Advisor - Construction and Infrastructure

Job Description

Title: Advisor - Construction and Infrastructure

Company Name: Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH

Vacancy: 4

Age: Na

Job Location: Dhaka

Salary: --

Experience: --

Published: 2026-08-13

Application Deadline: 2026-08-28

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Responsibilities & Context:

The Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH is a federal enterprise with worldwide operations. GIZ supports the German Government in the field of international cooperation for sustainable development. GIZ has been working as a development partner of Bangladesh since 1972 under bilateral agreement. Currently, we are working in the areas of renewable energy, adaptation to climate change, private sector development and technical education, biodiversity, as well as good governance and displacement.

GIZ in Bangladesh is currently seeking applications for the position of “Advisor - Construction and Infrastructure” from candidates for ‘Innovations for Climate-smart Urban Development (INCLUDE)’ project.

Contract Duration: Until December 2027

A. Responsibilities

The position holder is responsible for:

• Managing an area of responsibility that forms part of the programme objectives, team agreements and/or agreements with the superior. 

• Assisting project/programme initiatives to provide professional advisory services to and cooperate with a broad range of target groups. 

• Advise supervisor on all tasks when implementing GIZ rules and regulations. 

• Advise supervisor in the field of project planning, steering and monitoring. 

• Independently implement goals and requirements set by the line manager. 

• Make decisions which have a short-term effect within a limited project area/ unit. 

• Assist supervisor to identify day to day problem and suggest appropriate solutions.

B.The position holder is responsible for the following tasks

Tasks

• Advise in the implementation of infrastructure/construction related small-scale implementation measures of the project ‘Innovations for Climate-smart Urban Development (INCLUDE)’

• Oversee/monitor infrastructure/construction related small-scale implementation measures, implemented in the project partner municipalities, in accordance with the project requirements.

• Document the progress and communicate with GIZ Head Quarters on the progress of the construction related small-scale measures in accordance with GIZ requirements.

• Prepare and edit Terms of Reference (ToR), cost calculations, Bill of Quantities (BoQ) and other contract-related documents required for tendering, with consulting of relevant staff within the project.

• Oversee different consulting firms and other contract modalities on their implementation

• Communicate with other GIZ projects working in same or similar contexts, ensuring a joint approach.

• Participate in team processes, such as regular team meetings and overarching tasks within the team.

• Deliver monitoring-related documents to the project’s monitoring and reporting focal person.

• Support the line management in overarching topics as of demand.

• Undertake any other reasonable task assigned by the supervisor.