Job Description

Title: Project Manager (Livelihood)

Company Name: Centre for Disability in Development (CDD)

Vacancy: 01

Job Location: Bagerhat (Sarankhola)

Employment Status: Full-time, Contractual

Educational Requirements:
∎ Master's degree in any discipline/Agriculture/Business studies/ Development Studies from a reputed university

Experience Requirements:
∎ At most 5 year(s)

Job Context:
∎ The Centre for Disability in Development (CDD) is a not for profit organization established in 1996 to develop a more inclusive society for persons with disabilities. CDD simultaneously builds technical capacities of the development stakeholders and the communities in how to be more inclusive whilst also enabling persons with a disability to participate in society by strengthening their leadership and providing them with essential rehabilitation and other supports.
∎ CDD is one of the most renowned organizations in the field of disability-inclusive development. CDD`s work in Bangladesh is supported by international and national donor agencies/development partners. CDD offers an inclusive, amicable, and respectable work environment.
∎ The Ramon Magsaysay Award (Asian version of the Noble prize) has been awarded to its Executive Director in 2010. In 2018, CDD was recognized by the Government of Bangladesh as one of the best organizations working on disability and development issues.
∎ This position will be recruited by CDD under a project titled, `Resilience strengthening of vulnerable populations in northern, western and eastern Bangladesh through a network approach of 5 partner organizations project.` to be implemented with the support of Malteser International. The project will take initiatives at the vulnerability of at-risk, marginalized, rural riverine and coastal communities is reduced through improved socio-economic conditions and emergency preparedness. Moreover, the project strengthens access to the social safety net programmes of Bangladesh by assisting those most in need to access entitlements and support from the state.

Job Responsibilities:
∎ •• Capacity strengthening:
∎ Conduct need assessment and develop capacity strengthening plan for the persons with disabilities;
∎ Play a lead role in formation and coordination of Self-Help Group (SHG) of project locations;
∎ Coordinate and organize technical events, meetings, trainings, workshops and dialogues as per project needs;
∎ Provide high level supervisory and managerial support to the project team for developing their technical skills and professional competencies.
∎ Project management:
∎ Ensure the optimization of project initiation and execution through effective resource planning and job assignments;
∎ Coordinate in achieving project objectives; planning, implementation and progress monitoring, budget utilization and ensure approval and endorsement of all plans;
∎ Play a lead role in developing detailed project implementation plan (PIP) for each year and update quarterly;
∎ Manage key functions of the project to meet donor expectations in terms of timely and quality results and budget;
∎ Managing the partnership and ensure coordination between projects and implementation leads.
∎ Provide management support to project team to implement the project interventions maintaining high quality of work.
∎ Supervise the work of relevant staff as per authority (including development of Key Performance Objectives, clear work plans, support visits and meetings).
∎ Support to project teams on successful initiation, planning, design, execution, monitoring, controlling and closure of a project.
∎ Support team in development monitoring plan including learning opportunities, knowledge products to be captured during the course of project implementation.
∎ Support CDD's team in putting beneficiary feedback/ accountability mechanism in place, jointly monitor the system in order to allow voices of beneficiaries being taken into account
∎ Provide strategic support on data gathering and analysis in order to assess program implementation progress, outputs and potential outcomes as well as development of further activities
∎ Ensure that reporting deadlines are met by the concerned maintaining highest quality
∎ Carry out regular monitoring visits and follow up at field
∎ Support for documentation of project progress and areas of improvement for project team
∎ Ensure timely donor reports (programmatic and financial) and donor responses in collaboration with project team;
∎ Engaging with the third party for proper implementation of baseline survey/study/evaluation through development of ToR and providing information as needed;
∎ Coordinate with project accountant on budget preparation, advance, requisition, adjustment and financial documentation;
∎ Managing the relationship with local and national authorities and other actors in the respective sector;
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∎ •• Livelihoods management:
∎ Provide technical support to the development of the livelihood aspects in the programme design of the project
∎ Support external consultant during conduction of feasibility studies and development of business plan;
∎ Design and coordinate market assessments for the livelihood opportunities of persons with disabilities of project locations;
∎ Identify livelihood opportunities and provide technical support in the design, implementation, monitoring and evaluation of the livelihood activities;
∎ Provide technical direction, leadership and training to the livelihoods beneficiaries on business planning, income generation, village savings and loans (VSL), revolving funds, value chain, vocational skills training and strengthening of small scale businesses for the beneficiaries to enhance their self-reliance;
∎ Working with multiple stakeholders, including private sector, development agencies, government authorities, NGOs and social enterprises for the sustainability of the livelihood initiatives;
∎ Engagement relevant to livelihood e.g. microfinance, employment, entrepreneurship, local economic development, microfinance, poverty reduction, agriculture, livestock, vocational and technical education and training, etc.
∎ Ensure timely and quality progress reporting and prepare the analytical report of livelihood interventions and VSLA;
∎ Provide inputs and feedback to reporting;
∎ Real time monitoring of livelihood activities;
∎ Ensure systematic documentation, leanings and findings;
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∎ •• Other tasks:
∎ Maintain gender-sensitive approach in all stages of the project and maintain safeguarding measures with code of conducts;
∎ Any other task as assigned by the authority.

