Deputy Manager

Job Description

Title: Deputy Manager

Company Name: ActionAid Bangladesh

Vacancy: 1

Job Location: Cox's Bazar (Teknaf)

Employment Status: Contractual

Educational Requirements:
∎ Master's in Social Science, Disaster Management or relevant disciplines.

Experience Requirements:
∎ At least 5 year(s)

Job Context:
∎ Directorate : Camp Coordination and Camp Management (CCCM), funded by UNHCR
∎ Unit : Humanitarian Response
∎ Location of posting : Teknaf, Cox`s Bazar
∎ Contract Duration : up to 31 October 2021 (with possibility of extension depending on the donor approval)
∎ Job Context:
∎ Over 1 million of Forcibly Displaced Myanmar Citizen (with the majority comprising women and children), took shelter in camps in Cox`s Bazar in southern Bangladesh in August 2017. The Government of Bangladesh, together with national and international partners, have been pro-actively responding to this crisis through extensive humanitarian response. The government allocated 2,000 acres of land that is apportioned into different camps as temporary settlements for the Rohingya people. There is a coordinated effort to provide critical lifesaving assistance i.e., food, nutrition, shelter, water, health & hygiene, psycho-social support and counselling and basic education services to the Rohingya people living in the camp and host community settlements. ActionAid is going to implement site management activities in different camps in Teknaf. As an agency engaged in Rohingya Crisis Response since September 2017, ActionAid has the experience in coordinating with a range of camp actors, including the Rohingya and their representatives and in facilitating the site management role in Rohingya camps.
∎ The major activities related to site management are identifying critical humanitarian needs and addressing those through coordination & collaboration with different stakeholders; anchoring information management also, complaints and feedback mechanism; linking community with different service providers; facilitating camp operations and DRR actions.

Job Responsibilities:
∎ Key responsibilities include (not limited to):
∎ Camp Coordination:
∎ Establish and maintain liaison with CiC office, I/NGOs and UN Agencies in the camp for smooth implementation of the project.
∎ Resolve field issues in coordination with the UNHCR site management and field units.
∎ Manage and maintain emergency stocks as part of disaster response.
∎ Organize regular camp coordination meeting and prepare meeting minutes.
∎ Set agenda for camp-level coordination meetings.
∎ Coordination with all sectors as and when required.
∎ Provide necessary support to other agencies for smooth implementation of their projects such as project approval, space allocation, information, etc;
∎ Monitor distribution activities by different agencies.
∎ Coordinate with government intelligence agencies, police, army, camp administration and the refugee community to ensure security and safety of refugees and service providers.
∎ Facilitate camp visits by internal and external higher-ups.
∎ Planning and supervising humanitarian gap analyses and needs assessments.
∎ Database and dataset management.
∎ Responsible for humanitarian gap analyses and needs assessments.
∎ Generating information management and IEC products.
∎ Camp profiling; demographic data analysis; camp navigation; service mapping.
∎ Responsible for managing six feedback and complaint centres.
∎ Planning and supervising data collection exercises including service monitoring.
∎ Submit daily incident reports to SMSD sector.
∎ Community Mobilisation:
∎ Organize regular meetings with Camp Committees, Block Committees and Sub-block representatives
∎ Build the capacity Camp Committees, Block Committees also and Sub-block representatives.
∎ Act as focal person for the planning and printing of all CwC materials such as posters, leaflets, short SMS, gallery walks, banners, audio messages and infographics, brochures, and flyers.
∎ Ensure information and communication messages are shared effectively and consistently with the affected communities.
∎ Lead the planning and implementation of information dissemination and awareness events, such as household visits and disaster preparedness campaigns using appropriate IEC materials.
∎ Engage with communities closely on one-to-one or one-to-group sessions to transfer key information and updates on the project.
∎ Lead the planning and implementation of focus group discussions, participatory assessments, safety audits, etc.
∎ Accountability and CFRM:
∎ Monitor and track complaints, feedback, suggestions and enquires of refugees.
∎ Ensure complaints filed with Feedback and Information Centres (FICs) are addressed in accordance with the stipulated SOPs.
∎ Develop appropriate responses to complaints in conjunction with the relevant units of the UNHCR.
∎ Track the closing of complaints loop by ensuring every complaint is processed and appropriate response to the complainant(s) is generated.
∎ Review and assist the team concerned in generating reports of weekly and monthly inputs of complaints.
∎ Guide the staff responsible for complaint and feedback mechanism and ensure they are aware of the complaint mechanism procedures.
∎ Make sure the services delivered to the community are aligned with CHS and Sphere standards.
∎ Ensure camp actors are following humanitarian and protection principles.
∎ Lead and supervise sector monitoring and service monitoring.
∎ EPR (Emergency Preparedness & Response):
∎ Supervise and facilitate participatory planning, implementation, outreach and accountability activities.
∎ Facilitate Community Risk Assessment and support the development of Participatory Risk Reduction Action Plan (PRRAP);
∎ Conduct simulations/drills on DRR and hazards.
∎ Mobilize Disaster Management Unit Volunteers (capacity building; simulation exercises; early warning, emergency damage assessment reporting) for mitigating disaster risks and building resilience.
∎ Plan and ensure green coverage of the camps to reduce environmental risks.
∎ Assist Disaster Management Committee (DMC) in analyzing emergency damage assessments and response.
∎ Reporting:
∎ Draft regular weekly and monthly reports and highlight the camp situation;
∎ Report programme progress and challenges to CCCM Coordinator and coordinate effectively with other ACTED sectors operating in project area;
∎ Draft (internal) narrative reports and contribute to the development of financial reports through regular budgetary follow up;
∎ Contribute to drafting of (external) project progress reports, ensuring the quality and accuracy of technical information provided.
∎ Relationships: Deputy Manager will report to Camp Manager.

Additional Requirements:
∎ Experience in CCCM and Rohingya Response.
∎ Clear understanding on protection issues, CCCM, human rights, DRR and resilience.
∎ Experience working in emergency responses targeting vulnerable people.
∎ Minimum 5 years of working experience with at least 2 years in emergency project management including at least 1 year of work experience in Rohingya Crisis.
∎ Technical Skills:
∎ Microsoft office applications.
∎ Budget preparation, review.
∎ Event Management.
∎ Report writing.
∎ Fluent in local language.

Salary:
∎ Monthly Gross Salary will be BDT. 125,300 with other admissible benefits such as mobile & internet allowance, medical benefit and group life insurance etc

Job Source: Bdjobs.com Online Job Posting.

Application Deadline: 28 Aug 2021

Company Information:
∎ 20 Aug 2021
∎ ActionAid Bangladesh

Category: NGO/Development