Job Description
Title: Project Manager
Company Name: Bright Bangladesh Forum (BBF)
Vacancy: 01
Job Location: Chattogram (Bakalia)
Employment Status: Contractual
Educational Requirements:
∎ Master's degree in Social Science or related field;
Experience Requirements:
∎ At least 3 year(s)
Job Context:
∎ Bright Bangladesh Forum (BBF), a nongovernmental voluntary development organization that envisions a peaceful society, where people lead happy, healthful and dignified lives free from discrimination, violence and poverty. For more than 21 years the organization is working for the empowerment of the community toward their self-reliance and sustainability undertaking both need and rights based programs as per needs and its possible solution felt by the community themselves.
∎ Currently Bright Bangladesh Forum looking for suitable candidate for the following position of Action aid Bangladesh Supported Project: "Advance Program for Improved Lifestyle of the Urban Poor (APILUP)".
∎ Job Title Project Manager
∎ Type of Employment Contractual
∎ Contract period 12 months, (May be Extended)
∎ Salary BDT 45000 per month
∎ Reportable to Program Manager
∎ Duty station BBF APILUP Project Office, Bakalia, Chittagong City Corporation
∎ Purpose:
∎ The project titled ""Advance Program for Improved Lifestyle of the Urban Poor (APILUP)" is multi-year project which targets the local urban communities of Chittagong City Corporation. Supported by Action Aid Bangladesh the project aims to poverty alleviation through sustainable approach. Based on the project objectives, the Project Manager is overall responsible for project implementation of agreed project activities. The Project Manager will receive guidance from Action Aid Bangladesh (AAB) Thematic Manager and management of Bright Bangladesh Forum in all field activities, this position will be based in Chattogram City Corporation.
Job Responsibilities:
∎ Be responsible for development of all key government approval documents at field level regarding GoB processes
∎ Ensure that staff members are aligned with the goals of the program through orientation and monitoring
∎ Overall responsible for plan, design, quality implementation of project activities
∎ Ensure effective Develop and maintain a healthy environment for the team, organizing timely discussions on strategic programming issues. Ensure that staff members reflect the institutional character in their relationships with the affected communities and allies.
∎ Provide leadership for effective project implementation with efficient resource management
∎ Responsible for managing and organizing of DRR, Livelihood and Child Rights related activities in local community including.
∎ Prepare budget, plan and operational strategies.
∎ Supervise and coaching team members for capacity building. Provide necessary support to volunteers.
∎ Develop smoothly implementation strategies
∎ Staff management, supervision & development of capacity building.
∎ Assistance in selection of beneficiaries and ensure gender balance.
∎ Creating linkages with service providers, microfinance institutions, training provider institution, including other initiatives of the Government.
∎ Assists staff for day-to-day Project operations
∎ Follow up & monitoring of project activities
∎ Organize & facilitation of orientation, seminars, workshop, meeting, and training.
∎ Coordination with donor and BBF management/staffs/volunteers /other assigned persons/projects.
∎ Budget preparation/review/monitoring & control
∎ Ensure 100% budget burn rate as per approved plan of action
∎ Ensure logistics & financial support in time
∎ Reporting timely & as per requirement of authority, partners and donors.
∎ Ensure security & maintenance of assets
∎ Staff appraisal & provide feedback for improvement
∎ Ensure progress as per plan.
∎ Ensure child and gender friendly environment at the office and community level.
∎ Develop inclusive including gender sensitive environment in project implementation
∎ Budget variance analysis.
∎ Analyze existing power structure and share with staff
∎ Analyze implementing processes.
∎ Analyze target & progress
∎ Coordinate with Concern Government officials and department.
∎ Field Visit
∎ Coordinate with project participants, community people, local elite, leaders, local NGOs and stakeholders associated directly/indirectly into the project activities
∎ Coordinate with Local Rights Program (LRP -48) team at field level; maintain regular coordination and effective communication with project staff, BBF management, other staff of the organization and donor representative through both verbal and written correspondence
∎ Prepare project report and Submit monthly and quarterly reports to Chief Executive including activity summary, progress against objectives, services delivered, beneficiary caseload data, achievement to date, issues faced, impact stories and financial expenditure in a timely manner.
∎ Submit inputs to regular and ad-hoc reports, meetings and technical overviews as needed and submit to BBF Program Manager/CEO BBF/ AAB ;
∎ Collect good practice and success stories and include into reports and publication.
∎ Documentation
∎ Ensure Preserve all files with respective letters/documents/reports etc.
∎ Ensure Preserve necessary photographs of the project activities.
∎ Perform any other duty as assigned by supervisor;
∎ Finance and Administration:
∎ Ensure that all assigned financial liquidations are closed duly on time, with quality and with proper documentations;
∎ Validate all liquidations/expenditures where he/she is assigned responsible;
∎ Human Resources:
∎ Support the team in identification of training needs and providing guidance when necessary ;
∎ Maintain an efficient and harmonious working environment among work colleagues;
∎ Strictly adhere to security rules and ensure child protection policy, gender policy.
Additional Requirements:
∎ At least 3 years professional experience with exposure to rights based project management, project design, monitoring & evaluation
∎ Experience in program management and administration, financial management, award compliance, and tracking activity performance and costs.
∎ Strong team player;
∎ Willing to be flexible in taking responsibilities as per project needs
∎ Skills and knowledge:
∎ Strong in written and verbal English and Bangla communications
∎ Required good command of MS Word, Excel and Power Point
∎ Good understanding on issues of Disaster Risk Reduction and early warning system in Bangladesh; gender equity, protection and multicultural intervention
∎ Good interpersonal and intercultural skills, the ability to communicate clearly and effectively and build relationships at all levels;
∎ Guide the project team in organizing communities and support community based organizations for their organizational and technical capacity building;
∎ Strong organizing and communication skills
∎ Ability to motivate and to lead staff/volunteers by example
∎ Core Competencies:
∎ Planning and organizing.
∎ Operational decision making.
∎ Developing teams.
∎ Coaching and counseling.
∎ Managing performance for success.
∎ Delegating authority and responsibility.
∎ Advocacy, Networking, collaboration and building partnerships
Salary: Tk. 45000 (Monthly)
Job Source: Bdjobs.com Online Job Posting.
Application Deadline: 24 Dec 2023
Company Information:
∎ 10 Dec 2023
∎ Bright Bangladesh Forum (BBF)
Category: NGO/Development
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