Assistant Social Worker

Job Description

Title: Assistant Social Worker

Company Name: Ovibashi Karmi Unnayan Program (OKUP)

Vacancy: 1

Age: Na

Job Location: Dhaka

Salary: Tk. 35000 - 45000 (Monthly)

Experience:

Published: 2026-01-13

Application Deadline: 2026-01-24

Education:

• Masters
• Masters

• Master degree in any subjects of Social Science/ Arts/ Science disciplines from any reputed university

Essential:

• Demonstrated experiences of at least two years in similar social worker/ case management/ welfare officer etc. position in any reputed NGO/ INGOs
• Excellent skills in providing counseling, and emergency services, like medical and legal services to the beneficiaries
• Good understanding of migrant’s rights and laws related to migrant workers in Bangladesh.

Desirable:

• Experience in working on migration, anti-trafficking or modern slavery projects/programs.
• Experience in adaptive management

Competencies:

• Self-motivated, proactive and target oriented
• Good report writing along with analytical skills
• Excellent problem-solving skills
• Self-starter, proactive, positive and target oriented
• Capability of working in challenging and demanding situations.
• Ability to work in a team
• Able to manage multiple priorities/ multitasking

OKUP is a right based migrant organization. OKUP promotes and protects human rights, labour rights, justice and dignity of all migrant workers irrespective of gender, across borders, through putting migrants’ perspectives at the center of migration discourse at all levels through unity and empowerment of migrant workers themselves.

OKUP invites applications from the qualified candidates for its different vacant positions.

Job Title: Assistant Social Worker (1 position)

Project/Program: OKUP – SERe Project

Probation Period: 3 months

Job Type: Contractual – Initially for One Year. (Extendable based on performance and available fund)

Reported To: Project Manager and Social Worker

Job Location: Dhaka (Need to travel field areas in a regular basis)

Contact address: Shawdagor Garden, 466, Donia Post Office Road, Jatrabari, Dhaka-1236, Bangladesh, www.okup.org.bd

Specific roles and responsibilities are as follows:

• Overall implementation of the case management activities in line with project work plan and budget and in compliance with organizational and partner policies.
• Work with team members both at head office and field office with following professional manners
• Receive, analyze, refer, and follow up cases/ complaints.
• Provide required services to the sick returnee migrants at the airport, shelter home and any places where required
• Assist other team members to provide medical support, counseling support and legal support to the beneficiaries
• Take regular field visit to assess the cases, follow up and meet with respective service providers
• Provide feedback to field staff on Case Identification and update on the process to share with beneficiaries.  
• Ensure documentation of cases including input in online database and another documents
• Organize and facilitate of different meetings, workshops, orientations etc.
• Cooperate with team members for ensuring component wise inputs effectively and share all update to the senior management
• Establish and maintain professional relationship and collaboration with different government and non-government service provider organizations, migrant communities, and facilitate referrals of the migrant workers if needed
• Prepare quarterly and annual narrative reports on the provided services in line with the project inputs, outputs and impacts and ensure regular monthly report to the supervisor
• Prepare success stories of individual case, lessons learned, and good practice regular basis
• Ensure high standards in financial and logistics management to meet accountability and transparency
• Represent OKUP when and where necessary

This list of duties and responsibilities is by no means exhaustive and the post holder may be required to undertake other relevant and appropriate duties as required.

Salary Range: Gross 35,000 - 45,000/- per month (based on experience) Other Benefits: As per organizational rules