Chief of Party, Bangladesh Localization (Ban-Am) Activity
Job Description
Title: Chief of Party, Bangladesh Localization (Ban-Am) Activity
Company Name: BRAC
Vacancy: Not specific
Job Location: Dhaka
Employment Status: Contractual
Educational Requirements:
∎ Advanced degree (PhD or MA) in a relevant field such as international development, non-profit management, etc.
Experience Requirements:
∎ At least 10 year(s)
Job Responsibilities:
∎ Provide strategic and technical leadership to the program and the team
∎ Bring dynamic and creative leadership to cultivate innovation in rigorous program implementation and donor deliverables
∎ Serve as the principal liaison with USAID, as well as with key government officials, other donors and implementers, private sector entities, and civil society partners
∎ Engage with program beneficiaries and other stakeholders, ensuring that these relationships are managed effectively
∎ Ensure inclusion and safeguarding across all stakeholders, including program staff and beneficiaries
∎ Develop annual work plans in collaboration with staff and stakeholders, and oversee work plan implementation
∎ Ensure program activities are implemented on schedule and within budget
∎ Supervise, manage, and mentor program staff, including accountability for hiring a diverse and qualified staff and building a strong team
∎ Oversee monitoring, evaluation, and reporting of program activities, including identifying key indicators and regularly using data to inform programmatic improvements in partnership with BRAC Monitoring and Evaluation
∎ Manage team to implement effective and evidence-based practices in designated Ban-Am areas and ensure there is routine feedback mechanisms in place for continuous quality improvement in program implementation
∎ Coordinate with other BRAC departments (research, communication) and external partners to contribute technical research and analysis through community assessments, market surveys, and existing evidence
∎ Coordinate with implementing partners and country counterparts to represent Ban-Am’s work externally and advocate for additional investments in local organizations
∎ Safeguarding responsibilities:
∎ Ensure the safety of team members from any harm, abuse, neglect, harassment and exploitation to achieve the programme’s goals on safeguarding implementation. Act as a key source of support, guidance and expertise on safeguarding for establishing a safe working environment.
∎ Practice, promote and endorse the issues of safeguarding policy among team members and ensure the implementation of safeguarding standards in every course of action.
∎ Follow the safeguarding reporting procedure in case any reportable incident takes place, encourage others to do so.
Additional Requirements:
∎ Age at least 28 years
∎ 10+ years of experience working in leading programs focused on organizational development in the South Asian context (strong understanding of Bangladeshi context preferred)
Salary: Negotiable
Compensation & Other Benefits:
∎ Festival Bonus, Health & Life Insurance and others
Job Source: Bdjobs.com Online Job Posting.
Application Deadline: 26 Dec 2022
Company Information:
∎ 18 Dec 2022
∎ BRAC
∎ Address : BRAC Centre, 75 Mohakhali, Dhaka-1212
∎ Web : www.brac.net
∎ Business : BRAC is an international development organisation founded in Bangladesh that partners with over 100 million people living with inequality and poverty globally to create sustainable opportunities to realise potential.
Category: NGO/Development
