Assistant Technical Specialist, Design, LSDP, Bhasan Char, HCMP

Job Description

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

Company Name: BRAC

Vacancy: --

Age: Na

Job Location: Noakhali (Hatiya)

Salary: Negotiable

Experience:

• At least 4 years
• The applicants should have experience in the following business area(s): NGO,Development Agency

Published: 2025-07-17

Application Deadline: 2025-07-26

Education: Bachelors/Masters in Textile or Industrial Engineering or any related subject from any UGC approved recognized university/institution.

Requirements:

• At least 4 years
• The applicants should have experience in the following business area(s): NGO,Development Agency

Skills Required: Designing,Handicraft,Industrial Engineering,Textile Engineering

Additional Requirements:

Knowledge:

• Strong understanding of textile and craft-based product design (e.g., embroidery, stitching, macramé, jute, denim, knit, oven, etc.).

• Familiarity with Rohingya cultural aesthetics and artisanal traditions.

• Knowledge of market trends, seasonal design themes, and customer preferences (local and global).

• Understanding of sustainable, inclusive, and cost-effective product development processes.

Skills:

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

• Strong visual design and creative thinking ability.

• Skilled in prototyping, sampling, and quality assurance techniques.

• Effective communication, teamwork, and documentation skills.

Competencies:

Core Competencies (BRAC):

• Integrity, inclusiveness, innovation, effectiveness.

Functional Competencies:

• Ability to innovate within resource-constrained, humanitarian contexts.

• Strong leadership in guiding design and production teams.

• Capable of translating artisan skills into commercially viable products.

• Resilient, self-driven, and adaptive to challenging environments like Bhasan Char.

Responsibilities & Context:

Lead the design and product development of the handicraft items, transforming Rohingya artisans’ skills into culturally inspired, high-quality, and marketable products. The role supports innovation and quality to help the factory become self-reliant within the project period.

Responsibilities:

• Create and develop commercially viable designs for various products including knitwear, woven garments, denim, baby dresses, caps, and handicrafts.
• Integrate traditional Rohingya artistry with contemporary market preferences to develop culturally relevant and appealing designs.
• Research trends, seasonal inspirations, and market demands to drive innovation in the product line.
• Provide hands-on technical guidance and design training to Bangladeshi trainers and Rohingya artisans.
• Assist in developing design manuals and sampling guidelines for quality assurance and production consistency.
• Lead the prototyping of new designs in coordination with the production team.
• Ensure feasibility, cost-effectiveness, and production-readiness of each new design.
• Set quality benchmarks for aesthetics, finishing, and durability of designed products.
• Continuously seek innovative materials, techniques, and processes to improve product value and competitiveness.
• Work closely with the production team and ATS–Market Linkage teams to align designs with production capacity and sales targets.
• Coordinate with suppliers, vendors, and market feedback sources to incorporate relevant insights into design improvements.
• Maintain design archives, version control of samples, and product development reports.
• Prepare and submit periodic updates on design progress, challenges, and achievements to supervisors.
• 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.

Job Other Benifits:

• Mobile bill,Weekly 2 holidays
• Festival Bonus: 2

• Health & Life Insurance

• Paternity/ Maternity leave

• Free Accommodation

• Others as per Organisation policy

Employment Status: Contractual

Job Work Place: Work at office

Company Information:

Gender: Male and Female can apply

Read Before Apply: Please apply only who are fulfilling all the requirements of this job

Category: NGO/Development