Career Opportunity with International Rescue Committee
Team Leader

  
Country: Bangladesh
Job Title: Team Leader
Department: Protection
Contract length: 1 Year (with possibility of extension subject to funding, program needs and performance of incumbent)
Work Location: IRC-Bangladesh, Cox’s Bazar Office
Reporting to: Deputy Director Programs (DDP)
Expected Start Date: At Earliest
Remuneration Package: Competitive Base Pay with Fringe Benefits (As per IRC National Pay Scale in Bangladesh)
Program Brief

The International Rescue Committee (IRC) responds to the world's worst humanitarian crises, helping to restore health, safety, education, economic wellbeing, and power to people devastated by conflict and disaster. Founded in 1933 at the call of Albert Einstein, the IRC is one of the world's largest international humanitarian non-governmental organizations (INGO), at work in more than 40 countries and 29 U.S. cities helping people to survive, reclaim control of their future and strengthen their communities. A force for humanity, IRC employees deliver lasting impact by restoring safety, dignity and hope to millions. If you're a solutions driven, passionate change-maker, come join us in positively impacting the lives of millions of people worldwide for a better future.

Since 2017, IRC has supported Rohingya Refugees and Bangladeshi nationalities communities in Cox's Bazar, Khulna, Barisal, and Chittagong with integrated services. The organization also addresses climate change impacts by building resilience and promoting economic recovery, education, and protection.
Purpose

Under the direct supervision of DDP, the Team Leader will be responsible for ensuring well-coordinated, consistent and quality implementation of the community mobilization and livelihood project while adhering to IRC, donor and GoB policies. The Team Leader will be accountable for the overall achievement of the contractual objectives (timeframe, targets/indicators, and budget) of the program and for monitoring that the activities are implemented accordingly by implementing partners. With the support of the technical and support staff, this position will be responsible for establishing and maintaining clear vision of IRC’s as well as partners led activities while being accountable for delivery on project objectives, targets, time, and budget ensuring alignments and cost effectiveness. The position will serve as the key liaison and focal point with government stakeholders and will facilitate collaborative partnership.

Disclaimer: The appointment and continuation of this position are subject to the availability and formal approval of project funding.
Major Responsibilities

Strategic Planning and Leadership:

  • Provide technical support, leadership, guidance and oversight to GBV and livelihood project team.
  • Lead the process of developing workplans, monitoring and evaluation plan, spending plans, item requirements.
  • Work with and supervise the overall project implementation to ensure the technical and geographical coherence of the project
  • Supervise the overall management of the project financial resources within IRC as well as a partners’ level.
  • Under the strategic guidance of the Senior Integrated Protection Coordinator participate in meetings with donor to share project progress updates and support in decision-making on various programmatic and operational issues of concern.
  • Coordinate with ERD and GBV coordinators to provide strategic direction and leadership for timely implementation of activities.

Management of project implementation by the IRC:

  • Ensure the provision of high quality, professional, and gender-based violence, livelihoods and protection technical support and mentoring to partner organizations.
  • Foster integration between GBV and livelihood to harness from complementarity and ensure that clients are reached at scale,
  • Provide leadership for the smooth implementation of program activities including project kick off meeting, regular technical review meetings and project close-out meetings
  • Lead the project cycle management processes and represent the project at internal IRC country program coordination meetings
  • Ensure proper planning and timely implementation of project training, and capacity building activities.
  • Lead the monthly budget versus achievement analyses both for the IRC and partners.
  • Lead overall project financial management.
  • Provide technical guidance on the development of IEC materials
  • Provide strategic guidance for community engagement activities
  • Ensure that the accountability to affected populations related tasks are implemented as planned.

Partnership management:

  • Facilitate partnership management processes to ensure well-planned, timely, coordinated, and coherent partnerships with key ministries.
  • Liaise with finance and technical teams to achieve timely funds transfers and proper financial support for partners. Work with finance to address any challenges in payments.
  • Coordinate and participate in timely and effective partner review and reflection (monitoring) activities across programs, finance, and compliance. Coordinate partner narrative and financial reporting processes, including review and provision of feedback.
  • Work collaboratively with partners and IRC staff to constructively resolve any issues that may arise.
  • Support the identification of implementation issues and facilitate timely action by the IRC to address any areas of non-performance.
  • Co-lead the performance review of the partner, of the IRC (including on the basis of partner feedback), and of the partnership itself, including documentation of successes, challenges, and lessons learned.

