Requirements

Additional Requirements

• Minimum 3 years project management experience in a relevant sector.

• Managing a diverse project team and/or project (experience at least 2 years)

• Skilled & Experienced in community Engagement to promote active participation and ownership of community (experience at least 2 years)

• Creative thinking and open-minded approach to finding solutions (lifetime experience)

• Women empowerment and engagement (lifetime passion)

• Drain Cleaning and waste management (experience or willingness to learn)

• Coordinating skills with multiple stakeholders (2 years experience in at least one other organization or project)

• Strong believer in a continuous learning process for yourself and your team

• Experienced in Watershed Management, water resources development or landscape planning (minimum 2 years in any context, camp context will be highly valued)

• Experienced in Natural Resources Management, Nature based solution, climate resilience (minimum 2 years, preference for experience in DRR activity)

• Experience with site management and site development with urban and Rural landscape planning will be highly valued.

• Working experience in NGOs/INGOs, especially in Monitoring and Evaluation, Data Management, Information Management, Research

• Good written and verbal communication in English.

• Experience of working in Rohingya Response

• Fluency in written and spoken English.

• Strong organizational skills

• Strong interpersonal skills and ability to effectively communicate with field teams, local authorities, and local communities.

• Flexibility and adaptability are essential, as well as the ability to plan, take initiative and organize work independently.

• Positive attitude and a willingness to learn

• Comfortable working in refugee camp settings and spending majority of time in the field

• Comfortable working in a cross-cultural environment

Responsibilities & Context

About Acted

Created in 1993, Acted is an international non-governmental organization pursuing a dual mandate of emergency response and development interventions in 40 of some of the world’s most vulnerable countries affected by conflicts, disasters, or socio-economic hardship. With a team of 7,000 national staff and 400 international staff, Acted implements 500 projects a year to support more than 20 million beneficiaries, notably in hard-to-reach areas.

Acted goes to the last mile through programs and approaches that look beyond the immediate emergency towards opportunities for longer-term livelihood reconstruction and sustainable development. Guided by the motto “Think Local, Act Global” and it’s 3Zero –Zero Exclusion, Zero Carbon, and Zero Poverty – strategy, Acted puts local territories at the center and provides tailored support to local needs. More on www.acted.org

In Bangladesh, Acted started its activities in 2017 in order to respond to the Rohingya Refugee Crisis in the sectors of Site Management, Natural Resource Management, Community Protection, Information Management, Drain Monitoring & Intervention, SuLMER, Emergency Preparedness Response and CDCS in the Camps of the Kutupalong-Balukhali Expansion Site, Cox’s Bazar.

Key roles and responsibilities

Project Planning

• Develop overall project implementation strategy, systems, approaches, tools, and materials,

• Obtaining all necessary authorization from relevant local authorities,

• Plan the various stages of project implementation and set direction by prioritizing and organizing activities and resources to achieve project objectives, and coordinate with partners in camp.

• Considering the environmental impacts of infrastructure works from planning to implementation and taking all the necessary measures to mitigate the impacts as much as possible, such as NbS, climate resilient infrastructure, etc.

• Conduct assessments to identify infrastructure needs related to watershed management, drain cleaning activities, waste collection& management, with a focus on improving vulnerable resident’s access to services,

• Work together with the MEAL team to create (self) assessments tools for the SMS partners and to conduct independent monitoring and evaluation of all watershed related activities.

• Provide insight to the SMS partners and UNHCR on the current status of drains in the camps and where and when cleaning activities are needed (dashboard)

• Ensure all the necessary measures to guarantee the safety of CfW and volunteers, contractors and site population are in place through the implementation of watershed management, drain cleaning activities, waste collection & management.

• Contribute to develop project implementation SoP, Guidelines, project concept note for expansion of the project in other areas based on the lessons learned

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Skills & Expertise