Organizational Development Specialist

Job Description

Title: Organizational Development Specialist

Company Name: Winrock International

Vacancy: Not specific

Job Location: Cox's Bazar

Employment Status: Contractual

Educational Requirements:
∎ Bachelor's level degree or higher required in organization development, international development, education, or a relevant social science discipline.

Experience Requirements:
∎ At least 8 year(s)

Job Context:
∎ POSITION TITLE: Organizational Development Specialist
∎ LOCATION: Cox`s Bazar Bangladesh
∎ DEPARTMENT: Civil Society & Education
∎ REPORTS TO: Chief of Party
∎ POSITION SUMMARY: The Organizational Development Specialist will be responsible for providing technical leadership for high-quality, results-oriented programs in Bangladesh. The objective of the project is to improve the learning outcomes of Bangladeshi children and youth in Cox`s Bazar who have been impacted by the Rohingya crisis by: increasing learning outcomes; improving quality of education, increasing sub-district and community capacity to plan, manage and oversee education; and increasing school capacity to prepare and respond to natural disasters. Position is contingent upon receipt of donor funding.

Job Responsibilities:
∎ The Organizational Development Specialist is responsible for working with local partners and grantees to support them and build their capacity to fulfill specific scopes of work. This project aims to empower local organizations to ensure sustainability of the project's results, even after the life of project. It will be the responsibility of the Organizational Development Specialist to ensure organizations are enabled to complete assigned work in the short- and long-term. Other responsibilities include:

∎ Work with other staff to select partners at the national, district and upzila levels;
∎ Facilitate coordination and networking among organizations to maximize the breadth and impact of their advocacy on issues of education;
∎ Provide training to local organizations on networking to address education challenges and issues;
∎ Build organizational capacity of local partners in line with their own organizational development priorities;
∎ Improve the organizational management of sub-grantees and partner NGOs;
∎ Provide technical assistance to project staff and partners, and serve as an adviser to the Chief of Party
∎ Contribute to the development of annual work-plans, M&E Plan, and program progress reports.
∎ Represent Winrock and the project to external audiences, as requested.
∎ Other duties as assigned.

Additional Requirements:
∎ Applicants must have a minimum of 8 years' experience working to build organizational development of organizations particularly in the areas of strategic planning, monitoring and evaluation, financial management, operations and human resources.
∎ Demonstrated experience in forging collaborative activities, networks and coalitions among organizations in policy and advocacy - preferably in areas related to education
∎ Experience using facilitative, participatory approaches to organizational development
∎ Experience working with varying levels of organizations including NGOs, CSOs, CBOs and quasi-governmental organizations
∎ Experience designing and implementing organizational capacity assessments and other assessment tools
∎ Skills/ Knowledge:
∎ Demonstrated effective coordination and networking skills, interpersonal skills, creative problem solving, conflict, and ethical management skills
∎ Experience working on projects funded by USAID or other international donors preferred.
∎ Fluency in English required.
∎ Excellent written and oral communication skills.
∎ Computer literate in Microsoft Word, Excel and Power point

Application Deadline: December 11, 2019

Company Information:
∎ Winrock International
∎ Business : Winrock International is a nonprofit organization that works with people around the world to empower the disadvantaged, increase economic opportunity, and sustain natural resources.

Category: NGO/Development

Source: bdjobs.com

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