Asst. Project Officer

Job Description

Title: Asst. Project Officer

Company Name: Breaking the Silence (BTS)

Vacancy: 2

Age: at most 35 years

Location: Cox's Bazar (Teknaf, Ukhia)

Minimum Salary: Tk. 35000 (Monthly)

Experience:
∎ At least 2 years

Published: 9 Mar 2025

Education:
∎ Bachelor of Social Science (BSS)
∎ Bachelor Degree in Social Science or other relevant disciplines. But educational qualifications will be relaxed for the over experienced applicants.
∎ Bachelor Degree in Social Science or other relevant disciplines. But educational qualifications will be relaxed for the over experienced applicants.

Requirements:

Additional Requirements:
∎ Age at most 35 years
∎ Experience Requirements:
∎ Must have at least 2 years of experience in the relevant field.
∎ Working experience in Program in a National NGO.
∎ Work experience in Cox’s Bazar regarding child protection system and community development at host community/Rohingya community will give priority in selection proces
∎ Additional Requirements:
∎ Able to work under pressure and willing to frequent travel to all Camp and host community in Ukhiya and Teknaf Upazilla of Cox’s Bazar district.
∎ Knowledge in community development, ability to work under timeline, strong partnership development skills, facilitating participatory training, conducting the workshop, brainstorming sessions, focus group discussions, simulation, seminars, meetings, strong interpersonal skills, team-building capacity, problem-solving skills.
∎ Good writing and speaking skills in English and Bangla.
∎ Must have computer skills in MS Word, Excel, PowerPoint.
∎ Female, PWD and Ethnic Minority applicants are encouraged to apply.
∎ Job Location:
∎ Ukhiya and Teknaf Upazila, Cox’s Bazar District
∎ Experience Requirements:
∎ Must have at least 2 years of experience in the relevant field.
∎ Working experience in Program in a National NGO.
∎ Work experience in Cox’s Bazar regarding child protection system and community development at host community/Rohingya community will give priority in selection proces
∎ Additional Requirements:
∎ Able to work under pressure and willing to frequent travel to all Camp and host community in Ukhiya and Teknaf Upazilla of Cox’s Bazar district.
∎ Knowledge in community development, ability to work under timeline, strong partnership development skills, facilitating participatory training, conducting the workshop, brainstorming sessions, focus group discussions, simulation, seminars, meetings, strong interpersonal skills, team-building capacity, problem-solving skills.
∎ Good writing and speaking skills in English and Bangla.
∎ Must have computer skills in MS Word, Excel, PowerPoint.
∎ Female, PWD and Ethnic Minority applicants are encouraged to apply.
∎ Job Location:
∎ Ukhiya and Teknaf Upazila, Cox’s Bazar District

Responsibilities & Context:
∎ Team management, Capacity Building, and Programme implementation:
∎ Support and manage the Volunteers who are responsible for organizing and implementing the day-to-day field-level activity.
∎ Ensure quality implementation of Adolescent Group meetings, parent groups, CBCPC meetings, Child & Adolescent Club member’s meetings, Awareness-raising sessions for parents and community people, and CP awareness video shows targeting parents, and mass community people for achieving the objectives and intended program results.
∎ Conduct performance reviews for staff; support them to set performance objectives and monitor progress.
∎ Prepare a Plan to monitor and evaluate project progress, ensuring timely and quality project delivery, and flagging any issues to the line manager.
∎ Provide coaching, mentoring, and capacity-building support to volunteers.
∎ Ensure all child protection concerns identified are communicated promptly for response to the Project Officer.
∎ Ensure adherence to the Child Safeguarding Policy and reporting procedures.
∎ Maintain collaboration with the Department of Social Services (DSS) for appropriate case management support
∎ To identify beneficiaries with special needs;
∎ To refer beneficiaries with special needs to specialized NGOs/DSS according to predefined referral pathways after the approval of the Project Officer.
∎ To share information on field-level successes and challenges with the project
∎ B: Strengthen Community-based child protection:
∎ Responsible for strengthening sustainable child protection through community engagement and structures.
∎ Lead in the formation and functioning of Adolescent Group meetings, Parents Group, CBCPC, and Child & Adolescent Club with volunteers to ensure bi-monthly meetings are taking place and minutes are documented.
∎ Manage and support training for Adolescent Group, Parents Group, CBCPC, and Child & Adolescent Club members.
∎ Development of key messages, session plans, and monitoring activities.
∎ Ensure the effective running of the Adolescent Group, Parents Group, CBCPC, and Child & Adolescent Club members.
∎ Organize and support to facilitate training, workshops, and meetings with government officials, Local Elected Bodies, and community influential.
∎ Strengthening coordination mechanism with relevant stakeholders and Govt. Offices.
∎ C: Supervision and management of child protection services:
∎ Supervise and coach volunteers and other relevant actors on the identification, assessment, documentation, case planning, service provision and referral (to relevant services) and follow-up of at-risk children and families.
∎ Support for case management services and alternative care is provided in line with the Children Act 2013 and SOP case management
∎ Support outreach and awareness-raising activities to identify vulnerable
∎ Support the project management team to ensure close links between case management and project activity with CBCPC.
∎ Oversee the appropriate identification and screening, as well as follow-up and monitoring, for foster families.
∎ Ensure internal referral mechanisms (with other sectors) are in place and cases are appropriately managed and followed up when referred.
∎ Support the respective project officials (Project Manager, Monitoring and Documentation Officer, Project Officer, and Finance Officer) in the ongoing capacity building of volunteers
∎ Oversee to ensure emergency need-based support to vulnerable children with the collaboration of a Development Partner.
∎ Promote and facilitate volunteers' access to support for vulnerable children and their families.
∎ Share information on field-level successes and challenges with the Project Officer, Coordinator & Project Coordinator.
∎ Ensure that major challenges are flagged early, and addressed appropriately.
∎ Monitor protection risks and needs and identify protection cases;
∎ D: External and internal coordination and representation:
∎ Support on and keep up-to-date a map of existing services to which children and families can be referred
∎ Build collaborative relationships with organizations and service providers at the field level and support volunteers to ensure effective referrals and collaboration.
∎ Work in close collaboration with CBCPCs to strengthen our relationship with the community and to strengthen the referral system.
∎ Coordinate with other agencies offering case management services to children on referral and transfer of cases
∎ Ensure constant and transparent communication and collaboration with relevant stakeholders, Camp in Charge (CIC), Majhi, including local elected bodies, community members, community leaders, and families.
∎ Represent the organization in the community and different platforms & actors related to Child Protection.
∎ Tenure of Services Contract:
∎ 3 (Three) months probation period. After successful completion of the probation period, based on the performance of the staff and recommendation from the supervisor, the post may be continued till the project’s lifetime.
∎ Job Context:
∎ Breaking the Silence is a non-profit, voluntary organization registered with the Department of Social Services (Registration No. 05037, Date: 17 September 2000) and NGOAB (Registration No. 1642, Date: 20 May 2001). The organization works to establish child rights, prevent child abuse and child sexual abuse, prevent child marriage, accelerate child-friendly good governance, improve the quality of education at the primary and pre-primary level, prevent violence against women, empowering children and women. The organization is going to implement a project named ‘Integrated Services for Peace, Resilience and Empowerment for Rohigya and Host Communities(INSPIRE)” at Ukhiya and Teknaf in Cox’s Bazar districts. The project will be implemented by the support of IRC. BTS is going to recruit a ‘Asst. Project Officer’ for the mentioned project the position’s desk office will be at Ukhiya and Teknaf in Cox’s Bazar District.
∎ Position Name : Asst. Project Officer
∎ Department/ Progrm : Child Protection
∎ Reproting to : Project Officer
∎ Organization Name : Breaking the Silence (BTS)
∎ Project Name : Integrated Services for Peace, Resilience and Empowerment for Rohigya and Host Communities(INSPIRE)”
∎ No of Vacancy : 2 (Two)
∎ Job Description /
∎ Responsibilities :

