Monitoring and Advocacy Specialist

Job Description

Title: Monitoring and Advocacy Specialist

Company Name: International Development Enterprises (iDE)

Vacancy: 1

Job Location: Cox's Bazar

Employment Status: Full-time

Educational Requirements:
∎ Bachelor's Degree in Business Administration, Social Sciences, Engineering or another relevant field

Experience Requirements:
∎ At least 5 year(s)

Job Context:
∎ The Monitoring and Advocacy Specialist is responsible to manage day to day monitoring activities that includes process monitoring, output and outcome monitoring under iDE-B`s WASH portfolio. Responsibilities may include but are not limited to stakeholder engagement, monitoring of activity process and impact, and supervision of data enumerators. The MAS will be supported by Dhaka based staff with tools and methodologies to support in decision making and course corrections for greater activity effectiveness. The MAS will be supervised by the relevant FC. MAS
∎ will be responsible for stakeholder engagement at the Upazilla level and District level within and will supervise upazila facilitator for data collection.
∎ Reporting Line: Program Manager
∎ Other Information and Conditions:
∎ The Monitoring and Advocacy Specialist must agree to be a regular staff of iDE
∎ The remuneration package and deliverables might be change based on negotiation among iDE management and the contract
∎ iDE reserve rights to terminate this agreement at any time with the consultation of the employee as per HR policy

Job Responsibilities:
∎ Function as Monitoring and Advocacy Specialist on all project activities within an assigned district, under supervision of the Field Coordinator
∎ Regularly check-in with all stakeholders for whom the MAS is a primary point of contact (PCO) for rapport building and market strengthening
∎ Function as the point of contact for inclusion and resilience within the district for the
∎ project with research and pilots
∎ Function as the key point of contact on advocacy related to DPHE, LGED, NGOs and other relevant civil society engagements
∎ Advocate for smart subsidies, improved products and supply chain strengthening
∎ Assess, strategize, coach and support the private public development platforms bringing together private and public sector partners for better sector coordination and the development of guidelines and relevant standards at both the Upazilla and district levels

Additional Requirements:
∎ At least 5 years of experience working on market system development in sanitation or another relevant field
∎ Familiarity and experience with project management concepts such as Logical
∎ Frameworks, Impact Logic or Results Chains
∎ Considerable understanding and knowledge of rural markets, trading relationships and rural service provision
∎ work in rural contexts as and when required and sometimes extended hours of work
∎ Management and Programmatic Skills:
∎ Ability to successfully supervise a limited number of staff
∎ Ability to plan and implement iterative field level activities for market systems change
∎ Understands the facilitative role and local market development approach
∎ Experience of value chain approaches, market development and deep dive research
∎ Personal Skills:
∎ Undertake additional tasks subject to workload and skill sets such as photography, cross-project trainings and evaluations
∎ Energetic and focused approach to sales coaching and mentoring
∎ Excellent interpersonal and leadership skills
∎ Ability to work with various national and international team members and flexibility to adapt to different work conditions
∎ Ability to interact and collaborate with a broad range of public and private sector and NGO partners
∎ Physical and Language Skills:
∎ Ability to travel and undertake fieldwork in rural contexts
∎ Strong written and oral communication skills in English and Bangla, including ability to
∎ present coherent and convincing messages to different audiences
∎ Strong computer skills in Microsoft Office Suite, e-mail and the internet
∎ Familiarity with internet based software systems such as Google Apps

Compensation & Other Benefits:
∎ iDE provides a women friendly work environment with flexible work arrangements, appropriate skill development opportunities and good career development potential for high performing individuals. We are committed to creating a diverse environment and is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. Employment selection and related decisions are made without regard to gender, race, age, disability, religion, national origin, color, or any other protected class.

Application Deadline: August 11, 2019

Company Information:
∎ International Development Enterprises (iDE)
∎ Business : iDE is an international NGO with over 30 years of experience in designing and delivering market based anti-poverty programs in 11 countries. We are a world leader in making markets work for the poor as well as the longest established market development specialist NGO in Bangladesh. iDE believes that markets can be a powerful force for improving smallholder prosperity by creating income and livelihood opportunities for poor rural households. iDE Bangladesh (iDE-B) has 9 projects under its Food Security and Nutrition; Agriculture Markets; Water Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH); and Technology and Innovation Portfolios.

Category: NGO/Development