Grants Management:

  • Lead on the overall programmatic, logistic & financial management of the project, including the identification of risks and obstacles, to ensure donor compliance in terms of project deliverables & eligibility criteria
  • With the support of the technical coordinators, develop specific strategies for cross-cutting themes (gender, diversity & inclusion, protection, and advocacy) for the program
  • Work with the implementation partners to ensure compliance with contractual reporting (narrative and financial).
  • Monitor the proper financial management and forecast of budget within the program
  • Lead annual program review meetings to take stock of implementation progress
  • Undertake regular monitoring of activities, including field visits

Internal Coordination:

  • Establish and maintain effective coordination with CP and PRoL coordinators for smooth implementation.
  • Lead on the set up of systems, TORs, SOPs and tools in place to promote and facilitate, collaborative ways of working (including cross learning and sharing), programmatic alliances, consistency in implementation and value for money

External Coordination and Advocacy:

  • In consultation with the SIPC, represent community mobilization and livelihood project with the Donor, sub national and national level coordination platforms, Technical Working Groups, UN Agencies and government Authorities meetings, when needed
  • Coordinate with IRC’s head of advocacy, partners’ advocacy teams, and feed into in-country and international advocacy initiatives through sharing regular contextual analysis and evidence from the project implementation

Monitoring, Evaluation, Accountability, and Learning (MEAL):

  • Coordinate with MEAL manager protection to develop a comprehensive MEAL plan for community mobilization and livelihood project
  • Lead revision of an effective MEAL plan and monitoring and clients’ feedback systems throughout the program
  • Review of the quality of monitoring reports, analysis and data trends, including recommendations produced by MEAL team

Staff Management:

  • Promote and ensure effective implementation of IRC way, harassment-free workplace policy and safeguarding policy (IRC team as well as partners)
Requirements
  • Minimum twenty (20) years of experience in managing protection (GBV, livelihood, skills training, and marketplace) programs or related areas.
  • Minimum of 10 years as a team leader with excellent organizational and program management experience, including staff work plans, budget management and monitoring and evaluation
  • Good understanding and experience in managing, dealing and leading strategic liaison with GoB’s architecture in Bangladesh preferably in Rohingya crises and host community
  • Demonstrated understanding of gender-responsive program cycle management, clients’ responsiveness 
  • Excellent leadership, communication, and facilitation skills
  • Experience in capacity building and mentoring of staff and partners
  • Excellent critical thinking skills, and demonstrated ability to handle pressure and improve
  • Advanced influencing, communication and interpersonal skills, including the ability to communicate technical issues effectively and persuasively
  • Excellent English and Bangla language communication skills, both written and verbal
  • Excellent database, data management and data analysis skills; excellent command over MS office
  • Strong commitment to IRC’s mission, purpose and values.
Specific Educational Qualification
  • A master’s degree holder, with at least 20 years of relevant experience with direct management of the development and implementation of programs in complex humanitarian and development settings.
Certification
  • Certification in Project Management will be an added advantage

How to Apply: An interested individual requested to submit their CV with Cover letter and the necessary supporting documents to Bdirc.Hr@rescue.org by 4 November 2025. Please mention the position name “Team Leader” in the subject line.

Application Deadline: November 04, 2025

Standard of Professional Conduct:
The IRC and the IRC workers must adhere to the values and principles outlined in the IRC Way – our Code of Conduct. These are Integrity, Service, Accountability, and Equality. In accordance with these values the IRC operates and enforces policies on Safeguarding (including PSEAH, Adult Safeguarding and Child Safeguarding), Anti Workplace Harassment, Fiscal Integrity, and Anti Retaliation.

“Please note that any form of persuasion or undue influence will result in immediate disqualification from the selection process.”