Deputy Manager, Market Linkage, FSSL, HCMP

Job Description

Title: Deputy Manager, Market Linkage, FSSL, HCMP

Company Name: BRAC.

Vacancy: --

Location: Cox's Bazar (Teknaf, Ukhia)

Minimum Salary: Negotiable

Experience:
∎ At least 5 years
∎ The applicants should have experience in the following business area(s):NGO, Development Agency, Direct Selling/Marketing Service Company

Published: 11 Jul 2024

Education:
∎ Graduation/ Post Graduation in Agriculture/ Marketing/ Business Administration/ Economics or any relevant subject from any reputed university.

Requirements:

Additional Requirements:
∎ Knowledge on market linkage and accessibility for the very conservative participants
∎ Knowledge on women empowerment and leadership development process in the camp context
∎ Knowledge on people management, multiculturalism, ethics and supervision
∎ Have management and leadership quality
∎ Ability to establish and maintain good working relationships with stakeholders in a sensitive environment
∎ Strong written and verbal communication skills and presentation skills both in Bengali and English
∎ Have computer skills with all Microsoft Office programs (MS Word, Power Point, and Excel)
∎ Excellent influencing, negotiating and communication skills
∎ Excellent organization, and coordination skills
∎ Demonstrated ability to think technically, prioritize and meet deadlines in a challenging environment; must be culturally sensitive
∎ Ability to operate in a complex organization, across functions and work on own initiative and collaboratively as part of diverse teams.
∎ Knowledge on market linkage and accessibility for the very conservative participants
∎ Knowledge on women empowerment and leadership development process in the camp context
∎ Knowledge on people management, multiculturalism, ethics and supervision
∎ Have management and leadership quality
∎ Ability to establish and maintain good working relationships with stakeholders in a sensitive environment
∎ Strong written and verbal communication skills and presentation skills both in Bengali and English
∎ Have computer skills with all Microsoft Office programs (MS Word, Power Point, and Excel)
∎ Excellent influencing, negotiating and communication skills
∎ Excellent organization, and coordination skills
∎ Demonstrated ability to think technically, prioritize and meet deadlines in a challenging environment; must be culturally sensitive
∎ Ability to operate in a complex organization, across functions and work on own initiative and collaboratively as part of diverse teams.

