Assistant Project Officer (GBV Prevention), Bhasan Char, HCMP

Job Description

Title: Assistant Project Officer (GBV Prevention), Bhasan Char, HCMP

Company Name: BRAC.

Vacancy: Not specific

Job Location: Noakhali (Hatiya)

Employment Status: Contractual

Educational Requirements:
∎ Graduation/Post-Graduation in in any relevant subject. Preferably in Social Science.

Experience Requirements:
∎ At least 2 year(s)

Job Context:
∎ brac is an international development organisation founded in Bangladesh that partners with over 100 million people living with inequality and poverty globally to create sustainable opportunities to realise potential.
∎ Working at brac is not like any other job. It is a platform where you can bring about real change for people who need it the most. We are not just dreaming of a better world, we are building it. Join us to find the way.

Job Responsibilities:
∎ Familiarization and Mapping:
∎ Participate in service and community mapping (population data, familiar with leaders, sports field identification) as part of the community mobilization initiative
∎ Organize Sports activities/ sports-based intervention:
∎ Field identification
∎ Arrange sports sessions
∎ Distribute sports material to targeted men and boys and Maintenance of sports material
∎ Pre-post discussion on SGBV issues (Message delivery)
∎ Periodically arrange tournament
∎ Visibility in sports sessions
∎ Build rapport with new Women, Men, Girls & Boys and maintain relationship
∎ Facilitate awareness session:
∎ Facilitate awareness raising discussion with key religious leaders, potential leaders, teacher, Rohingya refugee men and boys on GBV prevention (Patriarchy, Toxic Masculinity, Harmful Gender Norms, child marriage, dowry system, polygamy, domestic violence, healthy family relationship, aggressive behavior/ positive construction of masculinity, anger management etc.)
∎ Volunteer identification, Train and follow up:
∎ Identification of role models from the awareness raising sessions, potential influencing person.
∎ Facilitate daily/bi-weekly/monthly GBV issue-based trainings/ awareness raising discussion with role models on GBV issues.
∎ To guide Role model to set up monthly target and follow up at the end of the month
∎ Meeting and Representation
∎ Attending in CiC coordination meeting and relevant platforms/ to represent GBV Prevention activities.
∎ Run and activate prevention group
∎ Identify positive minded prevention group and leader.
∎ Facilities awareness raising discussion bi-weekly with each group.
∎ Run and activate group through sport activities.
∎ Encourage group to speak out to reduce GBV.
∎ To help Groups to set up work plan to facilities awareness session.
∎ Support Male Survivor:
∎ Meeting with potential service provider
∎ Familiar with potential service provider
∎ Familiar and maintain relation with case management team
∎ To inform male survivor about available case management services following the survivor centered approach.
∎ Other Responsibilities:
∎ Run and post on WhatsApp group
∎ Actively address challenges in program implementation and propose solutions to the coordinator.
∎ Conduct GBV risk assessments with men and boys to gather information about safety and security of women and girls in their community and existing protection mechanisms
∎ Conduct FGD if required
∎ Create detailed weekly and monthly work plans, compile weekly report and help to prepare monthly newsletter.
∎ Other responsibilities assigned by supervisor.
∎ Ensure the safety of team members from any harm, abuse, neglect, harassment and exploitation to achieve the programme’s goals on safeguarding implementation. Act as a key source of support, guidance and expertise on safeguarding for establishing a safe working environment.
∎ Practice, promote and endorse the issues of safeguarding policy among team members and ensure the implementation of safeguarding standards in every course of action.
∎ Follow the safeguarding reporting procedure in case any reportable incident takes place, encourage others to do so.

Additional Requirements:
∎ Qualified females are highly encouraged to apply.
∎ Knowledge:
∎ Have knowledge or willingness to learn and challenge oneself and others regarding gender roles, power relationships and gender-based violence
∎ Needs experience and skills in working with leaders and influencers in the community.
∎ Patient, persuasive and have the confidence and experience needed to be taken seriously by leaders.
∎ Needs to understand community dynamics and how power flows through the community and need to be willing to let the male engagement community groups be in the spotlight
∎ Deep knowledge on Violence Against Women (VAW) and Male as Ally
∎ Knowledge on basic Gender issues
∎ Skills:
∎ Leadership skills and supervisory experience, including the ability to develop team performance
∎ Communication & Coordination Skills
∎ Interpersonal Skills: Empathetic and Assertive
∎ Problem-Solving Skills
∎ Familiarity with principles of monitoring & evaluation.
∎ Experience in writing brief narrative reports
∎ Able to work collaboratively with internal staff and external providers
∎ Must be proficient in Microsoft Office, Word and Excel
∎ Competencies:
∎ TEAM Player
∎ Adaptability
∎ Compassion
∎ Comfortable working in a fast-paced environment
∎ Ability to manage and coordinate with internal and external departments
∎ Ability to analyze and interpret data
∎ Person with disability are encouraged to apply

Salary: Negotiable

Compensation & Other Benefits:
∎ Weekly 2 holidays, Insurance
∎ Festival Bonus: 2

Job Source: Bdjobs.com Online Job Posting.

Application Deadline: 13 Jan 2022

Company Information:
∎ 6 Jan 2022
∎ BRAC.
∎ Address : BRAC 75 Mohakhali, Dhaka-1212, Bangladesh

Category: NGO/Development

: BRAC believes every one of its employees, suppliers, downstream partners, visitors, clients and community including children, youth and vulnerable adults that come into contact regardless of age, race, religion, gender, disability or ethnic origin has the right to be protected from all forms of harm, abuse, neglect, harassment, and exploitation. We guarantee assessment of candidates with disabilities who meet the essential requirements. We are proud to be an equal opportunity employer and will do everything possible to ensure that those who are suitable to work within our values and beliefs are recruited to work for us. Any personal persuasion will result in disqualification of candidature.Join the world's biggest family.