Country: Bangladesh
Closing date: 10 Jan 2016
Project Manager
Location Bangladesh
Type of contract - 14 Months Fixed Term
Competitive salary £32,957.00 - £52,141.00
Job Reference: BBC/TP/394285/14520
Job Introduction
BBC Media Action is the BBC’s international development charity, which uses media and communications to help reduce poverty and support people to understand their rights. We do this through partnering with civil society, media and others to produce creative programmes and other outputs which inform and engage audiences on key development issues. We also strengthen the media sector through building professional capacity and infrastructure. We focus on health, governance and rights, and resilience and humanitarian response. In Bangladesh we are producing an exciting television community challenge programme to support Bangladeshis to adapt to changes in climate, and supporting local radio stations to produce programmes that hold local leaders to account. Our high profile, quality television drama, public service announcements and radio programmes are helping to improve sexual, maternal and child health.
Main Responsibilities
You’ll ensure that our growing portfolio of health activities deliver on time, on budget and with fantastic outcomes for people across Bangladesh. Working closely with the Project Director and production staff, you’ll be responsible for overall planning, monitoring and reporting of our maternal and child health, and sexual and reproductive health projects. You’ll take responsibility for specific deliverables within the portfolio, including overseeing marketing and promotion; and mobile and web-based content production. You’ll develop relationships with potential partners and donors, and contribute to securing new income through developing project ideas and writing proposals. You may have some line management responsibility. You’ll be based in Dhaka and will travel in Bangladesh.
The Ideal Candidate
We need your experience of developing and managing projects, ideally in the development field, as well as your experience managing complex budgets and working with contracts. You’ll bring an understanding of international development, including the use of media for development goals, and will have lived and worked in a developing country. Your experience working with in either media or development, ideally in Asia, will be essential. You’ll have shown your ability to secure new business, through identifying donors and writing successful proposals. With experience managing staff and working with people whose first language is not English, you excellent interpersonal and communication skills will be important in this role. You’ll also have strong financial management skills, including experience of managing large budgets and knowledge of the reporting requirements of funders.
To apply, please visit http://careerssearch.bbc.co.uk/jobs/job/Project-Manager-Health/14520
Closing date: 10/01/16.
How to apply:
http://careerssearch.bbc.co.uk/jobs/job/Project-Manager-Health/14520