Project Manager-Climate Action

Job Description

Title: Project Manager-Climate Action

Company Name: Friendship

Vacancy: --

Age: Na

Job Location: Patuakhali (Kalapara)

Salary: Negotiable

Experience:

• At least 3 years
• The applicants should have experience in the following business area(s): NGO

• Master of Social Science (MSS)

• Master’s in Social Science (Preferably in Disaster Management or Environmental Science)

• At least 3 years
• The applicants should have experience in the following business area(s): NGO

Skill and Competencies

• Minimum 3 years of relevant experience (Especially Climate Change Adaptation, DRR & Emergency Response)
• Good computer skills with typing skills in Bangla and English language
• Good language skills in Bangla and English
• Strong interpersonal skills

Responsible for:

• Project Manager is overall responsible for implementing all project activities in the target areas.
• Identifying appropriate capacity-building activities involving the beneficiary and stakeholders
• Support to conduct training and guide project staff in organizing training, workshop and other events.
• Provide support to the Coastal team to implement community-initiated DRR activities
• Look after the field management, logistic supply and resources
• Ensuring financial management at the Project level and maintaining accurate financial documents.
• Establishing and maintaining liaison and network at the programme unit level that includes local GOB departments, LGIs, educational institutions, NGOs, CPP Volunteers and similar projects under implementation in the area. 
• Assist in documentation and establishing and maintaining liaison/ network at programme unit level, including among District and Upazila level GOB departments, LGIs, other organizations and stakeholders.
• Organize meetings with stakeholders regularly; take minutes of the meeting and circulate the minutes.
• Ability to work with multi-disciplinary teams within the organization and have the capacity to maintain a supportive network with Local Govt., NGOs and others.
• Willingness to travel in difficult geography.
• Undertake other duties as per the requirements of the project

Activities:

• Project Manager will ensure the implementation of project activities in the target areas.
• Identifying appropriate capacity-building activities involving the beneficiary and stakeholders
• Support to develop a training module, imparting training and guiding project staff in organizing training, workshop and other events.
• Provide support to the project team for implementing community activities related to Disaster Risk Reduction
• Look after the field management, logistic supply and resources
• Work jointly with the CPP team during cyclone signal hosting, including the dissemination of signal messages, rescue operation, evacuation of affected people etc.
• Ensure a project team member for resilient activities like Water and Sanitation, Shelter, Plantation and Small-scale Intervention    
• Develop a monthly work plan, and fund requisition as per plan.
• Ensure Financial procedure for implementing field-level activities and keeping documents (bills/vouchers) in consultation with the respective Finance person and the Regional Coordinator
• Establishing and maintaining liaison and network at the program unit level that includes local GOB departments, LGIs, educational institutions, NGOs, Volunteers and similar projects under implementation in the area. 
• Report writing, including narrative, activity report, case study and other reports as per the requirements of the supervisor.
• Regular field visit, and follow-up activities as per plan.
• Assist in documentation and establishing and maintaining liaison/ network at program unit level, including among District and Upazila level GOB departments, LGIs, other organizations and stakeholders.
• Organize meetings with stakeholders regularly; take minutes of the meeting and circulate the minutes.
• Ability to work with multi-disciplinary teams and have the capacity to maintain a supportive network with Local Govt., NGOs and others.
• Willingness to travel in difficult geography.
• Undertake other duties as per the requirements of the project