Upazila Coordinator

Job Description

Title: Upazila Coordinator

Company Name: Tahzingdong

Vacancy: 7

Age: Na

Job Location: Bandarban

Salary: --

Experience:

• At least 5 years
• The applicants should have experience in the following business area(s): NGO, Development Agency

• Masters
• Bachelor/Honors

• Master’s / bachelor’s degree, preferably in Social Sciences /Nutrition /Public Health / Agriculture/ Business Studies /Development Studies, or any other relevant discipline.

• At least 5 years
• The applicants should have experience in the following business area(s): NGO, Development Agency

• Working Experience: At least 5 years’ experience of which 2 years in management position within the area of program coordination, government relations, organizational capacity development and training, partnership management preferably in national and international organization. Working experience in the CHT context and having local language proficiency will be given priority.

• Knowledge: Sound knowledge on CHT political, environmental, and social context, nutrition, livelihood and WASH situation and challenges especially in his/her district and upazilas. Technical knowledge on nutrition, health services, food security agriculture and other livelihood components and WASH is desired.

Skills:

• Skilled in programme planning, coordination, representation, and staff management.

• Good at report writing with computer proficiency in MS Office

• Poses good analytical skill to apply strategic and innovative approach

• Highly versatile personal with ability to work well under pressure and to deal with a variety of issues at the same time.

• Excellent interpersonal and cross-cultural skill.

Attitudes:

• Works well with teams

• Conscious of child protection issues

• Non-discriminatory and gender sensitive

• Willingness to work in remote, rural locations

Project: Access to and Utilization of Lifesaving Services by Marginalized Communities in Chittagong Hill Tracts in Bangladesh

Duty Station: Upazila/Sub District Level in Bandarabn Hill District with frequent field visit.

Duration of contract: 8 Months

Employment Status: Full time and Contractual.

Reports to: Project Coordinator

Supervises: Field Coordinators, Community Nutrition Promoters

Job Context:

TAHZINDONG is a non-profit and non-government voluntary development organization aims to ensure the environmental and Socio-economic development. The organization started its journey in 2001. TAHZINGDONG strives to empower the most disadvantage, marginalized and vulnerable people in CHT through alternative development process of the people as well as ensure the sustainable development of community and society.

The organization plans to implement a project aiming to contribute to Access to and Utilization of Lifesaving Services by Marginalized Communities, disadvantage groups in Bandarban Hill district. TAHZINGDONG is inviting applications to fill the 8 positions for the aforesaid project to be implemented through the partnership with Helen Keller Intl. The appointment to these positions will be made subject to the final approval project.

Job Summary

The Upazila Coordinator is responsible for planning, coordinating, monitoring and supervising project implementation at upazila level for the project “Access to and Utilization of Lifesaving Services by Marginalized Communities in Chittagong Hill Tracts in Bangladesh.” The role ensures effective delivery of Nutrition, WASH, and Livelihood interventions, quality services for marginalized communities and strong coordination with government stakeholders, capacity strengthening of government service providers in line with project objectives.

Key Tasks and Responsibilities

Strategic planning and managing project implementation

Support the technical and intervention leads in providing strategic direction and collaboration with different line departments of government and private sector stakeholders including administration at assigned upazila;

Take lead in ensuring the project implementation under assigned sub-district of Bandarban district in CHT as per the plans & guidelines ;

Monitor the progress of activities to ensure that the activities are done in a qualitative and quantitative way within the stipulated timeframe;

Ensure proper planning, design, organization and facilitation of the orientation/discussion sessions, meetings, workshops, seminars etc. at the upazila level;

Ensure visibility of the donors and other partner organizations as applicable;

Conduct regular field visits to union and community level as per need to understand the status of project intervention and provide support to GoB and relevant stakeholders in implementation;

Coordination, representation, and overseeing resource management and HR

Establish effective networks with upazila level government departments, NGOs and other like-minded development organizations, and facilitate/re-activate existing coordination platforms to ensure effective delivery of project interventions in a coordinated and coherent manner;

Ensure that project staff establish and maintain liaison/coordination with the sub-national and local level stakeholders;

Attend upazila level coordination meetings organized by different technical line department and lead the discussion on project intervention issues as and when required;

Represent project team in monthly/quarterly NGO coordination meetings organized by govt. stakeholders as and when required;

Contribute to programme level discussions on strategies, technical interventions and approaches based on practical situation and field experiences;

Proactively identify the opportunities for cross learning sharing experiences among the geographical areas;

Arrange upazila level monthly coordination meetings and participate upazila level team meetings and relevant other meetings/discussions as required;

Coordinate and supervise communication activities in the field level at designated upazila;

Maintain linkage and functional relationship with upazilla administration and lined agencies especially with Upazila Health Office, DAE, DLS and DPHE;

Build and maintain functional relationship with private service providers;

Mentoring, monitoring/supervision, reporting and documentation

Plan the Monitoring and Evaluation (M&E) activities for the project as per Project approved M&E Plan and include the activities accordingly;

Review the monitoring activities of the staff and gather the information through MIS and generate report for all concerns and undertake corrective measures as per monitoring findings;

Participate in internal audit/evaluation process and take corrective measures as per findings of the audit/evaluation report;

Prepare high-quality donor and internal reports, success stories, and lessons learned in coordination with MEAL teams;

Submit monthly / quarterly /annual report on the progress and achievements; also report on weak points and suggested remedies;

General

Ensure project activities in compliance with donor requirements, organizational policies, and safeguarding standards.

Coordinate with Finance and Procurement teams to ensure timely utilization of resources and documentation

Ensure that the staff (FC & CNP) are getting necessary logistics support on time for smooth implementation of the project activities.

Manage project risks and ensure timely resolution of operational challenges.

Ready to work in any natural disaster or emergency.

• Salary: As per project allocated salary and Other Admissible benefit.