Team Leader - CSISA-MEA
Job Description
Title: Team Leader - CSISA-MEA
Company Name: International Development Enterprises (iDE)
Vacancy: 1
Job Location: Dhaka
Employment Status: Full-time
Educational Requirements:
∎ Relevant post-graduate qualification preferably in business, economics, development studies, management, agriculture, and/or equivalent experience
Experience Requirements:
∎ At least 10 year(s)
Job Context:
∎ The Team Leader will lead the private sector engagement implementation of CSISA-MEA and provide the project with the overall vision, leadership, and guidance - internally with project staff and externally with the prime CIMMYT, the donor USAID, and private sector actors, the Government of Bangladesh, and other relevant stakeholders. Moreover, the Team Leader will assume principal responsibility for overall project management and technical operations to ensure that project tasks are completed and objectives are met. S/he will be responsible for the oversight of the field operations in Jashore, Bogura, and Cox`s Bazar regions and for implementing the programmatic interventions of the Activity with the support of operations and programs teams and other support units, including finance and administration. S/he must be able to play a leadership role in project management and review project staff`s performance. This will include taking part and directly engaging in crisis management, leading and managing projects (including communication) with donors and other partners.
∎ The Team Leader will provide leadership to the technical team on the implementation of the project`s overall private sector engagement strategy, including building and managing partnerships;
∎ improvement in the competitiveness of MSMEs in the light engineering sector;
∎ market-based initiatives aimed at improving access to finance and financial management by agricultural machinery lead firms and machinery manufacturing enterprises; and
∎ trade facilitation and investment promotion to attract international investment.
∎ Reporting Line: Country Director, iDE Bangladesh
Job Responsibilities:
∎ Working closely with the Chief of Party from CIMMYT, Team Leader provides strategic, operational, and financial leadership to the Activity
∎ Function as a supervisor for the private sector engagement team of 18 staff
∎ Provide technical leadership on the following areas ensuring that a market system approach is maintained and followed
∎ Assembling/manufacturing/retailing/distribution of agricultural machinery by national and international agricultural machinery private companies
∎ Improvement in the competitiveness of agricultural-based MSMEs in the light engineering sector
∎ Access to financial products and services for key market actors in the value chain
∎ Trade facilitation and investment promotion to attract international firms
∎ Play a leading role in the delivery of project outcomes and expected results in accordance to project strategy, which provides a framework for rural economic and service market
∎ Play an active role and coordinate with relevant technical units in planning and provide programmatic guidance for the project staff, partners, and other stakeholders according to project guidelines and donor requirements
∎ Provide strategic direction and support field team, partners, and private sectors in operating project interventions as per plan and adopt relevant changes considering local situations
∎ Monitor progress of field teams and provide regular updates to the senior management team and lead partner to deliver high quality and measurable outcomes
Additional Requirements:
∎ Work Experience & knowledge:
∎ At least 10 years of experience working in international development with a background in market systems
∎ Proven leadership in the administration of similar activities with skills in strategic planning, management, supervision, and budgeting
∎ Proven experience in market systems development approach for sub-sector analysis, private sector engagement, monitoring, and results measurement
∎ Prior experience in the agricultural sector
∎ Prior experience leading a USAID-funded project is desirable, but not essential
∎ Considerable understanding of light engineering, agricultural mechanization, and access to finance
∎ Management and Programmatic Skills:
∎ Ability to responsibly manage funds, monitoring, and team progress
∎ Ability to plan and implemented iterative field level activities for market systems change
∎ Understanding of the facilitative role of the market development approach
∎ Personal Skills:
∎ Undertake additional tasks subject to workload and skill sets such as photography, cross-project training, and evaluations
∎ Excellent interpersonal and leadership skills
∎ Ability to work with various national and international team members and flexibility to adapt to different work conditions
∎ Ability to interact and collaborate with a broad range of public and private sector and NGO partners
∎ Physical and Language Skills:
∎ Ability to travel and undertake fieldwork in rural contexts
∎ Strong written and oral communication skills in English, including the ability to present coherent and convincing messages to different audiences
∎ Strong computer skills in Microsoft Office Suite, e-mail, and the internet
∎ Familiarity with internet-based software systems such as Google Apps
Job Source: Bdjobs.com Online Job Posting.
Application Deadline: 20 Oct 2022
Company Information:
∎ 27 Sep 2022
∎ International Development Enterprises (iDE)
∎ Business : iDE is an International Non-Governmental Organization (INGO) headquartered in Denver, Colorado USA and operating in 11 countries around the world, including Bangladesh. In Bangladesh, iDE has been working since 1984, registered with the NGO Affairs Bureau (NGO AB), registration number 173 dated 27th April, 1984. iDE is currently working in 27 Districts and 123 Upazilas on a wide variety of thematic areas including Food Security, Nutrition, WASH, Agriculture, Market Systems Development, Women Economic Empowerment. iDE Bangladesh is supported by USAID, SIDA, Unicef, DFID, the European Commission and other multilateral donors working in in the country.
Category: NGO/Development
Source: bdjobs.com
Deadline Expired on 20th Oct 2022
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