Upazila Manager

Job Description

Title: Upazila Manager

Company Name: Prantic Unnayan Society (PRANTIC),Bangladesh

Vacancy: 3

Age: 30 to 45 years

Job Location: Nilphamari

Salary: Negotiable

Experience:

• At least 3 years
• The applicants should have experience in the following business area(s): NGO

• Bachelor/Honors

• At least 3 years
• The applicants should have experience in the following business area(s): NGO

• Age 30 to 45 years

Responsibility #1: Strategic Coordination and Stakeholder Engasement

●Manage and lead programme-related functional relationships with government officials, specifically the Upazilla Youth Development Officer (UYDO) and the Upazilla Nirbahi Officer (UNO).

● Coordinate internally between ‘all project staff and stakeholders at the upazila level to ensure a unified approach to project delivery.

●Serve as the primary focal point for the Upazila Project Implementation Committee to ensure administrative support and local government buy-in.

●Act as the lead representative for the programme at the local level, maintaining professional relationships with international/local NGOs, community leadership, and visiting donor teams.

Responsibility #2: Operational Excellence, Financial Oversight, and Data Integrity

● Ensure an effective monitoring system is in place to achieve strict programme targets regarding youth mobilization, enrollment, and training completion of youths who are not in education, employment and training (NEET) .

●Uphold sound financial management and "Value for Money" (VfM) principles for all project activities, ensuring transparency in procurement and resource allocation.

●Direct the management and daily operation of Village Level Training Centers (VLTCs) by actively engaging community members, local government, and civil society.

●Organize and facilitate upazila-level meetings, workshops, seminars, and training sessions in collaboration with DYD and preserve all administrative records.

●Enforce rigorous data discipline by ensuring all project data is entered into the MIS online portal accurately as the primary data generation point, maintaining verified physical documentation for audits.

Responsibility #3: Youth Mobilization, Inclusion, and Training Quality

● Lead the identification and selection process of NEET (Not in Education, Employment, or Training) youth, ensuring the project meets its inclusivity mandate (specifically targeting 50% female participation and inclusion of PWDs/marginalized groups).

● Supervise the quality of competency-based training delivery at the VLTCs to ensure they meet the standards set by the National Skills Development Authority (NSDA) or DYD.

● Monitor the performance of trainers and community mobilizers, providing technical guidance to ensure the curriculum is delivered effectively and trainees remain engaged.

●Oversee the distribution of stipends and training materials to beneficiaries, ensuring they reach the intended recipients without delay.

Responsibility #4: Post-Training Support, Job Placement, and Reporting

●Drive the transition of graduates into the labor market by establishing linkages with local industries, chambers of commerce, and micro-finance institutions for self-employment.

●Supervise the "Job Placement" and "Apprenticeship" components at the upazila level, ensuring high transition rates from training to active employment.

●Prepare and submit comprehensive monthly and quarterly progress reports (MPR/QPR) to the District Manager, detailing achievements, challenges, and mitigation strategies.

●Ensure the implementation of the Environmental and Social Management Framework (ESMF) and the Grievance Redress Mechanism (GRM) at the community level to maintain project safeguarding standards.

Responsibility #5: Safeguarding;

●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.

All benefits and compansations would be eligible as per project approved budget.