Job Description

Title: District Manager

Company Name: Eco-Social Development Organization (ESDO)

Vacancy: 04

Job Location: Gaibandha, Joypurhat, Kurigram, Rangpur

Employment Status: Full-time

Educational Requirements:
∎ Master's degree in social science, public health, nutrition, agriculture, or a related field.

Experience Requirements:
∎ At least 5 year(s)

Job Context:
∎ ‘USAID’s Community Nutrition and Health Activity (CNHA)’ funded by USAID, and implemented by CARE Bangladesh, aims to sustainably impact the nutrition and health of women and children in their first 1000 days of life. The activity will strive to achieve its goal by contributing to the areas of Strengthened community health systems to deliver nutrition, family planning, and health services; improving household nutrition and health behaviors; enhancing leadership and governance for improved nutrition; resilience of communities and households to potential nutrition shocks increased.
∎ Eco-Social Development Organization (ESDO) started its journey in 1988 with a noble vision to stand in solidarity with the poor and marginalized. Being a people-centered organization, ESDO envisioned for a society which will be free from inequality and injustice, a society where no child will cry from hunger and no life will be ruined by poverty. Near about three decades of relentless efforts to make this happen, ESDO has embraced new grounds and opened up new horizons to help the disadvantaged and vulnerable people to bring meaningful and lasting changes in their lives. During this long span, ESDO has adapted with the changing situation and provided the most time-bound services, especially for the poor and disadvantaged. A community-focused and people-centered approach has been adapted by ESDO while consideration was given to the national policy and Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) as its guiding principle. ESDO is one of the most dynamic organizations expanding its development interventions across 331 Upazilas under 54 districts of Bangladesh covering over 10 million poor and vulnerable people.
∎ As partnership with CARE Bangladesh, ESDO is implementing the USAID’s Community Nutrition and Health Activity (CNHA) at Rangpur, Kurigram, Gaibandha and Joypurhat District. ESDO is inviting applications from interested qualified candidates for the position.
∎ Supervisor`s Position: Project Manager
∎ CARE Bangladesh, a non-profit international development organization, is implementing a five-year-long project, "USAID’s Community Nutrition and Health Activity (CNHA)”. CARE, with its consortium partners icddr,b, mPower, Jhpiego, and Viscom, will implement this project both at national and sub-national levels, and Eco-Social Development Organization (ESDO) will work at the local level to execute the field activities under North West Zone Cluster and in the selected upazilas (all unions) of Rangpur, Kurigram, Gaibandha and Joypurhat districts.
∎ Under CNHA, the consortium will work with different departments of the ministries, especially the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare (MoHFW) of the Government of Bangladesh (GoB) at the national, regional, and local levels, to improve nutrition status by strengthening the community health system and support the effective implementation of the Second National Plan of Action for Nutrition (NPAN2). This will work at multiple levels of local government institutions, specifically with the nutrition coordination committees at the district and upazila levels focusing on the community health system and strengthening the Core Team approach and local nutrition-governance mechanisms. The project will facilitate developing solutions emerging from communities, government departments, and the private sector. The CNHA will replicate proven best practices to scale up innovative local governance models for better nutrition by transforming the Union Development Coordination Committee (UDCC) into nutrition outcomes. Digital solutions related to health and Nutrition services are key strategies for improving nutrition. The project intends to impact several of the core challenges selected districts face in the North (Rangpur Cluster), Haor (Kishoreganj Cluster), Padma Basin (Madaripur Cluster), and Coastal Belt (Patuakhali Cluster) of Bangladesh.

