Job Description
Title: Country Coordinator
Company Name: CGIAR
Vacancy: Not specific
Job Location: Dhaka
Employment Status: Contractual
Educational Requirements:
∎ Master's degree in international nutrition, public health, health systems, economics, agricultural economics, public policy, or a closely related field
Job Context:
∎ Initiative: SHiFT: Sustainable Healthy Diets through Food Systems Transformation
∎ Role: COUNTRY COORDINATOR
∎ Preferred geographic location: Dhaka, Bangladesh
∎ Areas of expertise: International Nutrition, Public Health, Health Systems, Agricultural Economics, Public Policy, or closely related field.
Job Responsibilities:
∎ Support the establishment of the Country Coordination Unit (CCU); chair and coordinate the CCU to ensure delivery of its annual workplan.
∎ Streamline relations between SHiFT and the initiative's Strategic Partners in Bangladesh.
∎ Facilitate visits, workshops, and stakeholder consultations in Bangladesh.
∎ Actively engage with, represent, and connect SHiFT with relevant national food systems processes, events, and stakeholders engaged in the implementation of the Food System Transformation National Action Plan in Bangladesh.
∎ Engage with, represent, and connect SHiFT with CGIAR events and processes in Bangladesh.
∎ Align and stay informed about SHiFT's research in Bangladesh and provide, input into design, reporting, interpretation, and dissemination of key findings.
∎ Support capacity development and actively engage in monitoring and evaluation of food system transformation processes in Bangladesh.
∎ Actively engaged in dissemination of SHiFT's research and communication products.
Additional Requirements:
∎ Requirements:
∎ Mid-career
∎ Familiarity with the food systems landscape (research, programs, policies) and stakeholders in Bangladesh
∎ Demonstrated skills in pro-actively developing and maintaining internal and external relationships with research teams, local and national implementing partners, government officials, donors, and other stakeholders.
∎ Demonstrated excellent communication skills, such as writing reports and delivering presentations for different audiences.
∎ A team player who takes initiative and proactively shares information and collaborates effectively across functions, geographical distance, and cultures.
∎ Demonstrated leadership skills and experience working with and managing multi-stakeholder partnerships with multi-disciplinary research teams.
∎ Dependable, proactive in identifying and preventing potential problems, and able to prioritize competing demands in order to keep processes moving and meet deadlines.
∎ Excellent written and spoken English.
∎ Ability to travel domestically or internationally.
∎ Preferred Qualifications:
∎ Experience in engaging in policy dialogues with national stakeholders, international NGOs, and donor agencies.
∎ Experience in a varied range of participatory learning or capacity building methods, including curriculum development and training design.
Job Source: Bdjobs.com Online Job Posting.
Application Deadline: 28 Sep 2023
Company Information:
∎ 11 Sep 2023
∎ CGIAR
Category: NGO/Development
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