Advisor (Part time)
Job Description
Title: Advisor (Part time)
Company Name: Rights Jessore
Vacancy: 01
Job Location: Jashore
Employment Status: Part-time
Educational Requirements:
∎ PhD degree in the field of elections/politics/governance/public administration.
Experience Requirements:
∎ 10 to 15 year(s)
Job Context:
∎ Rights Jessore is a leading human rights organization in Bangladesh dedicated to protection and promotion of human rights. Since its inception, Rights Jessore has been emphasizing on networking, capacity building of the stakeholders and documentations of human rights violations incidents to create an enabling environment for the prevention and protection of human rights.
∎ Rights Jessore is going to implement a project for promoting good governance and to improve accountability and transparency of the local elected representatives with the financial support of The Asia Foundation. The purpose of the project is to make the local elected representative accountable to the citizens and minimize corruption with the distribution of relief materials and other social safety-net services provided by the local elected representatives and also improve the service to pro poor people delivered by the local representatives. In this regard, Rights Jessore invites applications for the following positions;
Job Responsibilities:
∎ Ensure quality of project deliverables such as One-pager, financial disclosure format, and financial disclosure report, Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with elected representatives, module and different guidelines based on project design.
∎ Review the union selection criteria developed by the program staff and finalize it.
∎ Advise to the organization on the preparation of criteria to select civil society representatives to make the chairmen and members accountable in the unions concerned.
∎ Facilitate a briefing session to the program staff on the planned activities and successful implementation of planned activities.
∎ Provide guidance to the project staff in holding the media briefings.
∎ Provide strategic advice to the program staff in implementing project activities and achieving results.
∎ Mitigate the challenge and risks during implementation of the project activity at ground level.
∎ Monitor the project activities and supervise all staff of the project for ensuring effective implementation.
∎ Ensure quarterly field visit during the project period.
Additional Requirements:
∎ Minimum 10-15 years working experience on election and good governance.
∎ Having good computer skills on - MS Word, Excel, PowerPoint and using internet.
∎ Adequate knowledge on good governance, accountability and transparency and boarder development.
∎ Well-developed skills in priority setting, problem solving and writing.
∎ Able to work in team and good approach with personal commitment.
Salary:
∎ Monthly gross salary BDT 50,000
Compensation & Other Benefits:
∎ one festival bonus.
Application Deadline: 15 Dec 2020
Company Information:
∎ 7 Dec 2020
∎ Rights Jessore
∎ Business : NGO
Category: NGO/Development
: Please write the position applied for at the top of envelop or mention in the subject line of the email. Women and minorities are encouraged to apply. Any form of persuasion in the selection process will automatically disqualify the candidacy.
