Regional Program Coordinator
Job Description
Title: Regional Program Coordinator
Company Name: Development Alternatives Inc (DAI)
Vacancy: 04
Job Location: Barishal, Cox's Bazar, Jashore, Khulna
Employment Status: Full-time
Educational Requirements:
∎ Minimum of a Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience.
Experience Requirements:
∎ 3 to 5 year(s)
Job Context:
∎ Looking For : Regional Program Coordinator (Jessore, Khulna, Barisal, or Cox`s Bazar)
∎ Policy LINK in Bangladesh
∎ The DAI Policy LINK project will implement a five-year USAID Feed the Future Bangladesh Agricultural Policy Activity (the Activity) with the goal of "strengthening the capacities of Bangladesh`s key agricultural actors and institutions, improving the policy environment and cultivating the policy-making processes that will enable inclusive and sustainable agriculture-led economic growth, strengthen resilience among people and systems, and create a well-nourished population, especially women and children".
∎ Launched in fall 2020, the Activity is focused on addressing the following interrelated objectives:
∎ Enhance Food Security Leadership and Management Capabilities;
∎ Strengthened Communication, Coordination, and Cooperation for More Effective Policy Implementation;
∎ Increased Influence of Local Actors and Communities to Affect Food Security Policy and Governance Decisions; and
∎ Increase Excellence and Collaboration in Participatory Policy Learning and Knowledge Sharing Practices.
∎ The Activity builds on 10 years of policy formulation, analysis, and national level dialogue implemented by the International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI). It will strengthen capacity and participation of a more diverse set of agricultural stakeholders and institutions in Bangladesh, contributing to improved governance, greater private sector engagement, trade and competitiveness, and market system linkages, consistent with the Indo-Pacific Vision (IPV).
∎ The Activity will employ a collaborative governance approach to leverage the resources of Bangladesh`s committed public and private institutions as they seek to address both development challenges and ongoing crises. Using tested tools and approaches, the Activity will build a shared understanding and commitment among stakeholders as a foundation for collaborative action. To implement this collaborative governance approach, the Activity will also apply a facilitative leadership approach in which the facilitator-the Bangladesh Agricultural Policy Activity team-helps stakeholders identify and work toward a common purpose, ensures all partners contribute to and have ownership of the activity, and develops and maintains open lines of communications. Specifically, the Activity will identify and strengthen the capacity of a diverse set of key agriculture actors and institutions in the policy and regulatory processes around four key pillar areas, namely the seed sector, food safety, social safety net system, and nutrition. Inclusion of a more diverse set of agricultural stakeholders will not only improve the efficacy of the entire policy process, but also strengthen stakeholder investment.
∎ The Agricultural Policy Activity will establish a main office in Dhaka and four regional offices in the USAID Feed the Future Zone of Influence (ZOI) and Zone of Resilience (ZOR). This operating model will maximize engagement with a diverse set of key agricultural stakeholders and institutions at the national, regional, and community levels.
Job Responsibilities:
∎ Position Objectives
∎ The Regional Program Coordinator will support administrative and programmatic activities in an assigned geographic location (Jessore, Khulna, Barisal, or Cox's Bazar).
∎ Reporting to an assigned Regional Program Manager, the Coordinator is expected to support the design, implementation, follow up, and reporting of Policy LINK's Feed the Future Bangladesh Agricultural Policy Activity within the framework of Policy LINK's established activity team structures, processes, and systems.
∎ The Regional Program Coordinator will be based in an assigned regional area, and will be responsible for:
∎ 1. Administrative and logistical support for achievement of program activities and deliverables in the program area.
∎ 2. Support to Regional Program Manager in carrying out training, facilitation, mentoring, and accompaniment of regional and community agricultural stakeholders, including government officials, implementing partners, the private sector, and civil society organizations at the regional and community levels in the assigned region.
∎ 3. Contribute to program-wide communication and learning activities (i.e. drafting materials, contributing data inputs, etc).
∎ S/he will continually reinforce LINK's agreed-upon core purpose and principles and approaches, and ensure all decision-making is rooted in the purpose and principles. S/he will contribute to a learning environment in which personal and team growth is supported, with a shared understanding that the "team" always comes before the "individual."
∎ Responsibilities
∎ The Regional Program Coordinator will be responsible for the following primary tasks, though other duties may be assigned as appropriate:
∎ Develop strong working relationships and lines of communication with Policy LINK colleagues, regional and community level stakeholders, Bangladesh Agricultural Policy Activity counterparts, and other implementing partners in their assigned region;
∎ Provide direct assistance to the assigned Regional Program Manager in their region, enabling effective co-creation and provision of day-to-day technical guidance to partners;
∎ Perform on-the-ground procurement and logistics support tasks such as collecting quotations, making ground travel arrangements, coordinating with workshop venues, and preparing workshop materials;
∎ Coordinate with Dhaka-based operations colleagues to ensure necessary finance and procurement support is provided for successful implementation of regional program activities;
∎ Assist with organization and implementation of the coordination of stakeholder engagement activities at the regional and community levels, including learning events, technical roundtable discussions, systems mapping, pause and reflect sessions, capacity strengthening, and other activities that will be undertaken at the regional and community levels;
∎ Assist the Regional Program Manager to monitor the status and performance of assigned regional activities, sharing updates with colleagues as well as capturing monitoring, evaluation, and learning in program reports submitted internally or to USAID and partners as appropriate.
∎ Reporting
∎ The Regional Program Coordinator will report to the Regional Program Manager assigned to his/her region.
∎ Supervisory Responsibilities
∎ The Regional Program Coordinator may supervise short-term technical consultants, and will work closely with the Dhaka-based Operations team.
Additional Requirements:
∎ Qualifications
∎ Local Bangladeshi candidates are highly encouraged to apply for this position. Additional qualifications:
∎ Minimum of three (3) years of progressively responsible experience in program management, logistics, operations, community mobilization, monitoring & evaluation, research and/or international development.
∎ A good understanding and experience working with a variety of stakeholders.
∎ Strong communication and representational skills.
∎ Strong program coordination skills, including an ability to coordinate with remotely based colleagues.
∎ Good computer capabilities with working knowledge of MS Word and Excel.
∎ Preferred experience working with local communities, NGOs, and/or international organizations.
∎ Preferred experience in organizing and setting up stakeholder events and conferences that bring together a diverse set of stakeholders.
∎ Good English and Bengali writing and speaking. Demonstrated organizational and administrative skills and ability to multitasks under tight time constraints/deadlines.
∎ Previous experience working in regions outside Dhaka, with a preference for prior experience in Jessore, Khulna, Barisal, and/or Cox's Bazar.
Compensation & Other Benefits:
∎ Medical allowance, Weekly 2 holidays, Gratuity
∎ Salary Review: Yearly
Job Source: Bdjobs.com Online Job Posting.
Application Deadline: 10 Jun 2021
Company Information:
∎ 27 May 2021
∎ Development Alternatives Inc (DAI)
∎ Address : 7600 Wisconsin Ave, Bethesda, MD 20814
∎ Web : https://www.dai.com/
∎ Business : DAI is an international development company. For more than 50 years, we have worked on the frontlines of international development, tackling fundamental social and economic development problems caused by inefficient markets, ineffective governance, and instability. Currently, DAI is delivering results that matter in some 80 countries. Our development solutions turn ideas into impact by bringing together fresh combinations of expertise and innovation across multiple disciplines. Our clients include international development agencies, international lending institutions, private corporations and philanthropies, and national governments.
Category: NGO/Development
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Source: bdjobs.com
Deadline Expired on 10th Jun 2021
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