Senior Project Manager
Job Description
Title: Senior Project Manager
Company Name: BBC Media Action
Vacancy: 01
Job Location: Dhaka
Employment Status: Contractual
Educational Requirements:
∎ Bachelors' degree in a relevant field (international development, humanitarian, broadcasting or communications, or other relevant subject).
Experience Requirements:
∎ At least 5 year(s)
Job Context:
∎ At a time of transition for our work in Bangladesh, and in anticipation of a growth in our development project portfolio over the coming months, we are seeking a proactive Senior Project Manager to ensure solid delivery of existing commitments, to lead the inception phase of new projects and to secure new business for the country office. Reporting to the Country Director, the Senior Project Manager will be responsible for the overall management and delivery of all projects run from the Dhaka office in Bangladesh.
∎ Job Nature:
∎ The role is a full time fixed-term contract for 12 months initially with a strong possibility of renewal, subject to funding.
∎ Job Location: Dhaka with frequent local and international travel.
Job Responsibilities:
∎ Ensure that the BBC Media Action projects in Bangladesh are delivered on time, on budget, to high standards and according to donor commitments in consultation with the editorial team, the research team and finance.
∎ Support the creative development, editorial direction and production management of multimedia outputs, working closely with production staff to ensure they are produced in an integrated and coherent manner, ensuring high editorial and production standards and the most efficient use of resources.
∎ Ensure that the specific development objectives of the projects, as defined in project design and theory of change and informed by research findings, are fully reflected in the broadcast outputs.
∎ Develop and manage effective relationships with donors, stakeholders and partners, as well as with advisors and other staff in BBC Media Action headquarters and the wider BBC.
∎ Work alongside other members of the in-country senior management team to define and drive forward approaches in key, cross-cutting areas, including gender, youth and digital.
∎ Contribute to the development of new business for BBC Media Action in Bangladesh through building relationships with donors and other stakeholders, as well as developing and writing proposals.
∎ Develop, manage and forecast project budgets, and complete timely financial and narrative reporting for internal and donor use.
∎ Understand and comply with the Safeguarding policy and the staff Code of Conduct.
∎ Build capacity and support staff and partner development, working with the CD and other SMT members to deliver relevant training to staff, freelancers and partners.
∎ Factor security, safety, compliance and safeguarding issues into project design and include costs within budgets.
Additional Requirements:
∎ Essential skills and experience
∎ Considerable experience developing and managing complex projects, ideally in the development sector.
∎ Considerable experience of working in the development or media sectors, preferably both.
∎ Demonstrable understanding and commitment to international development, including the use of media for developmental goals.
∎ Significant experience in the effective management of diverse teams, including personnel development and capability management.
∎ Strong financial management skills, including experience of managing large budgets and knowledge of the reporting requirements of funders.
∎ Proven ability to develop and secure new business, including ability to develop new business ideas and present these persuasively to potential partners and funders, and write successful proposals.
∎ Confident public speaker with experience of presentations to colleagues, donors and stakeholders.
∎ Excellent interpersonal, negotiating and diplomatic skills.
∎ Understanding of BBC editorial values and demonstrable potential to acquire strong media editorial skills in order to make sensitive editorial judgements at a senior level.
∎ Specialist experience working in one of BBC Media Action's key thematic areas: health (particularly maternal/child health, sexual and reproductive health or nutrition), resilience (particularly economic development, climate adaptation or disaster preparedness) or governance (particularly social and political inclusion, accountability or freedom of expression).
∎ Excellent verbal and written English skills
∎ Desirable skills and experience:
∎ Experience in managing a portfolio of multiple, simultaneous complex projects.
∎ Specialist experience in supporting the development of media organisations.
∎ Experience of using media for development purposes.
∎ Experience working with research aimed at informing program action by building rigorous, high-quality evidence.
Salary:
∎ Negotiable, and other benefits as per BBC Media Action policies.
Application Deadline: 11 Jul 2020
Company Information:
∎ 23 Jun 2020
∎ BBC Media Action
∎ Business : BBC Media Action is the BBC`s international development charity. We use media and communications to reduce poverty and promote human rights in developing countries. We partner with civil society, local media and others to produce creative programmes in multi-media formats which inform and engage audiences around key development issues, and strengthen the media sector through capacity building. Our work is built on insights from our research and engagement with communities, and is focused on three key themes: governance and human rights, health and resilience.
Category: NGO/Development
Source: bdjobs.com
Deadline Expired on 11th Jul 2020
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