Technical Coordinator/Project Manager - Emergency Response

Job Description

Title: Technical Coordinator/Project Manager - Emergency Response

Company Name: CARE Bangladesh

Vacancy: 1

Job Location: Sylhet

Employment Status: Contractual

Educational Requirements:
∎ Masters in science or social science discipline.

Experience Requirements:
∎ 5 to 6 year(s)

Job Context:
∎ Project: Inclusive Humanitarian Assistance to North-eastern and Northern Flood Affected Areas of Bangladesh (I-HumANB)
∎ Location: Based in Sylhet District
∎ Duration: Duration of the Contract will be up to December 15, 2022.
∎ 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 94 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. In CARE, we 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 has shifted 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.
∎ CARE Bangladesh`s Humanitarian and Resilience Program is committed to provide people affected by disasters and conflicts with life-saving assistance, with a special focus on women and girls, who are disproportionately affected by disasters. Our action also includes preparedness and early action, emergency response and recovery, and resilience and adaptation to climate change and equitable development.
∎ Continuous rainfall and heavy onrush of water from upstream areas caused the occurrence of flash floods for the third time in 9 districts in North eastern region of Bangladesh, among them Sylhet, Sunamganj, Netrokona, Kishoreganj and Habiganj are severely affected districts. The northwest districts like Kurigram has also been impacted due to rise of water level and inundation in areas low elevation. Approximately 7.2 million people are affected and 481, 827 people are internally displaced by this flood in 9 northeastern districts of Bangladesh. This internally displaced population needs immediate food, water, and cash support to meet the need for basic staples.
∎ To ease the suffering of affected vulnerable communities, with generous funding of (European Civil Protection and Humanitarian Aid Operations-ECHO, CARE Bangladesh along with Oxfam and HI have will be implementing an emergency project titled "Inclusive Humanitarian Assistance to North-eastern and Northern Flood Affected Areas of Bangladesh (I-HumANB)" for five months (mid of July to mid of December 2022). The goal of this project is to meet the immediate and basic lifesaving needs of the people in terms of food, shelter, water, sanitation and hygiene, and protection.
∎ I-HumANB will be implemented in the four most affected districts Sylhet, Sunamganj, Netrokona, and Kurigram as per risk ranking, needs and gaps. Approximately 45,000 individuals (9,000 HHs) will be directly benefitted from this project. Consortium partners further prioritize the needs of women, children, the elderly, persons with disability, and marginalized groups with a focus on protection and gender mainstreaming throughout the response action. The project will work to alleviate the immediate suffering of flood-affected communities with standard food packages and cash, ensure availability and accessibility of inclusive safe drinking water and sanitation services, restored houses to promote the safe and inclusive habitat of displaced and affected households, and ensure accessible, age-appropriate and gender-responsive protection services for the flood-affected people. In delivering its interventions, the project will uphold the principles of inclusion to promote, protect and ensure the full and equal enjoyment of all human rights and fundamental freedoms by all persons with disabilities, and to promote respect for their inherent dignity.
∎ The Technical Coordinator -Emergency Response, I-HumANB, will be based in Sylhet and directly report to Cons

Additional Requirements:
∎ 5 to 6 years of project management experience (planning, monitoring, evaluation) in humanitarian context, including in a leading position. At least 3 years' experience in Managerial role in relevant field
∎ Strong experience in monitoring and evaluation of complex projects.
∎ Experience in organizational representation, coordination and liaison.
∎ Experience in narrative and financial reporting on complex projects to international donors.
∎ Experience in implementing projects within partner networks or consortia; experience in managing such networks / consortia a strong advantage.
∎ Willingness and ability to travel within project locations in three districts Kurigram, Gaibandha & Jamalpur.
∎ Excellent conceptual, planning, organizational, and leadership skills.
∎ Excellent communication, negotiation and problem-solving capacities.
∎ Fluency in English (written and spoken), knowledge of Arabic an advantage.
∎ Strong computer literacy.
∎ Ability to manage stress, multi-task and take decisions.
∎ Experience in shelter and/or WaSH program, in community mobilization and organizing learning sharing events involving community, practitioners and researchers and policy makers.
∎ Experience in ECHO MEL system operations.
∎ Excellent interpersonal and team management skills.
∎ Computer skills on computer software e. g QGIS/ARC GIS, KOBO, MS office Package, and AutoCAD.
∎ Gender awareness and a commitment to gender equality.
∎ Experience in maintaining stakeholder relations with local government, administration and civil society actors.
∎ Strong communication, report writing and presentation skill in Bangla and English.
∎ Computer proficiency in MS words, MS-Excel, MS Access, MS PowerPoint.

Salary:
∎ Attractive remuneration package will be offered to the really deserving candidate.

Job Source: Bdjobs.com Online Job Posting.

Application Deadline: 24 Jul 2022

Company Information:
∎ 19 Jul 2022
∎ CARE Bangladesh

Category: NGO/Development