NGO Platform Coordinator Bangladesh

What we are looking for

NRC is looking for an NGO Platform Coordinator to join the Bangladesh mission. The role holder will ensure delivery of the NGO Platform’s strategic objectives and accountability to members, partners, and donors; manage membership processes; coordination between members; and manage the secretariat.

If you are an influential, diplomatic, and collaborative leader; with strong interpersonal, networking, collaboration, and stakeholder management skills; and the ability to build constructive relationships with external parties then this is the role for you!

What you will do

• Representation (represent the NGO Platform at key meetings and ensure external communication).
• Strategic Planning, Policy, and Advocacy (advise and provide recommendations, strategy implementation, and develop advocacy messaging).
• Coordination (facilitation and documentation of meetings).
• Leadership and Organisational Development (member capacity building, and best practices and lessons learnt facilitation).

What you will bring

• Senior project management experience in coordination fora, consortia, partnerships, or equivalent structures.
• Programming responsibility in a humanitarian/protracted crisis or refugee context.
• Monitoring and evaluation demonstrable expertise.
• Organisational representation experience.
• Partnership management track record.
• Strategy development and fundraising expertise.
• Rohingya crisis donor landscape, priorities, and conditions knowledge.
• English fluency, both written and verbal.

What makes this position attractive?

• The opportunity to work in the steadily growing NRC mission of Bangladesh that has scaled up since inception in 2018 to respond to the Rohingya influx, and that has an increasingly growing portfolio and funding. NRC interventions are used to increase the acceptance of humanitarian assistance amongst Rohingya and Bangladeshi populations.
• In addition to the existing Rohingya refugee response, NRC’s integrated activities are addressing the impacts of displacement from climate change in Cox’s Bazar, in the North-East and South-West parts of Bangladesh. As of 2022, NRC is working to respond to severe floods in Sylhet. Bangladesh is one of the world’s most disaster-prone countries while also hosting nearly 1 million Rohingya refugees. This is considered a protracted emergency in which displacement and recurrent climate disasters combine.
• Meaningful work that responds to the diverse needs, priorities, and concerns raised by beneficiary communities. The current context is set against a backdrop of continued conflict in Rakhine State, steady attenuation of humanitarian access, and political pressure to repatriate refugees. This is characterised by multiple localised emergencies adversely affecting communities and populations with low levels of resilience, high vulnerability, and acute poverty.
• Female candidates are strongly encouraged to join our work culture that empowers every employee to share ideas and take responsibility.

What we offer

• Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh duty station.
• 24-month contract duration.
• 5% travel, approximately.
• Grade 9 in NRC’s Salary Scale, with accompanying terms and conditions. NRC offers a competitive compensation and benefits package.
• NRC is an equal opportunities employer and aims to have staffing diversity in terms of age, gender, ethnicity, nationality, and physical ability.
• We think outside the box, encourage ideas, and give responsibility to all employees at all levels. You will have many opportunities to be heard and take the initiative.c

The full Job Description can be found on our website.