Upazila Manager

Job Description

Title: Upazila Manager

Company Name: Nazrul Smriti Sangsad (NSS)

Vacancy: 3

Age: At most 45 years

Job Location: Barguna, Bhola

Salary: Tk. 41043 (Monthly)

Experience:

• At least 7 years
• The applicants should have experience in the following business area(s): NGO

• Masters

• Master’s in Disaster Management, Development Studies, Environmental Science or Geography / Geology or other relevant subject (Education may be flexible for experienced candidates}

• At least 7 years
• The applicants should have experience in the following business area(s): NGO

• Age At most 45 years

Required Experience

• Minimum 7 years of experience in the similar position as well as the type of project with NGOs (preferably with international and national organizations).

• Skilled in motorcycle driving with valid driving license is must.

• IT skill especially Microsoft Word, Microsoft Excel, Power Point and Internet Communication.

Additional Job Requirements

• Excellent reporting and documentation skill .

• Proven writing and oral communication skills in English and Bengali.

• Excellent leadership capacity to maintain excellent team building and conflict response management.

• Excellent interpersonal and communication skill.

• Pro-active, self-starter and result oriented, strong analytical and problem-solving skills.

• Demonstrate an ability to remain calm, and composed during time of stress and inspiring the same in the team.

• Clear knowledge on gender norms and sensitiveness.

• Good understanding of disaster risk reduction and anticipatory action approaches.

• Strong communication and facilitation skills.

• Ability to prepare reports in English and Bengali.

• Proficiency in MS Office applications.

• Ability to work in challenging field environments.

• Commitment to humanitarian principles, safeguarding, and inclusion.

• Motorcycle driving skill with valid license (preferred).

• Perform any other duties assigned by the Project Coordinator to ensure effective project implementation.

Age limit:

• At most 45 years (Age may be flexible for experienced and energetic candidates).

Job Context: Nazrul Smriti Sangsad (NSS) is a non-governmental humanitarian organization that has been working since 2000 for the advancement of poor men, women, children, youth, excluded communities, and persons with disabilities. NSS is a non-profit, non-political, child- and gender-sensitive organization.

NSS is going to implement a project titled “Protocols and Trigger-based Institutional Systems for Timely Humanitarian Anticipatory Actions PROTISTHAA funded by ECHO and implemented in partnership with Action Against Hunger (ACF). The position is responsible for ensuring timely, quality, and effective delivery of project interventions focused on anticipatory humanitarian actions in climate-vulnerable coastal Barguna, Patuakhali and Bhola districts with a duration from May, 2026 to March 2028.

NSS is seeking a competent Upazila Manager to implement the project at field level The position is based at Upazila and s/he has to maintain close coordination with the administration and local government institutions and other stakeholder. .

Job Location:

• Any Upazila of Barguna, Patuakhali and Bhola districts

Major Job Responsibilities

As an Upazila Manager, you will play a key role in managing and coordinating field-level implementation of anticipatory action and preparedness activities, ensuring effective early warning dissemination, community engagement, and trigger-based response mechanisms within the assigned Upazila. Key responsibilities include:

Field Operations and Implementation

• Supervise field-level staff to ensure adherence to the project work plan and timelines

• Lead and oversee the distribution of materials as per project guidelines.

• Ensure proper monitoring, documentation, and reporting of project activities.

• Support PC in coordination with the project team.

• Ensure timely dissemination of early warning information and advisories to communities.

• Ensure sector specific community and Household level anticipatory action implementation as per the plan.

• Facilitate implementation of community contingency plans, risk assessments, and preparedness measures.

• Facilitate and oversee the implementation of risk assessment plans at the village and beneficiaries’ level.

• Supervise field teams to ensure quality, timeliness, and adherence to project work plans.

• Support project team in organizing drills, simulations, and preparedness exercises.

Community Engagement and Networking

• Facilitate community engagement through ward- and union-level meetings, awareness sessions, and participatory planning processes.

• Strengthen coordination with Union Parishad, Upazila administration, and relevant government departments.

• Build and maintain strong relationships with local authorities, community leaders, and stakeholders for effective implementation of anticipatory action systems.

• Support mobilization of community groups for preparedness, resilience-building, and early action activities.

• Promote inclusion of women, youth, elderly, and PWD (Persons with Disabilities) in all interventions.

Monitoring and Reporting

• Monitor project activities to ensure alignment with project goals and objectives.

• Prepare and submit timely project reports, including monthly, quarterly, and event-specific updates.

• Support assessments, FGDs, and data collection activities for monitoring and learning purposes.

• Document lessons learned, challenges, and best practices from implementation.

Admin Roles and Responsibilities:

• Abide by the staff’s management policy and accounts management policy of the organization.

• Prepare and submit of weekly/monthly activity plans and reports.

• Maintain and fulfil properly movement register for field visit

• Fulfil and maintain leave form properly

• Maintain tour forms properly and submission after tour with the voucher

• Preservation of organizational files and resources.

• Preparation for conducting additional responsibility for the requirement of the organization

• Avoid conspiracy, indecent words, and negative views to higher authority and finally show the faith to the organization

• Consolidated and unite for the organization

Salary: TK. 41,043 per month with other admissible benefits according to the project budget.