Senior Programme Officer

Job Description

Title: Senior Programme Officer

Company Name: The International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN)

Vacancy: Not specific

Job Location: Dhaka

Employment Status: Full-time

Educational Requirements:
∎ Masters degree, with Bachelor's degree in Forestry, Botany, Biological Sciences, Environmental Science, Natural Resource Management or other relevant disciplines.

Experience Requirements:
∎ At least 5 year(s)

Job Responsibilities:
∎ PROJECT MANAGEMENT
∎ Manage and supervise all project activities as outlined in the agreement between donor and IUCN and subsequent revisions agreed upon by donor and IUCN;
∎ Manage the project budget by ensuring the application of all appropriate IUCN and donor policies, procedures, and guidelines;
∎ Manage and lead the project team, including the volunteers and the consultants, and ensure timely outputs from them;
∎ Maintain close relationship with donor and its pertinent staff and wings for compliance, funding, capacity development, and building networks for effective implementation of the project;
∎ Develop and maintain networks, collaborations and partnerships with organizations, individuals and stakeholders on a regular basis in line with the project needs, risk management, and for smooth project implementation;
∎ Ensure that all project reports on performance, financial, personnel, and procurement and all other committed deliverables are produced, submitted and accepted by donor on a timely manner as per the agreement;
∎ Ensure that the project work and progress are properly and regularly communicated with different stakeholders including other relevant government agencies;
∎ Ensure all necessary IUCN's management requirements, including timely submission of work plans, budgets, internal agreements, contracts, and progress reports;
∎ Guide project team members to monitoring the performance of the project and track progress on issues, and report against key performance indicators of the project(s) in the light of monitoring protocol of the project;
∎ Ensure that the project communications plan is properly implemented in the light of pertinent policies and guidelines of IUCN and donor; and
∎ Ensure that IUCN and donor policies and mandates as outlined in the agreement are duly complied by the project team.

Additional Requirements:
∎ 5 years of relevant professional experience. Managerial experience will be a distinct advantage.
∎ Excellent presentation, writing and spoken communication skills in English are essential.
∎ International experience will be an added advantage.

Application Deadline: 15 Dec 2020

Company Information:
∎ 6 Dec 2020
∎ The International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN)
∎ Business : IUCN, the International Union for Conservation of Nature, helps the world find pragmatic solutions to our most pressing environment and development challenges by supporting scientific research; managing field projects all over the world; and bringing governments, NGOs, the UN, international conventions and companies together to develop policy, laws and best practice.

IUCN is the world’s oldest and largest global environmental network. IUCN is a democratic union with more than 1,000 government and NGO member organizations, and some 10,000 volunteer scientists in more than 150 countries. IUCN’s work is supported by 1,100 professional staff in 62 countries and hundreds of partners in public, NGO and private sectors around the world.

Category: NGO/Development