Project Manager - GESP Project

Job Description

Title: Project Manager - GESP Project

Company Name: UCEP Bangladesh

Vacancy: 1

Age: At most 45 years

Job Location: Kishoreganj

Salary: Negotiable

Experience:

• At least 6 years
• The applicants should have experience in the following business area(s): NGO

B.Sc. in Engineering (any discipline) or Master’s degree preferably in Development Studies/Social Science/Economics/ Education.

• At least 6 years
• The applicants should have experience in the following business area(s): NGO

• Age At most 45 years

• Minimum 06 years of relevant professional experience, preferably including at least 02 years as a manager in a large development organization.

• Excellent command on communication skills in both Bangla and English.

• Excellent computer operating skills & conversant with MS Office package.

• Self-motivated, adaptable, team player and passion for social development works.

• Ability and willingness to travel.

• Willingness to transfer at any place where UCEP has its activities.

• Age limit for the applicant would be maximum 45 years. Management has the right to make exceptions based on qualifications.

Job Purpose:

Increased equitable access to employment and entrepreneurship opportunities: Considering the varying vulnerabilities and needs of adolescent girls and young women, the project will have interventions for adolescent girls between ages 13-16 who are in, and out of, school as well as targeted interventions for young women between the age of 17-25 who are not in school, In short Girls` Education and Skills Programme (GESP) Project.

The project will provide market-driven skill training for young women to meet the varying needs and challenges of marginalized young women. This includes vocational training through outreach centers, blended model, mentorship model and referral services. These different models will accommodate different interests, constraints, and capacities of the targeted young women especially child marriage and/or Sexual and Gender Based Violence (SGBV) survivors. The project will ensure that adolescent girls can use the P2E platform to develop skills and receive training and certification needed to secure in-demand roles and access opportunities for improved livelihoods. The proposed project will pilot recreational play facilities for children of young women participating in the training sessions to ensure a participation and increased attendance at the training sessions. The project will also build capacity of young women on entrepreneurship skills and establish entrepreneurship hubs, where young women will be able to access information, advice and resources to support them to become entrepreneurs.

Job Responsibilities:

Strategic Leadership:

• To clearly articulate and contribute implementing UCEP Bangladesh’s values, vision, mission and goals, and development of future strategy documents as needed.

• To ensure conducive and inclusive learning and working environment and promote a culture which tangibly reflects the values of UCEP Bangladesh.

• To set high standards in personal, social and academic achievements throughout UCEP`s regional programs.

• To contribute to develop necessary policies and guideline for UCEP Bangladesh and ensure implementation.

• To ensure transparency, integrity and other governance and compliance principles.

• To take a leadership role in mentoring, coaching and training of regional staff for achieving high quality of programs and other services.

• To develop and ensure implementation of a business plan aiming towards sustainability with short, medium and long-term strategic plans and business goals.

• To contribute to ensure financial sustainability of UCEP Bangladesh.

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Salary:

• Monthly consolidated BDT. 70,000/- (Seventy Thousand only)

• Income Tax or any other statutory deductions will be as per government rules and UCEP policies.

Other Benefits: N/A