District Coordinator

Job Description

Title: District Coordinator

Company Name: USAID Host and Impacted Community Resilience Activity (HICRA)

Vacancy: 1

Age: 30 to 60 years

Job Location: Cox`s Bazar

Salary: Tk. 75000 (Monthly)

Experience:

• At least 3 years
• The applicants should have experience in the following business area(s): NGO

• Bachelor/Honors

• At least 3 years
• The applicants should have experience in the following business area(s): NGO

• Age 30 to 60 years

• At least 10 years working with in development activities (USAID a plus)

• Demonstrated experience managing integrated field activities

• Demonstrated advanced experience in Microsoft excel

• Previous experience Cox’s Bazar district, and the CHT desired.

• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills.

• Fluency in English

Required Skills :

• Strong analytical, strategic, operational, coordination, relationship and communication skills.

• Skills in programmed implementation planning, tracking and reporting.

• Excellent skills in coordinating, representation, partnership management and staff management.

• Good report writing, and computer proficiency in MS Office.

• Passionate about taking on challenges, applying innovative approaches and learning

• Highly versatile, ability to work well under pressure and to manage a variety of issues at the same time

• Excellent interpersonal and cross-cultural skills.

Competencies:

• Leading and inspiring others,

• Delivering results,

• Developing self and others,

• Problem solving and decision making,

• Innovating and adapting

• Inclusive

• Empowering

Cox’s Bazar and the three Chittagong Hill Tract (CHT) districts are among the lowest ranked in Bangladesh for education, skills training, food security, poverty and agricultural productivity. The situation has worsened since 2017, with the Rohingya refugee influx, which has put enormous pressure on the local economies, resulting in loss of livelihoods, depressed local wages, increased food insecurity and distorted local market systems. The increased population has also put severe pressure on already limited resources. There is a need for safe drinking water and sanitation facilities. Forests have become degraded negatively affecting biodiversity and ecosystem services. Moreover, these districts are prone to natural disasters including fires, flash floods, landslides, extreme heat and drought. Cox’s Bazar experiences these as well as rising sea levels, salinification of soil and water, and tropical cyclones. In response, USAID’s Host and Impacted Communities Resilience Activity (HICRA) led by Friends In Village Development Bangladesh (FIVDB) will take an integrated approach to improve the overall well-being and resilience of people residing in the communities hosting or impacted by the Rohingya refugee crisis. HICRA will achieve this goal through the implementation of livelihoods; water, sanitation, and hygiene (WASH); natural resource management (NRM); and disaster risk reduction (DRR) interventions with an estimated 114,000 households across the four prioritized districts, Cox’s Bazar, Bandarban, Rangamati, and Kargarachari.

ROLE

District Coordinator will be responsible for ensuring USAID HICRA activities are implemented within the district with efficiency and impact. The candidate will work closely with the DCOP, technical leads and district-based staff to ensure all activities in the detailed implementation plan are carried out in a timely manner and that milestones are met. The candidate will work with technical leads to develop District and upazila -specific implementation plans and will work closely with the Implementing Partners to ensure the activities are implemented and targets are met. S/he will be responsible for managing all district based staff on a day-to-day basis and ensure integration within the programmatic areas. The District Coordinator will serve as the district representative and coordinate with other USAID Activities, donor projects and the GoB to ensure collaboration and coordination. The candidate will create an enabling environment for collaboration, learning and adaptation, contribute to staff capacity building and support localization. This position will also provide the inclusive and well-orchestrated leadership necessary to meet the complex needs of USAID HICRA’s district-based efforts, in cost efficient ways. This includes collaborating with various stakeholders including the Government of Bangladesh, other USAID activities, traditional leaders, UPG communities and HICRA consortium partners. S/he will apply strategic and analytical skills to accomplish goals and meet objectives, and demonstrate initiative and willingness to work together in partnership with the consortium and all key stakeholders. The District Coordinator will ensure activities are completed as per plan, meet USAID requirements, and maintain good relations with all.

Main Areas of Responsibilities.

• Represent USAID HICRA at the district level
• Collaborate with GOG, other USAID projects, etc. to leverage resources and create synergies to support program achievements.
• Monitor, track and manage district, upazila and union-wise detailed implementation plans
• Manage staff and ensure activity integration
• Provide weekly updates on progress against plans
• Manage District Budget to maximize efficiency and impact
• Draft success stories
• Support and Guide implementing partners to achieve milestones.
• Troubleshoot and adaptively training approaches while ensuring the project meets milestones on time
• Elevate concerns, challenges and issues

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• Weekly 2 holidays, Mobile bill, Provident fund, Gratuity

• As per the project policy of FIVDB and the budgeted provision of this project.