areas of business development to achieve Practical Action's change ambitions and business growth in Nepal. The Business Development Manager shall report to the Head of Business Development and Programme Quality Unit. S/he will support to oversee areas of donor intelligence, project design, proposal development, fundraising, donor reporting and strengthen organisational profile.
About you
You have willingness and enthusiasm to work in challenging and difficult situations. You have knowledge of international development scenarios and a good understanding of current donor trends and their implications on business development. You have experience of interpreting donor policies and guidelines and producing and/or making recommendations for producing high quality proposals and reports.
Why join us?
The opportunity to work for an organisation that is making a positive difference to the lives of people worldwide, a friendly and supportive culture, working with values driven and highly engaged colleagues, work life balance and flexible working – these are just some of the reasons we think Practical Action is a great place to work.
In addition, we offer the following benefits:
- Annual holiday entitlement is 18 days in addition to public holidays
- Medical insurance for staff and dependent as per Labor laws in Nepal
- Group life and personal accident of staff as per Labor laws in Nepal
- Agile working arrangements
- Baby care room, flexible lactating hours for new mothers and appropriate arrangement for childminders
Additional information
We treat all applications for employment fairly regardless of gender, race, religion, ethnicity, nationality, caste, tribe, belief, age, marital status, pregnancy, caring responsibilities, sexual orientation, or disability.
Practical Action is committed to safeguarding and protecting children and vulnerable adults and as such candidates will be subject to pre-employment checks including criminal checks and terrorist financing.
To ensure that Practical Action meets its obligations of safer recruitment, appointment to posts within Practical Action will be subject to a satisfactory criminal check. Criminal checks will be conducted for all roles.
The successful applicant must already have the right to both live and work in Nepal and should be willing and able to travel.
About Company
Practical Action is an INGO which aims to reduce poverty through wider use of apropriate technologies in developing countries. It works in more than 45 countries through its offices in Bangladesh, Bolivia, India, Kenya, Nepal, Peru, Rwanda, Sri Lanka, Sudan and Zimbabwe. The guiding principles of Practical Action South Asia Regional Office are technology justice, innovation and scaling up. It is committed to poverty alleviation in Nepal by providing appropriate technology in a sustainable way by bringing sound technical knowledge and global experience to the field of appropriate technology development.