National Development Programme (NDP)
Requirements
Education
- Masters
- Master of Social Science (MSS)
- Master’s in Social Science or Public Health, or any suitable subject.
Experience
- At least 5 years
- The applicants should have experience in the following business area(s): NGO
Additional Requirements
- Age At most 45 years
- At least 5 years of working experience in a senior or mid-level position and implementing food security/nutrition projects;
- Proven experience of guiding a team for food security or nutrition project implementation;
- Proven experience on project planning, implementation, budgeting, financial management and reporting;
- Clear conception/understanding of child & maternal health, nutrition and food security;
- Clear concept of social safety net programme of the Government;
- Skill in speaking and report writing in English;
- Experience of working with government departments;
- Computer skills in MS Word, Excel, PowerPoint and others.
Responsibilities & Context
Job Context: National Development Programme (NDP) invites applications as a cooperating partner of the World Food Programme (WFP) to support DWA and MoWCA to implement `Mother and Child Benefit Programme (MCBP)` in the Thanchi upazila of Bandarban District and facilitate learning to support its scaling up in other areas.
Responsibilities/Tasks:
Management:
- Leading the programme operation of Thanchi Upazila;
- Support Upazila Women Affairs Officer in implementation of MCBP in the Upazila;
- Support to develop project operation guideline (SOP);
- Ensure the respective Upazila is a learning hub for the other scale-up Uazilas;
- Regular budget review and ensure timely implementation and ensure financing;
- Represent the program in different forums at the Upazila and district level;
- Conduct training/seminars/workshops and other program activities Organize progress review meeting with program staff (monthly/weekly)Maintain program personnel file and other administrative work;
- Ensure project office security and services.
Planning:
- Develop a monthly activity plan based on the project plan;
- Support to develop individual plan to the project staff of the respective working area;
- Support DWA (Women Affairs Officer) to prepare monthly plan for MCBP operation and management;
- Prepare monthly field level implementation plan with budget in accordance with detailed activity plan;
- Develop plan to support scale up areas UWAO and other stakeholders;
- Identify potential stakeholders and develop relevant scale up strategies.
Capacity Building:
- Support for capacity building of project staff and other stakeholders, especially Digital Center and UP in the respective Upazila;
- Support for capacity building ofthe Upazila level stakeholders, especially scale up areas/upazilas;
- To carry out supportive supervision, monitoring and motivation to the staff of the UpazilaPlan and implementation appropriate orientation, mentoring and training for staff.
Programme Coordination:
- Maintain close coordination with DWA, UNO, UP and WFP regional office;
- Maintain coordination with district/upazila administration and other line departments, especially health and family welfare, the commanding Upazila and scale up areas/upazilas;
- Support during field visits and coordinate different delegates (WFP/GoB/others)/development partners;
- Support and organize field visit for the scale up area stakeholders;
- Coordinate to develop and maintain congenial atmosphere/team building within the program;
- Coordinate NDP internal Management system for better team building.
Programme Monitoring and Supervision:
- Frequent field visit for programme monitoring in the Upazila;
- Regular follow-up to ensure well performance of the project staff;
- Monitoring of project performance on regular basis;
- Ensure that essential monitoring mechanisms are in placeDevelop monitoring plan and indicators and accordingly monitoring of the project activities.
Logistic Support:
- Ensure required logistics are arranged for proper implementation of the project;
- Ensure proper logistical management.
Financial Management:
- Prepare monthly financial projections;
- Ensure expenditure and proper bill/voucherManage activity budgets, control expenditure and report on time to respective authorities.
Documentation and Reporting:
- Prepare weekly and monthly progress against target and submit to Programme Manager (PM);
- Assist in preparing project monthly quarterly and annual reports;
- Prepare case studies/success stories on program intervention;
- Prepare other reports as per requirements.
Other tasks:
- Other activities as per project, need of the DWA and WFP.
To apply for this job email your details to imranaesthetic68@gmail.com