Responsibilities & Context:
∎ Identify relevant market actors, and potential enterprises, assess end markets, potential producer groups, service providers, skills and production centers and develop service, actors and value chain maps
∎ Carry out market study /analysis to understand the market demands and supply of selected commodities, producers’ capacity, existing products, services, sales outlets, markets and value chains, in the target area
∎ Identification of challenges and bottle neck in the marketing system and taking initiative to solve the problems
∎ Facilitate self-employment (entrepreneurship), establish linkages between traders/markets actors, buyers and link producers to new market opportunities
∎ Collaborate and maintain relationships with the different sectors of HCMP, BRAC
∎ Develop and organize market linkages plan that connects the formal and/or informal bodies of local market/bazar/growth centers to vocational training graduates in refugee camps
∎ Devise and suggest various market improvement ideas to projects, and in consultation with Program leaders implement those plans to facilitate and enhance the market access of the HCMP project participants
∎ Field visit on regular basis in the respective market areas
∎ Facilitate cross learning across different project that has livelihoods development components involving some kinds of market
∎ Attend different meeting, training, workshop and other event activities
∎ Provide field report to concern authority regularly and as or when necessary
∎ Develop and maintain the database of Rohingya youths especially women who are trained on different vocational trades by the project
∎ Working closely with the trained Rohingya youths especially women in developing their business plan regarding trade-specific enterprise
∎ Provide the necessary support in the planning of the market linkage, supervision and monitoring of the activities.·         Engaging and building strong relationships with community members and leaders
∎ Document field achievements, innovations, failures, and lessons learned in the aspect of market accessibility and trade to integrate into project activities and inform project strategy
∎ Ensure the timely implementation of field works as per the predefined schedule
∎ Inform and document the anomalies and the challenges carried out during the implementation phase of the program
∎ Coordinate with local authorities and ensuring continuous communication with beneficiaries, project team members and communities’ representatives regarding the implementation of works and in order to ensure flawless progress of activities
∎ Regular field visit, monitor, document and report work progress on daily and weekly basis
∎ Report possible problem or conflict with possible solutions during the activities
∎ Contribute in developing external and internal reports
∎ Any other responsibilities related to market linkage and employability and entrepreneurship management, assigned by the supervisor and senior management
∎ Ensure the safety of team members from any harm, abuse, neglect, harassment and exploitation to achieve the programme’s goals on safeguarding implementation. Act as a key source of support, guidance and expertise on safeguarding for establishing a safe working environment
∎ Practice, promote and endorse the issues of safeguarding policy among team members and ensure the implementation of safeguarding standards in every course of action
∎ Follow the safeguarding reporting procedure in case any reportable incident takes place, and encourage others to do so
∎ Deputy Manager- Market Linkage will be responsible for facilitating linkages with the formal and/or informal bodies of local market/bazar/growth centers for start-up entrepreneurs within the Rohingya camp context. S/he will scope and capitalize on available and potential market opportunities, taking the lead in working with vocational training graduates to coach and mentor regarding market accessibilities. S/he will also be responsible for promoting and facilitating the trained refugee youths’ participation in business planning, cooperative works, and post-course activities in engaging/establishing market linkages activities/initiatives/micro enterprises in different sectors by providing necessary ideas, planning, technical assistance, guidance, support and follow up.
∎ Identify relevant market actors, and potential enterprises, assess end markets, potential producer groups, service providers, skills and production centers and develop service, actors and value chain maps
∎ Carry out market study /analysis to understand the market demands and supply of selected commodities, producers’ capacity, existing products, services, sales outlets, markets and value chains, in the target area
∎ Identification of challenges and bottle neck in the marketing system and taking initiative to solve the problems
∎ Facilitate self-employment (entrepreneurship), establish linkages between traders/markets actors, buyers and link producers to new market opportunities
∎ Collaborate and maintain relationships with the different sectors of HCMP, BRAC
∎ Develop and organize market linkages plan that connects the formal and/or informal bodies of local market/bazar/growth centers to vocational training graduates in refugee camps
∎ Devise and suggest various market improvement ideas to projects, and in consultation with Program leaders implement those plans to facilitate and enhance the market access of the HCMP project participants
∎ Field visit on regular basis in the respective market areas
∎ Facilitate cross learning across different project that has livelihoods development components involving some kinds of market
∎ Attend different meeting, training, workshop and other event activities
∎ Provide field report to concern authority regularly and as or when necessary
∎ Develop and maintain the database of Rohingya youths especially women who are trained on different vocational trades by the project
∎ Working closely with the trained Rohingya youths especially women in developing their business plan regarding trade-specific enterprise
∎ Provide the necessary support in the planning of the market linkage, supervision and monitoring of the activities.·         Engaging and building strong relationships with community members and leaders
∎ Document field achievements, innovations, failures, and lessons learned in the aspect of market accessibility and trade to integrate into project activities and inform project strategy
∎ Ensure the timely implementation of field works as per the predefined schedule
∎ Inform and document the anomalies and the challenges carried out during the implementation phase of the program
∎ Coordinate with local authorities and ensuring continuous communication with beneficiaries, project team members and communities’ representatives regarding the implementation of works and in order to ensure flawless progress of activities
∎ Regular field visit, monitor, document and report work progress on daily and weekly basis
∎ Report possible problem or conflict with possible solutions during the activities
∎ Contribute in developing external and internal reports
∎ Any other responsibilities related to market linkage and employability and entrepreneurship management, assigned by the supervisor and senior management
∎ Ensure the safety of team members from any harm, abuse, neglect, harassment and exploitation to achieve the programme’s goals on safeguarding implementation. Act as a key source of support, guidance and expertise on safeguarding for establishing a safe working environment
∎ Practice, promote and endorse the issues of safeguarding policy among team members and ensure the implementation of safeguarding standards in every course of action
∎ Follow the safeguarding reporting procedure in case any reportable incident takes place, and encourage others to do so

Skills & Expertise:

Compensation & Other Benefits:
∎ Mobile bill, Weekly 2 holidays
∎ Festival Bonus: 2
∎ Health & Life Insurance
∎ Health & Wellness Facility
∎ Paternity/ Maternity leave and
∎ Others as per Organisation policy
∎ Health & Life Insurance
∎ Health & Wellness Facility
∎ Paternity/ Maternity leave and
∎ Others as per Organisation policy

Workplace:
∎ Work at office

Employment Status: Contractual

Job Location: Cox's Bazar (Teknaf, Ukhia)

Read Before Apply:

BRAC believes that everyone we work with including our staff, programme participants, partners, and the communities have the right to be protected from all forms of harm, abuse, neglect, harassment, and exploitation including sexual exploitation and abuse (SEA). We uphold human dignity and inclusion for all, regardless of age, race, religion, gender, disability, ethnic origin, or socio-economic condition. As an equal-opportunity employer, we actively encourage applications from gender-diverse individuals and people with disabilities.

Selected candidates will have to go through a rigorous reference and background checking process which may include police verification.

Company Information:
∎ BRAC.
∎ BRAC 75 Mohakhali, Dhaka-1212, Bangladesh
∎ brac is an international development organisation founded in Bangladesh that partners with over 100 million people living with inequality and poverty globally to create sustainable opportunities to realise potential.
Working at brac is not like any other job. It is a platform where you can bring about real change for people who need it the most. We are not just dreaming of a better world, we are building it. Join us to find the way.

Address::
∎ BRAC 75 Mohakhali, Dhaka-1212, Bangladesh
∎ brac is an international development organisation founded in Bangladesh that partners with over 100 million people living with inequality and poverty globally to create sustainable opportunities to realise potential.Working at brac is not like any other job. It is a platform where you can bring about real change for people who need it the most. We are not just dreaming of a better world, we are building it. Join us to find the way.

Application Deadline: 21 Jul 2024

Category: NGO/Development