Operations Director
Job Description
Title: Operations Director
Company Name: Feed the Future Bangladesh Digital Agriculture Activity
Vacancy: Not specific
Job Location: Anywhere in Bangladesh
Employment Status: Contractual
Educational Requirements:
∎ Bachelor's Degree finance, accounting, management, or other relevant field required. Master's preferred.
Experience Requirements:
∎ At least 10 year(s)
Job Context:
∎ Location: Remote or Dhaka, Bangladesh
∎ Contract Name: USAID/Digital Frontiers
∎ Status Short Term Technical Assistance
∎ Level of Effort Flexible, approximately 10-15 days per month
∎ Period of Performance: o/a November 1, 2021 - January 30, 2022 (3 months)
∎ Supervisor: Bangladesh Digital Agriculture Activity, Senior Program Manager
∎ Description:
∎ Digital Frontiers seeks an STTA Operations Director for the USAID-funded Feed the Future Bangladesh Digital Activity. The Operations Director will be responsible for overseeing project finances and other operational and administrative duties. They will supervise the reporting and management of all grants and contracts to ensure best use of resources by preparing sound budgets, monitoring project expenses, and ensuring timely preparation of USAID financial reports.
∎ Reporting: The Operations Director reports to the Senior Program Manager, who is based in Washington, D.C.
Job Responsibilities:
∎ Manage and oversee procurement efforts for the program including selection and negotiation with vendors, and management of subcontractors on the activity in compliance with USAID and procurement regulations
∎ Works closely with the Technical team to advise on activity design and development; provide strategic advice on activity administration and identify opportunities to innovate operationally within the BDAA activity cycle (speed/simplification/streamlining)
∎ Drive procurement processes and assure the most reasonable, expeditious, and appropriate procurement choices were made pursuant to DAI's Field Operations Manual and in compliance with USAID regulations
∎ Be responsible and ensures that the budget and audit projections, expenditure, tracking and reporting are in accordance with DAI and Donor requirements, procedures, and practices for compliance and audits
∎ Oversees the development of administrative and operations management systems and processes required to support activity implementation
∎ Manages implementation of financial, administrative, and HR policies and procedures that meet activity needs and corporate and client requirements
∎ Supervises institutional subcontracts and sub-agreements
∎ Creates and maintains financial reporting and tracking systems, provides financial performance updates on activities. Guides the administrative team on annual work planning, and ensure submission of quality operational plans, budgets, and reports
Additional Requirements:
∎ At least 10 years' experience, including USAID project/financial management experience required
∎ Experience in Bangladesh or similar development context, highly preferred.
∎ Experience with financial and administrative management of international development programs and other donor-funded projects in the field required;
∎ Excellent financial management skills and knowledge of the latest project management tools • Ability to manage uncertainty, offering flexibility and thriving at the edge of change.
∎ Ability to work under pressure and deliver under tight deadlines on a continual basis.
∎ Superior interpersonal and communication skills.
∎ Excellent written and spoken English.
Job Source: Bdjobs.com Online Job Posting.
Application Deadline: 6 Nov 2021
Company Information:
∎ 21 Oct 2021
∎ Feed the Future Bangladesh Digital Agriculture Activity
∎ Business : DAI is an international development company. For more than 50 years, we have worked on the frontlines of international development, tackling fundamental social and economic development problems caused by inefficient markets, ineffective governance, and instability. Currently, DAI is delivering results that matter in some 80 countries. Our development solutions turn ideas into impact by bringing together fresh combinations of expertise and innovation across multiple disciplines. Our clients include international development agencies, international lending institutions, private corporations and philanthropies, and national governments.
Category: NGO/Development
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Source: bdjobs.com
Deadline Expired on 6th Nov 2021
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