Coordinator, Municipality Liaison

Job Description

Title: Coordinator, Municipality Liaison

Company Name: Eco-Social Development Organization (ESDO)

Vacancy: 01

Age: At most 45 years

Job Location: Naogaon (Dhamoirhat)

Salary: Tk. 60000 (Monthly)

Experience:

• At least 5 years
• The applicants should have experience in the following business area(s): NGO

• Bachelor degree (or higher) in a relevant sector like environmental science/ environmental management/ social science/ development studies/ Natural Resource Management/ Disaster Management, Environment/ Climate Change etc.

• At least 5 years
• The applicants should have experience in the following business area(s): NGO

• Age At most 45 years

• Both males and females are allowed to apply

• Proven practical work experience on Local Government Institute (LGIs) like Pourashava, Union and Upazila Parishad.

• Minimum 5 years of working experience in community-led innovation in the context of climate justice & adaptation/ resilience.

• Strong interpersonal skills and the ability to build and maintain partnerships with both internal and external stakeholders.

• Highly potential candidates’ education & age will be flexible.

• Familiar with the bio-physical and socio-economic conditions of the ecologically critical areas in Barind tract areas.

• Skills in project cycle management – planning, budgeting, technical and financial oversight.

• Good understanding of issues of climate change adaptation; gender equity, protection and multicultural intervention.

• Good communication, negotiation and problem-solving capacity.

• Ability to manage stress, multi-task and take decisions.

• Proficient in MS Office tools (Word, Excel, PowerPoint);

• Good verbal and written communication skills in the local language, English and Bengali;

• Pro-active and participatory decision-making and problem-solving;

• Good interpersonal, leadership, and communication skill

Eco-Social Development Organization (ESDO) started its journey in 1988 with a noble vision to stand in solidarity with the poor and marginalized. Being a peoples` centered organization, ESDO envisioned for a society which will be free from inequality and injustice, a society where no child will cry from hunger and no life will be ruined by poverty. Near about three decades of relentless efforts to make this happen, ESDO has embraced new grounds and opened up new horizons to help the disadvantaged and vulnerable people to bring meaningful and lasting changes in their lives. During this long span, ESDO has adapted with the changing situation and provided the most time-bound services especially for the poor and disadvantaged. A community focused and people centered approach has been adapted by ESDO while consideration was given to the national policy and Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) as its guiding principle. ESDO is one of the most dynamic organizations expanding its development interventions across 331 upazilas under 54 districts of Bangladesh covering over 10 million poor and vulnerable people.

As partnership with Water Aid Bangladesh, ESDO is implementing the GO4IMPact Project supporting local democratic governance and climate resilient public service provision in Bangladesh at Naogaon District. ESDO is inviting applications from interested qualified candidates for the position.

Job Responsibilities

• Coordination and collaboration with local government & stakeholders;

• Facilitate and frame the strategic direction of the project in collaboration with the line manager

• Collaboratively plan and implement project activities through the preparation of multiyear and annual work plans in collaboration with the field team colleagues

• Ensure the application of market system approach and closely work with market actors specific to selected value chains and business groups/actors

• Manage the contracting cycle and the required project documentation.

• Actively engage in initiating best practices, key learnings, unique cases, and other relevant documentation to share with the broader team

• Support the MEL team to conduct baseline, mid-line and end-line surveys and evaluations, scoping studies, process and periodical monitoring assessment tools and checklists from a climate-adaptive local democratic governance and climate resilient public service provision point of view.

• Support the MERL in data quality control and timely entry of project data into the relevant database

• Assist the project manager in the development of project management documents such as project budgets, project schedules, scope statements and project plans

• Managing budgets, coordinating staff, monitoring programme outcomes and engaging with community leaders.

• Meeting with project clients to assess their needs and define project requirements, acceptance criteria and project timelines

• Overall, s/he will ensure proper and timely implementation of supporting local democratic governance and climate resilient public service provision in Bangladesh to strengthen the adaptive capacity and climate resilience of vulnerable groups in the ecologically critical areas in Naogaon district.

• As per project allocation.