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BANGLADESH COUNTRY DIRECTOR

Practical Action

October 2019


Contents

About Practical Action

Overview of the Role

Scope of The Role

Accountabilities

Person Profile

How to Apply

About Oxford HR

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We are an international development organisation putting ingenious ideas to work so people in poverty can change their world.

problems. Challenges made worse by catastrophic climate change and persistent gender inequality. We work with communities to develop ingenious, lasting and locally owned solutions for agriculture, water and waste management, climate resilience and clean energy. And we share what works with others, so answers that start small can grow big.

We’re a global change-making group. The group consists of a UK registered charity with community projects in Africa, Asia and Latin America, an independent development publishing company and a technical consulting service. We combine these specialisms to multiply our impact and help shape a world that works better for everyone.

About Practical Action


Overview of the Role

Reporting to the International Director, the Country Director has overall responsibility for shaping and delivering on our ambitious strategy in Bangladesh. S/he will lead a high performing team to develop and test out ingenious ideas that can address systemic challenges, demonstrate and learn from what works, and inspire others to adopt successful approaches at scale.

In Bangladesh, we work in both a development and humanitarian context supporting communities and government to build resilience to climate change, make cities safer, make farming work for smallholder farmers and use energy to transform lives. We do this through a range of programmes, consultancy services and policy/advocacy work with communities, local authorities and the private sector, national government, academic institutions, other NGOs and donors.

The Country Director will be a dynamic, exemplary leader with the drive and experience to manage change and achieve impact. Entrepreneurship and new ways of thinking and working will be essential in this role as will good knowledge of the country context. Externally oriented with a proven track record of successful fundraising, building and nurturing strategic relationships with partners, development donors, commercial clients and government, the

achieve impact.


Scope of the Role

Internally, the Country Director will ensure sound, high quality management of all programmes, consultancies and operations to meet our standards and those of the donor or client. S/he will drive a focus on quality, results-centred delivery and accountability. This will include sound financial management and controls that mitigate risk and ensure that our business model is viable. S/he will have demonstrated experience of managing and mentoring high performing teams and promoting a culture of excellence and professionalism in all we do.

The Country Director is also a member of Practical Action’s global Strategic Leadership Team, contributing to shaping the group’s overall strategic direction and leading on specific global pieces of work. We expect all our teams, and especially our leaders to have a strong commitment to Practical Action’s vision, mission and values and ensure the protection of children and vulnerable adults with whom we work.


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Country Director, Bangladesh

Bangladesh Country Office

International Director

Senior Management Team in Bangladesh

Strategic Leadership Team

With external partners; with all other Regional & Country Directors; with

people & culture and communications

Oversight of a growing country portfolio, currently of £3m/pa

Dhaka, Bangladesh

5 years with potential for renewal

TBD

annum

Scope of the Role


Strategic Leadership:• Demonstrate and model strategic leadership qualities and

behaviours at all times to foster a culture that values learning,collaboration, dynamism, accountability and transparency.

• Actively contribute to setting, guiding, and monitoring PracticalAction’s global strategic direction and priorities taking intoconsideration global trends and our capacities, opportunities andrisks.

• Lead the Senior Management Team in Bangladesh to develop,implement and monitor viable strategic and business plans based onentrepreneurial ways of working to achieve impact.

• Ensure our ethics and values, as set out in our Code of Conductand related policies, including safeguarding, are embedded in teamculture and well modelled through the leadership team

Achieving Change Ambitions: • Ensure that we apply our Framework for Change, using systems

analysis and our pathways for change and integrating gender, toachieve sustainable impact at scale.

• Nurture a culture of strategic and purposeful learning across theteam to continuously improve our work and inspire others to adoptmodels that are proven to work.

• Seek and foster opportunities for bold collaboration between ourwork in Bangladesh and in other countries to maximise our globalimpact

Accountabilities


Generating Income and Nurturing Relationships: • Provide the vision and leadership for an ambitious but feasible

fundraising strategy and plan• Foster and lead relationships with partners, commercial clients and

development donors that support our fundraising strategy, for bothprogrammes and consultancy work. This will require external-facingrepresentation, networking, visibility, creativity and engagement.

• Ensure our business development processes align to our strategy,yield high quality design, promote business viability and minimiseor mitigate risk.

People, Capabilities and Leadership • Ensure that the capabilities, accountabilities and structures of the

• Create and nurture a culture of excellence, teamwork, motivation,satisfaction and high performance.

•culture that promotes the Practical Action People ManagementProcess, employee engagement strategies, remuneration, learningand development, leadership development, workforce planning andtalent management and growth.

Accountabilities


Delivering Performance •

compliant with our policies and procedures and those of donors,clients and Government.

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• Identify, mitigate and manage operational risks and ensure proper

administration, communications, reporting and M&E.• Be accountable for monitoring, achieving and reporting on global

KPIs, impact and project indicators, promoting a culture ofcontinuous learning to improve accountability and impact.

•and actively promote their use in improving the quality of andlearning from our programmes.

•recommendations are implemented.

• Be accountable for overall safety & security management, ensuringthat policies and procedures are consistently applied.

• Actively enhance Practical Action’s visibility and impact throughstrategic partnerships, representation, communications andengagement with government, non-government, and private sectoractors, as well as the media.

•Practical Action’s local and global reputation and brand awareness.

• Manage Practical Action’s reputation, combining global and local reputational perspectives to identify and manage challenges and risks.

Accountabilities


Person Profile

To be successful in the role, the ideal candidate will be able to demonstrate:

Essential Experience & Knowledge• Significant experience in the development field and/or consultancy

sector, preferably at a senior management level.• Experience of developing and leading ambitious, viable strategies.• Excellent knowledge of the Bangladesh context, ideally related to:

energy, agriculture, WASH and/or climate & resilience• Proven track record of leading portfolio growth• Experience of managing a high performing team to achieve results

and ability to drive change processes, bringing people along on thejourney

• Proven track record of managing multi-million pound portfolios,ensuring business viability, compliance, delivery and controls.

• High caliber representation and leadership in partnership building.• Cultural sensitivity and ability to effectively lead a diverse team.• Ability to manage multiple responsibilities and to set priorities.

Desirable• Proven ability to make sound and courageous decisions.• Ability to work collaboratively and play a global leadership role.• Excellent written & verbal communications skills: English and

Bangla.• A sound understanding of and commitment to gender equality.• Commitment to Practical Action’s vision, mission and values.• Ability to travel up to 8 weeks per year.• Post-graduate degree in relevant subject


All correspondence, at this stage, should be via Oxford HR.

To apply for this post, click on the “Apply” button in the job advert page and complete our online application form. Please provide a CV and Cover Letter – in ONE single document - which should be prepared before applying as they will be requested in the application process.

The statement should be no more than two pages long and explain why you are interested in this post and how your skills and experience

please see here.

The document should be saved in MS Word in the following format: Your First Name-Your Last Name-Document Name-Date (yymm) e.g: Pat-Jones- CVandStatement-1910

TimelineClosing date: Preliminary interviews:Final interviews:

If you have any queries on any aspect of the appointment process, need additional information, or would like to have an informal discussion about the role and the organisation, please email [email protected]

How to Apply

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