Technical Coordinator - Advocacy & Capacity Building

Job Description

Title: Technical Coordinator - Advocacy & Capacity Building

Company Name: CARE Bangladesh

Vacancy: 1

Job Location: Dhaka

Employment Status: Contractual

Educational Requirements:
∎ Masters in Social Science or in relevant discipline.

Experience Requirements:
∎ 5 to 6 year(s)

Job Context:
∎ Position Title: Technical Coordinator - Advocacy & Capacity Building under Comprehensive prevention programs for people who inject drugs and their partners.
∎ Location: CARE Bangladesh Dhaka Office
∎ Duration: Duration of the Contract will be up to November 30, 2020

Job Responsibilities:
∎ Job Summary: CARE is one of the world's leading international humanitarian and development organisations, committed to helping people in poor communities improve their lives and alleviate poverty. Founded in 1945, CARE is working across 95 countries to fight global poverty and marginalization. CARE has been active in Bangladesh since 1949 being one of the largest country offices of CARE. CARE works to help people achieve social and economic well-being, while being among the best in their fields. CARE put women and girls at the center of our work because we know that we cannot overcome poverty until all people have equal rights and opportunities. CARE Bangladesh is currently shifting towards a program approach, where it has developed longer-term impact visions to have more sustainable changes in the lives of the extreme poor and marginalized.
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∎ The Technical Coordinator- Advocacy & Capacity Building will lead the overall advocacy and capacity building of the PWID project including consortium members. S/he will be responsible to develop advocacy and capacity development plan including advocacy frameworks & execution plan, generate evidence for advocacy, develop capacity building plan following project plan & resources and ensure proper documentation of advocacy and capacity building programs. S/he has to work closely with project team and responsible person of PR (prime recipient of The Global Fund) for obtaining technical support as well as for the finalization of implementation plan. Uptake required filed visit to monitor the impact of advocacy and capacity building works especially to DIC and outreach staff and harassment towards projects participants and their associate partners/family members. Review and develop various tailor made capacity building manual, guidelines, tools etc. in consultation with team members. S/he has to develop strong networking and collaboration with other stakeholders especially with government counterpart like, ASP (AIDS/STD Program), Police Department, Prison Authority, Department of Narcotics Control (DNC), various health service providers and other Civil Society Organizations. The TC-(A&CP) will support STOs, PDOs to facilitate On-the-Job (OJT) following field findings in consultation with TCs and Team Leader. S/he will also responsible to generate evidence (using internal & external documents) and to develop materials such as leaflet, policy brief, newsletter etc. for advocacy and impactful communication with national and international stakeholders. S/he will work closely with other TCs for capacity building and with Team Leader especially for advocacy, networking and collaboration issue with internal and external stakeholders. Represent CARE in various regional and national forum for networking and collaboration.

Additional Requirements:
∎ 5 to 6 years of management experience, including a minimum of 2 year experience in project planning and implementation on advocacy and capacity building on public health program.
∎ Able to develop Annual Implementation Plan (AIP): Has demonstrated ability to prioritize work.
∎ Skills in Management: Ability in Team Involvement, Coordination and has worked as a member of different teams.
∎ Strong skills in Resource Management: Has demonstrated ability to effectively and efficiently utilize available resources.
∎ Good conceptual ability regarding job performed: Is able to articulate project goals and explain how strategies will help achieve goals.
∎ Strong communication and representation skills to both internal and external stakeholders.
∎ Strong networking and collaboration skills with various department of GoB and with other CSO/private inst.
∎ Strong skills in setting priorities: Is able to focus on important tasks, manage time effectively and meet deadlines.
∎ Good articulation and facilitation skills (participatory and interactive).
∎ Strong in written and verbal English and Bangla communications.
∎ Skilled in MS Office software (MS-Word, MS-Excel, MS-PowerPoint, MS-outlook) and Internet use.

Application Deadline: December 28, 2019

Company Information:
∎ CARE Bangladesh

Category: NGO/Development