Development Program Specialist (Learning and Innovation Lead), FSN – 12

Job Description

Title: Development Program Specialist (Learning and Innovation Lead), FSN – 12

Company Name: USAID Bangladesh

Vacancy: 1

Job Location: Dhaka

Employment Status: Full-time

Educational Requirements:
∎ Master’s degree or local equivalent from an accredited program in Public Health, International Development, Health, Social or Behavioral Sciences, Epidemiology, Biology, Infectious Disease, Medicine, Pharmacy, Nursing, or Nutrition is required.

Experience Requirements:
∎ At least 7 year(s)

Job Responsibilities:
∎ USAID/Bangladesh seeks a dynamic individual to serve as a Development Program Specialist (Learning & Innovation Lead) in the Office of Population, Health, and Nutrition (OPHN). The Specialist must be a seasoned Cooperating Country National (CCN) with strong leadership, organizational, technical, writing/editing and interpersonal skills. The Development Program Specialist will work closely with Office leadership to address cross-cutting issues and apply innovative health system strengthening solutions to USAID/Bangladesh health programming. The Specialist will serve as a key member of the Learning and Innovation Team to ensure that the Mission has the necessary strategic, technical, and management expertise to handle and successfully implement innovative health programs and activities in the Health portfolio. The Learning and Innovation Team serves as a “think-tank” type unit to bring in new ideas, foster strategic partnerships and increase the use of new innovative financing tools and technology across the portfolio, and identifies opportunities to address cross-cutting priorities, such as climate change, air pollution, and urbanization.
∎ The Development Program Specialist will liaise closely with high-level Government of Bangladesh officials, bilateral donors, UN organizations, NGOs, and other pertinent agencies and organizations and should have broad experience working with the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, professional associations, private sector, and civil society. S/he will also work with financial institutions, impact investors, diaspora, philanthropists and the corporate sector to broker new partnerships. Additionally, s/he will serve as a Contracting Officer’s Representative/Agreement Officer’s Representative (COR/AOR) and/or Activity Manager on program/project/activities and monitors program performance and progress, identifies implementation achievements as well as problems in performance, and initiates appropriate actions in consultation with other OPHNE staff, and/or the Deputy and Office Director, as appropriate.
∎ The jobholder reports to the Health Office Deputy Director, or designee, and play a mentorship role for the entire Health Office on applying innovations to improve health system performance (please see details in the webpage)

Additional Requirements:
∎ Age 30 to 60 years
∎ A minimum of seven (7) years of progressively responsible experience in programming to support health systems strengthening. Prior experience working with or for bilateral or multilateral donors/ stakeholders such as the World Bank, the Global Fund, UN agencies, or national-level public or private sector projects is required.

Salary: Tk. 364223 - 660343 (Monthly)

Compensation & Other Benefits:
∎ T/A, Mobile bill, Tour allowance, Medical allowance, Provident fund, Weekly 2 holidays, Gratuity
∎ Festival Bonus: 2

Job Source: Bdjobs.com Online Job Posting.

Application Deadline: 17 Apr 2023

Company Information:
∎ 20 Mar 2023
∎ USAID Bangladesh
∎ Address : US Embassy, Baridhara, Dhaka
∎ Web : www.usaid.gov/bd
∎ Business : The largest US agency in the US Embassy, Dhaka, Bangladesh.

Category: NGO/Development

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