Program Director, Bangladesh Refugee Response

Establish, Resource and Staff the Programmes Unit to meet Response needs:

• Determine Programmes workforce needs, structure and staffing plan.
• Work with HR/P&C to recruit and deploy Programmes staff and plan for capacity development.
• Develop Programmes budget in coordination with Finance.
• Plan for Programmes Unit transition/ integration with NO/Response Team.

Facilitate Programme Planning Process to ensure Alignment with Context, Humanitarian needs, Response Strategy as well as Operational Feasibility and Technical Quality:

• Lead in the analysis of context, sector programming and ensure alignment of response strategy to the context and funding opportunities.
• Lead the process of response strategy process review and updating.
• Develop programme design based on response strategy, context and humanitarian needs.
• Update documents related to the strategy, strategy, logical framework, DME, HA and IM plans.
• Lead the grant acquisition for the response and collaborate with NO.

Support Finance in the Allocation and Tracking of Response Funding to ensure Response Strategic Priorities are funded & effective leveraging of available funding:

• Support mapping of all funding sources with Finance.
• Support funding allocation process (Private Non Sponsorship & grant opportunities) in coordination with Finance, Response Manager and Operations to reflect response strategic priorities, operational realities and ensure compliance with
• relevant funding regulations.
• Support Finance to track donor funding allocation and commitments to ensure response strategic priorities are funded.

Donor Liaison and Advocacy is undertaken to Resource Operations Plan to address Humanitarian needs:

• Monitor and analyse donor opportunities to ensure they align with operational intent.
• Communicate humanitarian needs identified through assessments, monitoring data and community feedback to in-country donors and Support Offices International Programmes Groups.
• Collaborate with Advocacy to influence donor funding strategies when appropriate.

Develop and submit Project Proposals to Donors to Resource Operations Plan:

• Develop project proposals with Operations, Advocacy, Finance and relevant Support functions and ensure stakeholders have the opportunity to review proposals and raise issues prior to submission to donors.
• Ensure proposals are aligned with the operational plan, sector DADDs and standards.
• Ensure proposals are aligned with accountability standards and basic DME requirements.
• Maintain donor and SOs communications to facilitate funding acquisition.
• Support Finance to ensure an up-to-date funding matrix.

Support Finance to establish Grant Management System to ensure Fulfillment of Donor Requirements:

• Support finance to conduct grant orientation or grant start-up workshops for relevant staff.
• Plan and manage donor reporting to ensure that all donor requirements are met.
• Support finance with monitoring of grants for compliance with grant requirements.

Plan, mplement, analyse and share findings from Assessment, Program Monitoring and Evaluation:

• Manage or support ongoing community based sector assessments as agreed with sector. Analyse assessment data and provide recommendations as appropriate.
• Finalize the baseline indicators for the response.
• Map interagency assessment processes and participate in joint assessments as agreed with response management.
• Design and support the implementation of the programme monitoring system.
• Develop and implement the programme monitoring system which integrates programme and project requirements.

Plan and manage Baselines, Evaluations, Reviews and Learning Events for continuous Improvement:

• Conduct real time evaluation (RTE) during the first phase of the response.
• Plan and manage project/programme baselines, evaluations and reviews to meet donor and organisational requirements.
• Communicate baseline, evaluation and review findings with response staff and communities.