Consortium & Advocacy Manager
Job Description
Title: Consortium & Advocacy Manager
Company Name: Plan International Bangladesh
Vacancy: Not specific
Job Location: Dhaka
Employment Status: Full-time
Educational Requirements:
∎ We need a self-motivated and energetic individual with Master's/advanced degree in Social Sciences (Development Studies, Mass Communication, Gender Studies), Law, Project Management or any suitable discipline preferably from the reputed universities in Bangladesh or abroad.
Experience Requirements:
∎ At least 8 year(s)
Job Responsibilities:
∎ Plan International Bangladesh and JAAGO Foundation initiated project name 'Shomotay Tarunno- Youth for Equality' to enable young people in all their diversities, including Girls and Young Women (GYW), to challenge gender stereotypes that limit and stop them from enjoying their full potential. The project aims to follow a youth-centred approach where young women and men in all their diversities (including persons with a diverse gender identity, indigenous people and people with disabilities) are enabled to safely leading the planning, design, and implementation of this project, enjoying and exercising equal rights, with access to resources and engage meaningfully in decision making processes and influence to challenge and address gender stereotypes systems, social norms and harmful practices. By addressing the harmful gender norms throughout the life-course, building agency, advancing strategic and basic conditions and positions of youth in all their diversity including girls, and young women in the family, society, and state level, while working with boys and young men to embrace gender equality and exercise positive and diverse masculinities, the project will respond to the needs and interests of youth in all their diversities, and foster an enabling environment for gender equality and girls' rights. This consortium will work together to amplify the rights, representation and resources of young people (with all their diversities including GYW) from local to national level to combat harmful gender stereotypes.
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∎ The Consortium & Advocacy Manager will be the key contact of action to lead and support multi-year advocacy project consortium of "Shomotay Tarunno- Youth for Equality" following donor and PII compliance and policies. The position holder will be responsible for coordinating and facilitating the work of the project at country level, following an integrated and holistic approach in project implementation among consortium partners for achieving project outcomes. This post holder will be responsible to coordinate with project partners and stakeholders to ensure project outputs and outcome are delivered on time with right quality. S/he will monitor and conduct training/campaign, advocacy interventions to ensure programme quality, documentation and dissemination of project's learning and good practices.
∎ The incumbent will be accountable for timely delivery of commitments as agreed that include ensure achievement of result with quality, adhering to the requirement of compliance applicable for this particular donor contract.
Additional Requirements:
∎ Someone with At least 08 years proven track record of project management preferably who have expertise on National level Advocacy related project management; preferably related to Girls and youth empowerment, Media & Communication platform, skills training, Violence prevention, policy influence and national advocacy. S/he should have experience in community organising, public mobilisation especially engaging young people and/ or working with social movements for change. Should have strong project management, budget management and analysis skills and proficiency in Microsoft Excel, Word and power-point. Also have ability to communicate clearly and sensitively with internal and external stakeholders as a representative of Plan. This includes effective negotiation and representation skills too. Should have in-depth understanding of gender dimension in youth economic empowerment issues and gender and age-specific economic opportunities. Also, should have knowledge of child-rights programming, girls and young people safeguarding, and gender transformative programming. S/he should have excellent in Project Cycle Management, Project proposal development process with report writing skills. Experience in working in International NGOs and work in cross-cultural contexts would be advantageous. Should have the ability to work in a team and networking skills combined with the talent to think conceptually and analytically.
Salary:
∎ Monthly consolidated salary range for this role is Tk. 203,712.00 to Tk. 254,640.00 (may vary based on experience) along with other benefits i.e. Life Insurance, Hospitalization Insurance coverage along with Out Patient Treatment Benefit.
Job Source: Bdjobs.com Online Job Posting.
Application Deadline: 31 Dec 2023
Company Information:
∎ 17 Dec 2023
∎ Plan International Bangladesh
∎ Business : Founded 80 years ago, Plan International is one of the oldest and largest children`s development organisations in the world. We work in 52 countries across Africa, Asia and the Americas to promote child rights and lift millions of children out of poverty. In 2015, Plan International worked with 100 million children in 85,282 communities. Plan International is independent, with no religious, political or governmental affiliations but having a vision of a world in which all children realize their full potential in societies that respect people`s rights and dignity.
Plan International has been operating in Bangladesh since 1994. Plan International seeks to ensure the rights of children to education, health, safe water and sanitation, protection, youth social and economic empowerment and climate change, environmental degradation and natural or man-made disaster hazards throughout the country.
Category: NGO/Development