Additional Requirements:
∎ Age 25 to 45 years
∎ Minimum of 05 years of proven professional experience in development context in an advisory, coordination position in INGO/NGO.
∎ Minimum of 05 years working experience ion project management and coordination.
∎ Minimum 05 years of professional work experience in livelihood approaches, poverty alleviation and vulnerability reduction, micro enterprises and fund management.
∎ Minimum of 03 years work experience in inclusion of at-risk groups- persons with disabilities, women, children, and older people.
∎ Professional and technical understanding of livelihood/climate resilient livelihood, its diversification and ways to adapt them as per the requirement of persons with disabilities;
∎ Experience in the capacity-building program and facilitation of training.
∎ Proven experience to prepare and monitor budgets and produce reports;
∎ Strong writing and reporting skills (clear, concise, and responsible communication suited to the interlocutor);
∎ Sound Knowledge and skills on the MEAL framework;
∎ Have time management, leadership, analytical ability, multitasking, facilitation, communication, presentation and report writing skills;
∎ Good understanding of disability inclusion standards and guidelines and Universal Design principles.
∎ Having sound understanding on empowerment of marginalized people will be an added advantage;
∎ Experienced in planning, monitoring and reporting of project activities in relevant field in multi-stakeholder partnerships and collaborations
∎ Have time management, leadership, analytical ability, multitasking, facilitation; communication, presentation and report writing skills;
∎ Have adaptability, teamwork, relationship building and change management skills;
∎ Previous experience of working with disability inclusive resilient livelihood;
∎ Excellent command on MS Word, MS PowerPoint; very good command on MS Excel. Have outstanding skills and expertise at communicating by email and internet.
∎ High level English language proficiency (speaking, reading, writing).
∎ Person with disability are encouraged to apply

Salary: Tk. 55000 (Monthly)

Compensation & Other Benefits:
∎ T/A, Mobile bill, Weekly 2 holidays
∎ Prorata Basis Festival Bonus

Job Source: Bdjobs.com Online Job Posting.

Application Deadline: 2 Jan 2023

Company Information:
∎ 24 Dec 2022
∎ Centre for Disability in Development (CDD)
∎ Address : A-18/6, Genda, Savar, Dhaka-1340
∎ Web : www.cdd.org.bd
∎ Business : The Centre for Disability in Development (CDD) is a not for profit organization established in 1996 to develop a more inclusive society for persons with a disability. CDD`s mission is to address this by simultaneously educating the community in how to be more inclusive whilst also enabling persons with a disability to participate in society by providing them with essential supports. In this way persons with disabilities can be given the same rights, freedoms, dignity and quality of life as everyone else. CDD respects rights and dignity of all human beings including children, women and persons with disabilities . All staff members of CDD must sign a Child safeguarding Code of Conduct.

Category: NGO/Development

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