Bangladesh: Facilitation and Capacity Building Manager

iDE (https://www.ideglobal.org/) is seeking to fill the position of Facilitation and Capacity Building Manager on the anticipated Local Economic Development (LED) at District Level project, funded by the Swiss Agency for Development Cooperation (SDC). The project aims to “improve the income and wellbeing of small and medium entrepreneurs, their employees, and citizens through local inclusive economic growth, equitable employment, creation and access to basic services.” There is an 18-month inception phase through which LED will tested in two districts, with the aim to subsequently scale an LED model throughout Bangladesh over a period of at least four years. The anticipated duration of the position is 18 months with the possibility of extension.

Anticipated Responsibilities and Duties of the position:

• Develop an initial LED Toolkit based on experiences from other contexts
• Develop a curriculum for the LED capacity development events (3 day local events and national awareness raising events in collaboration with the national anchor) supported by an international LED expert
• Organize and facilitate the LED capacity development events
• Support the local government to mobilize local public and private stakeholders into the LED process
• In collaboration with the international LED expert design and facilitate the rapid diagnosis of local economies in pilot districts and, based on the results, support the planning of the implementation of resulting improvement projects
• Develop and implement the strategy and process to distribute incentive and seed money among planned LED projects in collaboration with the Project Director
• Support the Team Leader in the planning of the main implementation phase and development of relevant planning documents (ProDoc, budget, logframe, etc.)
• Update the LED Toolkit by integrating lessons learned during the pilot activities as a basis for LED activities in the first implementation phase.
• Co-determine selection criteria and budget allocation for seed-financing selected local LED activities
• Co-determine additional studies to be commissioned

Qualifications:

• Relevant academic degree, preferably in business or economics.
• At least 10 years of relevant work experience, incl. capacity building, facilitation and consultancy in local and regional economic development projects and programs in different economic contexts and countries, preferably in Asia, including Bangladesh.
• Profound technical expertise and work experience in local and regional economic development, good governance, value chain development, market system development, business services, small and medium enterprise (SME) promotion, business and investment climate and related fields.
• Committed to achieving results in a short time frame and under time pressure
• Sensitivity to political issues; knowledge of political and governance structures in Bangladesh is a necessity
• Highly communicative and transparent; excellent writing skills
• Proven track record in developing curricula, training and process manuals and toolkits in the field of economic development
• Fluency in English, working knowledge of Bengali would be an asset.

Please email CV and cover letter to bangladesh-recruit@ideglobal.org with “Facilitation and Capacity Building Manager” in the subject line.