Job Description

Title: Assisatnt Project Officer (Training & Community Mobilization)

Company Name: Islamic Relief Bangladesh

Vacancy: 1

Job Location: Anywhere in Bangladesh

Employment Status: Full-time

Educational Requirements:
∎ Bachelor degree in any discipline

Experience Requirements:
∎ At least 3 year(s)

Job Responsibilities:
∎ Project Implementation & Management of Field-Level Activities 50%
∎ Ensure providing support to the implementation of capacity development-related components of the project;
∎ Organize the project inception meeting with different-level stakeholders.
∎ Assist the project team to provide technical support in arranging and facilitating training-related activities and mobilization at the community level;
∎ Form and make functional Self-help groups and adolescent clubs ensuring materials;
∎ Organize Capacity development training for all the project participants and group leaders
∎ Facilitate Capacity development training for all the project participants and group leaders
∎ Training follow-up, hands-on training at the HH level, and training refreshers
∎ Develop Modules for different types of training for capacity development on IGA, group management, leadership, financial management, savings and so on
∎ Organize training sessions for different categories of IGA skill development according to the beneficiary's interest.
∎ Develop Concept Notes for the training arrangements
∎ Arrange TOT at the local level
∎ Prepare content for training for the self-help group members and child clubs
∎ Selection through finalizing training participants given training/session topic/content
∎ Arrange awareness sessions on health, WASH, nutrition and disaster risk reduction according to the plan.
∎ Facilitate awareness sessions on social rights and entitlement issues.
∎ Arrange awareness sessions on demerits of early marriage, SRHR, hygiene, and other relevant topics for child clubs
∎ Assist in vocational training for Selected project participants;
∎ Facilitate different types of training arranged at different levels (community, UNO or DC office)
∎ Arrange different types of meetings with different stakeholders, service providers, and duty-bearers.
∎ Facilitate community consultation meetings, CBO meetings, awareness sessions, and community-based women's group meetings
∎ Assist in the phase-out meeting and lesson-learned workshop for further organizational development.
∎ Support to ensure the selection of beneficiaries according to criteria defined in the proposal and validate it by respective authorities.
∎ Selection of beneficiaries, community needs assessment and skill capacity analysis of the beneficiary.
∎ Support the formation process of community-based women groups & guiding them to using their potential in a development manner
∎ Facilitate women's group-led savings and financial management
∎ Conduct livelihood analysis at the household level and develop individual business plans;
∎ Follow up on IGA progress through monitoring regularly.
∎ Provide necessary support to ensure Child rights and child protection for a project participant
∎ Support establishment of APEX body, make a functioning, facilitation of community development planning process and community-led initiatives.
∎ Develop the work plan and carry out all activities accordingly & track the progress of project activities
∎ Support for ensuring Complaints & Feedback Mechanism (CFM), Child Protection, Safeguarding & Gender Sensitivity issues with project activities
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∎ Advocacy, Networking and Communication 20%
∎ Create linkages with Union Parishad & Upazila, LGIs to bring the project participants under various Govt. social protection schemes (eg; Safety Net support);
∎ Create linkage with employers & entrepreneurs for job placement of the selected girls;
∎ Strengthen existing community groups & networks
∎ Establish linkage with local service providers;
∎ Enhance market linkage and value addition;
∎ Collect successful project completion letters from relevant authorities.
∎ Organize Advocacy and awareness sessions/workshops on existing laws and policies on preventing Early marriage including duty bearers at the Upazila level (LGIs, Govt. representatives, teachers, faith leaders, marriage registers)
∎ Organize day celebration of child rights week, Int. girl child day, women's Day and so on.
∎ Organize awareness campaigns on child rights/protection, early marriage, and GBV at the community level
∎ Develop networks on child rights at the Upazila level to stop early marriage;
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∎ Reporting and Documentation 15%
∎ Support supervisor to prepare monthly, quarterly, interim and final narrative reports as per the proposal and project needs.
∎ Prepare event reports of different project activities
∎ Develop a report for various organized training and awareness sessions
∎ Collect the most significant case stories from the field and prepare a learning document;
∎ Prepare the bill & check the bill vouchers as required to send to finance.
∎ Prepare or collect media & communication materials (Photographs, Case studies, etc.) required to ensure project visibility
∎ Assist in archiving the project documents (hard copy and electronic copy) as per IR guidelines.
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∎ Monitoring & Evaluation and Knowledge Management 10%
∎ Monitor group progress after training/sessions and facilitate proper functioning.
∎ Arrange refresher training depending on the time frame of the project
∎ Conduct group assessment and support to deal with gaps
∎ Arrange refreshers among group meetings and child clubs
∎ Conduct regular group meetings for getting and sharing updates on progress and facilitate learnings and experiences sharing within the group and prepare the next plan for action.
∎ Assist to develop training modules on child rights, life skills (focusing on SRHR), child participation, child protection, leadership and psycho-social
∎ Regularly review the existing guidelines and add new ones as necessary to ensure compliance with legislation or where desirable as good practice.
∎ Assist to develop awareness campaign materials on early marriage
∎ Develop guidelines & ToR for community-based child protection mechanism
∎ Develop an Information sheet of discussion topics/contents for Child Club and SHG
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∎ Other requirements 5%
∎ Ensure that local purchases and expenditures are done following IRB policy;
∎ Participate & involve with seasonal programs (Ramadan, Qurbani, Winterization etc.) activities.
∎ Support in the procurement of materials like requisition, follow-up etc.
∎ Facilitate donor/external visits and ensure that recommendations of visitors are addressed.
∎ Ensure the safety of team members from any harm, abuse, neglect, harassment, exploitation, Fraud, Bribery & Money Laundering to achieve the program's goals of safeguarding implementation and as well as Act as a key source of support, guidance, and expertise on the safeguarding of harm, abuse, neglect, harassment, and exploitation, Fraud, Bribery & Money Laundering for establishing a safe working environment
∎ Being a member of Islamic Relief as a child-friendly organization, it is the core responsibility and obligation of each staff member to understand and obey the IR Child Protection & PSEA Policy and respond accordingly as and when required.
∎ Willing and able to travel frequently for extended periods and to remote areas of the projects.
∎ Perform any other duties as per need of the project implementation.

