• Dhaka

ActionAid Bangladesh is looking for Manager – Women Rights and Gender Equity (Maternity Replacement) 2022 in Dhaka

Directorate: Programme, Policy & Campaigns
Specific Priority/Unit: Women Rights and Gender Equity
Location of posting : Dhaka
Types of contract: Contractual
Duration of Contract: 07 (Seven) Months
Number of position: 1 (One)

Key responsibilities include (not limited to)

Knowledge leadership, programme development and advocacy Campaign:

  • Support to ensure programmatic linkage with CSP V (Country Strategy 5) and ISP (International Strategy)
  • Initiate, conduct, and facilitate knowledge products on women’s rights issues.
  • Review, give feedback and edit consultant’s works specially on evidence-based research/survey/ documentation related to women’s rights issues
  • Facilitate the process of PRRP (participatory review & reflection process), Plans & Budget forWRGE
  • Ensure the analysis and the central role of women’s rights in the struggle against poverty and injustice properly translated to campaigns.
  • Connect advocacy issues from grass root to national and international levels to connect community level processes of conscientisation with the district, national and international level mobilisation
  • Provide technical support to national-level networks (SAC,JNNPF, SBGN,SWN,WC, GNB,CRAC etc.) and clusters (GBV cluster, GiHA etc.)
  • Facilitate the process to observe OBR, IWD,16DoA and other campaigns at local, national and international level.

Partnership Management

  • Support team for project management and quality implementation.
  • Maintain close communication and coordination with partners for planning, implementation and monitoring.
  • Ensure audit compliance.
  • Provide technical support to donor correspondence & reports, Plans & Budget, FD6, agreement, MoU, fund flow & budget tracking.

Resource Mobilization/Fund raising:

  • Support Programme and Partnership Development (PD) team on resource mobilisation
  • Work intensively to address the donor’s requirements.

Profiling and Networking:

  • Lead ActionAid’s Global Campaign at all stages – in analysis, strategy development, implementation, policy advocacy, and coordination with allies/partners/unions.
  • Represent AAB to play a strategic and active role on WR issues in the AA federation.
  • Develop strategic relationships and partnerships with key stakeholders at National, Regional and International Levels.
  • Interact, build and nurture effective working relationships with relevant GO/NGOs, and Civil Society Organizations in order to foster coordination, collaboration, and partnership
  • Serve as a resource person for disseminating knowledge and skills to GO/NGO and other institutions for AAB profiling.

Team Management:

  • Support team on partnership management and implementation.
  • Support team members on Planning, Supervision & Appraisal
  • Give motivation to the team members.
  • Conflict Resolution
  • Knowledge and capacity building of team members
  • Encourage team members to meet the deadline

Contribution to senior leadership team:

  • As part of dual citizenship will contribute to international initiatives, particularly in relation to international platforms and delegations.
  • Activity contributes to achieving the overall goals and objectives of AAB

ActionAid is a global federation working for a world free from poverty and injustice. We want to see a just, fair and sustainable world, in which everybody enjoys the right to a life of dignity, and freedom from poverty and oppression. So we work to achieve social justice and gender equality, and to eradicate poverty.

Location:

Bangladesh

Benefits

  • Competitive Salary Package will be offered to the deserving candidate
  • Other admissible benefits such as mobile & internet allowance, medical benefits and group life insurance etc.

Eligibilities

Required Educational Qualification and Experience

  • Master’s in social science, women’s studies and gender statutes, development studies or relevant subject(s).
  • At least 5 years of working experience on women’s rights issues in reputed national and/or international organizations/NGOs, including two years in a managerial position.

Technical Skills

  • Profound knowledge and experience in the field of Partnership Management, community and organizations focused on women along with
  • adolescent issues
  • Professional communication and report writing skills, both in English and Bangla. Experience in preparing research report, policy brief, working paper, monograph will be given preference;
  • Possess humane values, and sensitivity to gender, disability and ethnicity;
  • Understanding of child rights issues;
  • Adequate knowledge in financial management and respect towards value for money;

Desirable

  • A commitment to develop, promote and practice ActionAid’s vision, mission, values and strategy.
  • Excellent facilitation and advisory skills.
  • Negotiation skill, and motivational skill is required.
  • Sound knowledge in team building, team management and motivational skills;
  • Effective time management skills and ability to work under pressure;
  • Willingness and flexibility for regular field visits.
  • Good communication and report writing skills both in English and Bangla.
Eligible Regions: Bangladesh

Application Process

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Application Deadline: October 11, 2022

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