Director

Job Description

Title: Director

Company Name: PULSE Bangladesh Society

Vacancy: Not specific

Job Location: Cox's Bazar

Employment Status: Full-time

Educational Requirements:
∎ Advanced degree (minimum, Master's degree) in a relevant field from an accredited university with at least 7 years of experience in a leadership position, managing development programs and emergency response and management or supervisory experience.

Experience Requirements:
∎ At least 7 year(s)

Job Context:
∎ PULSE Bangladesh Society is a non-governmental and non-profit organization. It works for the improvement of life-standard of the poor and socially disadvantaged population by undertaking various projects. PULSE Bangladesh Society has been implementing projects in Cox`s Bazar Sadar, Ukiya & Teknaf Upazila of Cox`s Bazar district and in Sadar Upazila of Bandarban district and Bhashan Char, Hatia Noakhali district. PULSE Bangladesh Society is committed to create a productive and economic independent society that is free from poverty where people can exercise their basic social rights, through activities that focus on women and children as well as on distressed people.
∎ PULSE Bangladesh Society is recruiting a Director for the overall development of the organization and ensuring gender mainstreaming for the Workforce and Service Delivery Initiative.
∎ The Director is responsible for liaising with the donor; coordinating and leading partners; supervising members of the project team and financial and administrative oversight, reporting, and monitoring and evaluation of the project.
∎ Department : Program
∎ Location : PULSE Bangladesh Society, Cox`s Bazar
∎ Reports to : Chief Executive

Job Responsibilities:
∎ Provides strategic leadership and managerial leadership for successful implementation of project activities.
∎ Plan the programs from start to completion involving deadlines, milestones and processes
∎ Ensures that the program is technically sound, evidence-based, and consistent with funder and stakeholders' priorities.
∎ Provides oversight of program implementation including all activities, outputs, and outcomes related to project management and administration, including reporting, budget development and monitoring, execution of project plans, and project performance.
∎ Oversees the selection and training of qualified program staff, assigning clear roles and responsibilities, providing effective supervision, and managing performance to ensure efficient operations.
∎ Ensure gender responsive organizational strategic plan
∎ Ensures the project produces the specified results in the annual workplan(s) to the required standard of quality and within the timeline and budget parameters.
∎ Oversees budget pipeline development and budget monitoring.
∎ Conducts monthly reviews to ensure accountability of all project activities as well as the accurate and timely reporting of financial deliverables and obligations.
∎ Ensures that the project progresses in accordance to its contractual obligations and complies with donor regulations and internal organizational policies.
∎ Ensures that services and funding relationships are robust enough to meet or exceed strategic goals and objectives.
∎ Apply change, risk and resource management principles when needed
∎ Discover ways to enhance efficiency and productivity of procedures and people
∎ REPRESENTATION:
∎ Acts as the primary project contact person and liaison, ensuring the project is represented in public administration and other key stakeholders.
∎ Coordinates organizational relationship with partners and donors related to monitoring and evaluation, providing support in facilitating technical collaboration and coordination activities with Governments, partners and stakeholders.
∎ Promotes the project through advocacy, presentations, and participation in country technical forums.
∎ TECHNICAL LEADERSHIP:
∎ Supports the program staff by advising on organizational development, in-service training, capacity building, and collaboration among Government, partners, and stakeholders.
∎ Establishes and manages a team with all the relevant disciplines and operational staff, including team building and counterpart identification RRRC, Public Administration and partners.
∎ Develops a detailed implementation plan in line with the agreed scope and resources.
∎ Oversees development of a monitoring and evaluation plan for the successive phases of the project to capture project performance and results.

Additional Requirements:
∎ Only females are allowed to apply
∎ Experience managing, designing, implementing, and evaluating multi- projects and donors
∎ Technical expertise and/or program development skills on holistic program approach
∎ Strong preference for candidates with expertise/experience in gender, protection, women rights including child rights.
∎ Strengthening, integrated service delivery, and human capacity development among a wide array of rights based professionals in developing countries and in complex cultural settings.
∎ Demonstrated diplomatic, management, and communication skills to liaise and advocate with governments, donors, thought leaders, and other key stakeholders including other implementing agencies.
∎ Proven ability to write technical reports and program documents, and deliver presentations.
∎ Excellent oral and written communication skills in English and the ability to communicate cross-culturally.
∎ Ability to travel field independently up to 40%

Salary: Negotiable

Job Source: Bdjobs.com Online Job Posting.

Application Deadline: 24 Nov 2021

Company Information:
∎ 9 Nov 2021
∎ PULSE Bangladesh Society

Category: NGO/Development