Senior Manager- Partnership & Field Coordinator
Job Description
Title: Senior Manager- Partnership & Field Coordinator
Company Name: International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies.
Vacancy: 1
Job Location: Barishal
Employment Status: Contractual
Educational Requirements:
∎ Bachelor's Degree or Master's Degree (preferred) in business, marketing, psychology, sociology, vocational guidance, counselling, or related fields
Experience Requirements:
∎ At least 12 year(s)
Job Context:
∎ Duration: 1 Year (Renewable position)
∎ Location: Barisal Office
∎ Overall Purpose of the Post:
∎ The Senior Manager, Partnerships and Field Coordination is responsible for providing high quality programmatic support to the Bangladesh Red Crescent Society (BDRCS) in implementing the project in Barishal. Under the direction of the BRC Programme Manager (Delegate) based in Barishal, he/she will work closely with the BDRCS team to coordinate the implementation of the project led by BDRCS team in Barishal.
∎ The main role of Senior Manager, Partnerships and Field Ccoordination is to create an enabling environment for the implementation of the project by ensuring the BRC and BDRCS staff are working in collaboration as a team. Also she/he will be responsible for developing various partnerships with the private sector, institutions and government agencies to create favourable conditions for connection between jobseekers (participants of the projects) and businesses.
∎ This UK Aid Match supported livelihood project is a three-year community market-based livelihood project with Disaster Reduction Risk (DRR), Protection, Gender and Inclusion and Organisational Development as a cross cutting components. The overall goal of the programme is to strengthen resilience and reduce poverty through gender-sensitive livelihoods and Disaster Risk Reduction in 16 slums of Barishal, Bangladesh. More specifically the main aim of the livelihoods project is to increase access to economic opportunities of participants from urban slums of Barishal through developing their employability and businesses according to market opportunities. This project will build partially on the achievements of the Vulnerability to Resilience (V2R) programme, an integrated multi-sectoral resilience building programme, which has been implemented in Barishal since 2015.
Job Responsibilities:
∎ Responsibilities:
∎ Develop/create a systematic, process-driven approach to the project's partner outreach and relationship management
∎ Continuous assessment of the ongoing the humanitarian situation and gaps in Barishal city corporation, specifically the 16 targeted communities, providing regular updates to the BRC Programme Manager (Delegate) and sharing the same with BDRCS counterparts.
∎ Facilitate and organise visits of BRC Dhaka and BRC UK Office Advisers and other staff.
∎ Assist the Programme Manager (Delegate) with staff safety by ensuring that security policies and regulations are communicated to all staff (BRC and BDRCS)
∎ Provide regular updates to the BRC Programme Manager (Delegate) and BDRCS counterparts in Dhaka to inform coordination and overall country programme decision making.
∎ Management of BRC Technical Officers of the programme, including the Skills Development Manager and the Business Development Manager
∎ Relationships, partnerships management:
∎ Maintain professional and respectful relations with the BDRCS at unit level to facilitate smooth partnership between the two BRC and BDRCS.
∎ Support and accompany the project staff in sourcing and identifying partnerships relevant for the project: identify key players for economic inclusion of project participants, carry out partner assessments, meet and communicate with identified partners to generate interest and facilitate collaboration
∎ Carry out partner assessment, identify key players and generate interest in the identified partners to collaborate
∎ Negotiate and finalise deals/MoUs with identified partners in accordance with BDRCS guidelines and policies and project internal goals (collaboration with local authorities, mentorships, apprenticeships, job placement)
∎ Maintain effective relationships with current partners and offer new ways to grow the partnerships: maintaining good relationships with organisations and agencies involved in the project through regular meetings, workshops, seminars and final report of the project
∎ Set targets and milestones for the partnerships, measure the progress against the targets and report the progress on the partnerships
∎ Help to resolve conflict or misunderstanding between partners through mediation and consultation and through making recommendations
∎ Coordination:
∎ Coordinate regularly with the BDRCS Assistant Project Manager and BDRCS Unit level staff, Project implementation Committee and Executive Committee Members.
