Assistant Project Officer (APO)

Job Description

Title: Assistant Project Officer (APO)

Company Name: Islamic Relief Bangladesh

Vacancy: 7

Age: Na

Job Location: Rangpur (Kaunia, Pirgachha)

Salary: Tk. 35720 (Monthly)

Experience:

• At least 3 years
• The applicants should have experience in the following business area(s): NGO, Development Agency

• Bachelor of Science (BSc)
• Bachelor of Education (B.Ed)
• Bachelor of Social Science (BSS) in Development Studies

• At least 3 years
• The applicants should have experience in the following business area(s): NGO, Development Agency

Experience working in:

1. Livelihoods & community development project
2. Social & Economic development
3. Women empowerment & RBA

Essential:

1. Project Implementation Skill.
2. Social Mobilization Skill
3. Facilitation Skill
4. Coordination/Advocacy/Networking/Communication Skill
5. Conflict Resolution
6. Leadership
7. Self -Development
8. Problem Solving
9. Ability to work under pressure and manage workload effectively
10. Supportive, effective and good team player
11. Willing to adapt to IRW’s norms and values
12. Working knowledge/Proven Expertise of Microsoft Word/ Excel/Power Point/Adobe Photoshop/Illustrator/Basic Internet/Statistical Software/Database Management/ Basic Hardware & Software Installation/Troubleshooting etc
13. Reading/Writing/Speaking/Listening for English & Bengali
14. No serious illness
15. Have a valid driving license for motor bike and willing to travel and work in the most remote areas of Bangladesh

Desirable:

1. Reporting & Documentation
2. Monitoring & Evaluation Skill
3. Financial management
4. Decision making
5. Problem solving
6. Planning, analytical and organizational skills
7. Strategic Management
8. Staff Management

Effective Project operations / implementation and ensuring Community mobilization-50%

• Responsible for all climate adaptive livelihoods activities and mobilization at assigned location/s under the supervision of the Project Manager/ Supervisor.

• Organize the project inception meeting with different-level stakeholders.

• Develop the work plan and carrying out all activities accordingly.

• 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.

• Ensure inclusion of gender, persons with disabilities, elderly and other vulnerable communities according to the IR Principle and guidelines during participant selection and other steps of implementation.

• Formation of community-based women groups & guiding them for using their potentiality in a development manner

• Facilitate women group led savings and financial management

• Ensure group development training of leadership, training and capacity building on Community based women groups management, leadership, and group-based savings and lending.

• Organize the training session in different categories of IGA skill development according to the beneficiary choices and interest.

• Provide technical support and coordination for asset/cash transfer, and procurement of different project materials following IRB policy.

• Support develops awareness material and ensuring awareness sessions on health, WASH, nutrition and disaster risk reduction according to the plan.

• Carry out group base and community base awareness sessions on different social, rights and entitlement issues.

• Arrange different types of meetings with different stakeholders, service providers, and duty-bearers.

• Build a network with different duty bearers and rights holders.

• Organize Advocacy and awareness sessions.

• Facilitate community consultation meetings, CBO meetings, awareness sessions, and community-based women group meetings

• Establishment of APEX body function, facilitation of community development planning process, and community-led initiatives.

• Track the progress of project activities

• Prepare progress reports (quantitative and qualitative) regular basis.

• Support for ensuring Complaints & Feedback Mechanism (CFM), Child Protection, Safeguarding & Gender Sensitivity issues with project activities.

Monitoring of community-led self-help groups-15%

• Monitor group progress and facilitate proper functioning.

• Provide proper guidance to update group accounts, register books, maintain the records;

• Conduct group assessment and support to deal with gaps.

• Conduct IGA performance monitoring/IGA database & SSN assessment of the rightsholders

• Conduct regular group meetings for getting and sharing updates on progress and facilitate learnings and experiences sharing within group and prepare next plan for actions.

Capacity development training & Supervision-15%

• Capacity development training facilitation for all the project participants and group leaders

• Training follow-up, hands-on training at HH level, and training refreshers

• Supportive supervision of subordinate staff and women group leaders to carry out their routine work effectively.

Reporting, appropriate archiving and visibility-10%

• Ensure proper documentation and record keeping of project events/ activities.

• Ensure the compliance of all manuals and organizational policies for the project team with proper practice and record.

• Prepare event reports of different project activities

• Prepare the bill & check the bill vouchers.

• Support supervisor to prepare monthly, quarterly, interim and final narrative reports as per proposal and project need.

• Assist supervisor to prepare monthly progress reports.

• Prepare, approve, organize and preserve all project-related documents and ensure sending to the Economic Empowerment and Governance programme department within due time.

• 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.

Communication, coordination and advocacy with different stakeholders-5%

• Conduct effective networking and coordination with Union and the upazila office.

• Networking with Government officials to link climate adaptive activities and SSN support

• Establish and maintain an effective coordination mechanism with key stakeholders of the project.

• Represent Islamic Relief Bangladesh in coordination meetings at Union and City levels.

• Assist in the phase-out meeting and lesson-learned workshop for further organizational development.

• Collect successful project completion letters form relevant authorities

Others-5%

• Participate & involve with seasonal program (Ramadan, Qurbani, Winterization etc.) activities.

• Take initiatives for effective monitoring and ensure security of project staffs and participants during intervention.

• Facilitate donor/external visit and ensure that recommendation of visitors is addressed.

• Willing and able to travel frequently for extended periods and to remote areas of the projects.

• Perform any other duties assigned by supervisor.

• Being a member of Islamic Relief Bangladesh as a child-friendly organization, it is the core responsibility and obligation of each and every staff member to understand and obey Islamic Relief Bangladesh Child Protection Policy and respond accordingly as and when required

• Any other task assigned by the project/programme/IRB management

• Mobile bill,Tour allowance,Provident fund,Weekly 2 holidays,Insurance,Gratuity
• Festival Bonus: 1

Other benefits will be provided as per organizational HR Policy.