Deputy Director
Job Description
Title: Deputy Director
Company Name: Plan International Bangladesh
Vacancy: Undefined
Job Location: Cox's Bazar
Employment Status: Contractual
Educational Requirements:
∎ Minimum Masters level educational qualification in development studies, social studies or any relevant subject.
Experience Requirements:
∎ At least 5 year(s)
Job Context:
∎ Duration of the position is 1 (One) Year.
∎ Based in Cox`s Bazar, The post holder will manage the implementation of different projects for this specific response through partner organizations and or Plan response team. Ensure project implementation meets the global/organizational standards of emergency responses and donors` compliance aspects; ensure project monitoring mechanism is established and functional to ensure quality implementation and downwards accountability.
Job Responsibilities:
∎ Management and disbursal of project and programme budgets.
∎ Directly line manage Child Protection, Youth and Economic Empowerment, M&E, Gender, and Education in Emergencies Technical Program Managers/Specialists
∎ Manage technical implementation of programs for Education, youth, and Child Protection. The post holder will ensure all interventions have a particular focus on addressing the specific needs of young/ adolescent girls and young women throughout this response and recovery programme including interventions in the host community.
∎ Internal communications involve with Technical Leads, Operations including Finance, HROD in Cox's Bazar for this response; as well as Country Level Programme Heads and Head of MER to ensure consistency of the approach and implementation aligned with country strategy and to source support to Cox's Bazar programme.
∎ He/she manages the risks related to statutory and donor compliances at the implementation of the programmes and projects; takes proactive stances in identifying such risks by working with the technical and design teams.
∎ Lead the process of developing implementation plan and guidelines for all projects of the response programme (before they are grounded); staff of Plan and Partner organizations are oriented on the same through start-ups and formal orientations.
∎ Coordinate with and make available from the Technical Lead and Advisors/Team (CPiE, WASH in Emergency, EiE etc.) inputs on program quality and team capacity building as well as any operational aspects that have a bearing on implementation of response programme.
∎ Respond to concerns from field level implementation by partner organizations and Plan teams.
∎ Coordinating with Admin and Logistics team and in consultation with the Technical Team, ensure commodity supply requests from field are procured and delivered to field offices in a timely manner.
∎ Participate as member of Emergency Response Management Team for the Influx response effort.
∎ Ensure involvement/input of field teams and partner organization in development of sector response strategies
∎ Troubleshoot problems and facilitate communication between field teams and Country Office
∎ Visit field sites at least once a week to support timely and qualitative implementation
∎ Develop and maintain a healthy environment for the team, coordinating timely discussions on strategic programming issues and leading a biweekly skype call with all project managers and program managers.
Additional Requirements:
∎ Minimum 5 years work experience in managing multi-disciplinary emergency response projects, implementation of project with partners
∎ Proven experience in partnership programme operations and dealing with Government of Bangladesh, civil societies, media and NGO/ CBO.
∎ INGO work experience preferred
∎ Visioning, strategic planning & execution
∎ Critical thinking, analysis, reasoning & decision-making
∎ Leadership and Management
∎ Managing work relationships (internal/external)
∎ Communicating, one to one & in groups, written & verbal, presentations and reports in English; knowledge of Bangla would be preferable;
∎ Budget management and assessment of financial operations in humanitarian situations
∎ Facilitation, negotiation and networking
∎ Demonstrate tact and discretion at all times
∎ Persuasion and ability to influence.
∎ Ability to represent the organization at key external and internal events when required.
∎ Ability to solve problems, handle setbacks and pressure
∎ Ability to use basic office electronic equipment & computer applications
∎ Fluency in English, written and spoken. Understanding and speaking local language of Cox's Bazar or Chittagong is an advantage.
Salary:
∎ Competitive salary and benefits package will be offered to the deserving candidate
Application Deadline: May 14, 2019
Company Information:
∎ 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
