Technical Manager - CARE

CARE Bangladesh invites application from qualified candidates for "Strengthening the Dairy Value Chain Project in Bangladesh " funded by Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation. The covers 9 districts of north and north-west of Bangladesh for a period of 4 years up to October 2011.

1. Technical Manager- Health & Nutrition ( Based in Region-Rangpur) Key Responsibilities: The incumbent is responsible to ensure the quality of the field based maternal and child health program, growth monitoring and promotion services. Provide technical backstop support to 8-16 Technical Officers (TOs) of PNGOs and CARE staff, with active; support from the Technical Coordinator, Health & Nutrition at the central level. Build capacity of PNGO's staff through short training, case exercise, dialogue sessions, interactive meetings, arranging exposure visits. Core Qualifications and Competencies: MBBS with 3 years working experience in the community based health, hygiene & nutrition program strategy development and implementation or Masters of Social Science/Anthropology with 5 years experience in the community based HH&N program development and implementation. Strategic thinker and able to guide the program staff and government counterpart to activate the government's Health Service Providers in the remotest areas. Considerable technical knowledge and experience in capacity building and problem solving approaches. Ability to perform summary analysis of collected monitoring data and prepare high quality progress reports. Willingness to travel in the remotest areas. Experience in program budget preparation and expenditure analysis. Excellent written and oral communication skills in both English and Bangla. Computer skill in MS Word and Excel is essential. Compensation: Gross Salary for the position is approximately Tk 45,000.00 per month, plus other admissible benefits as per organizational policy.

2. Infrastructure Officer ( Based at different field locations under regional offices in Rangpur and Tangail) Key Responsibilities: Managing and organizing all the Cash/Food for Work (CFW/FFW) and infrastructure activities of Direct Delivery/PNGO operational (Char/Haor/Coastal/Slum) area. Responsible for implementation of large structures that are being implemented by LGED and Pourashava. To build up the technical capacity of PNGO and CARE field staff is one of the essential activities of this position. In all cases of infrastructure development, the incumbent has to cope with SHOUHARDO community led approach and S/he is responsible to ensure infrastructure related soft activities before construction of infrastructure. Ensure effective use of resources at field level. Conduct Technical surveys, monitoring and environmental assessment. Need to apply the appropriate judgment and to solve the field problems. Core Qualifications and Competencies: Diploma in Civil Engineering with a minimum of 6 years experience in development field including supervision and construction of various infrastructure interventions. Understanding the issues of the poor/poorest household/communities in Char, Haor, Coast and urban slums. Strong technical skills to ensure quality. Strong technical skills on participatory methods, partnership and environmental assessment. Strong leadership and interpersonal skills. Strong skills in liaison with different partners. Strong skills in community motivation. Sufficient knowledge of computer operation. Have motorcycle driving license and willing to drive motorcycle. Compensation: Gross Salary for above position is Tk. 23,500.00 per month, plus other admissible benefits as per organizational policy.

Interested candidates who fulfill the above requirements are requested to drop or mail their CVs (with cover letter, recent passport size photograph, and names/addresses of two non-relative referees) to: CARE-Bangladesh, 20-21, Kawran Bazar; Dhaka addressing Section Manager­ HRM, HRD&M Department or e-mail to hr@carebangladesh.org on or before October 8, 2008. Note: • Women are particularly encouraged to apply • Any persuasion will disqualify the candidates • Internal and external applicants shall be treated equally in the entire selection process • Applicants who have relatives in CARE are discouraged to apply • Only short listed candidates shall be invited for the interview • Please write the position applied for at the top right hand corner of the envelope. Visit CARE web-site on: www.carebd.org