Assistant Protection & Inclusion Officer

Job Description

Title: Assistant Protection & Inclusion Officer

Company Name: Islamic Relief Bangladesh

Vacancy: --

Age: Na

Job Location: Cox`s Bazar (Ukhia)

Salary: Negotiable

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

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

PERSON SPECIFICATION

Essential

Academic Qualification

• Bachelor’s degree in social science or any other relevant disciplines.

Experience

• Minimum 3 years of relevant professional experience

• Experience in working with safeguarding, PSEA, protection, inclusion, and GBV sectors preferably in Humanitarian Crisis Response Context.

Core Competencies

• Strong skills in project implementation, social/community mobilization, facilitation, coordination, reporting and documentation, networking, and communication.

• Strong abilities in activity management and Project Management.

• Demonstrated teamwork and collaboration skills.

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

• Positive attitude and willingness to collaborate effectively within teams.

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

• Demonstrates a high level of integrity and professionalism.

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

• Excellent interpersonal and behavioural skills.

• Knowledge of personal health, safety, and security.

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

• Skills in planning, analytical/strategic management.

• Commitment to the organization’s vision and mission.

Technical & IT Skills

• Proficiency in Microsoft Word/Excel /PowerPoint

Language Requirements

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

• Knowledge of Chittagonian dialect is must

Desirable:

• Willing to travel and work in the most remote areas of Bangladesh if required any emergency.

• Others technical: Monitoring & evaluation, Basic Photographic Skill, financial management

Ensure equality, diversity, inclusion and protection across the projects of HCRP - 40%

• Assist project teams in integrating gender, disability, intersectionality, protection and inclusion considerations into WASH and Shelter activities, ensuring that vulnerable groups have safe and dignified access to services.

• Monitor and record project activities to ensure compliance with protection standards, focusing on safeguarding children, women, elderly, and people with disabilities.

• Organize and conduct regular sensitization sessions for project staff on protection, inclusion, and gender sensitivity to reinforce project alignment with cross-cutting issues.

• Provide technical input considering the gender, protection and inclusion lens into the design of WASH and Shelter interventions to ensure they are accessible and safe for all rights holders, including people with disabilities and children with disabilities.

• Participate in field visits to assess the accessibility of shelter and sanitation facilities for persons with disabilities, observe, monitor and record the project interventions share with relevant party

• Assist to establish and maintain a referral system for referring vulnerable individuals to specialized protection services, ensuring effective follow-up.

• Assist the project team in collecting age, gender, and disability-disaggregated data to better understand and inform program decisions.

• Contribute to regular reporting by documenting any protection-related concerns or challenges

• Engage with local stakeholders, including community leaders, to promote awareness of protection and inclusion in WASH and Shelter activities.

• Actively ensure that the project adheres to child safeguarding and PSEA standards during all activities.

• Assist to conduct accessibility audits of the intervention in coordination with country protection and inclusion team

Capacity building initiatives for project participants, key stakeholders and project staff at program level -15%

• Facilitate training sessions for project staff on protection, gender, and inclusion, ensuring they understand how to integrate these into WASH and Shelter activities.

• Organize awareness-raising session/workshops for key stakeholders, including local authorities and community leaders

• Assist in Capacity building of staff on safeguarding & PSEA to deliver awareness sessions with the rights holders

• Support the development of training materials and resources that promote gender, disability, and inclusion awareness

• Support conducting capacity-building sessions with community volunteers, focusing on identifying and addressing protection risks

• Support collaborating with other sectors to ensure that training on protection and inclusion

• Provide ongoing technical support to project staff and key stakeholders to strengthen their understanding of cross-cutting protection issues.

• Support to organize refresher training and follow-up workshops to ensure continuous learning and improvement

• In regular interval, capturing the training needs of staff and arrange sessions on need basis

• Provide orientation to volunteers, vendors, partners, data enumerators etc. on Safeguarding, PSEA and CFM

Reporting and Documentation - 15%

• Support to conduct gender analysis for each project and prepare quality gender analysis report

• Prepare and submit timely reports on protection and inclusion activities

• Document best practices, case studies, and lessons learned related to protection and inclusion within the WASH and Shelter project.

• Maintain accurate and confidential records of protection /Safeguarding /PSEA incidents / complaints / observations and follow-up actions taken, ensuring data integrity

• Contribute to the development of narrative reports for donors and stakeholders

• Regularly update the protection and inclusion database, ensuring data is disaggregated by age, gender, and disability.

• Collaborate with Safeguarding and protection unit and MEAL team to track and document

Ensures effective communication and coordination with stakeholders - 20%

• Actively Participate in field-level meetings and working groups relevant to WASH, Shelter, Protection and other relevant sectors

• Collaborate with sector leads to ensure protection considerations are included in project activities

• Maintain regular communication with project teams

• Assist in strengthening relationships with local NGOs, UN agencies, and other partners to enhance protection coordination

•  Maintain consistent coordination with country protection inclusion and safeguarding team to make the humanitarian projects more protection and inclusion focused

• To bridge communication between project staff and beneficiaries to ensure concerns

• Regular record keeping and report sharing of Safeguarding, PSEA, Gender, Protection and Inclusion activities with country safeguarding, protection and inclusion team

Other Requirements -10%

• Participate & involved with seasonal programs (Ramadan, Qurbani, Winterization etc.) activities ensuring that the seasonal programs are maintaining the protection and inclusion principles in the project implementation.

• Ensure that local purchase and expenditure are done as per IRB policy.

• Maintain the stock book, inventory and other essential register

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

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

• Facilitate donor/external visit and ensure that recommendation of visitors are addressed.

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

• To ensure organizational visibility in different stage.

• Perform any other duties assigned by Supervisor.

As per approved SM-2024 & Organizational HR Policy