Assistant Project Officer-Technical (Humanitarian & Resilience)

Job Description

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

Company Name: Islamic Relief Bangladesh

Vacancy: 3

Job Location: Kurigram (Roumari)

Employment Status: Full-time

Educational Requirements:
∎ Diploma in Engineering in Civil Engineering, Bachelor in Engineering (BEngg) in Civil Engineering

Experience Requirements:
∎ At least 3 year(s)

Job Context:
∎ Islamic Relief in Bangladesh has adopted an integrated approach to address disaster and climate risks. In partnership with Government, Academic Institutions, Civil Society, Communities, and the Private Sector, we strive to build a vibrant, thriving, and resilient Bangladesh. We help local communities, institutions, and local partner organizations to build and scale up their capacity. We promote and integrate traditional and indigenous knowledge, and blend it with a scientific approach through creating practical, replicable, and impact-oriented solutions to strengthen community resilience. Thus we
∎ Support Government and other agencies to deliver safe water, improve hygiene and sanitation
∎ Support in building resilient houses
∎ Construct roads during an emergency
∎ Assist vulnerable communities through cash support
∎ Strengthen communities more resilient.
∎ Arrange training to create awareness and preparedness against disaster
∎ Emphasize socially excluded and marginalized people, women, and elderly

Job Responsibilities:
∎ Implementation of the project in the target location/s-25%
∎ Responsible for all technical activities at assigned location/s under the supervision of Project Focal / Supervisor.
∎ Organize the project inception meeting with different level stakeholders.
∎ Provision of IRB country strategy implementation at the field level.
∎ Ensure selection of beneficiaries according to criteria defined in the proposal and validate it by the respective authority.
∎ 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.
∎ Implementation of the assigned project activities i.e. installation of WASH and shelter facilities, water quality testing, profile making of the interventions using GPS location, etc.
∎ Prepare attendance sheet, muster roll, and any other documents for audit compliances.
∎ Prepare field movement and technical activity plan, approve it with supervisor and ensure strict alignment with the plan.
∎ Support / Participate in different need assessments, impact evaluation, post-distribution monitoring (PDM), etc.
∎ Ensure other planned activities such as various workshops and meetings.
∎ Maintain coordination and cooperation with the other team.
∎ 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.
∎ Practice and promote SPHERE and Core Humanitarian Standard (CHS) in all project activities.
∎ Support to ensure Complaints & Feedback Mechanism (CFM), Child Protection, Safeguarding & Gender Sensitivity issues concerning project activities.
∎ Technical support-25%
∎ Support to prepare BoQ and Design of any technical intervention of HP.
∎ Estimate the quantities of the materials according to approved BoQ and Design.
∎ Ensure construction quality through proper documentation.
∎ Monitoring of construction activities.
∎ Site selection and site preparation for construction sites.
∎ Prepare a post-measurement sheet for any interventions.
∎ Generate innovative ideas for WASH, shelter, and other humanitarian interventions.
∎ Ensure effective monitoring of project intervention-10%
∎ Regular monitoring of WASH/emergency relief/recovery/rehabilitation activities at the beneficiary level.
∎ Regular monitoring of project-related activities especially the distribution of hygiene kits, toolboxes for repair and maintenance of WASH interventions, foods, NFIs, cash, etc. at the beneficiary level.
∎ Monitor the working progress & ensure the quality of project activities, and materials & inform the project focal / supervisor.
∎ Capacity building initiatives for project participants, key stakeholders, and project staff at the program level-10%
∎ Support to organizing orientation for the newly recruited project staff.
∎ Organize basic skill development training for project participants on different subjects i.e. repair and maintenance of WASH interventions, shelter, health & hygiene promotion, etc.
∎ Participate and facilitate weekly and monthly project-related awareness raising and feedback sessions i.e. courtyard meetings at the community level.
∎ Orient key stakeholders on Complaints & Feedback Mechanism (CFM), Child Protection, Safeguarding & Gender Sensitivity issues concerning project activities.
∎ Organize training and workshop in different sectors for internal and external stakeholders.
∎ Ensure effective reporting, appropriate archiving, and visibility according to the project need-10%
∎ Prepare the bill & check the bills 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 Humanitarian & Resilience 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.
∎ Ensures comprehensive and effective communication, coordination, and advocacy with different stakeholders-10%
∎ Support to organizing the project inception meeting with different level stakeholders.
∎ Ensure effective networking and coordination with Upazila and DC office.
∎ Establish and maintain an effective coordination mechanism with key stakeholders of the project.
∎ Represent Islamic Relief Bangladesh in coordination meetings at Upazila and district levels.
∎ Assist in the phase-out meeting and lesson learned workshop for further organizational development.
∎ Collect successful project completion letters from relevant authorities.
∎ Other Requirement-10%
∎ Maintain admin related activities
∎ Maintaining and supporting procurement related functions and process
∎ Undertaking record-keeping system/documentation in line with IRB record management guidelines.
∎ Regular Financial Monitoring and transition to ensure value for money.
∎ Facilitating external/internal audit;
∎ 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 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
∎ Participate in seasonal (Ramadan & Qurbani) & emergency response programs if required.
∎ 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.
∎ Perform any other duties assigned by the line manager.

Additional Requirements:
∎ Experience in working with WASH, Emergency Response, Recovery & rehabilitation related interventions
∎ Working knowledge of Microsoft Word/ Excel/PowerPoint/ Basic Internet/ etc.
∎ Excellent Reading/Writing/Speaking/Listening skills for English & Bengali
∎ Facilitation Skill
∎ 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
∎ Must have a Motorbike license & willing to travel to remote areas.
∎ Person with disability are encouraged to apply

Salary: Tk. 33383 (Monthly)

Compensation & Other Benefits:
∎ Mobile bill, Insurance
∎ Festival Bonus: 1

Job Source: Bdjobs.com Online Job Posting.

Application Deadline: 21 Jun 2022

Company Information:
∎ 14 Jun 2022
∎ 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

: For more details on Job information, Please download the job description from our official websites (islamicrelief.org.bd). Female Candidates are highly encouraged to apply. However, Islamic Relief Bangladesh considers diversity in the workplace and is a committed equal opportunity employer. We encourage applications from all suitable candidates regardless of race, family or marital status, ethnicity, age, disability, class, caste, or religion.