Project Coordinator

Job Description

Title: Project Coordinator

Company Name: SANGRAM

Vacancy: 01

Age: 45 to 55 years

Job Location: Barguna (Patharghata)

Salary: Tk. 58000 - 60500 (Monthly)

Experience:

• 5 to 10 years
• The applicants should have experience in the following business area(s): NGO, Development Agency

• Master of Arts (MA) in Development Studies

• 5 to 10 years
• The applicants should have experience in the following business area(s): NGO, Development Agency

• Age 45 to 55 years

Skills and Competency Required

• Excellent project management and organizational development skills.
• Having Motorcycle with valid license and Computer/Laptop & Smart Phone is must.
• Strong understanding of disability rights, inclusion, and accessibility frameworks.

Job Overview: The Project Coordinator will need to ensure that all aspects of the project are running smoothly and will need to follow up on the project, while also ensuring project activities are on track. The Project coordinator is responsible for developing a comprehensive project plan that outlines the project's objectives, scope, timeline, budget, resources, and deliverables, this involves conducting initial feasibility assessments, defining project goals, and creating a roadmap for project execution. The Project coordinator will need to ensure that project deliverables meet quality standards and satisfy stakeholder requirements, establish quality assurance processes, monitor project progress and performance, conduct quality reviews, and take corrective actions as needed to maintain quality throughout the project

Responsibilities and Duties (This is summary of the role and not limited to perform):

• Responsible for the development of the project annual work plan with realistic and achievable long-term goals and short-term objectives and oversees weekly and monthly work plans in line with the implementation plan.
• Follow up and report on objectives that are achieved and on deviations from the work plan and budget.
• Provide a key co-ordination and implementation role, ensuring project management standards are followed and deadlines met.
• Monitor budget/expenditure based on the implementation plans; and analyzes Budget-versus-Actual reports to assess any discrepancies and ensure timely expenditure. Produce timely reports for internal use on the status of on-going programming; and contributes to donor reporting.
• ·Ensure that all activities are implemented with a focus on gender equality and disability inclusion.
• Liaison regularly with communities/municipalities and ensures community participation especially children with disabilities and caregivers in all steps of project cycle. 
• Conduct advocacy meeting at community level service provider 
• Facilitate training and meeting conduction.
• Prepare report of program, monthly, quarterly, half yearly and annually as well as CDD requirement.

Monitoring, Evaluation, Accountability and Learning (MEAL):

• Effectively support teams in aspects, which include assessments, baseline, and evaluation studies, putting in place a functional Activity Tracking Table.
• Ensure that the projects’ quality benchmarks are followed up and implemented in project interventions.
• Collecting and managing complaints and feedback in close coordination with MEAL team
• Ensure regular monitoring of projects results, documentation of projects case studies, lessons learnt, significant changes and best practices and coordinating learning and reflection meetings/sessions. 
•  Ensure an effective programs/ projects monitoring, and evaluation systems is in place.
• Supervise team on their day-to-day activities.
• Assess training needs within the project team and develop an overall capacity building plan.

Reporting: Review periodic project reports to ensure project activities and expenditures are on track and in line with reporting guideline and milestone.

Safeguarding:

• Ensure safe programming in the planning, implementation, monitoring, identification of children and youth with disabilities  throughout the project period.
• ·Adhere to the Do no Harm principles across the entire steps of the project within the Program Management Cycle.

Coordination and Linkage: 

Ensure strong coordination with Centre for Disability in Development (CDD), Government service providers and NGO, Local Government Institution, Jatiyo Protibondhi Unnayan Foundation (JPUF) Vocational training Institute, Technical Training Centre, Caregiver, Teachers, Community Health workers.

Key outcomes expected from this role:

• Projects are implemented as per project proposal and budget with quality and in a timely manner.
• Strong demonstration of disability inclusion and rights-based approach in program implementation.
• Commitment to promote the rights of children and youth with disabilities
• Strong experience in project management; maintain and uphold effective and professional relationships with partners, donors, and other stakeholders.
• Make informed decision and regularly update relevant colleagues on important issues. 
• Promote and follow learning, adaptive and team approaches with the partners, within the organization and at individual levels.
• Knowledge of disability and related issues and global developments & cross cutting issues
• Experience in planning, implementation, monitoring and financial management in the development sector.
• Excellent experience of rapport building, networking, liaison and relationship building for advocacy. 

Rights base experience will be given priority.

• Mobile bill,Tour allowance

As per project budget

As per organization rules and project allocation. Mobile Allowance One day Weekly holiday Others