Assistant Project Officer (General) - Humanitarian & Resilience

Job Description

Title: Assistant Project Officer (General) - Humanitarian & Resilience

Company Name: Islamic Relief Bangladesh

Vacancy: 2

Age: At least 18 years

Job Location: Cox`s Bazar (Kutubdia)

Salary: Tk. 51659 (Monthly)

Experience:

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

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

• Age At least 18 years

Person Specification:

Essential:

Academic Qualification

Bachelors in Disaster Management or Social Sciences or Development Studies or Public Health or Geography & Environment or relevant discipline from any recognized University or Institution.

Experience

Minimum 3 years working Experience in

• Wash intervention,

• Cash Based Programming,

• Emergency response,

• Recovery,

• Seasonal program,

• social mobilization,

• Working Experience in a coastal and flood-prone areas.

Core Competencies

• Strong skills in project implementation, social/community mobilization, networking and communication.

• Strong abilities in Project Management, activity management and financial management.

• Demonstrated teamwork and collaboration skills.

• General skills in TW Construction, Latrine Construction

• Excellent in conflict resolution, and problem-solving abilities.

• Positive attitude and willingness to collaborate effectively within teams.

• Commitment to the organization’s vision and mission.

• Commitment to IR Values: Sincerity, Excellence, Social Justice, Custodianship, and Compassion.

• Demonstrates a high level of integrity and professionalism.

• Skills in planning, analytical/strategic management, decision making.

• Excellent in leadership

• Committed to self-development, continuous learning and quality improvement; displays self-confidence and self-motivation.

• Excellent interpersonal and behavioral skills.

• Knowledge of personal health, safety, and security.

• Willingness to adapt to IR’s norms and values.

IT Skills

• Proficiency in Microsoft Word, Excel /PowerPoint/Basic Internet/ Database Management/Statistical Software, Basic Hardware & Software Installation/Troubleshooting, etc.

Language Requirements

• Strong proficiency in reading, writing, speaking and listening in English and Bengali.

Other Requirements

• Willingness to travel frequently and work in Bangladesh’s most remote areas.

Cox's Bazar District in coastal Bangladesh sits at the frontline of cyclone risk, where geography, poverty, and reactive humanitarian systems leave host communities critically exposed in the hours before landfall. When cyclones strike, the most vulnerable women, girls, children, persons with disabilities, and the elderly are consistently the last reached and the hardest hit.

To address this, the APHF-Supported Cyclone Anticipatory Action project will deliver trigger-based early actions across Ukhiya, Teknaf, Chakaria, Ramu, Kutubdia, and Moheshkhali Upazilas through a CARE Bangladesh-led 8-member consortium. Ahead of the cyclone season, 3 inception meetings will lock in Trigger-Based Action Plans with union and upazila authorities, and 3 pre-season coordination sessions will align the Cyclone Preparedness Programme (CPP) and Shelter Management Committees for rapid activation. Cyclone shelters and their WASH facilities will be repaired and made ready for evacuation. Once triggers are met, 120 trained volunteers will pre-identify and prepare the most vulnerable households for assisted evacuation, while 400 highly vulnerable households will receive direct evacuation support and mobility assistance. Upon threshold breach, 1,150 households will receive Multi-Purpose Cash Grants (MPCG) disbursed within hours via mobile money transfer, enabling families to act before the storm arrives. 4 DMC activation meetings will coordinate government response at union and upazila level throughout. Six field monitoring visits and one post-distribution monitoring (PDM) exercise will ensure delivery quality, accountability, and learning across the project cycle.

Ensure Beneficiary selection according to the IR Principle and guideline & Implementation of the project in target location/s - 45%

• Conduct FGD with different stockholder and communities.

• Develop KOBO questionnaires, conduct data screening, and prepare the final list

• Conduct door to door survey to finalize beneficiary.

• Supervise the beneficiary’s identification as per fixed selection criteria and by the methodology fixed by IR/ Consortium.

• Finalize the beneficiary by ensuring endorsement and validation from relevant authorities.

• Overseeing technical aspects of small-scale infrastructure, WASH initiatives in assigned locations, under the guidance of the Project Manager and Technical Coordinator.

• Tasks include identifying suitable sites for WASH Interventions, ensuring participant selection and schemes align with proposal criteria and obtaining necessary approvals.

• Conducting feasibility studies, designing schemes, estimating costs, and facilitating contract processes including preparing Bills of Quantities (BOQ).

• Ensuring compliance with relevant authorities and stakeholders, maintaining quality throughout implementation, monitoring progress, and managing project expenditures.

• Assisting in preparing Disaster Management plan reports and ensuring inclusiveness of marginalized groups throughout project activities.

• Coordinating with team members, participating in assessments and evaluations, and organizing workshops and meetings.

• Engaging in community mobilization within organizational guidelines and adhering to project timelines, budgets, and quality standards.

• Supporting the implementation of Complaints & Feedback Mechanisms, Child Protection, Safeguarding, and Gender Sensitivity measures related to project activities.

• Additionally, supporting the implementation of food security and livelihood activities, planning construction and Cash for Work activities according to project needs, including preparing designs and BOQs.

• Responsible for managing billing pro cesses, conducting technical and environmental surveys, and preparing various IEC materials related to construction work.

• Developing site selection criteria and facilitating hygiene promotion, caretaker training, and awareness sessions for communities at the grassroots level as required by the project.

• Estimating structural interventions and preparing specifications based on the local context and conducting technical and environmental surveys and community consultations to ensure the appropriateness of project activities.

• Preparation of bill & check the bills vouchers of WASH and small scale DRR activities.

Ensure effective monitoring of project intervention - 15%

• Supervise construction activities at beneficiary level.

• Prepare business plan at community level and execute it as per proposal and organizational guideline.

• Supervise and monitor each stage of the activities. Ensure that standards and instructions given by the line manager, as well as Islamic Relief Bangladesh procedures,

• Monitor the working progress & ensure the quality of project activities & inform Project Coordinator.

• Support Project Coordinator to conduct different workshop (lesson learn, inception, exit meeting etc.)

Mobilize the community people for Execution of WASH facilities and Cash based Programming - 15%

• Conduct hygiene session in connection with project objectives and goal.

• Support to identify feasible site for WASH facilities

• Facilitate care taker training

• Conduct water quality test of selected parameters using field kits.

• Conduct Technical and environmental survey (pre-survey, post survey etc) as per project requirement.

• Prepare different IEC material related to construction work.

Do effective and appropriate networking and coordination with different stakeholder - 10%

• Support to organized inception meeting in different level.

• Formulation of project implementation committee.

• Ensure the NOC after selection of scheme with relevant stakeholder.

• Involve UDMC & other Project implementation teams for implementation of the project

• Coordination & networking with stake holders

• Involve UDMC & other Project implementation teams for implementation of the project.

Project reporting and documentation - 10%

• Prepare and submit a planning of the weekly activities to the line manager.

• Report back any problems and constraints encountered during the course of the activities and suggest operational solutions.

• Support for the Procurement of materials like requisition, quotation collection etc.

Other Requirements - 5%

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

• Ensure that local purchase and expenditure are done as per Islamic Relief Bangladesh policy.

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

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

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

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

• Perform any other duties assigned by Supervisor

• Mobile bill,Weekly 2 holidays,Provident fund,Gratuity

• Tour allowance/ Per-diem,

• Insurance Coverage (IPD, OPD, Life, DB, CIB),

• Festival bonus,

• Long service awards,

• Leave (Annual, Casual, Sick, TOIL/CTO, Maternity, Paternity) etc.