Private Sector Engagement and Workforce Development Technical Lead

Job Description

Title: Private Sector Engagement and Workforce Development Technical Lead

Company Name: USAID Host and Impacted Community Resilience Activity (HICRA)

Vacancy: 1

Age: Na

Job Location: Cox`s Bazar

Salary: Negotiable

Experience:

• At least 10 years
• The applicants should have experience in the following business area(s): NGO

• Master of Business Administration (MBA)

• Master’s degree in agribusiness, international development, MBA or similar fields.

• At least 10 years
• The applicants should have experience in the following business area(s): NGO

• At least 10 years progressively advanced management experience in development programming related to market systems development, livelihoods and/or workforce development.

• Minimum of five (5) years of successful experience as a manager in a donor funded project, preferably USAID.

• Demonstrated experience engaging private sector actors, developing MOUs and carrying out collaboration activities

• Demonstrated expertise on market system development, value chain development, livelihoods, markets for the poor and/or job training.

• Excellent computer skills - Word, Excel, PPT, etc.

• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills in English and Bangla.

• Fluency in English.

• Previous experience working with programs in Cox’s Bazar district and/or the CHT desired.

SKILLS:

• Strong analytical, strategic, operational, coordination, relationship and communication skills.

• Advanced skills in programme implementation planning, tracking and reporting.

• Excellent skills in coordinating, representation, partnership management and staff management.

• Good report writing, and computer proficiency in MS Office.

• Passionate about taking on challenges, applying innovative approaches and learning

• Highly versatile, ability to work well under pressure and to manage a variety of issues at the same time

• Excellent interpersonal and cross-cultural skills.

COMPETENCIES:

• Leading and inspiring others,

• Delivering results,

• Developing self and others,

• Problem solving and decision making,

• Innovating and adapting

• Inclusive

• Empowering

Cox’s Bazar and the three Chittagong Hill Tract (CHT) districts are among the lowest ranked in Bangladesh for education, skills training, food security, poverty and agricultural productivity. The situation has worsened since 2017, with the Rohingya refugee influx, which has put enormous pressure on the local economies, resulting in loss of livelihoods, depressed local wages, increased food insecurity and distorted local market systems. The increased population has also put severe pressure on already limited resources. There is a need for safe drinking water and sanitation facilities. Forests have become degraded negatively affecting biodiversity and ecosystem services. Moreover, these districts are prone to natural disasters including fires, flash floods, landslides, extreme heat and drought. Cox’s Bazar experiences these as well as rising sea levels, salinification of soil and water, and tropical cyclones.

In response, USAID’s Host and Impacted Communities Resilience Activity (HICRA) led by Friends In Village Development Bangladesh (FIVDB) will take an integrated approach to improve the overall well-being and resilience of people residing in the communities hosting or impacted by the Rohingya refugee crisis. HICRA will achieve this goal through the implementation of livelihoods; water, sanitation, and hygiene (WASH); natural resource management (NRM); and disaster risk reduction (DRR) interventions with an estimated 114,000 households across the four prioritised districts, Cox’s Bazar, Bandarban, Rangamati, and Kargarachari.

Main Areas of Responsibilities.

• Lead and achieve Intermediate Result 1.1, 1.2 and 1.5 goals, objectives targets and milestones
• Lead the development of the Private Sector Engagement Strategy – develop an outline, conduct desk research and primary research in Dhaka and project districts. Incorporate findings from HICRA and other assessments.
• Lead the implementation of the private sector strategy.
• Ensure 4,680 youth are trained in job development skills.
• Support IR 1.4 to provide livelihood-related trainings through collaboration with the private sector, and provide leadership for the off- farm IGA training component
• Engage and manage consultants as necessary
• Manage the IR1.1 IR 1.2 and 1.5 budget while maximising efficiency
• Develop IR-level work plan, detailed implementation plans in coordination with other Result 1 staff
• Provide weekly updates on progress of against plans
• Lead USAID and government required progress and results reporting for private sector engagement and workforce development.
• Elevate concerns, challenges and issues while contributing to finding solutions
• Ensure GYSI and protection/safeguarding approaches
• Ensure environmental sustainability and contribute to the EMMP
• Coordinate with other workforce and livelihood donor/GOB programs/projects
• Work with the MEL team to support indicator tracking and reporting, analyse data, share learnings and apply adaptive management approaches to increase outcomes.
• Provide overall technical leadership in the areas of market system development, private sector linkages, livelihoods and workforce development.

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• Salary Review: Yearly
• Festival Bonus: 2

• Weekly 2 holidays, Mobile bill, Provident fund, Gratuity

• As per the project policy of FIVDB and the budgeted provision of this project.