Job Description

Title: Project Manager_ CPiE Cox's Bazar Support Programme

Company Name: Plan International Bangladesh

Vacancy: Not specific

Job Location: Cox's Bazar (Ukhia)

Employment Status: Full-time

Educational Requirements:
∎ University degree in social work, psychology, social sciences or related field

Job Responsibilities:
∎ Section 1: Provide Leadership to ensure comprehensive programming and quality across the Plan International CPiE response in UKHIYA
∎ The Project Manager will:
∎ Provide input and support to the Programme Manager to expand and update the Response Strategy in Ukhiya areas, addressing the Child protection needs of Rohingya and host community children.
∎ Prepare and oversee project implementation to ensure timely and quality delivery of project activities, including preparing project kick off meetings, development of detailed implementation plans and work plans, project outlines and phased procurement plans
∎ Supervise and provide ongoing support and mentoring to Coordinators and Officers on community based child protection and case management (community engagement, raising awareness, campaign, life skills training, vocational training, livelihood, youth engagement, GBV, SHRH, UASC, FTR etc). This includes review and development of programmatic tools,. The Project Manager will have to provide technical feedback to the team to ensure the quality of the service delivery and analyse the needs of teams to fill them
∎ Building evidence based knowledge through documentation and sharing of learning (i.e. on the causes and concomitants of trafficking, the extent of the problem and analysis of which measures are effective in combating it)
∎ Provide regular updates to Programme Manager - Ukhiya on the progress of the implementation, challenges faced, and additional support needed.
∎ Support the elaboration of the monthly and weekly work plan related to the implementation of the activities (coordination meetings in Ukhiya and at times in Cox's Bazar).
∎ Consolidate the reporting (data collection, and narrative report) accordingly to donor/projects requirements to submit to the Programme Manager.
∎ Scope of the programmatic activities:
∎ Provide guidance and leadership to set up, supervise and monitor awareness raising/ psychosocial activities ensuring Child protection minimum standards, child safeguarding policies, and child/youth participation and gender balance
∎ Coordinate with the CIC and other relevant actors in the camp in Ukhiya sub-district
∎ Set up, supervise and monitor adolescent club activities and the quality of the life skills sessions delivered by the workers and the volunteers
∎ Set up, supervise and monitor the PSS component of the projects: Community based Child Protection Committee (CBCPC) activities, design and lead need assessment for strategic programing, solve issues on the field during the implementation, provide on-going technical support of the team to deliver the activities in a qualitative, friendly and timely manner)
∎ Support the design and the organization of the Advocacy and campaign activities
∎ Ensure providing gender sensitive quality Case Management service and conduct service mapping in Ukhiya and establishment of community-based feedback and reporting mechanism
∎ Section - 2: Ensure safe transfer of cases to DSS and Provide support to improved and more effective Capacity of wider CP actors.
∎ In close collaboration with Department of Social Services ensure safe hand over / transfer of cases of children with protection concern to DSS and ensure follow up maintaining warm relationship with DSS and other relevant stakeholders
∎ Ensure quality demonstration of best CP practices around CBCP, PSS and Case management.
∎ Provide necessary support to government and NGO for building capacity, in coordination with CP Sub sector support capacity enhancement of CP actors though shadowing, mentoring and demonstration of good / best practices.
∎ Support to build the capacity of local partner in resource mobilization - this will include writing a winner proposal, developing log frame etc.
∎ Section - 3: Staff Capacity Building.
∎ Support Technical Advisors to Design and facilitate staff capacity building plan for Plan and other staffs of DSS, and CP actors
∎ Contribute to recruitment of coordinators, Officer position and volunteers and supervise the entire CBCP/CM/PSS team (validate leave, sanction, recruitment)
∎ Provide on-the-job coaching and support to the Coordinators and Officers (of Plan International and partner organization) in technical aspects of the program.
∎ Support technical specialists to design and facilitate capacity development activities/ training of CBCP/CM/PSS staff in the areas of implementing (human trafficking, youth engagement, livelihood, caring for child survivors, child victim of trafficking) community based child protection (mapping of existing community structures, community dialogue and engagement, awareness raising activities, parenting sessions, etc.) and in responding to the needs of adolescents (psychosocial support, life skills, etc.)
∎ Ensure that camp level staffs are based in camp and spending at least 6 duty hours in relevant camps.
∎ Section 4: Coordination and external Representation:
∎ He/she represents Plan International in relevant coordination meetings in Ukhiya, camp level and sometimes in Cox's Bazar (in collaboration with the Programme Manager/Advisor)
∎ Staff meeting in Ukhiya
∎ Section 5: Monitoring, Evaluation and reporting:
∎ Working closely with the MER & Accountability Specialist and Ukhiya CPiE Technical team to ensure the implementation of a CPiE M&E strategy and plan for the whole project(s), ensuring this links to external donor reporting requirements
∎ Ensure regular data are updated in CPIMS+ system and information for 5W reports are available to CPIMS+ Specialist
∎ Put in place accountability activities for CPiE projects in conjunction with MER & Accountability Specialist, ensuring that feedback from all relevant stakeholders is considered in programme design.
∎ Prepare, with support from MER & Accountability Specialist, timely and accurate internal programme and external donor reports on CPiE project activities in compliance with internal Plan International Bangladesh requirements and any relevant external donor requirements. Also provide support on FD6/FD7 reporting to national authorities.

