Intern - Project Support & management
Job Description
Title: Intern - Project Support & management
Company Name: Practical Action - Bangladesh.
Vacancy: Not specific
Job Location: Dhaka
Employment Status: Contractual
Educational Requirements:
∎ Undergraduate/Graduate degree in Engineering (Mechanical Engineering preferred) from a reputed institution
Job Context:
∎ Reporting to : Project Manager
∎ Direct reports: Not applicable
∎ Groups : Programme Delivery Unit (PDU)
∎ Relationships: Programme/project teams under PDU, Business Development, Quality Assurance, and Thematic Units
∎ Financial scope: As assigned as delegated
∎ Location:Dhaka
∎ Nature of contract: Short-term (3 months)
∎ Salary & benefits: Monthly consolidated BDT 15,000- 20,000 including all other benefits and allowances. Experienced and skilled candidate would be offered with appropriate packages.
∎ Grade: Not applicable
∎ Travel :Frequent travel to project locations
∎ The intern will support the Programme Delivery Unit team for facilitating and managing projects related to safe water, sanitation, hygiene, faecal sludge management, waste management, agriculture, disaster risk reduction. S/he will support both humanitarian and regular development projects and coordinate the activities with other units of Practical Action. S/he will have to travel frequently to relevant project locations.
∎ The opportunity to work for an organisation that is making a positive difference to the lives of people worldwide, a friendly and supportive culture, working with values driven and highly engaged colleagues, work life balance and flexible working - these are just some of the reasons we think Practical Action is a great place to work. In addition, the compensation and benefit details are mentioned below:
Job Responsibilities:
∎ Documentation and Reporting:
∎ Support and facilitate project activities with multiple stakeholders
∎ Understand the filed level uses of the mechanical technologies used in faecal sludge management and treatment
∎ Provide technical inputs for commercializing desludging technologies and work with private sector
∎ Monitor activities of the project and track performances against the deliverables timeline along with financial aspect of the project
∎ Active support in project management and implementation
∎ Collect information through project staff under different components and furnish periodical reports for the management and donor
∎ Coordinate with local partner organizations and their staff to ensure access to accurate and reliable information from the field
∎ Assist the Project Coordinator and Senior management in preparing various reports and documents related to the project
∎ Undertake field visits to implement project activities, organize events, check accuracy of the information generated from the field
∎ Knowledge Material Development:
∎ Develop case studies and other relevant knowledge materials with coordination from the field
∎ Develop ToR and coordinate all contracting procedures for hiring consultants
∎ Coordinate will private sector, consultant and vendors for timely completion of work
Additional Requirements:
∎ Excellent English writing, analytical and communication skills
∎ Willing and able to travel independently in remote project location
Salary:
∎ Monthly consolidated BDT 15,000- 20,000 including all other benefits and allowances. Experienced and skilled candidate would be offered with appropriate packages.
Application Deadline: August 20, 2019
Company Information:
∎ Practical Action - Bangladesh.
∎ Business : Practical Action, a UK based international development organization, works for technology justice and wellbeing to reduce poverty. We work through regional and country offices in Latin America, Africa and Asia to make a difference in the lives of poor people by transforming the technologies from idea to reality. In Bangladesh, focus of our work is around agriculture, extreme poverty, disaster risk reduction, climate change adaptation, access to markets, water sanitation, waste management and energy. Our distinctive practical approach includes wellbeing, partnership, specialized knowledge services and policy engagement.
Category: NGO/Development
