Project Manager
 (Based at Dhaka)

All over the world girls are at risk because of their young age and their gender. They are at risk of being married before the age of 18. They are at risk of violence and harassment from men and boys in every space they occupy, including their home, their school, their refugee camp and their city. They are at risk of being denied the opportunity to access a secondary education, to gain the skills and training they need to work and to exercise control over their sexual and reproductive health.

ARE YOU PASSIONATE ABOUT GIRLS RIGHTS AND ENDING GENDER INEQUALITY?

DO YOU HAVE THE SKILLS AND COMPETENCIES TO LEAD AND EXECUTE A PROJECT THAT AIMS AT DIMINISHING THE ADVERSE EFFECT OF URBAN HAZARDS AND RISKS IN BANGLADESH?

DO YOU WANT TO WORK ON UPGRADING URBAN GOVERNANCE MECHANISMS AND APPLYING SYSTEMATIC, INCLUSIVE AND COORDINATED APPROACH TO ENHANCE EARTHQUAKE PREPAREDNESS AND RESPONSE CAPACITIES OF URBAN STAKEHOLDERS?

IF YOUR ANSWERS ARE YES, THEN THIS IS THE JOB FOR YOU

The role
As a Project Manager, you will lead the overall management and coordination of the project ensuring technical support to the project staff at both Plan International and implementing partner level. You will ensure that the achievement of project deliverables are in line with the project objectives and strategic direction. The project manager needs to maintain compliance, program quality standards, administrative and financial requirements of Plan International and donor. You are required to work on promoting collaborative relationships, networking, and advocating project approaches of urban resilience to concerned authority, ministries, and departments of government (e.g. City Corporation, MoDMR, DDM, FSCD, MoH, Hospitals, DGHS, MoPME, MoE, DPE, DSHE etc.) and like-minded organizations. The jobholder will maintain close coordination/functional relationship with Bangladesh Country Office (BCO) Disaster Risk Management (DRM) team, Gender and Inclusion Advisor, as well as respective colleague of Health, Protection and Education team at BCO level to have technical guidance - so that inclusive programme will be embedded in the implementing project interventions in a gender transformative way.

What we’re looking for
We are looking for a ‘to go’ and a competent leader with Masters’ degree with at least 5 years’ experience of project management including planning and scheduling, process design, implementation and monitoring and evaluation.

About Plan International
Plan International is an independent development and humanitarian organization that advances children’s rights and equality for girls. Plan International envisages a world in which all children and young people realise their full potential, a vision now shared by the 193 Heads of State and Government who adopted the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development in September 2015.

We believe in the power and potential of every child. This is often suppressed by poverty, violence, exclusion and discrimination. Its girls who are most affected.  Plan International’s new Global Strategy aims to transform the lives of 100 million girls by implementing an integrated programme and influence approach.

How to apply:
To find out more details and apply visit: Career Opportunities: Project Manager and should apply online by 21 July 2019. Plan International Bangladesh is committed to ending gender inequality, and achieving a gender balanced workforce. Women are strongly encouraged to apply      

Candidates who applied earlier need not to apply.

We promote paid time off, flexible working hour, competitive salary, female friendly workplace, outstanding co-workers (who are respectful, professional, unbiased and easy to work with); equal opportunity that mean equal access to promotion, leadership role or incentive programme.

Attractive salary will be offered to deserving candidate along with other benefits as per organization’s policy.

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