National Project Coordinator

The National Project Coordinator will coordinate the ILO component of the Joint UN Programme on the Care Economy in Bangladesh. The role involves managing project delivery, policy support, partnership development, knowledge management, and monitoring and reporting to strengthen Bangladesh’s care system through gender-responsive policies and integrated governance frameworks.

Responsibilities

• Manage the operational delivery of the project, including multi-year workplans, budget management, procurement, contracting of service providers, and quality-assurance of technical outputs.
• Coordinate the overall planning, day-to-day implementation, and risk management of the ILO component of the joint care economy programme.
• Coordinate the design and execution of policy-to-practice demonstration interventions that test integrated care solutions, ensuring key learnings are documented for potential national scale-up.
• Coordinate context analysis, evidence generation, and policy research on the care economy, including macroeconomic analysis, care-investment modeling, social protection provisions, labour market implications and gender equality assessments.
• Provide technical support in the development and implementation of an integrated national care policy, governance framework, and service delivery coordination mechanisms across national and sub-national institutions.
• Design, coordinate, and deliver targeted capacity-development initiatives, technical workshops, and high-level policy dialogues on decent work and care governance for key stakeholders.
• Serve as the primary ILO technical focal point within the joint UN programme, facilitating joint planning, technical alignment, inter-agency coordination mechanisms, and steering committee meetings.
• Facilitate structured engagement, multi-stakeholder consultations, and tripartite social dialogue among government ministries, employers' organizations, workers' organizations, and civil society actors.
• Contribute to partnership development and resource mobilization initiatives, including tracking donor priorities, preparing proposal materials, and documenting investment cases for the care economy.
• Lead the development of analytical knowledge products, policy briefs, lessons learned documents, and advocacy communication materials to ensure strong project visibility and policy impact.
• Lead the results-based monitoring and reporting of the ILO component of the joint care economy programme.
• Conduct regular project monitoring missions and site visits to track implementation progress, verify deliverables, evaluate partner performance, and engage local stakeholders.

Requirements

• First-level university degree in economics, public policy, social policy, development studies, gender studies, social sciences, labour studies, public administration, law, or another relevant field.
• An advanced university degree is an advantage.
• At least three years of progressively responsible professional experience at the national level in project or programme management, including work planning, implementation, monitoring, reporting, and stakeholder coordination.
• Experience in the care economy, gender equality, social protection, or labour market policy is required.
• Experience with UN joint programmes, government institutions, and social partners is highly desirable.
• Excellent command of Bangla and English, both written and spoken.
• Strong project management skills, including the ability to translate strategic objectives into workplans, budgets, and deliverables.
• In-depth knowledge of results-based management, monitoring frameworks, indicators, and analytical reporting.
• Ability to analyze complex policy, institutional, and social issues and synthesize evidence into clear policy options.
• Strong understanding of national care-system development, gender equality, social protection, and decent work.
• Proven ability to build effective partnerships and coordinate government, UN agencies, social partners, and civil society.
• Demonstrated skill in facilitating tripartite dialogue, multi-stakeholder consultations, and technical negotiation.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills, with a track record of producing concise technical reports and policy briefs.
• Ability to work in a multicultural environment and to demonstrate gender-sensitive and non-discriminatory behavior and attitudes.
• Demonstrate values for integrity and transparency, collaboration, client orientation, accountability, adaptability, and sensitivity to diversity.
• This is a national position open to Bangladeshi candidates only.

Skills

• Project Management
• Work Planning
• Project Implementation
• Monitoring and Reporting
• Stakeholder Coordination
• Care Economy Knowledge
• Gender Equality Policy Advocacy
• Social Protection Policies
• Labour Market Policy
• UN Joint Programmes Management
• Government Relations
• Result-Based Management
• Monitoring Frameworks
• Indicator Development
• Analytical Reporting
• Policy Analysis
• Partnership Building
• Multi-Stakeholder Consultation
• Technical Negotiations
• Technical Report Preparation
• Policy Brief Writing

Languages

Bangla, English