Program Coordinator

Job Description

Title: Program Coordinator

Company Name: International Rescue Committee (IRC)

Vacancy: --

Location: Anywhere in Bangladesh

Experience:
∎ At least 10 years

Published: 28 Jan 2025

Education:
∎ Post-Graduation in Disaster Management/Development Studies/ Environmental Studies/ Sociology/Social Welfare.
∎ Certification in Project Management, Gender Studies/ Peace & conflict will be an added advantage.
∎ Specific Educational Qualification
∎ Post-Graduation in Disaster Management/Development Studies/ Environmental Studies/ Sociology/Social Welfare.
∎ Certification
∎ Certification in Project Management, Gender Studies/ Peace & conflict will be an added advantage.

Requirements:

Responsibilities & Context:
∎ Country: Bangladesh
∎ Department: Program
∎ Contract length: 31st December 2025 (with possibility of extension subject to funding, program needs and performance of incumbent)
∎ Work Location: Cox's Bazar Office.
∎ Reporting to: Deputy Director Programs (DDP)
∎ Expected Start Date: At Earliest
∎ Founded in 1933, the International Rescue Committee (IRC) is one of the world’s leading agencies working in post-conflict and development contexts, supporting communities in over 40 fragile, failed and developing states. In this capacity, we work to restore safety, dignity and hope to millions who are uprooted, struggling to endure and wishing to advance on a path of development.
∎ The IRC has been present in Bangladesh since 2017 and obtained registration with the NGOAB in March 2018. Since the IRC obtained registration in March 2018, it has moved quickly to expand its integrated emergency health and protection response through both direct and partner-based programming focused on primary healthcare, women’s protection and empowerment, sexual and reproductive health, gender-based violence and child protection. Recently IRC has also introduced two new programs: Protection Rule of Law (PROL) and Education. IRC will continue working in both the camps and host community; while meeting the significant needs in both refugee and host populations, as already existing vulnerabilities are compounded with cyclical monsoon and cyclone seasons that impose additional threats to the lives and protection of those refugees as well as vulnerable host populations. IRC will grow over time its geographic coverage within Cox bazar and to other parts of the country, thus expand its networks and partnerships around emergency preparedness and response work, reach beyond the Rohingya refugees, also targeting the vulnerable host groups in Cox Bazar and other parts of Bangladesh.
∎ Under the direct supervision of the Head of Emergency and Resilience Program, the Program Coordinator will be responsible for ensuring a well-coordinated, consistent and quality implementation of the multi-sectoral DFAT funded program. This program, here on after referred to as the “program” comprises Women’s Protection & Empowerment, Protection & Rule of Law, Child Protection, Emergency Preparedness and Response, Education, Health, and Economic Recovery and Development interventions in compliance with the IRC, donor and GoB policies. The Program Coordinator will be accountable for the overall achievement of the program's deliverables, within the fixed timeframe, and according to the approved budget, including the program monitoring the activities implemented by IRC and local partners. In liaison with the technical sector leads, The Program Coordinator will ensure and maintain alignment with the program goal and be accountable for the cost-effective delivery of the multi-sectoral integrated program. The Program Coordinator will be the focal point with relevant internal and external collaborators and facilitate their collaboration towards successful program implementation.
∎ Program Brief
∎ Purpose
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Compensation & Other Benefits:
∎ Remuneration Package: Competitive Base Pay with Fringe Benefits (As per IRC National Pay Scale in Bangladesh)
∎ Remuneration Package: Competitive Base Pay with Fringe Benefits (As per IRC National Pay Scale in Bangladesh)

Employment Status: Contractual

Job Location: Anywhere in Bangladesh

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Company Information:
∎ International Rescue Committee (IRC)
∎ 3rd floor, Sayemon Heritage Residence, Baharchora, Cox’s Bazar
∎ The International Rescue Committee (IRC) responds to the world’s worst humanitarian crises and helps people whose lives and livelihoods are shattered by conflict and disaster to survive, recover and gain control of their future. In more than 40 countries and in 26 U.S. cities, our dedicated teams provide clean water, shelter, health care, education, protection and empowerment support to refugees and displaced people. The International Rescue Committee (IRC) Founded in 1933. David Miliband, President and CEO of the International Rescue Committee, is a former Foreign Secretary of the United Kingdom.

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∎ 3rd floor, Sayemon Heritage Residence, Baharchora, Cox’s Bazar
∎ The International Rescue Committee (IRC) responds to the world’s worst humanitarian crises and helps people whose lives and livelihoods are shattered by conflict and disaster to survive, recover and gain control of their future. In more than 40 countries and in 26 U.S. cities, our dedicated teams provide clean water, shelter, health care, education, protection and empowerment support to refugees and displaced people. The International Rescue Committee (IRC) Founded in 1933. David Miliband, President and CEO of the International Rescue Committee, is a former Foreign Secretary of the United Kingdom.

Application Deadline: 5 Feb 2025

Category: NGO/Development