Business Analyst | Swisscontact Bangladesh

Apply Online

Position: Business Analyst (Consultant) -BIDA

Responsibilities & Context

Swisscontact is applications from skilled development professionals to provide their expertise into an exciting new journey with PRABRIDDHI as a Business Analyst (Consultant) for Bangladesh Investment Development Authority (BIDA). People are at the core of what we do; we take pride in creating an atmosphere of continuous learning coupled with a strong focus on a collaborative work environment.

About PRABRIDDHI

PRABRIDDHI is a Local Economic Development (LED) project, funded by the Governments of Bangladesh and Switzerland, co-implemented by the Local Government Division (LGD) and Swisscontact. The current phase of the project (September 2020 – December 2025) focuses on further developing the LED approach in the participating municipalities of Bangladesh, capacity building of the stakeholders and facilitators of LED and anchoring of the approach on national level. The project is being implemented in seven municipalities – Bhairab, Bogura, Cox’s Bazar, Dinajpur, Kushtia, Jashore, and Shibganj respectively.

Employment starts: March 2025

Contract duration: Initial contract until December 2025; based on performance, the contract can be extended.

Place of work: BIDA office, Dhaka, Bangladesh

Tasks

The tasks for which the Business Analyst will be responsible are listed as follows:

  • Conduct high-level analysis on the regulatory service delivery, (MCI indicators) of the growing municipalities.
  • Collaborate with BIDA to elicit, document, and analyze business requirements. Conduct interviews, workshops, and surveys to gain a deep understanding of project needs.
  • Use analytics and BI tools such as Excel, Tableau, Mixpanel to analyse, track KPIs, and identify trends/patterns in economic sectors to inform decision-making and optimize strategies.
  • Apply data analytics and BI tools to analyse and understand data generated from the MCI identify trends and patterns, conduct predictive analysis and track progress to support informed decision-making regarding business reforms.
  • Act as liaison person to PRARIDDHI’s Institutionalisation and Advocacy team.
  • Understand a problem from a business perspective, extract and analyse relevant data, and create an automated solution that would solve it.
  • Capture knowledge from the index using the data and work closely with the communications associate to develop knowledge products and showcase them on the virtual platforms (Website and social media)
  • Evaluate the effectiveness of the data generated by survey, capture learning and recommend necessary changes to finetune the methodology.
  • Regular checking with respective stakeholders to ensure adoption of the technical inputs to track the progress and provide necessary guidance.
  • Analyse and study investment and business-related policies to be in the forefront of ensuring proper technical or supervision support.
  • Maintain proper documentation, progress reports, and status updates, to keep BIDA and PRABRIDDHI informed.

Requirements

Education: Bachelor/Master’s degree in Statistics, Economics, Development economics, Business administration or any degree with exceptional ability in data analysis.

Experience: 3 to 5 years

Additional Requirements

  • 3-5 years of experience in data/business analysis within the development sector or local government bodies.
  • Common understanding of business index, legislative process, and government structure of Bangladesh including City Corporation or Municipalities.
  • Knowledge of current development policy trends and frameworks, especially Ease of Doing Business, local government strategies the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), etc.
  • Excellent computer literacy in MS Office (specifically Word, Excel, PowerPoint and Outlook), presentation, negotiation with government stakeholders.
  • Analytical writing capabilities, and sufficient skills in Microsoft PowerPoint.