Programme Manager

Job Description

Title: Programme Manager

Company Name: Friendship

Vacancy: Not specific

Job Location: Anywhere in Bangladesh

Employment Status: Contractual

Educational Requirements:
∎ Masters in any discipline with good academic records.

Experience Requirements:
∎ At least 8 year(s)

Job Context:
∎ To be proactive and self-starter with having leadership quality
∎ To have capacity to lead teams to achieve goals, objectives, and required milestones throughout the project period.
∎ To have the capacity to delegate project related responsibilities with/without authorities to relevant team members to obtain results
∎ To remain aware of the entire policy, strategy, scope, compliance, and protocols of irrespective projects/ programs and stakeholders
∎ Excellent communicator, negotiator, problem solver, team builder and result oriented team player
∎ Understand the field work and importance of field work
∎ To understand the concept, strategy and perception of the entire project
∎ To ensure all project related outcome, outputs and results are achieved.
∎ To lead the entire team with proper delegation and mentoring
∎ To maintain liaison with all stakeholders including government, national, international and UN bodies by actively participating in different workshops, training, meetings, dialogue sessions, etc.
∎ To be aware of existing, new, modified, and updated policies to successfully implement the project
∎ To maintain/ ensure continuous relationship with Friendship’s donors, grant managers and their associated members/ representatives
∎ Regularly attend health sector, sub sector and government meetings
∎ Ensure team building
∎ Ensure conflict management
∎ Timely completion of each of the activities with quality
∎ To have the experience and capacity of writing/ contributing to develop concept note, log frame, indicators, budget, etc.

Job Responsibilities:
∎ Overall management of program and projects
∎ Responsible for managing clinical activities, field activities and other associated program related work
∎ Liaison with the donor, grant managers, national and international stakeholders
∎ Obtain result through execution of quality strategic plan
∎ Ensure team building and mentoring
∎ Ensure quality of care at clinic and community level through the support of DPM
∎ Responsible for regulatory compliance at camp, RRRC, health authority and DC office level
∎ Provide overall project management, including developing and managing timelines, leading project planning, and coordinating deliverables in collaboration with external partners.
∎ With support from the Deputy director develop project plans and budgets, contributing towards an overall health program plan and master budget
∎ Prepare and oversee project implementation to ensure timely delivery of project activities
∎ With support from the Deputy Director and/or other senior health staff, identify program supplies needs and coordinate with the logistics team to put in place a sensible phased procurement plan, and support the logistics team on storage, transport and stock management of medicines.
∎ Support MEAL Manager in putting accountability mechanisms in place for Health components of projects, ensuring that feedback is responded to in a timely manner, and that feedback from children and their families is considered in project design.
∎ Any other task assigned by the line supervisor
∎ Checking on program and performing daily management activity
∎ Ensure program goal and objectives and are remain aligned to overall strategic objective of Friendship
∎ Supervise DPMs, Health coordinators, MEAL coordinator and monitor project implementation as per plan;
∎ Understand the concept, strategy and perception of the entire project
∎ Ensure all project related outcome, outputs and results are achieved.
∎ Lead the entire team with proper delegation and mentoring
∎ Maintain liaison with all stakeholders including government, national, international and UN bodies by actively participating in different workshops, training, meetings, dialogue sessions, etc.
∎ To be aware of existing, new, modified, and updated policies for successfully implement the project
∎ Identifying strategic position for achieving the goal
∎ Performing SWOT analysis to find out the lacking and minimize the risk.
∎ Constantly monitoring performance of Friendship Facilities
∎ Promote a spirit of collegiality and gender diversity amongst team members and in the organization;
∎ Encourage team members to collaborate across areas; Address and resolve any diversity related issues;
∎ Set goals and conduct appraisals for the team; Set high standards and confront poor performance where needed
∎ Take appropriate actions to manage poor performance (such as creating Performance Improvement Plans, coaching, job rotations, planning separations) in order to build and develop an engaged and high performing team.
∎ Implement, monitor and coordinate/supervise program planning evaluating quality assurance in community setting project;
∎ Match field site demographics and protocol requirements to identify target locations/households for activities;
∎ Create a work plan (allocation of locations and duties) for implementation of intervention project;
∎ Coordinate all field staff for multiple activities i.e. training logistics, building capacity of implementers; IT hardware, imported products; Oversee the payment procedure at field level at local staff;
∎ Permission from RRRC, DC and Civil Surgeon need to be taken according to the project duration without any gaps
∎ Review existing systems, processes, and complaints / concerns from internal stakeholders;
∎ Identify potential areas for improving systems and processes;
∎ Recommend action plans to improve processes and optimize costs (e.g. Petty cash, Overtime, assets allocation, training for field and divisional staff etc).
∎ Represent Friendship programmatically in the project area
∎ Solely responsible for creating budgets for project costs and program expenditures in close coordination with the doctors and health coordinators
∎ Secure financial and non-financial resources;
∎ Initiate procurement of necessary items; Keep constant follow up of the PR and Monthly Fund Requisitions and also ensure that all the logistics reaches in time
∎ Monitor quality of case findings and response rates against timelines and criteria;
∎ Support MEAL coordinator with developing the results framework, theory of change, log frame Program Monitoring Tool (PMT), and MEAL plan including indicators for existing and new projects.

Additional Requirements:
∎ At least 07 years of experience in public health related projects in national/international organizations.
∎ Ability to make new and useful ideas work
∎ Ability to persuade others to follow
∎ Ability to deal with ambiguity
∎ Ability to improve performance and satisfaction
∎ Demonstrated leadership ability and team management
∎ Excellent interpersonal skills, including the ability to build consensus and resolve conflicts
∎ Ability to listen, adapt, persuade and transform
∎ Excellent written and oral communication and presentation skills
∎ Fluency in English and proficiency in Bangla
∎ Excellent organization skills
∎ Ability to get things done while exercising good judgement
∎ Possesses a drive for excellence
∎ Superior decision-making skills
∎ Excellent knowledge of programme functioning
∎ Knowledge on data analysis and presentation
∎ Experience dealing with project and organizational regulatory compliances
∎ Knowledge on Investigation and Analysis Tools and Techniques
∎ Capacity to deal with project associated assets, assets managements and maintenance
∎ Knowledge of contractual stipulations
∎ Skills on project related procurement and sourcing
∎ Proven skills in coordinating project activities
∎ Knowledge of preparing reports and presenting to management or donor

Salary: Negotiable

Job Source: Bdjobs.com Online Job Posting.

Application Deadline: 5 Jun 2022

Company Information:
∎ 30 May 2022
∎ Friendship
∎ Address : K-14/2A, Baridhara North Road (Kalachadpur), Dhaka - 1212, Bangladesh
∎ Web : www.friendship.ngo

Category: NGO/Development

: “FRIENDSHIP is committed to safeguarding children, young people, and adults, and employees, Donors, visiting Doctors, visiting Journalists, visitors, beneficiaries including communities where we work and volunteers/interns. We believe every stakeholder and every member of the communities we work with, has the right to be protected from all forms of harm, abuse, neglect, harassment, and exploitation - regardless of age, race, religion, and gender, status as an individual with a disability or ethnic origin. Therefore, our recruitment policy and procedure fully include background checks and disclosure of criminal records in order to ensure safeguarding. FRIENDSHIP is an equal opportunity employer and will do everything possible to ensure that those who are suitable to work within our values and beliefs are recruited to work for us. Any personal persuasion will result in a disqualification of candidature”.Photograph must be enclosed with the resume.