Assistant Project Officer - Economic Empowerment & Governance

Job Description

Title: Assistant Project Officer - Economic Empowerment & Governance

Company Name: Islamic Relief Bangladesh

Vacancy: 2

Age: At most 55 years

Job Location: Khulna (Dumuria)

Salary: Tk. 51659 (Monthly)

Experience:

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

• Bachelor of Social Science (Pass) in Social Science
• Bachelor of Social Science (BSS) in Development Studies
• Bachelor of Science (BSc) in Agriculture

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

• Age At most 55 years

Essential:

• Experience in working with INGO/LNGO’s on: Livelihoods & community development project, Social & Economic development, Women empowerment & RBA

• Practical knowledge in Project Implementation Skill, Social/Community Mobilization skill, Facilitation skill

• Excellent in Leadership, Self- development, Problem solving, Conflict resolution

• Ability to work under pressure and manage workload effectively

• Supportive, effective and good team player

• Willing to adapt to IRW’s norms and values

• Excellent in Microsoft Word/ Excel/Power Point

• Excellent knowledge in Reading / Writing/Speaking/Listening in English & Bengali.

Desirable:

• Knowledge in Coordination/Advocacy/Networking/Communication Skill, Reporting & Documentation Skill, Monitoring & Evaluation Skill, Basic Photographic, Decision making, 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 programs (Ramadan, Qurbani, Winterization, etc.) activities.

• Ensure that local purchases and expenditures are done as per Islamic Relief Bangladesh policy.

• Maintain the stock book, inventory, and other essential registers properly and timely in an effective manner.

• Support in the procurement of materials like requisition, follow-up, etc.

• Take initiatives to ensure the security of project staff and participants during the intervention.

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

• 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.

• Perform any other duties assigned by Supervisor.

Mobile bill, Tour allowance/Per-diem, Provident fund, Weekly holidays, Insurance coverage (IPD, OPD, Life, DB, CIB), Festival Bonus, Long Service Awards, Leave (Annual, Casual, Sick, TOIL/CTO, Maternity, Paternity) and Gratuity, etc.