Business Development Consultant - Bangladesh
Simprints
- Dhaka
- Contract
- Full-time
- Complete Landscape analysis of Health and other humanitarian projects in Bangladesh according to agreed scope and specification - July 2024
- Develop a plan to deepen and broaden Ministry of Health and Family Welfare partnership, present to Partnerships leadership for approval - July 2024
- Open partnership discussions with agreed priority Funders, implementing partners and other influencers - August 2024
- Identify, according to Simprints qualification criteria six qualified opportunities for Simprints deployment, with Funder interest identified, totalling £500k+ in Total Contract Value - September 2024
- Represent Simprints in ongoing presentations, negotiations and other meetings to progress those opportunities through to Proposal and Negotiation - Ongoing
- Identify opportunities for Simprints to respond to RFPs from eg USAID in teaming consortia with other partners, and secure teaming agreements - December 2024
- Maintain and grow a pipeline of further opportunities - December 2024
- Close one additional deployment contract ( value £100k+) and develop at least five further opportunities worth a minimum total of £500k at Proposal/Negotiation stage - December 2024
- Represent Simprints at relevant in-person meetings in Bangladesh - Ongoing
- Maintain meticulous and timely written records of meetings, conversations and activities - Ongoing
- Coordinate Simprints’ business development activities in Bangladesh, including liaison with MHFW representatives and Simprints team members.
- Establish and maintain relationships with key stakeholders at the Ministry of Health and other organisations where needed, including attending and setting up in-person meetings in the country, and being present at agreed Digital Health and other Tech4Dev events and meetings
- Attend meetings that can assist with identifying future funding/project opportunities in Bangladesh, e.g. observing the Country Coordinating Mechanism meetings for The Global Fund in Bangladesh.
- Have 5+ years of experience working with Government to set up digital infrastructure or digital solutions and be educated to at least undergraduate level.
- Proven experience in navigating bureaucracy and delivering programs.
- Have a working knowledge of digital health and/or international development and humanitarian work in Bangladesh.
- Have a solid grasp of the role of biometrics in support of unique ID management, verification of service delivery and real-time monitoring and evalaution.
- Able to work both as an effective team player and an individual contributor, in both online and offline environments.
- Able to hit-the-ground running to represent Simprints’ proposed solution in a concise and convincing manner.
- Be fluent in spoken and written English.
- Having a technical background will be highly desirable.
- We invite qualified candidates to submit a CV (no longer than 3 pages) along with a covering letter explaining your suitability for the role.
- Candidates must be Bangladesh nationals, based in Bangladesh.
- Applications will be reviewed on a rolling basis so please apply as soon as possible