Job Description

Title: Assistant Project Officer (Help Desk)-Humanitarian Crisis Response

Company Name: Islamic Relief Bangladesh

Vacancy: 3

Job Location: Noakhali (Hatiya)

Employment Status: Full-time

Educational Requirements:
∎ Bachelor of Social Science (BSS), Bachelor degree in any discipline
∎ Skills Required: Chittagongian language

Experience Requirements:
∎ At least 3 year(s)

Job Context:
∎ Islamic Relief provides lifesaving humanitarian assistance to the FDMNs as they lack access to the basic needs of life. Since the beginning of the influx, Islamic Relief has been working with Bangladesh Government and other implementing partners to support FDMNs living in Cox`s Bazar. We ensure food and non- food items for FDMNs living in Bhashanchar. We improve the safety and well- being of FDMNs by
∎ Providing monthly food ration
∎ Providing water and sanitation
∎ Constructing wash blocks
∎ Installing tube-wells
∎ Distributing Ramadan food packs, Eid gifts, and Qurbani meat
∎ Providing non-food items like LPG, hygiene kits, and winter clothes to the families both in Cox`s Bazar and Bhashan Char. This position will be based in Bhasanchar.

Job Responsibilities:
∎ Ensure the listing of the project participant according to the IR Principle and guideline-30%
∎ Support to survey to prepare project participant list
∎ Prepare Project participant list
∎ Support finalizing the project participant by ensuring endorsement and validation from relevant authorities
∎ Ensure registering regular complaints and Feedback
∎ Daily CFM report submission to WFP and MEAL Officer
∎ Assist beneficiaries in solving the problem in the distribution center
∎ Implementation Project interventions-20%
∎ Manage and organize General Food Assistance participants
∎ Organize pre and post-distribution meetings with stakeholders
∎ Support to prepare distribution place
∎ Ensure logistics for food distribution
∎ Prepare card and muster roll of distribution
∎ Support to the distribution of relief materials at Bhasanchar
∎ Mobilize the FDMN community-20%
∎ Conduct awareness sessions in connection with project objectives and goals
∎ Crowd management
∎ Collect complaints and feedback from FDMN HHs
∎ Do effective and appropriate networking and coordination with different stakeholders-10%
∎ Effective communication with Majhi at the FDMN community in Bhasanchar
∎ Involve Majhi and government representatives in the implementation of the project
∎ Networking with different stakeholders
∎ Monitoring & Evaluation-10%
∎ Collect data and analyze
∎ Conduct field visits and prepare to visit reports with the recommendation
∎ Monitor project activities and identify areas for improvement
∎ Analyze the progress of children well - being data collected from the field
∎ Others-10%
∎ 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.
∎ 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 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 assigned by Supervisor

Additional Requirements:
∎ Age at most 40 years
∎ Only females are allowed to apply
∎ Language Skill-Local-Chittagong
∎ Experience in working with FDMN
∎ 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 good team player.
∎ Mental Health Stability
∎ Adaptive Behavioral Skill
∎ Person with disability are encouraged to apply

Salary: Tk. 36805 (Monthly)

Compensation & Other Benefits:
∎ Mobile bill, Tour allowance, Provident fund, Insurance, Gratuity
∎ Festival Bonus: 1
∎ Other benefits will be provided as per the organizational HR Policy in addition to hardship allowances.

Job Source: Bdjobs.com Online Job Posting.

Application Deadline: 8 Jul 2023

Company Information:
∎ 26 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

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