Programme Manager – Urban Sanitation and Waste Management
Job Description
Title: Programme Manager – Urban Sanitation and Waste Management
Company Name: Practical Action - Bangladesh.
Vacancy: 1
Job Location: Dhaka
Employment Status: Full-time, Contractual
Experience Requirements:
∎ At least 10 year(s)
Job Responsibilities:
∎ A. Contracts and Award Management
∎ • Serve as an Operation Manager to facilitate the effective delivery of contracts/awards on the ground meeting outcome and maintaining compliance from donors and organisation
∎ • Facilitate the development of work plans including procurement, partnerships, monitoring, evaluation and learning plans
∎ • Guide and monitor activities of project team and partners to ensure compliance with the terms of the contracts and agreements as well as with established organisational guidelines, policies and procedures.
∎ • Build and maintain relationship with municipalities and their key committees and departments, private companies, NGOs, cooperatives and community organisations
∎ • Review and respond to regular performance reports from implementing partners to ensure value for money, outcomes, impact and sustainability.
∎ • Review and track financial progress of several awards and provide feedback for improving value for money
∎ B. Private Sector Engagement
∎ • Provide technical input and suggest implementation options for ramping up private sector participation across Integrated Waste and Sanitation Service and Value chains
∎ • Support to identify potential collaboration for potential private sector players including but not limited to corporate social responsibility (CSR) opportunities in waste to energy and organic fertiliser businesses,
∎ • Stay abreast of latest technologies, innovations, and developments in Bangladesh and globally relevant to involvement of the private sector to capitalize on public-private partnership opportunities
∎ C. Technical Programme and Support
∎ • Meeting with key stakeholders to identify development issues in Bangladesh.
∎ • Assist in providing technical, programmatic and managerial leadership services.
∎ • Assist in conducting research, identifying trends, key issues and opportunities in the areas of Waste and Sanitation linkage with Energy and Organic Fertiliser
∎ • Participate in meetings, workshops, and conferences organized by various organizations, including the Government of Bangladesh, other donors and international development organizations and share learnings from grassroots
∎ D. Communications and Reporting
∎ • Assist with the preparation of reporting requirements such as the Performance Plan and Report, Operational Plan, Portfolio Reviews, site visit reports, and requested analyses.
∎ • Work closely with programme implementation team to write, edit, and publish case studies, success stories and articles in various publications.
∎ E. Programme Development
∎ • Provide support in development and review of strategic business plans for relevant change ambitions
∎ • Generate innovative ideas and ingenious technical solutions for meeting WASH needs of urban slum dwellers, informal waste and sanitation workers and refugees
∎ • Build and maintain relationship with donors, development banks and non-banking financial institutes to get their support for programme development
∎ • Support the organisation in preparing a wide range of project design including budgets, concept papers, scope of works, performance and quality control.
∎ • Develop and maintain productive working relationships with key partners, including national ministries, local governments, international development agencies, donors, non-government organizations (NGOs), and private sector firms.
Additional Requirements:
∎ Master Degree on Urban Planning/Business Administrations/Development Studies and Graduate in Engineering with at least 10 years work experience preferably in the industry of Urban Sanitation and Waste Management
∎ Experienced in dealing with Municipalities/City Corporations and commercial companies involved in waste and sanitation value chain
∎ Excellent facilitation, coordination, team management, reporting and presentation skill;
∎ Ability to work and lead a multi-cultural team and meeting deadlines;
∎ Fluency in English language and proficiency in computer application.
∎ Good English writing, analytical and communication skills.
∎ Good ability to work with a virtual cross-functional team.
∎ Willing and able to travel independently outside station.
∎ Demonstrated ability in project budget management
∎ Good level of understanding of project management.
Salary: Tk. 114000 - 120000 (Monthly)
Compensation & Other Benefits:
∎ Provident fund, Weekly 2 holidays, Insurance, Gratuity
∎ Festival Bonus: 2
Job Source: Bdjobs.com Online Job Posting.
Application Deadline: 29 May 2021
Company Information:
∎ 19 May 2021
∎ Practical Action - Bangladesh.
∎ Address : House # 28/A, Road # 5, Dhanmondi, Dhaka-1205
∎ Web : www.practicalaction.org
∎ Business : Practical Action is an international development organisation putting ingenious ideas to work so people in poverty can change their world.
We help people find solutions to some of the world’s toughest problems. Challenges made worse by catastrophic climate change and persistent gender inequality. We work with communities to develop ingenious, lasting and locally owned solutions for agriculture, water and waste management, climate resilience and clean energy. And we share what works with others, so answers that start small can grow big.
We’re a global change-making group. The group consists of a UK registered charity with community projects in Africa, Asia and Latin America, an independent development publishing company and a technical consulting service. We combine these specialisms to multiply our impact and help shape a world that works better for everyone.
Category: NGO/Development
