Job Description

Title: Field Monitoring Lead

Company Name: A reputed National NGO

Vacancy: 1

Location: Khulna

Minimum Salary: Negotiable

Experience:
∎ At least 7 years

Published: 31 Jan 2024

Education:
∎ Post-graduate degree in science or social sciences. Preference will be given to candidates with undergraduate and/or postgraduate degree in Natural Resource Management; Disaster Management, Environment/Climate Change, Development Studies, Civil and/or Water Engineering, Agriculture, International Relations, Economics, Sociology, Statistics, Geography etc.

Requirements:

Additional Requirements:
∎ Minimum 7 years of working experience in community led innovation in the context of natural resource management, co-management, climate justice & adaptation/ resilience. At least 03 years’ experience in a similar position.
∎ Familiar with bio-physical and socio-economic conditions in the ecologically critical areas in Sundarbans and Hakaluki Haor.
∎ Experience in developing and implementing Nature-based Solutions (NbS) and renewable/green energy to address and mitigate climate change challenges.
∎ Experience in monitoring of multi-sectoral program.
∎ Having non-discriminatory and gender-sensitive perceptions along with safeguarding
∎ To protect children in connection
∎ Female candidates are encouraged to apply.
∎ Skills in project team management, planning, budgeting, technical and financial oversight.
∎ Good understanding on issues of climate change adaptation; gender equity, protection and multicultural intervention.
∎ Good communication, negotiation and problem-solving capacity.
∎ Ability to manage stress, multi-task and take decisions.
∎ Proficient in MS Office tools (Word, Excel, Power Point);
∎ Good verbal and written communication skills in local language, English and Bengali;
∎ Pro-active and participatory decision-making and problem-solving;
∎ Leadership and results oriented.
∎ Flexibility and good understanding on human centric innovation
∎ Adaptive thinking and a strong, critical mindset.
∎ Good presentation, communication and interpersonal skills.
∎ Forward-thinking and adaptable to dynamic situations.
∎ Respectful to safeguarding policy.
∎ Experiences:
∎ Skills and Additional Job Requirements:
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Responsibilities & Context:
∎ Backstop the regional and site teams in preparing periodic work plans, in line with NABAPALLAB’s approved work plan.
∎ Provide technical support the organization’s site teams in implementation of planned activity.
∎ Ensure day-to-day coordination among sites/regions and Dhaka-level Head Office.
∎ Support the technical program managers and staff to help ensure that the site teams are equipped with the required resources and logistical support to roll-out activities at the ground level.
∎ Support the stakeholders in the dissemination of entitlements under ECA Rule 2016 and PA rules 2017 among CMOs, VCG, Union ECA Committee, Upazila ECA Committee and District ECA Committee members and assists and facilitate the CMOs and other stakeholders to introduce entry fee system (acc to ECA Rule 2016)
∎ Assist in demarcation and re-excavation of degraded part of the beel, cannel and pond by mobilizing the communities and engaging the relevant stakeholders.
∎ Assist local administration to implement/ enforce Jalmahal policy and ECA Rule for protecting illegal activities e.g., dewatering beel water, bird hunting, use fixed engine for fish catch etc.
∎ Provide inputs to prepare tools for periodical monitoring assessment and checklists from EbA of view.
∎ Monitor and follow up on different training and meeting organized by site teams and ensure that these are meeting the minimum quality benchmark through regular field visit and are in line with NABAPALLAB’s approved workplan.
∎ Work with the MEL team to establish a functioning accountability mechanism, and ensure closing the loop of all feedback, especially from ecology based adaptation (EbA) point of view.
∎ Support MEL team tools design to ensure real-time monitoring on natural resource management (NRM) and EbA and ensure appropriate actions to reflect and improve consortium’s performance in these aspects.
∎ Contribute to preparing consortium ’s learning and knowledge products from NRM and EbA perspectives.
∎ Develop and launch a progress tracking mechanism to monitor site level progress regularly.
∎ Prepare periodic program (monthly, quarterly, and annual, as needed) reports and share them with the Project Coordinator.
∎ Contribute to bringing programmatic synergy, strengthening coordination and uphold reciprocal values and principles.
∎ Data feed to the organization’s Central MIS
∎ Coordinate financial and perform administrative activities required at the regional level where s/he is working to ensure smooth implementation. Ensure that all compliances are being followed according to the organization’s policies and guidelines and provide the necessary support to make better coordination of the procurement activities.
∎ Facilitate fiscal management and ensure timely financial and administrative support from organization at regional and site levels.
∎ Ensure that all compliances are being followed according to the organization’s policies and guidelines and provide the necessary support to make better coordination of the procurement activities.
∎ Support coordination among sites, regions, and Dhaka-level staff members of all partners, as appropriate.
