Strategic Partnership Development Officer
- No. of Openings 1
- Category NGO/INGO/Social/Develop.Projects
- Location 26
Working Days: 5 days a week (Mon-Friday, 9am to 5pm), flexible within COVID pandemic period.
Contract: Long Term
Location: Maharajgunj, Kathmandu (Central Office). See www.swnepal.com.np for detailed location.
Reporting to: Business Development Lead (BDL) and CEO
We are seeking a dynamic individual to join our team as a Strategic Partnership Development Officer (SPDO). As an aspirant for this position, you will be responsible for partnership development with international organisations (Bilateral Donors such as DFID/FCDO, USAID, SDC, etc; World Bank, ADB, AIIB, etc, International consulting organisations, INGOs, etc), design and develop partnership materials, marketing tools and proposals development. This role involves national and international portal-based market research, pre-positioning and strategic priority setting, etc.
You will connect with key development partners in Nepal to apprise them of the firm's strengths and capabilities.As an SPDO, you will engage in meeting with potential funding agencies, clients, and consulting partners at the international and national levels and explore new partnerships. Internally, you will prepare well inside the organization to demonstrate our unique competencies. You will support in updating the content for the company website and social media to reflect the firm's strengths and ongoing projects.
Skills Required
- Master Degree in Management, Social Science, International Development and other business development related advanced degrees from reputed institutions.
- Around 5 years of experience in strategic partnership development, the development business, and have an excellent understanding of the development sector.
- Ability to organize and plan well and establish priorities, meet deadlines and initiate and implement activities with minimal oversight and supervision
- Excellent communicator in both English and Nepali languages
- Possess strong report writing skills.
Other considerations:
- Good understanding of the Nepali and international development sector
- Available for interview, week commencing 31st July 2021 (video conference if necessary)
About Company
SW Nepal Pvt Ltd (Scott Wilson Nepal) is a Nepali firm registered with the government of Nepal in 2000. Its 50 plus team members cover areas of shelter, public buildings and Community Infrastructure Development and associated livelihoods and social development.
The firm has an in-house robust Monitoring, Evaluation, and Learning (MEL) Unit that provides participatory field surveys, evaluations and assessments of a range of social, gender and livelihoods based projects.
