About the Capacity Development Programme
IIHS Capacity Development is an education and capacity building programme for urban
practitioners spanning disciplines and levels in public, private, academic and civil society
sectors. IIHS believes that a city’s transformation rests largely on the collective endeavours of
practitioners who confront challenges through an informed, reflexive and creative manner.

Through a portfolio of customised and open enrolment capacity development programmes
and projects, the Capacity Development team offers institutions and practitioners current
frameworks of knowledge, backed by a cohesive package of skills. Our portfolio spans sectors,
disciplines and scales of practice and seeks to intervene at three levels:
Strategic perspectives and orientation of the practitioner to urban challenges;
Knowledge frameworks employed to appraise such challenges;
Execution skills to tackle them effectively and sustainably.

Job Description
The specialist shall support the IIHS Capacity Development (CD) mission of business




expansion by identifying relevant tender opportunities, coordinating bid submission, and
facilitating end-to-end proposal development. This role requires the candidate to collaborate
closely with Finance, Legal, Procurement, and other Programme teams, besides the Capacity
Development team, to ensure timely, compliant, and competitive submissions for multilateral
and bilateral institutions, government, and other institutional tender opportunities.

This will be a contractual position for an initial term of 11 months, renewable on mutual
consent.

Activities and Tasks
Responsibilities would include, but not be limited to, the following:
Opportunity identification:
Closely watching and monitoring the Government e-Marketplace (GeM) portal and other state government procurement portals, as well as those of developmental agencies, CSR, and multilateral agencies;
Aligning with institutional strategies and identifying Requests for Proposals (RFPs

📌 Tender Identification and Facilitation Specialist — Capacity Development Programme (Bengaluru)
🏢 Indian Institute for Human Settlements
📍 Bengaluru