Project Manager - CREATE

CREATE is an equal opportunity project seeking applications for the following position:

Project Manager – 1 position

Academic Qualifications: MBA in Business Studies/Administration or MSc in Social Science or Textile Engineering or Apparel Merchandising from a reputed University.

Duration of Employment: From June 01, 2023 to August 31, 2027, with a condition of six months' probation period, and positive evaluation in the year-end.

Salary Range: BDT 60,000.00-80,000.00 (gross) per month

Experience:

1. Minimum three years of experience in working on any academic research project or large apparel companies/global brands or international projects or international organizations 
2. Have solid knowledge and expertise on project management with international communication skills
3. Special preference may be given to the candidate with solid management experience on garment industry or apparel recycling industry project/unit
4. Have leadership skill in team management and networking with garment companies and industry stakeholders.
5. Have experience and skill in organizing conferences, seminars, and workshops
6. Have experience on project management reporting, international communication, and bookkeeping.

Skills:

1. Have skill in office administration and team management
2. Have skill to accomplish project objectives in given deadlines.
3. Fluent in writing and speaking in Bangla and English
4. Ability to prepare project report, news-paper report/short article, and audit report
5. Have command on MS Office, particularly in word, excel, and PowerPoint
6. Skills in graphic design, adobe illustrator, and any other relevant software

Responsibilities:

1. Follow the guidelines and suggestions given by the project leader/coordinator/deputy coordinator
2. Maintain office hours as per the AUST rules
3. Manage office activities and coordinate research-team on work-packages to achieve the set goals
4. Organize workshops, seminars, and conferences as per requirements of the CREATE project
5. Oversee the activities of researchers, research associates, research assistants and PhD students
6. Communicate with project leaders, coordinators, and senior researchers in Bangladesh and Denmark
7. Organize, attend, and manage the research visits to buyers' offices, suppliers' factories, and other stakeholders' offices
8. Ensure necessary logistics for field visits and data collection
9. Store the collected data, necessary documents, photos, videos, and other relevant documents
10. Assist work-package leaders when necessary
11. Assist project leader and project coordinator for organizing PhD courses, conference, stakeholders' meetings, and relevant events
12.  Maintain correspondence with Aalborg University research management team and other international collaborators in Denmark and the UK
13. Perform any other responsibilities deemed necessary to achieve project objectives

Information and Application: Suitable candidates are requested to submit the application package as a single PDF document by email to [email protected] on or before 22.04.2023 by addressing to the undersigned.

The application package should contain:

a) A detailed Curriculum Vitae (affixed with passport size photograph) including a list of scientific publications in peer reviewed journals/any specimen of written report/document/Internship Report (Where applicable).
b) Copies of academic and experience certificates,
c) Copy of National ID Card, and
d) A cover letter elaborating the motivation for the application.

Please note that The CREATE Office is unable to acknowledge the receipt of your documents. Only short-listed candidates will be called for assessment/interview.

'CREATE' (Circular economy in Bangladesh's garments industry) is a research and capacity building project funded by Danish Ministry of Foreign Affairs (DANIDA fellowship Center), Denmark. This is by far the largest multi-stakeholder 'research project on circular economy in apparel industry' led by Aalborg University Business School, Aalborg University (AAU), Denmark, in partnership with Copenhagen Business School, SOAS University of London, Manchester Metropolitan University and Manchester Fashion Institute, Global Fashion Agenda Copenhagen, Access2Innovation, Danish Fashion and Textiles (DM&T), Ethical Trading Initiative UK, Reverse Resources, Dhaka University and IBA, and Ahsanullah University of Science and Technology (AUST), and BGMEA. AUST is hosting this project in Bangladesh and responsible for local coordination in collaboration with AAU.

CREATE aims to examine the circularity shift in apparel GVCs, and the challenges and opportunities it presents. It, however, aims to explore how Bangladesh's apparel industry can implement circularity to retain its position in reconfigured apparel GVCs as well as drive green industrialization processes to meet the sustainability goal by 2030.

The five-year long research project compromises five work-packages focusing on mapping the pre-consumed textile recycling opportunities and challenges, baseline study of resource use and waste, firm-level capabilities and costs, evaluation of the recycling initiatives/resources and corporate strategies, leading to policy and strategy formulation initiatives for Bangladesh Government, suppliers, and brands.