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:
BangladeshBenefits
- 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.
Application Process
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Application Deadline: October 11, 2022
Application ClosedOfficial link





