Job Title: Project Manager (Expert -Assessment)~Internal
Company: United Purpose
Location: Cox’s Bazar based
Contract type: Regular
Hours: As per organizational policy
Reports to: Head of DRM & Humanitarian Programmes
Salary: As per organizational policy

Organisation overview:

Self Help Africa (SHA) and United Purpose (UP) merged in late 2021 to implement projects to end extreme hunger and poverty in sub-Saharan Africa. The merger doubled its size and reach, with SHA implementing poverty eradication projects in sub-Saharan Africa in 2022. The group includes social enterprise subsidiaries Partner Africa, TruTrade, and Cumo Microfinance. In 2022, SHA will reach over six million people and invest €45m in over 100 development programs to improve food systems, access to markets, financial services, climate change, gender inequality, and access to clean water, sanitation, and hygiene.

Job Purpose:

United Purpose is going to implement a project named ‘Humanitarian Assistance of Protection and Empowerment for Vulnerable Communities in Rohingya Camp (HOPE). For the successful implementation of the project activities, we are seeking a dedicated person for the position of Project Manager (Expert-Assessment). The Project Manager will play a critical role in conducting rapid needs assessment and Strategic Response Planning focusing on Earthquake vulnerability, supporting humanitarian activities at the Rohingya camp and host community. The individual will be responsible to manage and coordinating the field team to facilitate the distribution of emergency cash and relief assistance, ensuring compliance with RRRC and ISCG guidelines. The Project Manager (Expert – Assessment) will also collaborate closely with various stakeholders including Camp-in-Charge (CiC), camp management authorities, and internal project teams to ensure efficient and accountable delivery of services and support.

Key Responsibilities:

To ensure project have better plan to achieve their goals

• The position holder will have a strong background in project management as well as experience of working in health, livelihood and civil society capacity strengthen program.
• Provide tools and methods for organisational development and community mobilization
• Provide systems and procedures for grant disbursement to civil society partner organizations and monitoring project implementation and results reporting with relevant programmes.
• Facilitate to conduct Rapid Needs Assessment and Strategic Response Planning focusing on Earthquake vulnerability and reporting.
• He/she will assist to Head of DRM & Humanitarian program in program planning and implementation.
• Provide technical support and capacity building of the staff through facilitating training and module development and oversee to ensure the quality within the projects of DRM & Humanitarian program Department.
• Undertake regular field visits to follow up on the implementation of health programme activities and monitoring and address any gaps as necessary and support project team to ensure project delivery within allotted budget and timelines.
• Contribute towards programme planning, ensuring alignment with the project’s programme policies and guidance; as well as United Purpose policies and guidance;
• Recommend improvements to increase program operational efficiency and effectiveness and update to Head of DRM & Humanitarian program Department about project status, updates and concerns on daily basis.
• Prepare weekly/monthly progress report with the cooperation of other project staffs and submit to the Head of DRM & Humanitarian program department and Donor.
• Participate in training, workshops/seminar as invited and ensure that all new knowledge and skills acquired through training are shared with other project staff and applied.
• Preparing an implementation plan taking into consideration the project’s logframe and setting deadlines for timely implementation with quality, ensuring the activities planned;
• Working with project team members to deliver the expected outcomes and outputs with quality and quantity in a timely manner, implementing a set/cluster of activities;

To ensure the effective coordination and communication, compliances and documentation:
• Ensuring the participation of GoB and other relevant committee(s) within the project areas that could contribute to bring effective results at project level.
• Contribute to the writing of project publications; obtaining inputs from the team to develop high quality dissemination materials, including peer reviewed publications, technical briefs, reports, case studies, blogs etc. to a wide audience.
• Supporting team members to enable them to give of their best e.g. by encouraging and praising good performance, coaching, assisting staff to prevent or resolve problems, providing resources, tools and equipment.
• Enabling a friendly collaborative working culture within the team, actively sharing information and knowledge to enable the team to ensure effective learning and sharing across the organization;

To ensure the effective networking, advocacy, resource mobilization and reporting:
• Assist prepare funding proposals and briefing documents for donors, organize donor briefings for resource mobilization
• Assist and Prepare reports to comply with the donor reports both physical and financial as per the reporting requirements
• Assist to provide Technical Support and capacity building of PNGOs on documentation, reporting, policies, finance monitoring and field level quality controlling.
• Networking and linkages with govt. stakeholders

This job description may be reviewed at any time according to the needs of the organization.

Key Relationships:
Internal
Project Management Team, Health Post Team, Finance Team, Country office, Procurement team

External
CiC (Camp-in-Charge) & ACiC (Assistant Camp-in-Charge), RRRC (Refugee Relief and Repatriation Commissioner), UNO (Upazila Nirbahi Officer), Site Management and Site Development Authority (SMSD), ISCG (Inter-Sector Coordination Group), Mazhi (Community Leaders/Representatives), Health Sector Partners, Camp Security Authority

Knowledge, Experience and Other Requirements
Key competencies required:

• Master’s degree in Public Administration, Political Science, Development Studies, Social Sciences, International Relations, Economics or relevant subject
• Minimum 7 years of professional work experience in the Vocational training and relevant background
• Experience working with Non-profit organisation is preferred.
• Good communication skills (oral and written) with community and relevant stakeholders
• Strong networking skills.
• Strong knowledge on needs and gaps assessment along with cash and in-kind distribution at emergency context.
• Knowledge in team management and financial activities.
• Well-known local language/dialect and ability to work with people from different cultures, gender, religion, race, nationality and age.
• Professional experience in national and international development NGOs for at least 5 years in management level positions.
• Proficiency in MS office tools, including Word, Excel and Power Point
• Good understanding of theory of change, logical frameworks and indicator setting.
• Ability to work in a team and adopt a team approach which adds value to work and reinforces good working practices.
• Have proficiency in facilitation skills and able to effectively handle discussions with a focus on both groups and individuals.
• Cross-culturally adept and willing to adhere/follow Child and Adult Vulnerable Safeguard issues; Gender sensitiveness; and Disability and Dignity issues.
• Demonstrate excellent interpersonal skills and ability to work well as a part of a team and to interact professionally with a culturally and linguistically diverse staff, program, and participants both within the office and outside.
• Highly energetic, motivated and ability to work effectively as a team member.
• Strong knowledge and understanding of different government structure and excellent understanding of humanitarian assistance in emergencies
• Consistently approaches work with energy and a positive, constructive attitude
• Critical and creative thinking and analytical skills. Ability to compose, edit, analyse and report using complex information.
• Critical and creative thinking and analytical skills. Ability to compose, edit, analyse and report using complex information

Application Procedure:
Please send your CV & cover letter in following the link here.

• Application to be submitted by 30 April 2025. Applications to be reviewed on rolling basis.

All candidates offered a job with Self Help Africa/United Purpose will be expected to sign our Safeguarding Policies and Code of Conduct as an appendix to their contract of employment and agree to conduct themselves in accordance with the provisions of these documents. Specific roles may require Police/DBS/ [relevant police authority] vetting.

Self Help Africa/United Purpose strive to be an equal opportunities employer.