Coordinator - Local Economic Development
Job Description
Title: Coordinator - Local Economic Development
Company Name: Swisscontact Bangladesh
Vacancy: Not specific
Job Location: Anywhere in Bangladesh
Employment Status: Contractual
Educational Requirements:
∎ Master's degree in any relevant Social Science or Business Administration discipline.
Experience Requirements:
∎ At least 4 year(s)
Job Context:
∎ Position Type: Mid-level Local position
∎ Employment start: As soon as possible
∎ Contract duration: Initial contract of one year; based on performance, the contract will be extended
∎ Place of work: Dhaka/ posted to field location according to scope of work
Job Responsibilities:
∎ Strategy Development and Implementation
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∎ Lead intervention design and implement short- and long-term LED activities and strategies by scoping project locations and analysing business potentials of the relevant economic sectors at the local level to achieve overall project goals.
∎ Maintain and monitor project plans, schedules, budget and expenditures at the local level and prepare appropriate documentation.
∎ Update the management regularly of challenges faced in implementation of the project activities and jointly device mitigation measures
∎ Stakeholder Management
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∎ Constant communications with key stakeholders at the field to inform changes in context and inform implementation design.
∎ Assist to develop capacity of local organisations both private and public sector to engage in and implement short- and longer-term LED activities and enable a process of local economic development.
∎ Establish and maintain liaison with relevant local government bodies, private sector actors and other local stakeholders of the project through regular communication.
∎ Monitoring, Results Measurement and Learning
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∎ Monitor strategic progress of project activities within the designated municipalities and provide corrective support as and when required.
∎ Coordinate regular feedback on field updates with supervisor and support the Monitoring and Results Measurement team.
∎ Maintain a culture of learning and sharing information with peer coordinators in different districts.
∎ Support MRM team to prepare project progress reports, including technical reports and other reports as per project requirement.
∎ Assist the project team in organising different seminars and workshops at the local and national level to disseminate project learnings as and when required; and represent the project during relevant information events.
Additional Requirements:
∎ At least 4 years of experience in reputed national NGOs or iNGOs; (S)he should have at least 3 (three) years of progressive experience in project coordination and stakeholder management at the field level; working experience with the local government will be an added advantage.
∎ Demonstrated experience in private sector development in its application to different economic sectors and contexts.
∎ Demonstrated experience in working with local and national government bodies.
∎ Ability to work productively in a highly collaborative setting (is a team player) while also able to operate independently with limited to no supervision.
∎ Excellent verbal and written communication skills in English and Bangla.
∎ A creative and motivated individual with the ability to think out of the box and take ownership of tasks.
∎ Works with trustworthiness and integrity and is committed to Swisscontact's core values; and
∎ Demonstrates awareness and sensitivity to gender and diversity (including sensitivity towards differently abled people).
Application Deadline: 25 Jan 2021
Company Information:
∎ 12 Jan 2021
∎ Swisscontact Bangladesh
∎ Business : Swisscontact, Swiss Foundation for Technical Cooperation, is headquartered in Zurich and was founded in 1959 by leading figures from the Swiss private sector and Swiss universities. It is exclusively involved in international co-operation and since 1961 has carried out its own and mandated projects. In Bangladesh, Swisscontact is registered as an international non-governmental organisation (INGO) under NGO Affairs Bureau, Government of the People`s Republic of Bangladesh.
Category: NGO/Development
: Only short-listed candidates will be contacted for final selection process.
Source: bdjobs.com
Deadline Expired on 25th Jan 2021
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