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Summary
- Vacancy: 1
- Location: Dhaka
- Minimum Salary: Negotiable
- Experience: At least 5 years
- Published: 31 Aug 2024
Requirements
Education
- Masters
Experience
- At least 5 years
- The applicants should have experience in the following business area(s):
NGO, Healthcare/Lifestyle product, Healthcare Startup
Additional Requirements
- Have knowledge on public health sector.
- Have knowledge on project management
- Excellent Coordination, communication and presentation skillsHave skills on problem solving & decision making.
- A minimum of 5 years’ experience in health and development projects, with at least 3 years in a managerial role.
Responsibilities & Context
The “Strengthening Health Systems By Improving Community Health Workers’ Mental Wellbeing And Empowerment (SHINE)” project, funded by the National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR) in the UK, focuses on enhancing the mental wellbeing and empowerment of Community Health Workers (CHWs) in Bangladesh and Kenya over a 48-month period. By co-developing and evaluating holistic health systems support package, the project aims to address the diverse personal and job-related stressors faced by CHWs, particularly those working in remote and underserved areas. BRAC will play a key role as a partner in field operation activities in Bangladesh, contributing to the project’s goal of improving CHWs’ resilience, agency, and overall effectiveness, thereby supporting more sustainable and responsive health systems in low and middle-income countries (LMICs).
KEY RESPONSIBILITIES:
- Provide management and technical support for the execution and coordination of the project according to the work plan and budget.
- Develop plans and implement strategies to monitor project progress, ensuring timely achievement of milestones and deliverables.
- Provide technical leadership and supportive supervision to facilitate field activities with the assistance of the Divisional Manager and Area Manager to achieve project targets.
- Prepare and revise project budgets, and track financial expenditure.
- Develop regular project reports, identifying and addressing project risks and challenges as necessary.
- Collaborate closely with field teams to address challenges and optimize resource utilization, ensuring the project’s objectives are met in rural communities.
- Collaborate with the procurement team to ensure the timely acquisition of goods and services needed for the rural program.
- Collaborate with the Finance & Accounts (F&A) NGOAB team to ensure compliance with all regulatory requirements, including the preparation and submission of Prattyanpatra and other essential documentation.
SAFEGUARDING RESPONSIBILITIES
- Ensure the safety of Programme Participants, people who come into contact with the organization and team members from any harm, abuse, neglect, harassment and exploitation including sexual exploitation and abuse (SEA) to achieve the programme’s goals of 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.
Skills & Expertise
Financial controling
Project Management
Compensation & Other Benefits
Festival Bonus, Health and Life Insurance, Maternity/ Paternity Leave and others as per policy.
Workplace
Work at office
Employment Status
Contractual
Job Location
Dhaka
Job Highlights
Manage and execute the SHINE project, ensuring project goals are met on time and coordinating with stakeholders. Responsibilities include strategy development, activity implementation, tracking project performance and supporting rural operations.