Senior Team Leader

CARE Bangladesh

CARE Bangladesh

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Summary

• Vacancy: 1
• Location: Dhaka
• Experience: 10 to 12 years
• Published: 11 Jun 2024

Requirements

Education

Master’s  degree in political science, international development, gender studies, or related field.

Experience

• 10 to 12 years

Additional Requirements

• 10 to 12 years of relevant experience including at least 7 years experience in Managerial role in programs focused on youth leadership and engagement, youth economic empowerment/workforce development, youth civic education, or civil society strengthening. USAID program management preferred.
• Proven leadership in the management, implementation, monitoring, and evaluation of international donor-supported programs, with skills in strategic governance planning and thinking, management and supervision, and experience managing complex activities involving coordination with multiple program partner institutions.
• Strong oral and written communication skills; excellent demonstrated interpersonal and negotiation skills.
• Experience in implementing a project’s vision, aligning key stakeholders with that vision and ensuring that vision is translated into achievable strategies.
• Experience in managing required programmatic reporting.
• Familiarity with FtF projects of USAID and Smart Agriculture landscape of Bangladesh
• Demonstrated commitment to gender equity.
• Demonstrated skills in adapting project team and scope to the rapid evolution of the context.
• Required oral and written fluency in English.
• Ability and willingness to travel as required.

Responsibilities & Context

CARE is one of the world’s leading international humanitarian and development organizations, committed to helping people in poor communities improve their lives and alleviate poverty. Founded in 1945, CARE is working over 100 countries to fight global poverty and marginalization. CARE has been active in Bangladesh since 1949 and is one of the largest programs in CARE confederation. Women and girls are at the core of all CARE programs because they represent half of the marginalized group and it is not possible to overcome poverty until all people have equal rights and opportunities. CARE Bangladesh works to implement programs with long-term impacts that result in sustainable changes for the extreme poor and marginalized communities.

CARE Bangladesh, a non-profit international development organization is implementing Bangladesh Integrated Youth Activity (BIYA), a five-year’s project with a consortium of youth-led and youth serving organizations funded by the USAID. It aims to empower youth not in education, employment, or training (NEET) particularly young women and socially marginalized young people, by equipping them with market-oriented soft and life skills, resources and social capital for green and gainful employment and greater social and environmental impact. Strengthening youth ecosystem, organizational development support to national and grassroots youth organizations, incubation and start-up support to young entrepreneurs, youth inclusive policies and planning are some examples of key interventions of BIYA to be implemented in urban/ per-urban areas in five hubs encompassing seventeen districts. Department of Youth Development (DYD) and relevant govt. and private sectors are the strategic partners of this project.

The Senior Team Leader will be based at PMU in CARE BD Dhaka Office and report to the Chief of Party. S/he will lead a technical team of three, including Youth Skill Specialist, Civic Engagement Specialist, and Specialist – Policy and Advocacy.

The STL will provide overall vision and strategic support to the PMU and hub-level teams in all the areas of project implementation. The STL will oversee the technical quality of activities across various levels and ensure the quality of deliverables as per the intended objectives. The successful candidate should possess significant experience at the senior level with a particular focus on managing complex multi-year programs, especially with USAID and other international donor-funded projects.

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Employment Status

Contractual

Job Location

Dhaka

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