Country Director - Bangladesh
iDE, Bangladesh
Job Description
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Position Summary
The Country Director (CD), Bangladesh is responsible for every aspect of program activities in Bangladesh, including:
- Overall resource generation (fund mobilization) for iDE Bangladesh programs
- Financial management and accountability for iDE Bangladesh programs
- Project accountability to individual donors
- Public identity in Bangladesh for iDE
- Country program planning, implementation, and performance review
- Staff management and development
- Developing a pipeline of work in Bangladesh
This position reports directly to the Global Operations Department, and receives technical and other support from iDE headquarters staff, iDE Canada, and from other Country Directors and their technical staff. The CD works closely with the iDE offices in Canada and the UK, when funding and program implementation are generated from those offices. As iDE’s representative in-country, the Country Director has responsibility and accountability for all of iDE’s finances, assets and legal standing in Bangladesh.
Who we are looking for
At iDE, we are passionate about real change that gives people the power to prosper on their own terms. We are the best in the world at developing inclusive market ecosystems that adapt to grow and benefit everyone. Working with our social enterprises, small businesses, and farmers, we create opportunity through human centered designed projects that keep the needs of our clients at the core.
We are looking for someone who shares iDE’s values, passion, and commitment. Our selected Country Director will have well developed analytical and financial skills; understand how value chains and supply chains operate; and must have a good understanding of rural marketing and how to sell to the base of the pyramid to create social impact. Above all, our new Country Director must know how to lead, motivate, and inspire a team.
Major Duties and Responsibilities
Strategic Management
Link country activities to the overall strategy and performance improvement targets of iDE as a whole through developing country specific strategies and plans.
Resource Generation
Raise funds for the implementation of iDE Bangladesh programs and their expansion by coordinating with international donors and other funding sources. This includes responsibility for:
- Development of funding strategies
- Identification of potential funding sources
- Securing grants
- Cost recovery of appropriate organizational expenses
- Preparation and submission of proposals with coordinated budgets
Program Management
Day-to-day management of programs including:
- Appointment and supervision of program staff for iDE Bangladesh
- Review of existing accomplishments, target achievements, and strategies to date
- Implementation of effective decision-making systems including internal management, etc.
- Overall reporting and communication internally and outside iDE
- Implementation and reporting for all projects
- Responsibility for ensuring that program design is in compliance with iDE’s corporate mission and objectives
- Responsibility for ensuring compliance with donor and iDE rules and regulations on program implementation
- Annual review of the performance service providers and grantees
- Other duties and responsibilities as assigned
Finance and Administration Management
Provide administrative and financial management consistent with iDE organizational policies and procedures in close cooperation with Operations and Finance to the iDE program in Bangladesh. This includes responsibility for:
- Appointment and supervision of financial staff for iDE Bangladesh with support from with the Operations and Finance teams
- Development and maintenance of all administrative and financial controls and systems for all aspects of the Bangladesh program
- Responsibility for ensuring that administrative and financial procedures, practices and reporting are effective and in compliance with iDE standards and general accounting and administrative guidelines
- Responsibility for ensuring that all Bangladesh field offices are run in compliance with established administrative and financial procedures
- Responsibility for ensuring adherence to relevant Bangladesh Government regulations concerning operations of not-for-profit organizations in Bangladesh and for maintaining the good legal standing of iDE in Bangladesh.
Human Resource Management
Consistent with iDE organizational policies and procedures and in close cooperation with Operations and other iDE headquarters staff, devel