Reporting To: Chief Executive Officer
Start Date: Immediately
Location: Dhaka-based; frequent travel within Bangladesh, with occasional international travel
Employment Type: Full-time, Paid
Application Deadline: Rolling
Teach For Bangladesh (TFB) is building a movement of leaders committed to ensuring that every child in Bangladesh knows their inherent power and worth, and has the knowledge, skills, and opportunity to thrive.
Bangladesh has achieved near-universal primary enrolment and sustained gender parity in education. These are hard-won gains. But enrollment has not translated into learning. The National Student Assessment found that only half of Grade 5 students meet grade-level standards in Bangla, and fewer than one in three do so in Mathematics. This learning crisis is not evenly shared: children who are poor, rural, or marginalized by language, disability, or displacement face the steepest barriers. The education system, as it stands, too often reproduces the very inequities it should be dismantling.
TFB is working to change this reality. TFB was founded in 2012, registered as a not-for-profit Trust in Bangladesh and as a 501(c)3 in the United States. Since then, it has placed 659 Fellows in under-resourced schools across Dhaka, Chattogram, Cox’s Bazar, and Rangpur, directly supporting the learning and growth of over 125,000 children. TFB has built a growing alumni community of nearly 400 leaders now working across education, government, business, and civil society–carrying forward a shared commitment to equity and to the children and communities they serve.
Teach For Bangladesh is a partner of Teach For All, a global network of 60+ independent organizations around the world working to address educational inequity in their own country contexts, while sharing a commitment to a set of unifying principles.
TFB envisions a Bangladesh where all children know their inherent power and worth, and have the knowledge, skills, and agency to thrive–nurturing the wellbeing of themselves, their communities, and the planet. We see classrooms as spaces of love, safety, and joy, and a society where systems and institutions work together so that every child can learn, grow, and shape a just, sustainable future.
TFB’s approach is grounded in the belief that educational inequity is sustained by a complex system of interconnected causes, and that no single actor or intervention can dismantle it alone. What it requires is a critical mass of leaders–across schools, communities, institutions, and policy–who hold an unshakeable belief in every child’s potential and work collectively toward a shared vision of equity. TFB’s core program and primary vehicle to achieve its vision is its Fellowship program.
TFB seeks to inspire and attract champions and partners who genuinely resonate with its mission and theory of change. The Director, PDRM must understand this model deeply, and be able to articulate it–clearly and persuasively–to a wide range of audiences.nity for someone who understands and deeply connects with the purpose of our mission, is looking to grow their skills in strategic communication and relationship management, and is actively seeking deeper exposure to the broader local and international development sector while maximizing their impact in the lives of Bangladesh’s most underserved children.
Bangladesh’s funding landscape for education and social impact work is shifting. International development aid and philanthropic priorities are evolving, and competition for both foreign and domestic funding is intensifying. At the same time, a growing base of Bangladeshi high-net-worth individuals, an increasingly engaged diaspora, and a maturing local CSR sector represent significant, still-underdeveloped opportunities.
TFB enters this moment from a position of strength: a proven model, more than a decade of demonstrated impact, and a distinctive, clearly articulated theory of change that resonates with funders who share its conviction in every child’s potential. The task now is to translate that strength into a resilient, diversified funding base–built on multi-year partnerships rather than one-off grants, and drawing confidently on both foreign and domestic sources of support.
This is the opportunity at the center of the Director, PDRM role: to build, alongside the CEO, the fundraising engine that will sustain and scale TFB’s work for years to come.
The Director, Partnership Development & Resource Mobilization (PDRM) is TFB’s senior fundraising leader, working hand-in-hand with the CEO to build and execute a robust strategy for a diversified, multi-year funding base. The Director owns the fundraising pipeline and partnership ecosystem end-to-end–from strategy and prospecting through cultivation, acquisition, and stewardship–and interfaces frequently with TFB’s Boards, providing the visibility and analysis they need to make confident decisions about TFB’s financial future.
The role carries a few distinctive parameters:
Strategy & Multi-Year Pipeline
2. Diversify and Grow the Funding Base
3. Build and Lead a High-Performing Team
4. Champion-Building & Mission Storytelling
TFB is looking for a fundraising leader who combines deep conviction about TFB’s mission with the strategic rigor, relationships, and team-building instincts to grow a diversified, multi-year funding base.
Salary is competitive in the Bangladeshi context. Benefits include festival bonus (2 per year), medical insurance, 24 days of annual leave (accrued over a year), 8 days of sick leave, and opportunities for training and travel (see below). There is plenty of opportunity for professional development and mobility within the organization, as well as access to professional development through the global network Teach For All.
Please complete this Application Form thoroughly.
Please note that applications will be reviewed on a rolling basis, and only short-listed candidates will be contacted for interviews.