JOB DESCRIPTION

Senior Project Manager, Humanitarian

BBC Media Action, (Bangladesh Branch Office)

Vacancy

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Job Context

BBC Media Action is the BBC’s international development charity, which uses media and communications to help reduce poverty and support people to understand their rights. We do this through partnering with civil society, media and others to produce creative programmes and other outputs which inform and engage audiences on key development issues. We also strengthen the media sector through building professional capacity and infrastructure. We focus on health, governance and rights, and resilience and humanitarian response. In Bangladesh, we are a leading organisation in the humanitarian Communication with Communities sector and are currently working alongside partners as part of the response to the Rohingya emergency in Cox’s Bazar.

Job Description / Responsibility

The role reports to the Country Director – Bangladesh; and will work alongside other members of BBC Media Action’s senior management team in Bangladesh (the Deputy Country Director, Head of Research, Senior Project Manager and Executive Editor).

  • Manage approximately twenty national staff working to provide training and support to media and communications practitioners working on the Rohingya emergency response in Bangladesh.
  • Lead BBC Media Action’s team in Cox’s Bazar, taking responsibility for delivery of training and media production activities as well as managing relationships with international and local partners.
  • Ensure that BBC Media Action’s activities are coordinated with other organisations, including government.
  • Ensure accurate and timely financial and narrative reporting
  • Work to identify further funding opportunities and take the lead on writing successful proposals.

Job Nature

Full time, fixed-term contract

Educational Requirements
Bachelors’ degree in a relevant field (international development, humanitarian, broadcasting or communications, or other relevant subject).

Experience Requirements

  • At least 7 years’ experience in progressively senior project management role(s) in the international development, humanitarian or media industries.
  • Extensive relevant experience working on projects/programmes, and a substantial period (s) of managing projects to successful outcomes, leading teams, planning, problem solving, progress monitoring, managing risk, and budget or resource responsibility.
  • Managed a minimum of 4 projects with budgets of £100k+ or significant business area impact.

Job Requirements

  • Working knowledge of the project lifecycle, products, techniques and methodologies and approaches and the understanding of how to best apply to the situation.
  • Excellent and well-practiced communication (verbal, written, listening) in English, inter-personal and influencing skills with the ability to bridge specialism and business through user-friendly language.
  • Ability to effectively deal with difficult stakeholders, navigate ambiguous, changeable, and complex environments and achieve desired outcomes.
  • Knowledge of relevant legislation and procedures relevant for the domain e.g., procurement, contract management, environment, and health and safety.
  • Demonstrable professional development with a recognised project management qualification or equivalent experience. Strong Microsoft Office skills, including MS Project and MS Power point, and experience in manipulating data to make it meaningful for different audiences.
  • Significant knowledge of the global humanitarian system and standards.
  • Significant experience in delivering Communication with Communities, Community Engagement and/or Accountability programmes.
  • Demonstrable ability to work with diverse teams, including colleagues with limited English skills.
  • Experience of managing delivery of products in different languages.
  • Proven ability to develop new business ideas, present these persuasively to potential partners and funders and write successful proposals.
  • Excels at delivery in a fast-changing, political and complicated environment, and understands organisational transformation challenges and how to operate effectively in this context.
  • Knowledge of the media sector and broad understanding of the traditional and new technologies in a broadcast and or digital media environment.
  • Experience working on a large (level 3) humanitarian response.
  • Desired Bangla language skills.

Job Location

Dhaka with frequent and sustained travel to Cox’s Bazar.

Salary

Negotiable, as per BBC Media Action policies

Application Deadline

7 June 2018

 

Send your CV and a cover letter, explaining how you fit the knowledge, skills and experience requirements of the job to: applications@bd.bbcmediaaction.org. Please mention the name of position in subject line of the email.