Program Director

Job Description

Title: Program Director

Company Name: Action for Social Development (ASD)

Vacancy: 01

Job Location: Dhaka

Employment Status: Full-time

Educational Requirements:
∎ Masters of Social Science or any other relevant discipline.

Experience Requirements:
∎ At least 5 year(s)

Job Responsibilities:
∎ General: The overall responsibilities of Program Director is the day to day operation of the organisation, implementation of all projects, programmes and planned activities of the organisation. S/he is also responsible to assist the Executive Director (ED) for all tactical and strategic planning, analysing, implementing, overseeing and evaluating the development projects. S/he will share the new ideas and concepts of development field with management and project staff. S/he will perform the responsibilities of managing, supervising, controlling, monitoring and reporting of the financial and administrative operations in compliance with the generally accepted practices and procedures of ASD. Also s/he will represent the organisation at different levels as and when assigned by the ED.
∎ Specific:
∎ To take initiatives for resource mobilization, project procurement and concept/idea development for innovative program and discuss with ED for necessary guidance.
∎ To aggressively search for new funding opportunities through submission of EOI, Project Proposal, Concept Notes and any other initiative as situation demands.
∎ Responsible for project designing and planning, preparing of monitoring and work plans, and setting implementation strategies of the projects/programmes, preparing ToR and setting indicators and techniques of evaluating the projects.
∎ To consult regularly with the ED, as required in matters related to the allocation of human, financial and materials resources.
∎ To coordinate with all project and programme level management on behalf of the ED and
∎ to facilitate activities and strategic planning meetings.
∎ To supervise all staff to ensure their proper discharge of responsibilities and act as the programme head of the organisation.
∎ To share new ideas related to development with ED as well as senior management and other project staff.
∎ To represent the organisation in related meetings/workshops/seminars as and when assigned by the ED and to represent the organization in different forums and networks.
∎ To maintain liaison with government, non-government organisations, development partners, donors and prospective donors for the purpose of maintaining development relationship and particularly for fund raising.
∎ To travel to project sites to oversee project activities as per work plan routinely and as and when assigned by the ED and provide feedback and guidance to encourage/guide field-staff.
∎ To identify and resolve possible problems arising in the project implementation in co-ordination with concerned management staff.
∎ To prepare and to facilitate the finalization of monthly, quarterly and annual activity report of different projects by necessary editing input.
∎ To perform any other job as and when required by the organisation.

Additional Requirements:
∎ Age at most 45 years
∎ Anyone exceeding 45 years of age need not apply.
∎ At least five years of experience in diversified areas of development especially in the areas of environment and climate change, right-based approach and resource mobilization.
∎ A young professional determined to engage in hard work and committed to take the challenge of leading the organization with a sense of ownership to achieve the organizational mission and vision.

Salary:
∎ Salary may be negotiated based on the experience of an appropriate candidate.

Application Deadline: March 18, 2020

Company Information:
∎ Action for Social Development (ASD)
∎ Address : 13/C/8C, Babor Road, Block B, Mohammadpur, Dhaka-1207
∎ Web : www.asd.org.bd
∎ Business : Action for Social Development (ASD) is a non-government, non-profit and non-partisan development organization duly registered with Department of Social Service and NGO Affairs Bureau, Government of Bangladesh. ASD was established in 1988 by a group of NGO professionals and social workers with the objective to address the basic problems of the slum dwellers of Dhaka City to ensure their positive and due role in the socio-economic development of the country. Gradually ASD extended its development interventions in other cities and remote rural areas with broader objectives.

Category: NGO/Development

Source: bdjobs.com

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