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About Synergos

Synergos is a New York based global agency that builds trust and collaboration to solve complex problems. Its program in Bangladesh began in 2018 with an objective to find a scalable and sustainable solution to child drowning. Over a period of three years Synergos convened a broad network of allies for child drowning prevention, beyond injury prevention to collectively design a business case for integrated childcare, development, and protection services to elevate policy priority, action, and investment on the broader issue of childcare and protection. As a result, in February 2022 the government of Bangladesh pledged US$ 32 Million–with 80% of funding committed under the aegis of the Ministry of Women and Children’s Affairs (MoWCA)– for a Development Project on Integrated Community-based Centre for Childcare, Protection and Swimsafe Facilities Project (ICBC) over three years ending in December 2024 with a vision to national scaling. At this implementation phase, Synergos provides strategic and technical assistance support to the Project Management Team led by Bangladesh Shishu Academy (BSA). Synergos will also provide ancillary support to ICBC Project on leadership capacity development for delivery of integrated childcare services.

Position Background

The Senior Project Manager-Bridging Leadership (BL) is a senior position who will serve as a full-time Synergos Bangladesh team member. The appointment is initially for a six month phase, and is highly likely to be renewed. Primarily, the SPM will be responsible for executing Synergos’ Bridging Leadership Project workplan designed to build collaborative leadership skills so that the ICBC project’s key actors operate with a systems perspective on the issue and opportunities, with deepened shared commitment for ECCD, and with greater cohesion as a network of leaders for ECCD action. The role entails building a relationship of trust with the ICBC Project Management Team, implementing NGOs and other partners associated with the BL project. Design and organize together with the Program Manager bridging leadership training workshops and field visits national and district level govt officials and stakeholders promoting cross sector coordination, collaboration and setting up an effective referral mechanism for government ICBC Project. It is essential that the position develops a deep understanding of the adaptive integrated design of the ICBC project and its requirement for a different kind of leadership approach and mindset. With this insight the Senior Project Manager will hold the following responsibilities:

Key Responsibilities

• Be responsible for timely execution of the Bridging Leadership Project workplan, supported by the Synergos Country Lead and Program Manager, and periodically review and update the workplan to effectively deliver on the BL project.
• Lead the development of an inspirational leadership curriculum for ICBC project functionaries and related stakeholders, by working with Synergos Bangladesh team and local advisory group to adapt from the generic BL curriculum.
• Manage the development of facilitation guide or other training toolkits for Training of Trainer (ToT) sessions to build local capacity on Bridging Leadership training or coaching. Ensure and supervise that the learning and training tools are appropriately translated in Bangla.
• Facilitate partner engagements and workshops as a bridging leader, informed by participation in curriculum design and ideation meetings and in-house BL facilitation sessions.
• Serve as key liaison between Synergos workshops participants and ICBC Project management which continues post workshop. At the same time, guide and provide them online feedback on practicing their BL leadership facilitation skills among significant ICBC ecosystem partners over the course of the project.
• Connect and coordinate with the diverse partners and stakeholders of the BL project and ICBC Project ecosystem partners with a view to creating motivation for collaboration and coordination to expedite cross-sector delivery of ECCD services.
• Publicly represent Synergos’ BL initiative to a range of stakeholders–including senior government officials, BL project partners and ICBC technical partners—in support of project goals.
• Assist Synergos Bangladesh Team to execute the M&E and data collection plans for BL project and work with the global M&E consultant to develop data collection and other tracking tools in line with the M&E plan and deliver on BL project Theory of Change outcomes.
• Contribute to preparation of donor narrative and other technical reports, generating, and sharing learnings from the project with government officials and wider stakeholders.
• Assist the DPP-Synergos Country Lead in managing consultant/contractor assignments.
• Participate in and prepare for weekly Synergos virtual team meeting, bi-monthly donor meeting and represent Synergos at other meetings as necessary.
• Other related responsibilities/tasks as may be required by the Country Lead and the US based Director, Programs.