Requirements

Additional Requirements

• Age 30 to 40 years

• Should have Good operating skills in Microsoft Office package;
• Should have excellent communication and report writing skills both in Bangla and English.

Responsibilities & Context

Dwip Unnayan Songstha is launching a project titled ‘Recovery and Advancement of Informal Sector Employment (RAISE)’ jointly financed by the Government of Bangladesh and Palli Karma-Sahayak Foundation (PKSF). The goal of the project is to provide services that can enhance earning opportunities for low-income urban youth, and urban youth impacted by COVID-19. The RAISE project has been implementing across the country through selected Partner Organizations of PKSF. As a Partner organization of PKSF, Dwip Unnayan Songstha will implement the RAISE project in its catchment area.

Dwip Unnayan Songstha (DUS) is a nationally renowned organization (NGO) which is registered by many Government branches/organizations such as the Department of Social Service (No: NOA-356/84. Date: 02 January, 1984), Micro Credit Regularity Authority (MRA) (No: 00654 – 00234 – 00033, Date: 05 September, 2007), NGO Affairs Bureau (No: 181, Date: 28 April, 1985) and Palli Karma Sahayak Foundation. Since 1982 DUS has been conducting extensive activities for the socio-economic development of the poor people in the coastal areas of Bangladesh.

As following this, various projects/programs funded by partner organizations are being implemented along with micro-credit program.DUS is seeking competent project management professionals under the RAISE project. The detailed Terms of Reference (ToR) of the positions are given below.

The Coordinator is responsible for the overall management of the project at the Project Implementation Unit (PIU) level. S/he will work under the direct supervision of the Executive Director of the organization.

Major Responsibilities:

• Plan and implement outreach and intakes program through community engagement, field visits &, interviews in consultation with respective officials of PKSF;Ensure enrolment process, training activities, graduation, employment and track project participants’ progress & report training outcomes;
• Prepare training plan, assess training effectiveness and take feedback from program participants & stakeholders regarding specific program;
• Organize dialogue, meeting, workshop, seminar, and other outreach programs with key stakeholders and facilitate training on various programs in time;
• Monitor project activities for ensuring quality of the program along with Environmental and Social Safeguard issues, Grievance Redress Mechanism (GRM) of the project and address them accordingly ;
• Prepare monthly, quarterly and half yearly progress reports and submit to PKSF in time;
• Coordinate with microfinance team of organization and Project Management Unit (PMU) of PKSF;
• and Perform any other tasks assigned by the management.