Bangladesh: a Deputy Divisional Director

Context:

In Cox Bazar, Bangladesh

Action Against Hunger began working in Bangladesh since 2007 following the floods in Shariatpur and cyclone Sidr. Since then, Action Against Hunger has been working to fight against hunger, malnutrition and responding to humanitarian crisis in Bangladesh. As of today, Action Against Hunger is running its programmes in South-west and South-east of Bangladesh. The organization has received its NGO Affairs Bureau Registration on 2008. The activities with refugees in Cox’s Bazar started in 2009 and as gradually increased and extended to the Bangladeshi community in 5 different upazillas.

The government renewed Action Against Hungers’ registration in March 2018, FD1, for the next 10 years. Over the years, the organization has built strategic relationships with local/national partners strengthening their capacity by cross learning and extended support.

The programmatic and operational activities have expanded considerably over the last 12 months and the team has expanded to close to 1000 national staffs, 15 international staffs and 1500 volunteers. 25 projects are on-going in Dhaka, Satkhira/Barguna and Cox’s Bazar (mainly funded by BPRM; COFRA Foundation; DANIDA; DFID; SDC; SIDA; UNFPA; UNHCR; UNICEF; WFP; ECHO). Our main fields of focus are : Nutrition & Health, Food Security and Livelihood, Water, Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH), Disaster Risk Reduction and Management (DRR&M) and Mental Health and Care Practices (MHCP). The security situation remains comparably stable in the area.

The position:

You will ensure at the Cox Bazar division level, the overall implementation of the programme strategy and the quality of the programs as well as the coordination of new project proposals development in line with the mission strategy.

More precisely your missions will be:

• Coordinate the overall implementation of ACF operations at field level
• Contribute to the identification of new intervention opportunities and coordinate proposals and reports writing process at field level
• Manage the teams at field level
• Support Divisional Director in security management
• Ensure the MEAL process is implemented at field level

The applicant:

• You hold a Master’s Degree, ideally in Humanitarian Program Coordination, International Development, International Relations
• You have at least 6 years of proven work experience emergency as well as medium/large scale development projects, multi-sectoral projects with especiall attention to NUT and Health Food security & livelihoods, WASH sectors,
• You have at least 6 years of professional experience at country level with 2-3-year prior experience in a similar or comparable position;
• You have excellent capacity of strategic humanitarian context analysis
• You have substantial knowledge of standard logistics procedures and practices
• You developed good knowledge of financial and HR procedures
• You know ACF intervention sectors
• You have strong communication, networking and representation skills (written, oral, cross cultural)
• You have leadership and management skills in a complex international setting
• You are Fluent in English
• If you have an experience in South Asia and or Bangladesh, it will be considered advantageous;
• You have experience on coordination with other international actors, Technical Working Groups and Clusters (i.e. UN agencies, INGOs, local authorities);
• You are experienced, mature, responsible, flexible, self-motivated, interested, and good stress management in tense and difficult environment;
• You are dedicated to Action Against Hunger values and policies

Contract:12 months fixed term contract under French legislation

Remuneration and benefits :

• Monthly gross salary: from €1948 to €2498 upon experience.
• · Per diem and living allowance: €532 (cf eurocost) net, field paid.
• · + 16% of monthly gross salary as reimbursement of retirement insurance for non-French citizen.
• · + Child allowance, limited to 5 children.

Transportation and accommodation:

• · Coverage of transportation costs to and in the mission.
• · Individual room in guesthouse covered

Medical coverage: 100% coverage of medical expenses + repatriation insurance.

Leaves and RnR:

• · 25 days of paid leaves per year.
• · + 20 RnR per year.
• · + 215 € at each RnR period every 12 weeks
• · Coverage of the transportation expenses to the RnR area of reference (Thailand)

Training :

• · Free and unlimited access to the certifying e-learning platform Crossknowledge ©.
• · Technical trainings at HQ or regional level (averagely 1 per year).
• · Intermission Workshop once a year.
• · Participation to external trainings costs upon eligibility of the request.

To apply, please visit our website: http://recrutement.actioncontrelafaim.org/positions/view/3927/a-Deputy-Divisional-Director/