Deputy Country Representative

We are looking for our projects in Bangladesh for a

Deputy Country Representative

Project Duration: 12 months Position Start Date: 15 August 2011 Position Location: Bangladesh, based in Dhaka (with 50% travel in the field) Supervisor: Country Representative Bangladesh Supervises: National staff in Bangladesh Deadline: Terre des hommes does not set closing date for this post; recruitment is ongoing until the position is filled.

Contractual Conditions: Swiss salaried contract 3’541 CHF (2’700 €) < > 4’677 CHF (3’500 €) /month according to experience x 13, Annual Leave: 25 days per year, local accommodation and transportation, Health insurance, accident and medical repatriation insurance, return flight.

The Deputy Country Representative is expected to have a strong background in Health and Nutrition as her/his responsibilities and tasks will primarily be linked to that particular field.

General responsibilities:
• Collaborates with Tdh’s National Director for Health and Nutrition as well as project management staff, oversees and appraises all health and nutrition clinical and field operations within Tdh’s projects/programmes in Bangladesh ensuring compliance with Tdh Thematic policies. • Facilitates professional systems of reporting, and monitoring/evaluation across all projects and facilitates learning across the various areas of intervention, capturing best practice to showcase both internally and externally. • Promotes Tdh’s interests in Bangladesh, including forging positive relations with the Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation and other bilateral and multi-lateral donors, NGO and UN networking groups. • Helps ensure that all Tdh policies (such as Child Protection Policy, safety and security, etc.) are implemented by the Tdh team and all partners. • Stands in for the Country Representative in his/her absence.

Project management: • Supervises health & nutrition management staff, with oversight of health facilities, monitoring and evaluation teams (including Monitoring and Information System) and project guidelines (budget, timeline, technical approach). • Contributes to design and implementation of Monitoring & Evaluation systems and tools for all project work (per logframe) to control quality, efficiency and effectiveness. • Develops and monitor quarterly and annual work plans. • Participates in developing new proposals and budgets for submission to Tdh’s Asia desk as requested. • Identifies local funding sources for Health, nutrition and WASH projects. • Oversees reporting (monthly situation reports, donor monitoring reports, annual reports, capitalization of experience, etc.) by project teams and partners. • Facilitates context assessments at country and regional level, when required.

Finance: • Co-reviews the budgets and financial performance and works with the Director of Finance on budgeting, accounting and auditing, as required. • Reviews project expenditure, with particular regard to financial performance of each project and analyzes areas of under or over expenditure.

Human Resources: • Facilitates the implementation and updating of all Tdh policies (Child Protection, Personnel, “Whistle Blowing”, etc). • Supports the management of Tdh staff, expatriate as well as local, according to Tdh policies, including: promoting strategies for the capacity building of national staff; overseeing the updating of job descriptions; recruiting as defined in the administrative procedures; conducting regular staff performance appraisal; helping establish and maintaining a transparent and fair salary grill; taking disciplinary action (as and when necessary).

Communication: • Fosters positive external and internal communication as part of the Bangladesh Delegation Office (Dhaka), between projects and partners (Kurigram/Borguna), with Tdh Asia/Lausanne resource persons in MCH/N and WASH and with the Desk in Lausanne. • Liaises with Tdh’s Resource Persons and Regional Advisors, and engages in action-oriented research activities (publications, collaboration with research institutes, DRR integration, etc.). • Develops and updates Tdh organizational briefs, as and when required. • Facilitates experience capitalization workshops.

External coordination and representation • Represents Tdh at meetings and fora organised by the GO/NGO/UN. • Fosters positive relations with bi-lateral donors, including the Swiss Development Agency for Cooperation, and multi-lateral donors, as well as local authorities (Union Councils, Civil Surgeon, Dept. Public Health Engineers, Municipal authorities, etc.).

Partnership development: • Supports the National Managers in their work with partners: in particular, monitors MoUs / Partnership Agreements; identifies ways in which they need support (training, structure); fosters adherence with Tdh policies, where appropriate.

Child Protection Policy: • Commits to respect the Child Protection Policy. • Commits to ensure the best implementation possible of the Child Protection Policy in Bangladesh.

Professional Profile: • Master in Public Health or Medical Doctor • English (French, German or Bangla capacities will be an asset) • Experience: Minimum five years in emergency and development contexts, Mother and Child Health/Nutrition projects, participative (community-led) approaches, training, HR management, team coordination, KAP surveys, Project Cycle Management (including management information systems). • Aptitudes: adaptive capacity to evolving contexts (natural disasters, security), autonomy, organized and methodical style of work and management, proactive, sense of initiative, team player and effective communicator, trainer, solution oriented, analysis, synthesis, report writing and IT software related to post.

Personal skills: • Good team spirit • Excellent analytical and written communication skills • Excellent knowledge of Project Cycle Management • Resistant to stress

Procedure:

We will only consider complete online applications which correspond to the required profile: http://tdh.ch/en/jobs/155

Your application must include a complete CV and a covering letter.

If you are not shortlisted, your file will be destroyed, according to the rules on data protection.

If you face difficulties in applying online, please contact our webmaster: webmaster@tdh.ch

The recruitment and selection procedures of Terre des hommes reflect our commitment for children’s security and protection.