Chief of Party, BRAC Education Programme (Contractual)

Job Description/Responsibilities:

• Develop project implementation plan for achieving the targets following the terms and conditions of the project with the donor 
•  Lead the process to involve Directorate of Primary Education, Bangladesh to operate IIEGRA in govt. schools 
  
•  Coordinating with internal and external stakeholders at field and head office level in setting up the principles to implement the project 
  
• Provide support and guideline to the three partners BIED and CU-B for developing quality handouts and supplementary materials to be implemented under the project 
• Oversee the process of internal and external stakeholders for developing and implementing annual work plan, guide the Monitoring Officers of three partners to make USAID prescribed M&E plan 
  
• Ensuring expected quality for all the interventions throughout the project activities as well as the qualitative achievement of the whole project 
  
• Input innovative ideas for exploring new thinking and achieving the targets and goal of the existing project 
  
• Execute baseline, midline evaluation for the project and regular monitoring and audit for the project 
  
• Maintaining professional collaboration with BEP programmes and other organizations as READ, Room to Read, Sisimpur etc. to develop innovative mechanism to for the better out-comes of IIEGRA project 
  
• Updates job knowledge by participating in educational opportunities; reading professional publications; maintaining personal networks; participating in professional organisations

Educational Requirements:
Masters in any discipline from any recognized University with minimum second class/division or equivalent CGPA in all academic records..

Experience Requirements:
At least 10 years’ experiences in relevant field.

Additional Job Requirements:

• Have programme knowledge on non-formal education program, early grade education, education for ethnic and other minority groups, adolescent development program ect 
• Knowledge on SDG, Development priority for 2016-2012, Five years plan of Bangladesh  
• Knowledge on development of project proposals 
  
• Sound knowledge about Primary curriculum and Primary Education system of Bangladesh- Marginal competencies of Primary Education, Quality education, Lifelong Education, PEDP III, Education Policy and Education Act 
  
• Knowledge on managing USAID and other donor funded education projects 
  
• Skills on training module designing, training facilitation and presentation 
  
• Need to have people management, staff supervision and staff development skills 
  
• Competent to analyse budget and financial involvement of the partners working in a joint effort and have to be a strategic thinker 
  
• Have monitoring and audit report analysis skills

Age Range: Maximum 50 years

Salary Range: Negotiable

Other Benefits: Festival Bonus, Contributory Compulsory Provident Fund, Gratuity, Health & Life Insurance and others

Job Location: Dhaka

Application deadline: 22 March 2018

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