Program Manager | LifeTree Bangladesh - Sundarbans

Company Name: The Earth

Location: Dhaka

Job Type: Contractual

Workplace Type: Full-time

Job ID: IJOB202664370

The Earth Society (TES) is a youth-centric NGO working on climate action, green skills development, sustainable entrepreneurship, and advocacy in Bangladesh. Through its programmes, TES weaves together capacity building, ecosystem restoration, and livelihood development to nurture an inclusive ecosystem of resilience and regeneration.

Project Description

LifeTree Bangladesh – Sundarbans is a regenerative agroforestry and reforestation initiative implemented by The Earth Society, in partnership with Sundori Agro and Mother Trees, and funded by Ecosia. The project facilitates the plantation of climate-resilient trees through homestead agroforestry, live fencing, and social forestry across the coastal districts of Khulna and Bagerhat, along the ecological buffer zone of the Sundarbans

— helping restore degraded landscapes, strengthen climate resilience, and build sustainable livelihoods for coastal communities.

Job Purpose

The Program Manager provides overall leadership, coordination, and management of the LifeTree Bangladesh – Sundarbans project, ensuring that reforestation, agroforestry, and social forestry targets across Khulna and Bagerhat districts are achieved on time, within budget, and to a high quality standard.

The Program Manager oversees the project's technical implementation through the Technical Specialist (who in turn leads the Technical Officers and Field Technicians), leads collaboration with local stakeholders, work planning and budget management, coordinates closely with funding and implementing partners, and represents the LifeTree Bangladesh – Sundarbans program, on behalf of The Earth Society.

Key Responsibilities

Program Leadership and Implementation

• Lead overall implementation of the LifeTree Bangladesh – Sundarbans project, ensuring homestead agroforestry, mangrove restoration and social forestry activities are delivered on time, within budget, and to a high quality standard.
• Play a key leadership role in team building, work planning, implementation management, and reporting for the project.
• Ensure activities outlined in project work plans and implementation schedules (e.g., the project Gantt chart) are completed according to timeline, budget, and quality benchmarks.
• Provide overall management oversight and support to the Technical Specialist, the Technical Officers, and Field Technicians and coordinate closely with institutional staff, such as HR, procurement, etc.
• Identify and proactively address bottlenecks impacting the speed or quality of program delivery, escalating to TES leadership and Mother Trees as appropriate.
• Participate in regular management calls with Mother Trees, presenting program progress, key challenges, and proposed solutions.
  
  

Requirements

• Experience: 5-7 years
• Education: bachelor of science in forestry
• Skills: technical team management, program management, project coordination, sustainability consulting, program management, staff management, site supervision, project-management, volunteer management, team mgmt
  
  

Last Date of Application: 19 September 2026