Project Coordinator- Ensuring Quality Education for the Adolescent Girls of Tea Gardens' Project

Job Description

Title: Project Coordinator- Ensuring Quality Education for the Adolescent Girls of Tea Gardens' Project

Company Name: Friends in Village Development Bangladesh (FIVDB)

Vacancy: 01

Job Location: Moulvibazar (Baralekha, Juri, Kulaura)

Employment Status: Full-time

Educational Requirements:
∎ Masters in any discipline (advanced degree in Education e.g. B.Ed/M.Ed would be preferred)
∎ At least 7 years’ experience in Education Sector of which 5 years in managerial level.

Experience Requirements:
∎ At least 7 year(s)

Job Context:
∎ Friends in Village Development Bangladesh (FIVDB) is going to implement the Ensuring Quality Education for the Adolescent Girls of Tea Gardens Project in Tea Gardens of Kulaura, Borlolekha and Juri Upazila under Moulovibazar district supported by Malala Fund. The present project tenure is up to October 2024.
∎ The project aim to increase participation and achievement of girls of tea plantation worker in secondary education. The project will work to remove the social and cultural impediments that make the girls drop out of secondary education. To that end, it will seek to build a safe social environment where girls and their parents/guardians feel it safe and convenient for them to go to school, where girls are able to maintain their health hygiene. Pedagogically, it will support the girl students who find it challenging to keep up with their studies and the girls who may have dropped out with support so that they can get back to mainstream education. The project will also help the girls in their personal development through extra-curricular activities, cultural and sports activities. In doing all these the project will promote youth – especially girls’, agency enabling them to assume the role of change leaders in their communities. Overall, the project will contribute towards higher educational endowment and create the impetus to sustain the growth in education in the tea garden communities.
∎ The duration of the project is 2 years, and the job is contractual with a 3 months probation period. The position will be recruited for implementing the project based at the Project locations with substantial field activities.

Job Responsibilities:
∎ The Project Coordinator (PC) will be responsible for Ensuring Quality Education for the Adolescent Girls of Tea Gardens project implementation including staff management and development, financial management, budget preparation, monitoring and donor reporting. S/he will bear his/her responsibilities under direct supervision and guidelines of the focal person of the project.
∎ Description of Responsibilities
∎ Ensure smooth and effective implementation of FIVDB Ensuring Quality Education for the Adolescent Girls of Tea Gardens Project within the set objectives and given framework in the Project working areas.
∎ Ensure achievement of the project’s outputs as measured by the log frame indicators.
∎ Responsible for the management of project inputs including staff, financial resources, equipment and other logistics, transportation, and communication.
∎ Prepare and review the operational plan periodically for smooth implementation.
∎ Liaise with District and Upazila level government stakeholders, Tea Gardens’ authorities and other NGOs.
∎ Conduct monthly staff coordination meeting to coordinate upcoming activities and schedules. S/he will identify and resolve problems.
∎ Regularly visit Learning centers and monitor the operations of the project team and provide necessary support to field team.
∎ Ensure capacity building of communities and project staff to achieve the project outputs.
∎ Prepare periodic financial and narrative reports.
∎ Prepare Budget, Procurement plan, and support in project Audit.
∎ Have to be conversant with all the FIVDB Programs running in the project area and represent at all GO & NGO forums at the district level meeting/workshop.
∎ Ensure accurate and timely reports to Malala Fand FIVDB.
∎ Ensure the safety of team members (in respect to Prevention of sexual exploitation and abuse - PSEA) from any harm, abuse, neglect, harassment and exploitation to achieve the programme's goals on safeguarding implementation. Act as a key source of support, guidance and expertise on safeguarding for establishing a safe working environment.
∎ Practice, promote and endorse the issues of safeguarding policy among team members and ensure the implementation of safeguarding standards in every course of action.
∎ Follow the safeguarding reporting procedure in case any reportable incident takes place, encourage others to do so.
∎ Perform any other assignment given by the project management and the organization.
∎ Financial Authority:
∎ Responsible to verify and approve all vouchers related to the Project as well as in the field level activities up to (Amount of the organizational policy). S/he will be also authorized to approve the vouchers related to approved salary and other expenses, etc. for project taking pre-approval from FIVDB.

Additional Requirements:
∎ Age 25 to 60 years
∎ Both males and females are allowed to apply
∎ Gender Sensibility
∎ Acquire knowledge on Gender sensibility and organizational Gender Policy and act accordingly
∎ Child Protection and PSEA Policy
∎ Acquire knowledge on Child Development and organizational Child Protection Policy and Protection from Sexual Exploitation and Abuse (PSEA) Policy and act accordingly.
∎ Fluency in spoken and written English and Bangla language.
∎ Proven analytical abilities, good documentation skills
∎ Proven leadership quality
∎ Knowledge and Experience in managing donor’s funded projects, procurement, reporting, finance, visibility; external audits.
∎ Skill in Computer software as MS-Office, MS Excel and MS Power Point.
∎ Ability to drive motorcycle with having valid driving license (driving motorcycle is optional for women).
∎ Ability to work under stressful situations and meet deadlines;

Salary: Tk. 75000 (Monthly)

Compensation & Other Benefits:
∎ Mobile bill, Weekly 2 holidays
∎ As per project policy of FIVDB and Budget allocation of this Project.

Job Source: Bdjobs.com Online Job Posting.

Application Deadline: 12 Dec 2022

Company Information:
∎ 3 Dec 2022
∎ Friends in Village Development Bangladesh (FIVDB)
∎ Address : FIVDB, Khadimnagar, Sylhet-3103
∎ Web : www.fivdb.net
∎ Business : FIVDB is a development organization, established in 1979. Its major operation cover 7 major districts and concentrates round in the north-east of Bangladesh. It mission is to give disadvantage women, men and children greater voice, reduce their vulnerability, increase use of citizenship rights and help them enhance their quality of life.

Category: NGO/Development

: FIVDB is an equal opportunity organization Only short listed candidates will be contacted for interview.FIVDB is committed to preventing any type of unwanted behavior at work including sexual harassment, exploitation and abuse, lack of integrity and financial misconduct and expects staff to promote the welfare of children and adults at all times. FIVDB expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment through our Code of Conduct. We place a high priority on ensuring that only those who share and demonstrate this commitment are recruited to work with us.Join us our Facebook page to more update: www.facebook.com/fivdbngo