Project Coordinator
Job Description
Title: Project Coordinator
Company Name: AGRAJATTRA (An Organization for Integrated Social Development)
Vacancy: Not specific
Job Location: Cox's Bazar (Ukhia)
Employment Status: Contractual
Educational Requirements:
∎ University degree in management, psychology, social work, or social sciences, or any other related field.
∎ Master's degree an advantage
Experience Requirements:
∎ At least 5 year(s)
Job Context:
∎ Location: Ukhiya, Cox`s Bazar, Bangladesh
∎ Reports to: Program Director, Agrajattra.
∎ Contract duration: Total project duration - 03 Years but initially Up to September 2020, full-time position (with possibility of contract extension)
∎ Deadline for Applications: 20th April 2020
∎ Agrajattra is a non-profitable, non-political, non-governmental voluntary organization. Agrajattra`s vision is a fair society where peace, social justice, good governance and gender equity will remain. Our main areas of work include child protection, prevention of violence against women and girls, women`s empowerment, life-skills education, and humanitarian response in emergency situations (food security & livelihoods, shelter development, health and hygiene) etc.
∎ Agrajattra is looking for a dedicated Project Coordinator (PC) for our new 03-Year Child Protection Project in Cox`s Bazar (Rohingya focused), titled, "Bridging the Gaps: Strengthening Mental Health Support for Children and Young People". Our planned project has three key components: strengthening the collective resilience of the Rohingya community, strengthening the individual resilience of children and adolescents, and expanding access to mental health services through the provision of psychosocial support and case management for children in need and at risk.
∎ Terms and Conditions: Contract is for six (6) months and may be extended based on proved experience and results.
Job Responsibilities:
∎ General
∎ Develop, monitor and keep all project staff aligned to project workplan (based on knowledge and understanding of project activities, outputs, targets and timelines)
∎ Guide the project team and supervise and coordinate all project activities in liaison with communities, government and child protection agencies working on the Rohingya Refugee response;
∎ Liaise with the admin and finance team to plan, manage, and monitor ongoing levels of expenditure of the project as against budget and provide timely advice on likely overspends and/or underspends.
∎ Lead and coordinate, in conjunction with the M&E manager, project monitoring, as well as baseline, midline and end line assessment process, as well as qualitative evaluation of all activities.
∎ Plan and coordinate periodic monitoring and observation visits to observe and facilitate the project activities.
∎ Coordinate Needs Assessment for the Bridging the Gaps project and the preparation of reports.
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∎ Monitor day-to-day activities in programmes to ensure best practice is adhered to in provision of psychosocial support for children, community-based response mechanism, case management of children at risk;
∎ Coordinate with case workers and other relevant technical sectors, to ensure a rapid, proportionate and effective response;
∎ Work with case workers and child protection committee members to ensure that they are addressing child protection concerns within their respective communities;
∎ Oversee the implementation of capacity building programs with parents/stakeholders;
∎ Introduce case files and follow up report at coordination level with other Child Protection Groups;
∎ Supervise case management to ensure regular follow up of case files of children at risk.
∎ Follow Agrajattra guidelines, policies and procedures and ensure that all applicable organizational policies have been properly applied by project staff.
∎ Develop and engage regular capacity building, coaching, mentoring, and monitoring of project staff
∎ Willingness to travel / be in the field regularly.
∎ Identify gaps in service provision to children and proactively refer and advocate for those gaps to be addressed by the relevant bodies.
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∎ Reporting
∎ Keep the Program Director (PD) informed on the activities of the project by providing relevant correspondence, reports and meeting minutes as well as making regular updates.
∎ Responsible for prompt submission of regular milestone, periodic, and final reports to the Program Director (PD).
∎ Lead preparation of reports to the donor and to the government.
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∎ Networking
∎ Responsible for co-ordination and liaising between Agrajattra and partners/other agencies/local government/local communities/displaced community, as regards to Agrajattra's Bridging the Gaps project.
∎ Represent Agrajattra at the stakeholders meeting as necessary e.g. Child Protection Sub-Sector, Protection, Case Management Working Group, GiHA etc.
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∎ Leadership Behavior
∎ Excellent interpersonal, listening and communication skills;
∎ Ability to positively influence others and successfully reconcile differences;
∎ A self-starter with a strong results orientation and with high levels of integrity, credibility and dependability;
∎ An energetic team player who can effectively collaborate, and who can stand alone when necessary;
∎ Demonstrated ability to work and deliver under pressure and tight deadlines.
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∎ Core values
∎ Commitment to Agrajattra mission, vision and values, and the ability to convey with enthusiasm Agrajattra's role in accompanying and serving refugees and in advocating for their right to protection and a life in dignity;
∎ High integrity, honesty and confidentiality; ability to deal tactfully and discreetly with situations, people and information;
∎ Acceptance of diversity and inclusion as a core value.
∎ Willingness to work in flexible, sub-optimal, and stressful environment.
Additional Requirements:
∎ At least 5 years working in the NGO sector.
∎ Experience in managing people/teams.
∎ Experience with start-up of programmes
∎ Demonstrated experience and commitment to working with marginalized communities.
∎ Experience in child protection in protracted crisis / early recovery a significant advantage
∎ Experience working in Rohingya camps is a significant advantage
∎ Upholds humanitarian values and principles
∎ Fluency in English and Bangla (written and spoken) and excellent writing skills.
∎ Rohingya or Chittagonian language skills is an advantage
∎ Strong analytical, reporting, strategic thinking and planning skills.
∎ Strong monitoring and evaluation skills/experience
∎ Knowledge of project cycle management.
Salary: Tk. 40000 - 45000 (Monthly)
Application Deadline: April 20, 2020
Company Information:
∎ AGRAJATTRA (An Organization for Integrated Social Development)
∎ Address : C/O : AGRAJATTRA, 126 (3rd Floor), Opposite of CTG Press Club, Jamal Khan Road, P.S: Kotwali, Chittagong
∎ Web : www.agrajattra.org/demo
∎ Business : AGRAJATTRA is a women headed National & internationally recognized non-profitable, non-political, non-governmental voluntary, National NGO formed 1998 at CXB and registered with Ministry of Social Welfare, Ministry of Youth Development, The NGO Affairs Bureau, Prime Minister’s Office, Government of Bangladesh. It has engaged itself for comprehensive people centered development activities since 1998. The organization head office is in Chittagong and also having activities in different dist`s of the country wide.
Category: NGO/Development
Source: bdjobs.com
Deadline Expired on 20th Apr 2020
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