Town Focal Point

Job Description

Title: Town Focal Point

Company Name: SAJIDA FOUNDATION

Vacancy: Not specific

Job Location: Anywhere in Bangladesh

Employment Status: Full-time

Educational Requirements:
∎ Bachelor degree in any discipline
∎ An undergraduate degree in a related field (urban planning, international development, psychology, social sciences or health fields).

Experience Requirements:
∎ At least 3 year(s)

Job Responsibilities:
∎ 1. Engagement and mobilization of urban poor households and communities
∎ Conduct regular visits to target communities learn and document the needs and priorities of community members.
∎ Engage and maintain relationships with a wide range of community members - with a particular focus on those who are socially marginalized in communities (eg. elderly, female headed households and Persons with Disability).
∎ Conduct a wide range of data collection and documentation activities at individual/household/community level (survey, questionnaire, focus group discussions, community mapping and participatory activities)
∎ 2. Networking, Liaison and Coordination with Head Office Urban Programs Team, Government, NGOs and Civil Society
∎ Participate in virtual and in-person meetings and workshops with Head Office Urban Programs team to share insights, learnings and contribute to project design and development
∎ Develop and maintain a working relationship with the government counterparts, NGO's, civil society and other stakeholders to ensure strong communication and coordination with all project stakeholders.
∎ Organise and facilitate meetings with government, NGO's, civil society and other stakeholders to coordinate and implement project activities
∎ 3. Implement, monitor & supervise project activities and field level staff
∎ Contribute to the design and implementation of tools to identify and select project participants.
∎ Develop a data base of project participants within target communities.
∎ Contribute to the design and operationalization of a database/technological based system to assist in program implementation, documentation and learning.
∎ Successfully oversee project staff to implement project activities.
∎ Receive, file and digitize (as appropriate) project documents.
∎ Compliance of administrative activities with organizations/project rules, regulations, policies and strategies.
∎ Works in close collaboration with the project staff, Government officials and others stakeholders to successfully implement project activities.
∎ Compliance of administrative activities with organizations/Project rules, regulations, policies and strategies.
∎ Engage in regular team reporting and learning meetings with HO and other focal staff.
∎ Prepare meeting minutes and circulate to participants.
∎ Analyze and identify potential safeguarding, risk and compliance issues related to project activities and inform Project Manager and/or other appropriate HO staff.
∎ Perform all activities in consultation with Project Manager.
∎ Any other functions, responsibilities or portfolio which may be assigned by the Management of the project as and when required.

Additional Requirements:
∎ Age at most 40 years
∎ At least 3 years experience working with urban poor communities
∎ Should have experience in facilitating and documenting a wide range of engagement and documentation activities (including surveys, questionares, workshops, focus group discussions) with a wide range of stakeholders
∎ Should have skills in leadership, management and project implementation skill
∎ Skills in negotiation, communication, developing and maintaining relationships with a wide range of stakeholders (including urban poor individuals/groups, government, civil society and service providers)

Salary: Negotiable

Compensation & Other Benefits:
∎ Provident fund, Weekly 2 holidays, Insurance
∎ Festival Bonus: 2

Application Deadline: 25 Oct 2020

Company Information:
∎ 20 Oct 2020
∎ SAJIDA FOUNDATION
∎ Address : Sajida Foundation, Otobi Center (5th Floor), Plot- 12, Block- CWS(C), Gulshan South Avenue, Gulshan-1, Dhaka-1212
∎ Web : www.sajidafoundation.org
∎ Business : NGO.


Category: NGO/Development