Senior Project Officer

Job Description

Title: Senior Project Officer

Company Name: Practical Action - Bangladesh.

Vacancy: --

Location: Dhaka

Salary: Tk. 75926 (Monthly)

Experience:
∎ 5 to 7 years

Published: 24 Jan 2024

Education:
∎ Master of Science (MSc), Master of Business Management (MBM), Master of Information & Communication Technology (MICT)

Requirements:

Responsibilities & Context:
∎ Liaise with relevant National and Local Government departments and Ministries, other development and research partners (host, plan facilitate events, field visits, training, advocacy and influencing events).
∎ Conduct regular meetings with the Govt. official for mainstreaming the Disaster Alert apps by the govt. authority.
∎ Where appropriate represent the organization at a national & regional level, liaise with relevant stakeholders on digital innovations in Early Warning System and information sharing practices.
∎ An exciting role at Practical Action in Bangladesh has arisen for a dynamic, organized, and inquisitive individual to support us implementing the project on Digital Innovation in Early Warning Systems: Building Climate Resilience in Bangladesh. The successful applicant will ensure to management and implement this ICT-focused project related activities. The post-holder will give substantial project management support to the Climate and Resilience Project team in Bangladesh.
∎ Project Implementation (50%)
∎ · Provide technical leadership for implementing the project activities.
∎ · Lead on the “Disaster Alert Apps” and “Digital Weather Board” operational process ensuring compliance with ICT policies, supported by IT team of pA.
∎ · Prepare the project budget and activity plan and forecast it to the project staff and day to day monitor the progress of project activities.
∎ ·  Effectively monitor uses of project budget in timely manner.
∎ · Maintain effective working relationships with partners, national and local government like (BMD, FFWC, CPP, DDM, DAE, MoDMR among others)
∎ ·  Organize, facilitate events, meeting with stakeholders.
∎ · Prepare ToR for consultancies, manage consultants, technical partner as required for the project.
∎ ·  Manage and oversee all field level interventions.
∎ · Visit field periodically to work with field staff and capture knowledge and prepare initial draft of the knowledge product as well as to support them in doing so.
∎ ·  Conduct regular field visit and monitor the functionality of digital interventions under the climate resilience portfolio.
∎ · Regularly update the features of ‘Disaster Alert Apps’ and support in training and organizing up the community people & project staffs for its operations, find out its obligations of their operations, troubleshot the problems along with IT team, technical consultant among others.
∎ ·  Coordinate and manage consultancies related to the project.
∎ · Coordinate with Climate and Resilience team within Practical Action for inputs in the drafted knowledge products and research work and ensure that all inputs are incorporated in the final document.
∎ · Work closely with project team and thematic lead to use the knowledge products, communication material, project and policy briefs to meet advocacy objectives of the projects.
∎ ·  Prepare the monthly/quarterly/annual/donor report.
∎ · Conduct regular field visits and monitor against the theory of change, activity plan and advocacy plan progress and accordingly plan to achieve the implementation and Advocacy gaps.
∎ · Act as the project’s principal client contact in undertaking the duties in the job description.
∎ Advocacy and Influencing (30%)
∎ Liaise with relevant National and Local Government departments and Ministries, other development and research partners (host, plan facilitate events, field visits, training, advocacy and influencing events).
∎ · Conduct regular field visits and monitor against the theory of change, knowledge plan and advocacy plan and accordingly plan to achieve the knowledge and Advocacy gaps.
∎ Conduct regular meetings with the Govt. official for mainstreaming the Disaster Alert apps by the govt. authority.
∎ Where appropriate represent the organization at a national & regional level, liaise with relevant stakeholders on digital innovations in Early Warning System and information sharing practices.
∎ Dissemination of Project Knowledge (10%)
∎ · Coordinate dissemination plan and delivery of the knowledge products
∎ · Add all planned outputs to the knowledge plan in knowledge pipeline including amendments of dates and production status.
∎ · Lead the work in coordination with project and communication team.
∎ · Liaise with communication team in production of relevant material as well as managing project related internal/external events, knowledge and communication products as required from donor.
∎ Engagement in Country Programme Activities (5%)
∎ · Provide support to project team for relevant climate and resilience project activities.
∎ ·  Maintain and update implementation plans for the assigned work package. Identify continuous improvements and lessons learned.
∎ ·  Any other duties consistent with the nature, level and grade of the post as may be required.
∎ Organizational Policies, Safeguarding and Code of Conduct (5%)
∎ · Ensure that all involved acting on the organisation’s behalf is aware on Safeguarding Policy, Diversity and Dignity in the Workplace Policy, Code of Conduct, Fraud policy and Whistleblowing policy.
∎ · Ensure beneficiaries whom we work with are aware of the safeguarding policy including the reporting lines when appropriate.
∎ ·  Be responsible that anyone acting on our behalf has signed up to the safeguarding and Code of Conduct policies.
∎ ·   Ensure our ethics and values, as set out in our Code of Conduct and related policies, including safeguarding, are embedded in team culture, and well modelled by others. Ensure that reporting structure are well promoted and respond to all concerns appropriately.
∎ · Responsible for gender responsive behaviour in all actions and decisions. Ensure non-discriminative behaviour based on gender, age, sex, race, ethnic background, culture, disability, nationality, religion and marital status. Is sensitive and adaptable to gender and social inclusion.

Workplace:
∎ Work at office

Employment Status: Contractual

Job Location: Dhaka

Company Information:
∎ Practical Action - Bangladesh.
∎ House # 28/A, Road # 5, Dhanmondi, Dhaka-1205

Address::
∎ House # 28/A, Road # 5, Dhanmondi, Dhaka-1205

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

Application Deadline: 7 Feb 2024

Category: NGO/Development