Advocacy Officer
Job Description
Title: Advocacy Officer
Company Name: Friendship
Vacancy: 1
Age: Na
Job Location: Gaibandha
Salary: Negotiable
Experience:
Published: 2025-07-21
Application Deadline: 2025-07-27
Education:
- Bachelor of Social Science (BSS) in Social Science
- Master of Social Science (MSS) in Social Science
- Bachelor’s/Master’s degree in Social Sciences/ Relevant fields
- Based on work experience the education qualification may be reconsidered.
Requirements:
Skills Required:
Additional Requirements:
Skill and Competencies:
Additional Job Requirements:
- 2/3 years Job experience on persons with disabilities issues e.g. CBR process, Sign language, etc.
- Should have a proven record of leadership, team-building, cultural sensitivity and diplomacy.
- Working knowledge of English with the ability to write reports effectively.
- Working experience with computers.
- Previous experience in working in the char and islands areas and knowledge of local languages will be a definite advantage.
Responsibilities & Context:
Responsibilities:
- Responsible for ensuring advocacy activities and successful implementation of the Government demonstration project under the “Friendship Disability Inclusion Development Programme”
- Responsible for identifying advocacy issues and developing advocacy action plans with different relevant stakeholders as per the project target.
- Responsible for follow-up advocacy progress and review plan as needed.
- Responsible to liaison with government bodies, NGOs, institutions and other stakeholders, arrange different level advocacy meetings at district, Upazila and community level.
- Responsible for organizing different levels of advocacy meetings, workshops, seminars.
- Responsible for facilitating advocacy awareness sessions with shelf-help groups (Persons with disabilities/caregivers), community leaders, youth groups etc.
- Responsible to develop advocacy Information, Education and Communication (IEC) material.
- Responsible to prepare monthly/quarterly/annual work plan and monthly accomplishment reports.
- Responsible for any assign work as per advice by concerned authority.
- Access to emergency services, including a swift and affordable effective referral system.
Patients care issues:
- Need to show empathy to the patient.
- Need to explain all the procedure and treatment to the patient.
- Need to spend more time with patients and give motivational speech.
Job Other Benifits:
Employment Status: Contractual
Job Work Place: Work at office
Company Information:
Gender: Male and Female can apply
Read Before Apply: Please apply only who are fulfilling all the requirements of this job
Category: NGO/Development
