Project Coordinator

Job Description

Title: Project Coordinator

Company Name: Practical Action - Bangladesh.

Vacancy: 1

Location: Faridpur

Maximum Salary: Tk. 104981 (Monthly)

Experience:
∎ 5 to 8 years
∎ The applicants should have experience in the following business area(s):NGO

Published: 4 Mar 2025

Education:
∎ Masters

Requirements:

Additional Requirements:
∎ Female candidates are encouraged to apply.
∎ Candidates who identify as Indigenous.
∎ People are encouraged to apply. Master’s degree in any discipline, preferably Social Science, Development Studies, Public Administration, or Business Studies.
∎ Minimum 5 years of professional experience in urban sector development.Strong knowledge of municipal operations, working mechanisms of local government institutions (LGIs), and engagement with government representatives.
∎ Experience working with informal waste and sanitation workers to enhance their livelihoods.
∎ Understanding of social business models in waste management and mentoring sanitation workers for business engagement.
∎ Proven skills in capacity-building material development, event facilitation, monitoring, and knowledge dissemination.
∎ Ability to manage multiple responsibilities, prioritize tasks, and work efficiently under pressure.
∎ Strong English writing, analytical, communication, and report-writing skills.Proficiency in MS Office, Outlook, and other relevant software.
∎ Experience working in multicultural teams.Willingness and ability to travel independently.
∎ Excellent facilitation, coordination, team management, reporting, and presentation skills.
∎ Female candidates are encouraged to apply.
∎ Candidates who identify as Indigenous.
∎ People are encouraged to apply. Master’s degree in any discipline, preferably Social Science, Development Studies, Public Administration, or Business Studies.
∎ EXPERIENCE & KNOWLEDGE
∎ Minimum 5 years of professional experience in urban sector development.Strong knowledge of municipal operations, working mechanisms of local government institutions (LGIs), and engagement with government representatives.
∎ Experience working with informal waste and sanitation workers to enhance their livelihoods.
∎ Understanding of social business models in waste management and mentoring sanitation workers for business engagement.
∎ Proven skills in capacity-building material development, event facilitation, monitoring, and knowledge dissemination.
∎ Ability to manage multiple responsibilities, prioritize tasks, and work efficiently under pressure.
∎ Strong English writing, analytical, communication, and report-writing skills.Proficiency in MS Office, Outlook, and other relevant software.
∎ Experience working in multicultural teams.Willingness and ability to travel independently.
∎ Excellent facilitation, coordination, team management, reporting, and presentation skills.

Responsibilities & Context:
∎ Support partners in daily plastic collection from land-based systems (bottle bins).
∎ Lead market linkage efforts for Pyrolysis oil and Black carbon in collaboration with private sector partners and local stakeholders.
∎ Coordinate with stakeholders and partners to ensure the availability of feedstock.
∎ Maintain records of daily data for land-based systems and communicate with operating partners and local officials.
∎ Support awareness-raising campaigns and conduct school/college-level awareness sessions.
∎ Assist in planning meetings, workshops, and project events, and compile meeting reports.
∎ Work closely with partners to achieve project targets.Gather case studies, best practices, and success stories from communities and partners.
∎ Organize and facilitate trainings, behavior change campaigns, and demonstrations of plastic waste collection, transfer equipment, and infrastructure services.
∎ Deliver trainings, presentations, and capacity-building activities for diverse audiences.
∎ Capture and disseminate project learnings on external platforms and within Practical Action’s regional and country offices.
∎ Collaborate with colleagues to track project progress and provide updates to senior management.Frequently travel to project sites as required.
∎ Provide technical input and suggest implementation options to enhance private sector participation in plastic value chains.
∎ Identify potential collaborations with private sector players, including corporate social responsibility (CSR) opportunities in plastic recycling.
∎ Stay updated on the latest technologies, innovations, and global developments related to private sector engagement in waste management.
∎ Leverage public-private partnership opportunities for sustainable waste management solutions.
∎ Engage with government stakeholders at local and national levels to promote waste worker cooperatives and develop policy advocacy aligned with government strategies.
∎ Participate in meetings, workshops, and conferences organized by the Government of Bangladesh, donors, and international development organizations.Share grassroots learnings and insights to influence policy and programmatic decisions.
∎ Support administrative tasks at the national level in coordination with the country office’s People & Culture, Finance, and General Support Service departments.
∎ Ensure effective financial management in alignment with organizational policies at the local level.
∎ Based in Faridpur, the Project Coordinator will be responsible for organizing and facilitating key activities at both national & field level under the assigned DMDP funded Project. Mainly documentation, best practices, story collection, knowledge product preparation and overall support to establish plastic value chain.
∎ Programmatic Responsibilities:
∎ Support partners in daily plastic collection from land-based systems (bottle bins).
∎ Lead market linkage efforts for Pyrolysis oil and Black carbon in collaboration with private sector partners and local stakeholders.
∎ Coordinate with stakeholders and partners to ensure the availability of feedstock.
∎ Maintain records of daily data for land-based systems and communicate with operating partners and local officials.
∎ Support awareness-raising campaigns and conduct school/college-level awareness sessions.
∎ Assist in planning meetings, workshops, and project events, and compile meeting reports.
∎ Work closely with partners to achieve project targets.Gather case studies, best practices, and success stories from communities and partners.
∎ Organize and facilitate trainings, behavior change campaigns, and demonstrations of plastic waste collection, transfer equipment, and infrastructure services.
∎ Deliver trainings, presentations, and capacity-building activities for diverse audiences.
∎ Capture and disseminate project learnings on external platforms and within Practical Action’s regional and country offices.
∎ Collaborate with colleagues to track project progress and provide updates to senior management.Frequently travel to project sites as required.
∎ Private Sector Engagement:
∎ Provide technical input and suggest implementation options to enhance private sector participation in plastic value chains.
∎ Identify potential collaborations with private sector players, including corporate social responsibility (CSR) opportunities in plastic recycling.
∎ Stay updated on the latest technologies, innovations, and global developments related to private sector engagement in waste management.
∎ Leverage public-private partnership opportunities for sustainable waste management solutions.
∎ Technical Programme and Support:
∎ Engage with government stakeholders at local and national levels to promote waste worker cooperatives and develop policy advocacy aligned with government strategies.
∎ Participate in meetings, workshops, and conferences organized by the Government of Bangladesh, donors, and international development organizations.Share grassroots learnings and insights to influence policy and programmatic decisions.
∎ Administrative Responsibilities:
∎ Support administrative tasks at the national level in coordination with the country office’s People & Culture, Finance, and General Support Service departments.
∎ Ensure effective financial management in alignment with organizational policies at the local level.

