Project Manager

Job Description

Title: Project Manager

Company Name: Reproductive Health Services Training and Education Program (RHSTEP)

Vacancy: 01

Age: Na

Job Location: Dhaka

Salary: Tk. 98000 (Monthly)

Experience:

Published: 2024-08-14

Application Deadline: 2024-08-21

Education:

• MBBS and master`s in public health / Population Science

• Experience in government and public health systems, institutions and donors, and of procedures, accountability frameworks and best practices in reproductive health and/ maternal health including family planning.

• Only Female

• 8 to 10 year(s) including experience in Project management for at least 3-5 years.

• Minimum 3 years of experience in the field of evidence-based SRH including Family planning, programming, monitoring and reporting.

• The applicant should have basic understanding about Urban Primary Health Care Services Delivery Project, Directorate General of Health Services, Directorate General of Family Planning, Health Units of Dhaka North and South City Corporation

• Substantial program management experience in reproductive health specially on Family Planning, Menstrual Regulation and Postabortion Care.

• Experience in Training on Menstrual Regulation, Postabortion Care and Family Planning

• Familiarity with effective financial and budgetary control and experience of managing sub agreements. Working experience with MS Work, Excel, Power Point.

• Previous experience of managing a team and the ability to lead, motivate and guide others.

• Excellent interpersonal communication and presentation skills.

• Fluency in Bangla and English and ability to travel in the field up to 50%

Context·

• RHSTEP is the implementing partner of Ipas Bangladesh in a project funded by Global Affairs Canada through HealthBridge Foundation in Canada titled ‘Improving Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights in Dhaka’ to improve availability and access of quality SRHR services particularly family planning, MR and Post-abortion care (PAC) services for poor and ultra-poor women and adolescents living urban areas of greater Dhaka. The project will also work to reduce SGBV by creating awareness among city dwellers. To ensure uninterrupted SRHR services during any public health emergency, the project will also work for emergency preparedness and responses. The five-year project will be implemented from now till December 2025 in collaborate with city corporations’ health authorities of DSCC, DNCC and their health programs, DGFP and DGHS, BGMEA/BKMEA, other stakeholders including MOLGRD&C and implementing partners.

• Project Manager for ISRHR project of RHSTEP is mainly responsible for ensuring quality project management including budget management, human resource management, report writing, execution of quality capacity building interventions and skill retention activities for the health service providers maintaining the standards, protocols and guidelines in SRHR components in project areas 34 UPHCDP and 12 secondary and tertiary level Referral Hospitals of Dhaka, Gazipur and Narayanganj. S/he will also ensure service quality improvement and local resource generation by engaging quality improvement and facility management committees including local government bodies.

• This position will be based at Ipas Bangladesh office in Dhaka and will jointly work with ISRHR’D Project Director and Senior Advisor Health System- 1 of Ipas Bangladesh. Project Manager of RHSTEP is reportable to Executive Director of RHSTEP.

Job Responsibilities

• As the Team Leader, overall management of “Improving Sexual & Reproductive Health and Rights in Dhaka” Project of RHSTEP, including ensuring proper planning, implementation, monitoring (including budget control) & evaluation, and facilitative supervision.

• Ensure implementation of the project as per work plan and budget allocation for proper utilization of budget;

• Monitor the project activities through conducting facility visits and community intervention visits and find out the gaps and challenges in the implementation of the activities.

• Provide solutions to the challenges or gaps identified through immediate situation analysis or discussion with the management.

• Ensure appropriate monitoring, documentation and evaluation of the training activities, Timely submission training report to Ipas health system.

• Effectively manage talent and supervise teams, manage team dynamics, and staff well-being, provide coaching and strategically tailor individual development plan.

• Ability to analyze data/information, Monitors project performance against the project requirements.

• Supports the management of project financial performance targets, leads project financial forecasting and reviews, and analyzes and troubleshoots financial issues.

• Provides budgetary, operational, and financial management support to project team members.

• Networking with partner organizations, relevant government counterparts and other stakeholders.

• Prepare and timely submission of monthly, quarterly and annual program reports along with financial reports, case study and other necessary program documents to Ipas Bangladesh.

• Perform other project related responsibilities assigned by the management.

• Mobile Phone bill

• Annual increment

• Two (2) Festival Bonus

• Weekly 2 holidays