Job Description

Title: Senior Project Officer for Nexus Project

Company Name: HELVETAS Swiss Intercooperation Bangladesh

Vacancy: 01

Job Location: Cox's Bazar

Employment Status: Full-time

Educational Requirements:
∎ Bachelor’s or master’s degree – in Disaster Risk Management, Environmental science, Forestry science, and Development studies, or related subject

Job Context:
∎ Helvetas Bangladesh is looking for a qualified Senior Project Officer under the Humanitarian Response Programme. This position will be based in Cox`s Bazar and work under the supervision of Nexus Program Manager with the aim to Project management, Team management, Coordination, Monitoring, Evaluation and Reporting, Financial reporting. Initial contract for this position is one year from August 2023 with possible extension based on fund availability and individual performance.

Job Responsibilities:
∎ Implementation of timely and effective Humanitarian and nexus projects and activities in selected locations, including achieving set indicator targets and objectives, in line with budgets and work-plans, focusing on producing the required deliverables;
∎ Organise weekly and monthly meetings with project officers and line managers to provide project updates;
∎ Daily basis monitor implementation and consult with key stakeholders;
∎ Be update on the national disaster management system and relevant policy frameworks and provide all relevant and necessary information to the communities and if required organise a capacity planning/workshop for the communities;
∎ Represent HELVETAS in different local level meeting and Coordinate with local administrations, RRRC office, DC, UNO, Camp In-Charge, etc. for approval/endorsement of projects and access permission for the expat/foreign nationals working to project sites;
∎ Work closely with project officer to make sure project is implemented according to Government requirements;
∎ Coordinate/provide formal and on-the job training for project officer with other sectors on relevant subjects when required;
∎ Coordinate with various networks/platforms and attend relevant meetings, workshops, and seminars;
∎ Coordinate the technical and methodological inputs with the line manager.
∎ Day to day monitoring for the project activities;
∎ Provide monitoring support to project team and volunteers;
∎ Develop necessary monitoring format, PDM format and conduct training for project staff and volunteers to utilised them in the field;
∎ Collect all the necessary information for the monthly and need based reporting and prepare project report accordingly and submit to line manager;
∎ Make sure provide all the field related expenditure data to finance team on time.
∎ Keep close watch on budget and activities all the time;
∎ Organise cash for work, finance management and calculation session with beneficiaries in coordination with Finance team so beneficiaries are well aware about what they are getting for their work;
∎ Provide support to finance team on payment day and if any challenges comes during the distribution time, need to resolved in best possible ways.

Additional Requirements:
∎ Age at least 23 years
∎ A minimum of 4 years’ experience in relevant field or the project implementation, good command on project management cycle for Humanitarian, Nexus and DRR programmes.
∎ Understanding about emergency project and working knowledge in Rohingya context project at Cox’s Bazar.
∎ Staff and volunteer management, preparedness planning at the community level. Community development skills, including participatory community assessment and planning techniques.
∎ Strong influencing and advocacy skills, political and cultural sensitivity.
∎ Fluent in English, Bengali native speaker, Chittagonian desirable.
∎ Professional level in MS Office package, KOBO, ODK, or other related software.

Salary:
∎ Helvetas offer attractive salary package along with other benefits as such seniority bonus, festival bonus, provident fund, gratuity, medical insurance and communication allowance. Additionally, Helvetas has 2 days weekend, 25 days annual leave, 15 days sick leave yearly, maternity/ paternity leave, public holidays as per the policy.

Job Source: Bdjobs.com Online Job Posting.

Application Deadline: 15 Jul 2023

Company Information:
∎ 9 Jul 2023
∎ HELVETAS Swiss Intercooperation Bangladesh
∎ Address : House 30 CWN (A), Road 42/43, Gulshan - 2, Dhaka - 1212
∎ Web : www.helvetas.org/bangladesh
∎ Business : Helvetas Bangladesh is part of a network of independent development organizations. With head offices in Switzerland, Germany and the USA, Helvetas is working in 29 countries in Africa, Asia, Latin America and Eastern Europe. We bring about real change in the lives of over three million disadvantaged people every year. We implement development projects in the areas of water and sanitation, agriculture and nutrition, education, economic development, democracy and peace, and climate and the environment. Helvetas also provides emergency response after disasters.

Category: NGO/Development

: We encourage the qualified candidates to apply through online who has relevant experience, education and skills. Women candidates are highly encouraged to apply for this position. Note that HELVETAS Bangladesh does not charge any fee for the recruitment process and does not provide TA/DA for interview.

Source: bdjobs.com

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