Upazila Manager

Job Description

Title: Upazila Manager

Company Name: Gana Unnayan Kendra (GUK)

Vacancy: 07

Age: At most 45 years

Job Location: Gaibandha, Rangpur, Thakurgaon

Salary: Negotiable

Experience:

• At least 5 years

• Bachelor/Honors

• At least 5 years

• Age At most 45 years

Educational Requirements:

• Bachelor/Honors.Bachelor degree in sociology, social work, anthropology, development studies or other related discipline

  Additional Requirements:       

• Age at most 45 years but Age and educational qualification are relaxable for candidates with more experience;     

• Ability to working in the field of Youth development and minimum 3 years specific experience in skills training programme/TVET sector;     

• Excellent spoken and written in English;   

• Excellent in MS Office application, internet and e-mail;  

• Ability to undertake frequent field visits.

• Job Responsibilities:

  • Lead coordination with government officials, especially the Upazila Youth Development Officer (UYDO) and Upazila Nirbahi Officer (UNO);

  • Ensure effective collaboration between joint venture partners and GUK Skills Development Programme teams at the Upazila level;

  • Act as the focal point for the Upazila Project Implementation Committee, ensuring administrative support and local government engagement;

  • Represent the programme locally, maintaining relationships with NGOs, community leaders and donor teams;

  • Establish strong monitoring systems to achieve targets for NEET youth mobilization, enrollment and completion;

  • Ensure transparent financial management and adherence to Value for Money principles;

  • Oversee operations of Village Level Training Centers (VLTCs) with community and stakeholder engagement;

  • Organize and facilitate meeting, workshop and training sessions, maintain proper documentation;

  • Ensure accurate MIS data entry and proper record-keeping for audits;

  • Lead selection of NEET youth, ensuring inclusivity (50% female and marginalized groups);

  • Monitoring trainers and mobilizers, providing guidance to ensure effective delivery;

  • Facilitate job placement and self-employment through linkage with industries and financial institutions;

  • Supervise job placement and apprenticeship components to ensure employment outcomes;

  • Prepare and submit monthly and quarterly progress reports;

  • Ensure the safety of team members from any harm, abuse, neglect, harassment and exploitation to achieve the programme’s goals on safeguarding implementation. Act as a key source of support, guidance and expertise on safeguarding for establishing a safe working environment;

  • Practice, promote and endorse the issues of safeguarding policy among team members and ensure the implementation of safeguarding standards in every course of action;

  • Follow the safeguarding reporting procedure in case any reportable incident takes place, encourage others to do so.