Career Opportunity  

BRAC’s vision is a world free from all forms of exploitation and discrimination where everyone has the opportunity to realise their potential. The organisation was founded in Bangladesh in 1972 and acts as a catalyst, creating opportunities for people to transform their lives. BRAC believes in integrity, inclusiveness, effectiveness, and innovation in all areas of work. BRAC uses an integrated model to change systems of inequity, through social development programmes, humanitarian response, social enterprises, socially responsible investments and a university. It operates in conflict-prone and post-disaster settings in 11 countries across Asia and Africa.

BRAC is a global leader in developing cost-effective, evidence-based programmes, and has been ranked the #1 NGO in the world for the last four years consecutively by NGO Advisor.

  Position  

Assistant General Manager, Admin and Logistics (Contractual); HCMP

Job Description/Responsibilities:

DIMENSIONS:

  • Is required to collate information from a wide range of well-defined sources
  • Management of a limited budget
  • Resolves diverse problems with impact in defined area
  • Manages problems of which some may be unprecedented whilst others may have occurred previously, and some of which may be complex
  • This role has significant internal and external impact
  • Works corporately across divisions or communicates corporately

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES:

  • Provide overall management and co-ordination of the work of the administration and logistics teams
  • Manage HCMP BRAC Admin and Logistic staff and service providers effectively, using corporate systems and ensuring competencies are equal to the programme’s demands
  • Support the HCMP Management Team on Logistics, Admin and Government relations issues – with responsibility for ensuring effective communication, guidance and transfer of knowledge
  • Ensure timely and effective compliance with all government approvals and other accountability mechanisms, and provide a central point of liaison for government
  • Regularly coordinate with NGO Affairs Bureau and related ministry regarding different pending issues and take necessary actions for getting approval/ clearance in a timely manner
  • Provide effective administrative and logistics support to the HCMP BRAC in Bangladesh programme, including transport, accommodation and venue support as required
  • Liaise with region and affiliate teams, ensuring local priorities and logistics policies and procedures are understood and applied effectively
  • Utilize and develop management and technical systems as required
  • Draw up operation budgets for HCMP operation
  • Ensure that proper administration and logistics systems and procedures are followed in the procurement of goods and services
  • Actively embodies the centrality of influencing in HCMP BRAC in Bangladesh’s country strategy

Achieving Results

  • Plans activities in advance, establishes clear priorities and regularly reviews them
  • Works to ensure that targets are met, reviews and amends resource allocation in respect of targets and seeks better ways of doing things
  • Demonstrates perseverance and determination in achieving results
  • Willingness to take initiative, make decisions based on sound analysis and ensures these decisions are communicated to relevant parties

Thinking and Understanding:

  • Takes an integrated approach when planning own work, is aware of the implications of own decisions on others and aligns thinking to organizational values
  • Analyses issues from multiple perspectives and gives consideration to future impacts
  • Encourages staff and partners to learn from one another and facilitates knowledge sharing across the organization
  • Gathers information from multiple sources and is able to identify critical information

Self-Management:

  • Able to function in high pressure situations while maintaining emotional control
  • Shows insight, seeks feedback from multiple parties and is willing adapt behavior where necessary
  • Relates well to all kinds of people, acknowledges the contributions people make and demonstrates integrity in dealing with others
  • Able to respond to changes in work schedules and patterns when necessary with sufficient flexibility and resilience

Leading Others:

  • Inspires and encourages others to meet their targets and demonstrates enthusiasm for work
  • Helps others do their job better and progress personal learning, and provides coaching, feedback, and ensures training and expert support are available
  • Able to delegate and offers coaching and support to ensure success with the task
  • Monitors progress of work, gives clear directions and uses a range of leadership styles as appropriate
  • Role models and encourages others to seek and act upon opportunities for different or innovative approaches to addressing problems and opportunities

Working Effectively With Others:

  • Participates in organizational initiatives and is willing to place personal targets second in favor of other organizational priorities
  • Is aware of issues that may affect the work of others, draws others attention to these issues and provides/seeks guidance and coaching as needed
  • Takes time to listen to others and asks questions to ensure understanding, brings disagreement into the open for discussion and acts as a facilitator/coach during discussions and moderates own views/perspectives for the good of the group
  • Aware of what information needs to be given to whom and is able to communicate messages in an appropriate way
  • Identifies critical people in any decision process, has developed a range of different approaches and selects the appropriate style for the situation
  Requirements  

Educational Requirements:

  • Bachelors or Masters in any discipline from any reputed university/ institutions

Experience Requirements:

  • Minimum 10 years of experience providing a whole range of administration and logistics services to an organization, ideally with at least 5 to 6 years in an International NGO prior to 3-5 years humanitarian aid experience

Additional Job Requirements:

  • Highly developed analytical and problem solving skills
  • Hold relevant Administration and/or Logistics qualifications. MBA desirable 
  • Proven financial management skills and human resources skills 
  • Proven knowledge of computerized systems and demonstrable experience of working with computerized logistics packages and spreadsheets 
  • Ability to influence senior managers and peers over a wide range of issues 
  • Ability to develop close working relationships with internal and external stakeholders 
  • Strong communication skills including the ability to deliver complex and technical messages in simple terms 
  • Able to work in highly pressured environments 
  • Behavioral role model for peers and fellow team members 
  • Ability to adapt to different cultures 
  • Demonstrate commitment and sensitivity to gender issues
  Salary and benefits  

Salary Range: Negotiable

Other Benefits: As per organisation policy

Job Location: Cox's Bazar

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Last Apply Date: 27/Apr/2019

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