Deputy Country Director

Company Name: The Hunger Project


Roles & Responsibilities:

  • Program Design and Direction:
  • Understand, embrace and espouse the principles of the organization
  • Direct and provide program implementation teams with all necessary assistance to ensure that program activities are carried out in accordance with plans, in a timely manner and with high standard of quality. Provide leadership, coordination, and day-to-day support to the programs
  • Develop and implement annual work plans
  • Define, articulate and propose issues for reform that create bottom-up, gender-focused, decentralized democratic governance
  • Keep abreast of socio-economic and political changes in the environment and undertake timely strategic review of the organizations program and strategy to ensure continued relevance in the rapidly changing environment
  • Management:
  • Develop ideas on organizational priorities and conduct strategic and operational planning exercises
  • Support in developing and managing annual country operational budget
  • Provide management expertise and leadership to a technically diverse team and create a work environment that promotes excellence
  • Partnership Building:
  • Mobilize people from all sectors of the society into a volunteer-based movement for a hunger and poverty-free, self-reliant Bangladesh
  • Represent the organization in high level national, regional and international meetings, conferences, forums and other public events and contribute toward consolidating and raising the profile of The Hunger Project
  • Build and maintain productive relationships with government officials, policy makers, donor agencies, national and international organizations, political leaders and media
  • Develop effective resource mobilization strategies and prepare grant proposals
  • Explore opportunities for new partnerships and knowledge sharing with institutions dedicated to poverty alleviation
  • Funding and Grant Management:
  • Develop networks and partnerships with national, regional and international institutions in Bangladesh and spearhead donor collaboration, fund raising and project development within the country.
  • Keep abreast of the trends within the donor environment in the country and internationally
  • Undertake diversified local and international fund raising initiatives to strength programme funding and sustainability
  • Ensure that effective grant management systems are in place and are in consistent with the organizations overall fund seeking and management policy

Educational Qualification:

  • Doctorate/Masters Degree in Economics, Public Administration or other related disciplines from reputed university

Work Experience:

  •  At least 20 year(s)

Others Requirements:

  • Minimum 20 years experiences in top managerial position of private, public, bi-lateral or multilateral development institutions or non-profit organizations
  • Proven track record in strategic planning, program development and fundraising
  • Strong team-building and representational skills
  • Demonstrated management skills and experience in supervising multi-disciplinary teams
  • Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, creativity, resourcefulness and flexibility
  • Excellent verbal and written communication skills in Bangla and English.
  • Proven interpersonal and intercultural skills, including flexibility and sensitivity
  • Exceptional trans formative leadership skills for building leadership of others
  • Sound knowledge of development concepts specially local government, good governance, human rights, and womens empowerment

Others Benefit:

As per company policy

 

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