Additional Requirements:
∎ Age at most 40 years
∎ Experience in working with child rights, protection, Training livelihood & education-related component.
∎ Excellent Reading/Writing/Speaking/Listening skills in English & Bengali
∎ Facilitation Skill
∎ Working knowledge of Microsoft Word/ Excel/PowerPoint
∎ Coordination/Advocacy/Networking/Communication Skill
∎ Reporting & Documentation
∎ Monitoring & Evaluation Skill
∎ Financial management
∎ Decision-making skill
∎ Conflict resolution skill
∎ Leadership skill
∎ Self-development
∎ Problem-solving skill
∎ Planning, analytical, and organizational skills.
∎ Ability to work under pressure and manage stress/workload effectively
∎ Supportive, effective, and a good team player.
∎ Mental Health Stability
∎ Adaptive Behavioral Skill
∎ Must-Have a valid driving license for a motorbike and be willing to travel and work in the most remote areas of Bangladesh
∎ Person with disability are encouraged to apply

Salary: Tk. 36805 (Monthly)

Compensation & Other Benefits:
∎ Mobile bill, Tour allowance, Provident fund, Weekly 2 holidays, Insurance, Gratuity
∎ Festival Bonus: 1
∎ Other benefits will be provided as per organizational HR policy

Job Source: Bdjobs.com Online Job Posting.

Application Deadline: 24 Jun 2023

Company Information:
∎ 14 Jun 2023
∎ Islamic Relief Bangladesh
∎ Address : Bangladesh Country Office: House # 10, Road # 10, Block-K, Baridhara, Dhaka-1212
∎ Web : islamicrelief.org.bd
∎ Business : Islamic Relief Worldwide (IRW) - founded in 1984 and based in Birmingham, UK - is an independent humanitarian and development organization. It supports the world’s most vulnerable people in their fight against poverty & sufferings regardless of race, political affiliation, gender, or belief, and without expecting anything in return. It is a signatory to the Code of Conduct for the International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement.
IRW has a presence in 45 countries across the globe. Some funds of the organization come from individual donations and others from institutional donors such as the DFID, EU, SIDA, CIDA/IDRF, Forum Syd, WFP, UNDP, and ECHO.
Islamic Relief(IR) started working in Bangladesh in 1991 in order to help the distressed survivors of the devastating cyclone by providing emergency relief and supporting communities to rebuild in the wake of that cyclone. Initially, it focused on emergency relief & disaster preparedness activities. Later on, it expanded its programs on both humanitarian and development challenges. Now it works in an integrated manner combining emergency humanitarian assistance, short-term work opportunity, shelter support, awareness & training on different DRR, climate change, development, health & hygiene and social issues, cash grant, IGA means, health & nutrition, safe water & sanitation, education, advocacy and linkage with different service providers. As a registered charity, IR is open and transparent; it continually assesses its work and operational methods to improve impact and effectiveness.
Islamic Relief values and commitment to safeguarding: IRB is committed to preventing any type of unwanted behavior at work including sexual harassment, exploitation and abuse, lack of integrity, and financial misconduct; and committed to promoting the welfare of children, young people, adults, and beneficiaries with whom IRB engages. IRB expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment through our code of conduct. We place a high priority on ensuring that only those who share and demonstrate our values are recruited to work for us. All offers of employment will be subject to satisfactory references and appropriate screening checks, which can include criminal records checks. IRW also participates in the Inter-Agency Misconduct Disclosure Scheme.
In line with this Scheme, we will request information from job applicants’ previous employers about any findings of sexual exploitation, sexual abuse, and/or sexual harassment during employment, or incidents under investigation when the applicant left employment.



Category: NGO/Development

: For more details on Job information, Please download the job description from our official website (islamicrelief.org.bd). Female Candidates are highly encouraged to apply. However, Islamic Relief Bangladesh considers diversity in the workplace and is a committed equal opportunity employer. We encourage applications from all suitable candidates regardless of gender, race, family or marital status, ethnicity, age, disability, class, caste, or religion.