Project Manager - Missing Child Alert (Bangladesh) Vacancy with Plan Bangladesh

Plan is an international humanitarian, child-centered development organization with no religious, political or government affiliations working in 70 countries across the globe with its headquarters in the UK. Plan works with over one million children, their families and communities in 50 developing countries around the world, implementing projects at the grass root and national level in health, education, water and sanitation, income generation and cross cultural communication. Plan is registered with the United Nations following recognition in 1989 and has consultative status with the United Nations Economic and Social Council and UNICEF. We are inviting applications for the following positions in Plan Bangladesh:

Project Manager - Missing Child Alert (Bangladesh)

Based in Dhaka + Consolidated Monthly Salary Tk. 101,801 -127,251 + 3 years' employment contract.

You will be responsible for achieving the project deliverables by providing technical assistance to the project partner with a project team located in Dhaka, Jessore and Satkhira. As part of sub-regionai Missing Child Alert (MCA) project, the overall objective of this project is to develop and pilot a sustainable cross border anti-child trafficking alert system in Bangladesh, India and Nepal. The MCA project also focuses on tracing and rescuing trafficked children and women and links prevention, protection, rehabilitation, lobby and advocacy efforts to ensure an effective and efficient approach to reduce child trafficking. On a regular basis, you will have to ensure the technical assistance for developing social protection group; building institutional awareness on MCA system; designing training programs for local authorities; developing youth media groups and media partnership for creating mass awareness; developing systems and approaches for repatriation and re-integration of trafficked survivors; and conducting national level advocacy. Other routine responsibilities include working closely with finance and other departments to ensure that project meets both internal and external operational requirements, and leading and coordinating an effective system of monitoring and evaluation that ensures high quality donor reporting. For this role, you should have Masters degree in any discipline with at least five years' managerial and technical experience in anti-chiid trafficking programs/projects and demonstrated ability to work with high level policy audience. Other essential requirements are excellent communication skills in English and Bangla and ability to write quality reports. The job requires intensive field visits and an ability to work under pressure.

To apply, please send your CV with a covering letter and completed Plan's Job Application Form to: People & Culture Team, House # CWN (B) 14, Road # 35, Gulshan 2, Dhaka 1212 by 28^th March 2012. The Job Application Form can be downloaded from www.bdjobs.com. Only short listed applicants will be called for interview. Any form of persuasion in the selection process will automatically disqualify the candidacy.

Plan is an equal opportunities employer

As an international child-centered development organization, committed to the well-being of children and to supporting the convention on the Rights of the Child, Plan does not tolerate child abuse.

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