Assistant Project Officer (Social Mobilization) - ICRA

Job Description

Title: Assistant Project Officer (Social Mobilization) - ICRA

Company Name: Islamic Relief Bangladesh

Vacancy: 1

Age: At most 45 years

Job Location: Khulna (Koyra)

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 Social Science (BSS) in Social Science
• Bachelor of Social Science (BSS) in Development Studies
• Bachelor of Social Science (BSS) in Political Science

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

• Age At most 45 years

Experience in working with

• Practical experience in group nursing, Apex body/Federation formation and registration from Government, rights-based approach, climate justice.

Essential Competencies:

• Project Implementation Skill

• Social Mobilization Skill

• Community Facilitation Skill

• Coordination/Advocacy/Networking/Campaigning/ organizing youth group/Communication Skill

• Reporting & Documentation, Article writing, Sharing with national and international portal, website, journal

• Monitoring & Evaluation Skill

• Basic Photographic Skill

• Financial management

• Decision making

• Organizing training, workshop, seminar at local and national level

• Lead research team and consultant

• Self-development

• Problem solving

• Planning, analytical and organizational skills

• Strategic Management

• Ability to work under pressure and manage workload effectively

• Supportive, effective and good team player

• Willing to adapt to IRW’s norms and values

  IT Skill:

• Proven Expertise of Microsoft Word/ Excel/Power Point/ Statistical Software.

  Language:

• Working knowledge-Reading/Writing/Speaking/Listening for English & Bengali.

Desirable Competencies:

• Staff Management

Project Implementation - 60%

• Responsible for developing community Self Help Group and their capacity building.

• Mobilizing the youth group as climate volunteer

• Organizing and facilitation local and regional level different meeting, seminar, workshop, campaign, awareness raising activities with different-level stakeholders.

• Conduction court yard meeting, facilitation issue-based discussion and household visit for counselling.

• Ensure the selection of beneficiaries according to criteria defined in the proposal and validate it by respective authorities.

• Capacity building of Local Government in planning, annual budgeting, allocation in social safety net program, resourcing climate change adaptation fund and implement and DRR related activities.

• Community awareness for enhancing social, financial, human and institutional capital for strengthening resilience.

• Conduction Community and DMC-level training

• Prepare Community level LAPA and DM plan reports.

• Organize Open budget sharing meeting

• Support to Implementation of Co-financing activity in the Project area.

• Organized Upazila/City level Meeting workshop

• Organize Advocacy and awareness sessions.

• Conduction Youth Training on DRA and CCA, LLA.

• Organized SoD orientation at the DMCs level.

• Formation and activation of DMCS at the union level.

• Conduction Project inception and Exit meeting at project locations

• 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.

• Prepare field movement and technical activity plan, approve it with the supervisor and ensure strict alignment with the plan.

• Support / Participate in different need assessments, impact evaluations, post-distribution monitoring (PDM)/ need assessment, Evaluations, etc.

• Engage in effective community mobilization within IR guidelines and compliances.

• Be aligned with the agreed time, cost, and quality constraints of the project to enable the delivery of the agreed outputs and/or benefits.

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

Supervision, Monitoring, Reporting -20%

• Regular follow up, supervision the beneficiary

• Supervise the assigned activities of the community organizers.

• Ensuring monthly and periodic monitoring, reporting and MIS data

• Ensuring financial transection and group meeting are documented properly and SHG register are updated accordingly.

• Support programme team in data analysis and reporting of different need assessments, baseline and end line surveys, post-distribution monitoring (PDM) and other planned activities such as various workshops and meetings.

• Collect primary & secondary information through FGD, CCM, KII and literature review.

• Support programme team in sourcing information and data for project identification.

• Support programme team in developing project concept note, proposals on a different context.

• Identifying policy advocacy issue and prepare Policy Brief accordingly

• Prepare project documentation and monthly, quarterly and annual reports are being compiled and communications material is produced qualitatively within the appropriate time frame, work plans, objectives and approaches.

• Work closely with the Field teams and assist Programme Manager and Project Manager in local level coordination and representation

• Carrying out desktop research, using a range of methods and sources of data, related to inequality and social innovation practices.

• Prepare the bill & check the bill vouchers.

• 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.

Capacity building initiatives for project participants, key stakeholders, and project staff at program level -10%

• Taking initiatives for capacity building of Community Organizers, SHG leaders, SHG members

• Develop training materials, flip chart, hand out, awrness raising materials.

• Organizing and facilitation staff capacity building training

• Capacity development training facilitation for all the project participants and DMCS and CBOS leaders.

• Supportive supervision of subordinate staff and CBO/SHG/REG leaders to carry out their routine work effectively.

• Undertake capacity-development of staffs and other stakeholders including providing guidance to area-based staff on field implementation.

• Participate and facilitate weekly and monthly project related awareness raising and feedback session i.e., courtyard meeting at community level.

• Orient key stakeholders on Complaints & Feedback Mechanism (CFM), Child Protection, Safeguarding & Gender Sensitivity issues in relation to project activities.

Communication, coordination and advocacy with different stakeholders -5%

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

• 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.

Other Requirements -5%

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

• Take initiatives to 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.

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

• Other benefits will be provided as per organizational HR Policy.