∎ Coordinate with the external stakeholders of the project and link them with BRC and BDRCS project staff and BDRCS Unit executive committee
∎ Coordinate with the Government officials and provide support to obtain permissions, technical assistance, access to information or organise dissemination workshops
∎ Coordinate closely with the BDRCS Project Manager based in Dhaka under the direction of Programme Manager (Delegate).
∎ Coordinate with the local authorities and companies/industries in Barishal to organise job fairs to foster connection with local enterprises and help participants finding a suitable job.
∎ Advocate with the various stakeholders in close coordination with the BDRCS on the policies so that vulnerable communities can benefit.
∎ Attend any relevant coordination meetings in Barishal City Corporation and Barishal district ensuring that the project for the targeted communities is aligned with overall plans of BDRCS and does not duplicate work of local authorities and local or international organizations
∎ Project design
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∎ In coordination with BDRCS senior management and BRC team, assist with inputs to the development of project plans that have at their heart beneficiary accountability.
∎ Participate in situation assessments being carried out by local authorities and Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement partners in response to major disasters.
∎ Ensure that project plans and milestones are communicated with the BRC Programme Manager (Delegate) based in Barishal.
∎ Project implementation:
∎ Ensure implementation of monitoring frameworks for the project utilising tools such as Intervention Logic, Resilience Frameworks, Beneficiary Accountability Frameworks, Monthly and quarterly activity planning and monthly, quarterly, semi-annual and annual reports.
∎ Coordinate with the Project Implementation Committee members and the Secretary of the BDRCS Unit to ensure timely implementation of the project.
∎ Finance:
∎ Assist the Programme Manager (Delegate) in the development/detailing/update of budgets based on defined activities and implementation schedules.
∎ Assist the Programme Manager (Delegate) to prepare cash requests against planned activity schedules.
∎ Assist the Programme Manager (Delegate) to provide narrative explanations to monthly budget variance form.
∎ Representation:
∎ Represent the partnership development component of the programme and BRC externally to develop and maintain relationships with relevant government representatives and with other agencies and strategic partners in the area of responsibility under the direction of the Programme Manager (Delegate).
∎ As required, represent the BRC at important forums including inter-agency coordination meetings and with corporate and private partners under the guidance of the Programme Manager (Delegate).
∎ Ensure frequent and comprehensive sharing of information and findings between sectorial specialists within the BRC delegation and UK Office through the Programme Manager (Delegate).
∎ Capacity Building:
∎ Strengthen capacity of the Project Implementation Committee (PIC) members to enable them take timely decisions
∎ Support capacity building of BDRCS staff and volunteers and ensure that BDRCS staff and executive committee members training needs and support are provided through the programme
∎ Monitoring and Reporting:
∎ Disseminate learning and achievements of the project widely amongst the stakeholders
∎ Report regularly to the Programme Manager (Delegate) on the progress of the project implementation.
∎ Carry out close monitoring of the programme activities and ensure that high-quality standards are met in programme implementation.
∎ Report on project progress, quality of interventions, quality of record keeping and issues arising.
∎ Ensure that reports from BDRCS are consolidated and submitted as per the agreed timeline
∎ Others:
∎ Manage BRC Technical Officers
∎ Ensure HR support are in-place to successfully implement the project
Additional Requirements:
∎ Visit this link to view detail: https://hotjobs.bdjobs.com/jobs/ifrc/ifrc255.htm
Application Deadline: 7 Nov 2020
Company Information:
∎ 25 Oct 2020
∎ International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies.
∎ Business : The International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies, (IFRC) is the world`s largest humanitarian organisation. The IFRC Country Office in Bangladesh has worked alongside the Bangladesh Red Crescent Society (BDRCS) for more than 30 years in humanitarian fields including disaster management, with a focus on the cyclone early warning and response programme in the coastal belt, and disaster preparedness and response during natural disasters.
Category: NGO/Development
Source: bdjobs.com
Deadline Expired on 7th Nov 2020
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