Workplace:
∎ Work at office

Employment Status: Contractual

Job Location: Faridpur

Company Information:
∎ Practical Action - Bangladesh.
∎ House # 28/A, Road # 5, Dhanmondi, Dhaka-1205
∎ Practical Action is an international development organisation putting ingenious ideas to work so people in poverty can change their world.

We treat all applications for employment on their merits and do not take into consideration any factors that are not relevant to the job such as gender, race, religion, ethnic or national origin, caste, tribe, belief, age, marital status, pregnancy, caring responsibilities, sexual orientation, or disability. Practical Action is committed to safeguarding and protecting children and vulnerable adults and as such candidates will be subject to pre-employment checks including criminal checks and terrorist financing. As part of SEEDs commitment to safeguarding we are a member of the Inter-Agency Misconduct Disclosure Scheme. This will mean that we ask your references to comment on any disciplinary investigations undertaken as a result of safeguarding concerns that resulted in disciplinary action. SEED will also ask you for additional references if the references you provide do not cover the past five years of employment.

We’re a global change-making group. We help people find solutions to some of the world’s toughest problems. Challenges made worse by catastrophic climate change and persistent gender inequality. We work with communities to develop ingenious, lasting and locally owned solutions for agriculture, water and waste management, climate resilience and clean energy. And we share what works with others, so answers that start small can grow big.

Address::
∎ House # 28/A, Road # 5, Dhanmondi, Dhaka-1205
∎ Practical Action is an international development organisation putting ingenious ideas to work so people in poverty can change their world.We treat all applications for employment on their merits and do not take into consideration any factors that are not relevant to the job such as gender, race, religion, ethnic or national origin, caste, tribe, belief, age, marital status, pregnancy, caring responsibilities, sexual orientation, or disability. Practical Action is committed to safeguarding and protecting children and vulnerable adults and as such candidates will be subject to pre-employment checks including criminal checks and terrorist financing. As part of SEEDs commitment to safeguarding we are a member of the Inter-Agency Misconduct Disclosure Scheme. This will mean that we ask your references to comment on any disciplinary investigations undertaken as a result of safeguarding concerns that resulted in disciplinary action. SEED will also ask you for additional references if the references you provide do not cover the past five years of employment. We’re a global change-making group. We help people find solutions to some of the world’s toughest problems. Challenges made worse by catastrophic climate change and persistent gender inequality. We work with communities to develop ingenious, lasting and locally owned solutions for agriculture, water and waste management, climate resilience and clean energy. And we share what works with others, so answers that start small can grow big.

Read Before Apply: Please apply only who are fulfilling all the requirements of this job

Application Deadline: 11 Mar 2025

Category: NGO/Development