Assistant Technical Specialist, Design, Bhasan Char, HCMP

Job Description

Title: Assistant Technical Specialist, Design, Bhasan Char, HCMP

Company Name: BRAC

Vacancy: --

Age: Na

Job Location: Noakhali (Hatiya)

Salary: Negotiable

Experience:

• At least 5 years
• The applicants should have experience in the following business area(s): NGO, Development Agency

Bachelor’s or equivalent degree in Fashion designing from any UGC approved reputed university or institute

• At least 5 years
• The applicants should have experience in the following business area(s): NGO, Development Agency

Knowledge:

• Textile and craft-based product design (embroidery, stitching, macramé, jute, denim, knitwear, etc.).

• Rohingya cultural aesthetics and artisanal traditions.

• Market trends, seasonal design themes, and customer preferences.

• Sustainable, inclusive, and cost-effective production methods.

Skills:

• Proficiency in design software (Adobe Illustrator, Photoshop).

• Strong visual design, prototyping, and quality assurance skills.

• Effective communication, teamwork, and documentation.

Competencies:

• Functional: Innovative thinking in resource-constrained contexts, leadership in guiding design teams, resilience, adaptability, and commercial product translation skills.

BRAC is an international development organisation founded in Bangladesh in 1972 that partners globally with over 100 million people living with inequality and poverty to create opportunities to realise their potential.

The Assistant Technical Specialist – Design will lead product design and development for handicraft items, transforming Rohingya artisans’ traditional skills into high-quality, marketable, and culturally relevant products. The role ensures innovation, quality, and commercial viability, supporting the production center’s path toward self-reliance during the project period.

Design & Product Development

• Create and develop commercially viable designs for garments, knitwear, denim, baby clothing, caps, and handicrafts.

• Integrate Rohingya cultural artistry with contemporary market trends.

• Conduct research on seasonal trends, production innovations, and market demand.

• Prototype new designs in coordination with the production team, ensuring cost-effectiveness and feasibility.

• Maintain design archives, version control of samples, and product development documentation.

Technical Guidance & Training

• Provide hands-on design guidance and training to Bangladeshi trainers and Rohingya artisans.

• Assist in developing design manuals, sampling guidelines, and quality standards.

• Monitor and mentor artisans to strengthen their design and production skills.

Collaboration & Market Linkage

• Work closely with production team, ATS Business development and ATS marketing to ensure alignment of designs with production capacity and sales objectives.

• Coordinate with suppliers and vendors for materials, techniques, and design feedback.

• Perform additional tasks as directed by the supervisor.

Safeguarding

• Ensure the safety of Programme Participants, people who come into contact with the organisation and team members from any harm, abuse, neglect, harassment and exploitation including sexual exploitation and abuse (SEA) to achieve the programme's goals of safeguarding implementation. Act as a key source of support, guidance and expertise on safeguarding for establishing a safe working environment.

• Practice, promote and endorse the issues of safeguarding policy among team members and ensure the implementation of safeguarding standards in every course of action.

• Follow the safeguarding reporting procedure in case any reportable incident takes place and encourage others to do so.

• Mobile bill

• Weekly 2 holidays

• Festival Bonus

• Free Accommodation

• Health & Life Insurance

• Paternity/ Maternity leave

• others as per Organisation policy.