Deputy Program Manager (DPM)

Job Description

Title: Deputy Program Manager (DPM)

Company Name: Virginia Tech IPMA (Integrated Pest Management Activity)

Vacancy: Not specific

Job Location: Dhaka

Employment Status: Full-time

Educational Requirements:
∎ Master's degree in Entomology, Plant Pathology, Crop Protection, or a related field.
∎ PhD degree in Entomology, Plant Pathology, Crop Protection, or a related field.

Experience Requirements:
∎ At least 7 year(s)

Job Context:
∎ Project: Feed the Future Bangladesh Integrated Pest Management Activity (FTFBIPMA)
∎ Work Site: Dhaka city with travel to Dhaka, Khulna, and Barisal divisions, Cox`s Bazar, and Bandarban districts. In some cases, the whole country needs to be covered.
∎ Report to: Country Program Manager
∎ Supervising: Monitoring and Evaluation Manager, Accountant, Driver, Sweeper, Office assistants, consultant, and security guards in the absence of Country Program Manager

Job Responsibilities:
∎ Work closely with CPM and implement project objectives in a technically sound manner.
∎ Collaborate with CIMMYT, government institutions, value chain projects, and private sector.
∎ Develop and maintain close working relationship with key personnel in government institutions, USAID implementing partners, and the private sector.
∎ Supervise project personnel to ensure the strategic and functional integration of all technical areas.
∎ Assist CPM in preparation and submission of workplans, monthly reports, quarterly reports, annual reports and other reports requested by AOR.
∎ Organize technical workshops/meetings/conferences/webinars as needed.
∎ Represent FTFBIPMA in the relevant meetings of Bangladesh government and USAID.
∎ Implement field surveys, experiments, collect and analyze data.
∎ Interact with media and promote visibility of FTFBIPMA.
∎ Facilitate production of print and electronic media publications of the project.
∎ Monitor, identify, and initiate or stimulate producing scientific and/or popular publications collaboratively.

Additional Requirements:
∎ Age at least 18 years
∎ Seven years' experience in the field.
∎ Proven record of scientific publications.
∎ A clear understanding of pests and diseases of crops in Bangladesh.
∎ Understanding of Integrated Pest Management.
∎ Experience in writing reports.
∎ Knowledge of plant quarantine and pesticide regulations of Bangladesh.
∎ Demonstrated outstanding leadership, strategic thinking, and organizational, team-building, and representation skills.
∎ Proven ability to conceptualize and lead the implementation of complex institutional relations and interactions among a variety of entities.
∎ Strong project management and analytical skills as evidenced by leading roles on engagements of significant scale.
∎ Proven ability to function effectively with donor-funded cooperating agencies, contractors, and host-country and government officials.
∎ Fluency in English and Bengali.

Job Source: Bdjobs.com Online Job Posting.

Application Deadline: 10 Nov 2022

Company Information:
∎ 16 Oct 2022
∎ Virginia Tech IPMA (Integrated Pest Management Activity)

Category: NGO/Development

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