Additional Requirements:
∎ Technical Skills:
∎ Previous experience working in Child Protection, Human Trafficking, GBV, Case Management, as well as in Community Based activities, youth engagement, advocacy and Psychosocial Support service provision.
∎ English working skills mandatory and coordination and team management
∎ Good knowledge and understanding of humanitarian principles and established international child protection minimum standards.
∎ Experience in implementing programs focusing on: working with vulnerable children, social work with children and families, working with child survivors of violence, children outside of parental care, psychosocial support, etc.
∎ Proven project management skills, including in monitoring and evaluation for child protection projects.
∎ Proven experience of providing training and capacity building on child protection technical areas with a variety of audiences.
∎ Skills and Behaviors:
∎ Ability to work independently and as a team player who demonstrates leadership and is able to support and train local staff and also able to work with disaster affected communities in a sensitive and participatory manner.
∎ Well-developed written and oral communication skills. Able to communicate clearly and sensitively with internal and external stakeholders as a representative of Plan. This includes effective negotiation and representation skills.
∎ Works with trustworthiness and integrity and has a clear commitment to Plan's core values and humanitarian principles.
∎ Ability to operate effectively under extreme circumstances including stress, high security risks and harsh living conditions. Works and lives with a flexible, adaptable and resilient manner.
∎ Demonstrates awareness and sensitivity to gender and diversity. Have experience and the ability to live and work in diverse cultural contexts in a culturally appropriate manner. Has a capacity to make accurate self-assessment particularly in high stress and high security contexts.
∎ Is well planned and organized even within a fluid working environment and has a capacity for initiative and decision making with competent analytical and problem solving skills.
∎ Knowledge of Plan policies and procedures, Sphere and the Red Cross/ NGO Code of Conduct. Requires general finance, administration, information management and telecommunication skills and proficiency in information technology/ computer skills.
∎ About 4-5 years working in a humanitarian context - experience in working with refugees or IDPs is preferable.
∎ Fluency in English and Bangla (both reading and writing)

Application Deadline: 14 Mar 2021

Company Information:
∎ 8 Mar 2021
∎ Plan International Bangladesh
∎ Business : Founded 80 years ago, Plan International is one of the oldest and largest children`s development organisations in the world. We work in 52 countries across Africa, Asia and the Americas to promote child rights and lift millions of children out of poverty. In 2015, Plan International worked with 100 million children in 85,282 communities. Plan International is independent, with no religious, political or governmental affiliations but having a vision of a world in which all children realize their full potential in societies that respect people`s rights and dignity.
Plan International has been operating in Bangladesh since 1994. Plan International seeks to ensure the rights of children to education, health, safe water and sanitation, protection, youth social and economic empowerment and climate change, environmental degradation and natural or man-made disaster hazards throughout the country.

Category: NGO/Development