Job Responsibilities:
∎ Eco-Social Development Organization (ESDO), as a local implementing partner of this activity, is hiring a District Manager. The District Manager will lead the implementation of the activity in the respective district as guided by the Project Manager. This District Manager will ensure that the technical direction of the activity is geared to achieve the desired impact. The District Manager, under the supervision of the Project Manager, will coordinate with the consortium partners, technical specialists, cluster teams, project staff, and other stakeholders in the development and implementation of activity plans, as well as achieving standards set for staff development, activity impact, and monitoring and result measurement.
∎ Under the direct guidance of the Project Manager, the District Manager will facilitate the activity Implementation Team representing the Rangpur, Kurigram, Gaibandha and Joypurhat District in reflecting on project implementation issues by coordinating with the CNHA consortium. The District Manager will also be responsible for guiding Union Facilitators and the field staff in ensuring sound administrative and financial management systems at various levels. The District Manager will promote and support anchorage at the district office level so that the field team can work with a good level of independence and undertake initiatives on their own.
∎ Responsibility # 01: Coordination, implementation guidance, and operational leadership.
∎ Lead project implementation team in taking responsibility with adequate authorities about intervention planning, implementation, monitoring, and management in the respective district.
∎ Plan and implement the project interventions in the respective district following CNHA’s approaches and standards in consultation with the CNHA Consortium.
∎ Build capacities of project staff to manage resources and monitor the impact of the project.
∎ Introduce and expand new initiatives in the district in the context of implementing field interventions.
∎ Responsibility # 02: Staff management and administrative operations
∎ Ensure that the project is implemented in a cost-effective manner, within the budget framework, and make sure that the burn rate is up to the expected level.
∎ Regularly monitor the status of record keeping and provide feedback to the project team and management.
∎ Promote a gender-equitable, women-friendly, sensitive work environment in the district office.
∎ Coach & mentor staff to improve their programming and analytical skills in project planning, management, communication, and monitoring activities.
∎ Promote team spirit and cooperative attitudes among project personnel and project partners.
∎ Identify staff needs for training or improvement and take appropriate actions to achieve those.
∎ Responsibility # 03: Liaison with project consortium and other relevant stakeholders
∎ Liaison, coordinates, and nurture excellent relationships with project teams, government, and other stakeholders.
∎ Participate in coordination meetings, including NGO coordination/DNCC/Health/FP, update progress, and represent project team as needed. Facilitate field visits conducted by the CNHA team, donors, and relevant government agencies.
∎ Submit Monthly Reports (As expected in the FD-6) to the concerned DC Office and bring annual certificates from DC.
∎ Attend the DC Office-NGO Coordination Meeting and present project progress in that meeting.
∎ Ensure the project officer submits Monthly Reports (As expected in the FD-6) to concerned UNO Offices.
∎ Responsibility # 04: Ensure proper monitoring, reporting, and result measurement systems for the project.
∎ Support data collection, experience capitalization, study, or research undertaken by the project.
∎ Establish a culture of reviewing findings from the monitoring visits and initiate actions for qualitative improvements of interventions.
∎ Document innovations, case studies, and other pilot initiatives as guided by the Project Manager.
∎ Document and preserve project disaggregated records as per the MEL plan and DQA standard.
∎ Ensure data quality and completeness in a timely manner according to project/donor guidelines, including compiled quality reporting.
∎ Responsibility # 05: Communication and information management, effective networking, and collaboration.
∎ Share and execute management directions of the project to all staff in the respective district.
∎ Adopt and execute new initiatives undertaken by the project in areas of health and family planning, nutrition governance, climate-smart, and nutrition value chain agriculture.
∎ Ensure a system of communication and branding across the staff, partners, concerned government officials, and communities related to project policies, strategies, and implementation activities established.
∎ Ensure ICT intervention implementation at the field level according to project guidelines.
∎ Responsibility # 6 Safety, Security, and Safeguarding
∎ As part of this role, the job holder will be expected to adhere to and support Eco-Social Development Organization (ESDO)’s safety and security-related policies and systems as part of their day-to-day duties and comply, at all times, with safety & security protocols and directives, including reporting. Staff must maintain situational and self–awareness and be aware of the safety – security-related consequences of their actions upon themselves, their team, and the organization.
∎ Eco-Social Development Organization (ESDO) is committed to preventing any type of unwanted behavior at work, including sexual harassment, exploitation, abuse, lack of integrity, and financial misconduct, and expects staff to promote the welfare of children, young people, and adults always. Eco-Social Development Organization (ESDO) expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment through our Code of Conduct. This is a high priority to ensure that only those who share and demonstrate this commitment are recruited to work with us.
∎ The District Manager is based in Any one district office from Rangpur, Kurigram, Gaibandha, and Joypurhat districts of CNHA, with approximately 80% of the time in the field.

Additional Requirements:
∎ Age at most 45 years
∎ Both males and females are allowed to apply
∎ In case of highly relevant experienced candidate then age will flexible up to 50 years
∎ Minimum 5 years of professional experience in managerial positions with 2 years’ experience in leading/managing development projects in the fields of health, family planning, food security, and nutrition.
∎ Strong understanding of community health systems, management hierarchy, services delivery platforms, and coordination mechanisms at the sub-national level.
∎ Demonstrated skill in financial, HR, and procurement, M&E systems management for donor-funded projects, especially USAID-supported initiatives.
∎ Effective communication, report writing, and presentation skills in both Bangla and English.
∎ Skilled in computer literacy, internet, and email communication.
∎ Good understanding of and commitment to promoting Gender, Equity, and Diversity Inclusion (GEDI) related concepts, ideas, and best practices.

Salary: Tk. 50000 (Monthly)

Compensation & Other Benefits:
∎ As per project allocation

Job Source: Bdjobs.com Online Job Posting.

Application Deadline: 10 Oct 2023

Company Information:
∎ 1 Oct 2023
∎ Eco-Social Development Organization (ESDO)
∎ Address : Collegepara (Gobindanagar), Thakurgaon-5100 Bangladesh

Category: NGO/Development

: ESDO has a Safeguarding & PSEAH policy to protect its employees and beneficiaries and any kind of discrimination, harassment, and abuse falls under ESDO “ZERO TOLERANCE” Policy. All employees are expected to abide by the PSEAH, Child Protection, Safeguarding, and Gender policy of ESDO.ESDO does not tolerate any child & youth abuse. So, if you have any history of child & youth abuse in organization or personal life please abstains from apply here. After your selection or between the service periods if we found any misinformation, we will take legal action as per organization rules and county law.ESDO does not tolerate any Safeguarding abuse. So if you have any history of gender abuse in organization or personal life please abstains from apply here. After your selection or between the service periods if we found any misinformation, we will take legal action as per organization rules and county law.ESDO does not tolerate any kind of extremism/terrorism. So if you have any history of extremism/terrorism in organization or personal life please abstains from apply here. After your selection or between the service periods if we found any misinformation, we will take legal action as per organization rules and county law.ESDO does not tolerate any corruption. So if you have any history of corruption in organization or personal life please abstains from apply here. After your selection or between the service periods if we found any misinformation, we will take legal action as per organization rules and county law.