Job Description

Title: Upazila Coordinator

Company Name: National Development Programme - NDP

Vacancy: 1

Age: at most 40 years

Location: Dhaka

Minimum Salary: Tk. 49613 (Monthly)

Experience:
∎ At least 3 years

Published: 22 Jun 2024

Education:
∎ Masters in Social Science or any suitable subject.
∎ Masters in Social Science or any suitable subject.

Requirements:

Additional Requirements:
∎ Age at most 40 years
∎ At least 3 years working experience in senior or mid level position in implementing food security/nutrition project.
∎ Proven experience of working in urban slums, especially in Dhaka city.
∎ Proven experience of guiding a team for food security or nutrition project implementation.
∎ Proven experience on project planning, implementation, budgeting, financial management and reporting.
∎ Clear conception/understanding on child & maternal health, livelihood and food security project dynamics.
∎ Skill in speaking and report writing in English.
∎ Experience of working with government departments.
∎ Computer skill on MS word, excel, power point and others.
∎ At least 3 years working experience in senior or mid level position in implementing food security/nutrition project.
∎ Proven experience of working in urban slums, especially in Dhaka city.
∎ Proven experience of guiding a team for food security or nutrition project implementation.
∎ Proven experience on project planning, implementation, budgeting, financial management and reporting.
∎ Clear conception/understanding on child & maternal health, livelihood and food security project dynamics.
∎ Skill in speaking and report writing in English.
∎ Experience of working with government departments.
∎ Computer skill on MS word, excel, power point and others.