∎ Support communication activities at the field level, notably overall for the sites and region.
∎ Keep close and regular communications with other partners of NABAPALLAB.
∎ Accompaniment support to project management and donors during field visits and sharing of monitoring findings on a regular basis.
∎ Maintain liaison with different stakeholders (GO/NGO/Private Sector) at the site level. S/he will also need to ensure regular presence in the GoB, platform sectoral platform meetings to represent and showcase project achievements and updates.
∎ Attending regular meetings/trainings/workshops as and when required by the project and management.
∎ Presentation of technical achievements regularly in the project events.
∎ Work closely with the Project Coordinator, Field Monitor Lead and other specialists along with PMU to achieve project results.
∎ Prepare and submit the periodic reports.
∎ Any other task as assigned by the management.
∎ Job Nature: Full-time
∎ Duration: Up to December 31, 2026, subject to the availability of fund and satisfactory performance.
∎ No. of Vacancies: 1Project Brief: The UK Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO) has selected a CARE Bangladesh led consortium to implement the project titled ‘Nature Based Adaptation towards Prosperous and Adept Lives & Livelihoods in Bangladesh (NABAPALLAB/ নবপল্লব)’ in two Ecologically Critical Areas (ECA) – Sundarbans and Hakaluki Haor. The other consortium members are CNRS, CordAid, C3ER-BRAC University, Dushtha Shasthya Kendra (DSK), Friendship, Humanity & Inclusion (HI), iDE, and Practical Action. It is a key component of the Bangladesh-UK Accord on Climate Change and will deliver the adaptation outcome of the FCDO’s flagship Bangladesh Climate and Environment Programme (BCEP). The programme will make a significant contribution in Bangladesh to progress against GoB’s policies and priorities e.g., National Adaptation Plan (NAP), Nationally Determined Contribution (NDC), commitments to biodiversity conservation, ongoing 8th Five Year Plan, etc. And it will also contribute to UK’s commitment to International Climate Finance (ICF).
∎ The Sundarbans, the largest mangrove forest in the world, and Hakaluki Haor, a complex wetland system of the Meghna-Surma River basin, play a crucial role in protecting lives and livelihoods in the southwest coast and northeast Bangladesh respectively. With a population of over 4 million and a rich habitat with rare species, including tigers, the Sundarbans' inhabitants are threatened by climate changes due to rising sea levels and frequent cyclones. Over-extraction of forest resources by locals and industrial development in the nearby areas is currently threatening this World Heritage Site. Hakaluki Haor is one of the most extensive marsh wetlands in the country, inhabited by over 200,000 people and 558 animal and bird species and is a breeding ground for fisheries. Due to environmental sensitivity and high anthropogenic pressures such as overharvesting, overfishing, pollution and illegal logging, the Sundarbans mangrove and the Hakaluki Hoar wetland are at a vulnerable stage with climate change exacerbating the current situation.
∎ FCDO’s NABAPALLAB aims to engage biodiversity and natural resource-dependent communities to strengthen the climate resilience of the ECAs, conserve biodiversity, and at the same time, diversify and improve people's livelihood through innovative nature-based (NBS) and locally led adaptation solutions. It will primarily target communities within the 10 km buffer zone of the ECAs, which are critically exposed and vulnerable to climate change impacts and have a lesser capacity to adapt to such changes. It will increase climate resilience of more than 250,000 vulnerable households and ecosystem-based protection and restoration of 5,000km2 area in, especially in the districts of Bagerhat, Satkhira and Khulna in the Sundarbans ECA, and Maulvibazar and Sylhet in Hakaluki Haor. The project will consider the most marginalised communities, involving stakeholders from multiple strata and ensuring ownership of provided interventions. It will also enhance the capacity of the local government bodies to manage and conserve the ECAs effectively and create an enabling environment to implement relevant government plans and policies related to Eco-System based Adaptation (EBA).
∎ Part I: Job Statement
∎ Field Monitoring Lead will be responsible for helping the Project Coordinator to coordinate project operations and activities conducted in the regions. The key responsibility of this position is to monitor the approved activity plan and inform the project coodinator of the status of their implementation, and in particular issues that may arise. Under the supervision of the Project Coordinator, s/he will be responsible for helping the sites and regional team implement approved work plan activities.
∎ Part II: Job Responsibilities and Tasks
∎ A. Technical activities
∎ Programme planning and implementation.
∎ Programme supervision, monitoring and quality assurance.
∎ Programme budget, accountability and compliances
∎ Coordination and networking
∎ B. General Tasks

Compensation & Other Benefits:

Employment Status: Full Time

Job Location: Khulna

Apply Procedure:

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Company Information:
∎ A reputed National NGO

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Application Deadline: 17 Feb 2024

Category: NGO/Development