Project Coordinator

Job Description

Title: Project Coordinator

Company Name: A well reputed national level NGO

Vacancy: 01

Job Location: Satkhira (Shyamnagar)

Employment Status: Contractual

Educational Requirements:
∎ University Degree in Bachelor/ Masters in Development Studies / Physiotherapy/Occupational Therapy/ Disability Management/Rehabilitation Science or related field

Experience Requirements:
∎ 5 to 10 year(s)

Job Context:
∎ Core Purpose: Under the direction and guidance of the Executive Director of Nabolok, the incumbent is responsible for ensuring the successful planning, execution, and completion of EDRCS project. This role requires strong organizational and communication skills, as the Project Coordinator is responsible for coordinating and managing the project activities, resources, and timelines. She/He will work closely with project teams, stakeholders, and clients to define project objectives, deliverables, and success criteria. The Project Coordinator plays a key role in tracking project progress, identifying potential risks or issues, and implementing effective solutions. She/He will also have to facilitate effective communication and collaboration among team members, ensuring that project documentation, reports, and updates are accurately maintained and shared. At the same time he will maintain collaborative working relationships among key project partners and CBM Bangladesh country office through effective communication, consultation and reporting. Ultimately, the Project Coordinator will have to play a vital role in driving project success by maintaining project plans, schedules, and budgets, while fostering a cohesive and efficient project team environment.
∎ Core Competencies: Establishing focus
∎ Managing performance
∎ Interpersonal effectiveness
∎ Building collaborative relationships
∎ Analytical thinking
∎ Technical expertise
∎ Result orientation
∎ Thoroughness
∎ Overall Mission: To contribute towards the overall objective of the project by "Persons with disabilities, their representative organisations and other at-risk groups are better prepared for climate induced disasters through improved community preparedness and inclusive local DRR and CCA policy and plans and access to climate resilient livelihoods in targeted unions of Satkhira, Bangladesh".
∎ Improved disability inclusive preparedness for climate induced disaster by OPDs, Communities and local government of targeted unions of Shymnagar Sub-district of Satkhira by 2026
∎ Improved resilient source of income of persons with disabilities and other at-risk groups in the targeted unions of Shymnagar sub-district of Satkhira by 2026
∎ Commitment from local and national government to implement disability inclusive plans and programmes for climate change adaptation and disaster risk reduction.

Job Responsibilities:
∎ Ensure the optimization of project initiation and execution through effective inclusion, resource planning and job assignments;
∎ Coordinate with relevant stakeholders in achieving project objectives; planning, implementation and progress monitoring, budget utilization and ensure approval and endorsement of all plans;
∎ Play a lead role in developing detailed project implementation plan (PIP) for each year and update quarterly.
∎ Manage key functions of the project to meet donor expectations in terms of timely and quality results and budget.
∎ Managing the partnership and ensure coordination between projects and implementation leads.
∎ Ensure timely donor reports (programmatic and financial) and donor responses in collaboration with project team and OPDs;
∎ Engaging with the third party for proper implementation of baseline survey/and End line evaluation through development of ToR, receive the feedback from CBM and providing information as needed;
∎ Managing the relationship with local and national authorities and other actors in the respective sector;
∎ Assist project team to develop M&E system and tools, training manual, etc.
∎ Ensure proper/quality documentation of project learnings and good practices through supporting project team;
∎ Coordinate with project accountant on budget preparation, advance, requisition, adjustment and financial documentation;
∎ Capacity strengthening:
∎ Conduct need assessment and develop capacity strengthening plan for the persons with disabilities as well as for the OPDs.
∎ Play a lead role in formation and coordination of Village savings and loan association (VSLA) of different project locations.
∎ Coordinate and organize technical events, meetings, trainings, workshops and dialogues as per project needs.
∎ Lead the capacity development of UDMC regarding CRA/ RRAP, disaster and climate adaptation activities, sensitization on their roles and responsibilities
∎ Create awareness on DICCA and DIDRR among persons with disabilities and OPDs through networks.
∎ Advocacy meeting (include frequency) with the ministry for making social protection programmes related to disaster and climate change inclusive for person with disability.
∎ Conduct meeting (include frequency) in the project location to ensure engagement of person with disability into Union, Upazila and District Disaster Management Committees.
∎ Enhance the capacity of person with disabilities on potential climate adaptive livelihood options and linkages with different government services to increasing the earning.
∎ Provide high level supervisory and managerial support to the project team for developing their technical skills and professional competencies.
∎ Other tasks: Maintain gender-sensitive approach in all stages of the project and maintain safeguarding measures with code of conducts;
∎ Any other task as assigned by the focal person of Nabolok.
∎ Performance Criteria: Partner organizations/OPDs will be capacitated to provide technical support for an inclusive livelihood sector;
∎ Contribute to increase the access of persons with disabilities in resilient livelihoods and economic activities/opportunities.
∎ National and local level stakeholders will be sensitized through incorporating disability issues in their existing services and review their plans to deliver inclusive livelihoods services.
∎ Take informed decision and regularly update Nabolok and CBMBCO on important issues.
∎ Safeguarding: Focuses on self -awareness and behavior regulation according to organizational policy.

Additional Requirements:
∎ Age 30 to 50 years
∎ Minimum of 8-10 years of proven professional experience in development context in an advisory, coordination position in INGO/NGO.
∎ Minimum of 5 years work experience in disability inclusive DRR, inclusion of at-risk groups- persons with disabilities, women, children, and older people.
∎ Strong experience in the capacity building preferably in the field of gender and /or disability.
∎ Experience in the capacity-building program and facilitation of training.
∎ Proven experience to prepare and monitor budgets and produce reports;
∎ Strong writing and reporting skills (clear, concise, and responsible communication suited to the interlocutor);
∎ Sound Knowledge and skills on the MEAL framework.
∎ Have time management, leadership, analytical ability, multitasking, facilitation, communication, presentation and report writing skills;
∎ Good understanding of disability inclusion standards and guidelines and Universal Design principles and advocacy with national government.
∎ Desirable
∎ Experience in project cycle management (proposal writing, project planning, budgeting, project implementation, MEAL) and managing bilateral donor projects.
∎ A person lived with experience of disability should be an asset.
∎ Advocacy with local and national government experience in disability. DRR and climate change issues
∎ Have a clear understanding on cost policy including shared cost, conflict of interest and Internal control.
∎ Languages: English (professional proficiency)
∎ Bengali Language (professional proficiency)
∎ Tools: Excellent command on MS Word, MS PowerPoint; very good command on MS Excel. Have outstanding skills and expertise at communicating by email and internet.
∎ Core Competencies: Establishing focus
∎ Managing performance
∎ Interpersonal effectiveness
∎ Building collaborative relationships
∎ Analytical thinking
∎ Technical expertise
∎ Result orientation
∎ Thoroughness

Salary:
∎ Tk. 55000 (Monthly)
∎ Monthly salary BDT 55000 (gross) with other benefits as per project budget.

Compensation & Other Benefits:
∎ Other admissible benefits will be given as per organizational rules and regulations.

Job Source: Bdjobs.com Online Job Posting.

Application Deadline: 7 Jun 2023

Company Information:
∎ 3 Jun 2023
∎ A well reputed national level NGO

Category: NGO/Development

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Source: bdjobs.com

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