Responsibilities & Context:
∎ Leading the programme operation in the respective urban slums of Dhaka and selected garment factories.
∎ Support Women Affairs Officer in implementation of MCBP in slum areas.
∎ Support to develop project operation guideline (SOP).
∎ Ensure the respective Urban slum is a learning hub for the other scale up Urban slums/area, Pourashava and other locations.
∎ Regular budget review and ensure timely implementation and ensure financing.
∎ Represent the program in different forums.
∎ Conduction of training/seminar/workshops, and other program activities
∎ Organize progress review meeting with program staff (monthly/weekly)
∎ Maintain program personnel file and other administrative work.
∎ Ensure project office security and services.
∎ Develop monthly activity plan based on the project plan.
∎ Support to develop individual plan to the project staff of the respective working area.
∎ Support DWA (Women Affairs Officer) to prepare monthly plan for MCBP operation and management.
∎ Prepare monthly field level implementation plan with budget in accordance with detailed activity plan.
∎ Develop plan to support scale up areas, urban slums, Pourashava, WAO and other stakeholders.
∎ Identify potential stakeholders and develop relevant scale up strategies.
∎ Support for capacity building of project staff and other stakeholders especially Commissioner in the respective slum area.
∎ Support for capacity building of the urban stakeholders, especially scale up areas/upazilas.
∎ To carry out supportive supervision, monitoring and motivation to the staff of the Urban area.
∎ Plan and implementation appropriate orientation, mentoring and training for staff.
∎ Maintain close coordination with Commissioner, DWA and WFP regional office.
∎ Maintain coordination with local administration and other line departments, especially health and family welfare, of the commanding urban slums and scale up slums /Pourashava, selected garment factories, etc.
∎ Support during field visits and coordinate different delegates (WFP/GoB/others)/development partners.
∎ Support and organize field visit for the scale up area stakeholders.
∎ Coordinate to develop and maintain congenial atmosphere/team building within the program.
∎ Frequent field visit for programme monitoring in the slum areas and selected garment factories.
∎ Regular follow-up to ensure well performance of the project staff.
∎ Monitoring of project performance on regular basis.
∎ Ensure that essential monitoring mechanisms are in place
∎ Develop monitoring plan and indicators and accordingly monitoring of the project activities.
∎ Ensure required logistics are arranged for proper implementation of the project.
∎ Ensure proper logistical management.
∎ Prepare monthly financial projections.
∎ Ensure expenditure and proper bill/voucher
∎ Manage activity budgets, control expenditure and report on time to respective authorities.
∎ Prepare weekly and monthly progress against target and submit to Programme Manager (PM).
∎ Assist in preparing project monthly quarterly and annual reports.
∎ Prepare case studies / success stories on program intervention.
∎ Prepare other reports as per requirements
∎ Other activities as per project, need of the DWA and WFP.
∎ Job Context:
∎ NDP invites application for the position of Upazila Coordinator to work for Dhaka urban area as a Cooperating Partner of World Food Programme (WFP) to support DWA and MoWCA to implement “Mother and Child Benefit Programme (MCBP)” in eight locations of Bangladesh as well as facilitate learning to support scaling up in other areas.
∎ Responsibilities:
∎ Management:
∎ Leading the programme operation in the respective urban slums of Dhaka and selected garment factories.
∎ Support Women Affairs Officer in implementation of MCBP in slum areas.
∎ Support to develop project operation guideline (SOP).
∎ Ensure the respective Urban slum is a learning hub for the other scale up Urban slums/area, Pourashava and other locations.
∎ Regular budget review and ensure timely implementation and ensure financing.
∎ Represent the program in different forums.
∎ Conduction of training/seminar/workshops, and other program activities
∎ Organize progress review meeting with program staff (monthly/weekly)
∎ Maintain program personnel file and other administrative work.
∎ Ensure project office security and services.
∎ Planning:
∎ Develop monthly activity plan based on the project plan.
∎ Support to develop individual plan to the project staff of the respective working area.
∎ Support DWA (Women Affairs Officer) to prepare monthly plan for MCBP operation and management.
∎ Prepare monthly field level implementation plan with budget in accordance with detailed activity plan.
∎ Develop plan to support scale up areas, urban slums, Pourashava, WAO and other stakeholders.
∎ Identify potential stakeholders and develop relevant scale up strategies.
∎ Capacity Building:
∎ Support for capacity building of project staff and other stakeholders especially Commissioner in the respective slum area.
∎ Support for capacity building of the urban stakeholders, especially scale up areas/upazilas.
∎ To carry out supportive supervision, monitoring and motivation to the staff of the Urban area.
∎ Plan and implementation appropriate orientation, mentoring and training for staff.
∎ Programme Coordination:
∎ Maintain close coordination with Commissioner, DWA and WFP regional office.
∎ Maintain coordination with local administration and other line departments, especially health and family welfare, of the commanding urban slums and scale up slums /Pourashava, selected garment factories, etc.
∎ Support during field visits and coordinate different delegates (WFP/GoB/others)/development partners.
∎ Support and organize field visit for the scale up area stakeholders.
∎ Coordinate to develop and maintain congenial atmosphere/team building within the program.
∎ Programme Monitoring and supervision:
∎ Frequent field visit for programme monitoring in the slum areas and selected garment factories.
∎ Regular follow-up to ensure well performance of the project staff.
∎ Monitoring of project performance on regular basis.
∎ Ensure that essential monitoring mechanisms are in place
∎ Develop monitoring plan and indicators and accordingly monitoring of the project activities.
∎ Logistic Support:
∎ Ensure required logistics are arranged for proper implementation of the project.
∎ Ensure proper logistical management.
∎ Financial Management:
∎ Prepare monthly financial projections.
∎ Ensure expenditure and proper bill/voucher
∎ Manage activity budgets, control expenditure and report on time to respective authorities.
∎ Documentation and Reporting:
∎ Prepare weekly and monthly progress against target and submit to Programme Manager (PM).
∎ Assist in preparing project monthly quarterly and annual reports.
∎ Prepare case studies / success stories on program intervention.
∎ Prepare other reports as per requirements
∎ Other tasks:
∎ Other activities as per project, need of the DWA and WFP.

Compensation & Other Benefits:
∎ Other project benefits.
∎ Other project benefits.

Employment Status: Full Time

Job Location: Dhaka

Apply Procedure:

Hard Copy:
∎ Candidates are requested to send the CV with a cover letter to career@ndpbd.org on or before 27th June 2024 or requested to send the CV with a cover letter along with 2 passport size color photograph, copies of educational and experience certificates, relevant documents, national ID card, certificate of nationality from Pourasava/UP and others to the to the Assistant Director (HR & Admin), National Development Programme (NDP), Kazi Motiar Rahman Road, Masumpur, Sirajganj or P.O. Box No. 2 on or before 27th June 2024.
∎ Please clearly state the name of the position applied for on the top of the envelope.
∎ More information please visit our website: www.ndpbd.org
∎ The abusers of children, adolescent, youth, women, aged people, person with disability and people with ethnic community need not apply. Women are encouraged to apply; only the short-listed candidates will be called for interview.

Company Information:
∎ National Development Programme - NDP
∎ NDP Bhaban, Bagbari, Upazila-Kamarkhand, District: Sirajgonj
∎ NGO

Address::
∎ NDP Bhaban, Bagbari, Upazila-Kamarkhand, District: Sirajgonj
∎ NGO

Read Before Apply: Please apply only who are fulfilling all the requirements of this job

Application Deadline: 27 Jun 2024

Category: NGO/Development