Skills & Expertise:

Compensation & Other Benefits:
∎ Gross: Taka 35000/= Per Month
∎ 2 days weekend
∎ Office time, Annual Leave, Increment & other facilities will be applicable as per 'Recruitment and Human Resource Management Policy' of Breaking the Silence.
∎ Gross: Taka 35000/= Per Month
∎ 2 days weekend
∎ Office time, Annual Leave, Increment & other facilities will be applicable as per 'Recruitment and Human Resource Management Policy' of Breaking the Silence.

Employment Status: Full Time

Job Location: Cox's Bazar (Teknaf, Ukhia)

Read Before Apply:

Only short-listed candidates will be called for assessment.

Qualified and interested candidates are requested to apply with updated CV.

The person accused of child and women abuse, violation of safeguarding policy, terminated for any kind of fraud, active political activist or supporter and the peoples who are involved in militancy/terrorism in any way are requested not to apply.

Breaking the Silence reserved the authority to accept / reject any application and to add / relax the terms of the recruitment notice.

The authority reserves the right to cancel the appointment of a candidate at any time after his appointment if he has given false information or concealed the truth in any case.

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Company Information:
∎ Breaking the Silence (BTS)
∎ Plot # 2/4, Lalmatia, Block-G, Mohammadpur, Dhaka-1207
∎ www.breakingthesilencebd.org
∎ Breaking the Silence is a non-profit, voluntary organization registered with the Department of Social Services (Registration No. 05037, Date: 17 September 2000) and NGOAB (Registration No. 1642, Date: 20 May 2001). The organization works to establish child rights, prevent child abuse and child sexual abuse, prevent child marriage, accelerate child-friendly good governance, improve the quality of education at the primary and pre-primary level, prevent violence against women, empowering children and women. It also contributes to achieving the relevant Sustainable Development Goals. The organization has been implementing various programs to prevent child abuse and child marriage, empowering children and women, creating opportunities for children to participate in the decision-making process of local government and strengthening the social accountability process. Moreover, in response to any natural and social disaster, the development partner in collaboration with the government as a partner in the program. BTS ensures the involvement of children and women from the disabled and disadvantaged communities in all programs. The organization has been facilitated national-level advocacy initiatives to scale up the good practices and models all over the country and contribute to review or formulate new laws and policies regarding child and women rights.

Address::
∎ Plot # 2/4, Lalmatia, Block-G, Mohammadpur, Dhaka-1207
∎ www.breakingthesilencebd.org
∎ Breaking the Silence is a non-profit, voluntary organization registered with the Department of Social Services (Registration No. 05037, Date: 17 September 2000) and NGOAB (Registration No. 1642, Date: 20 May 2001). The organization works to establish child rights, prevent child abuse and child sexual abuse, prevent child marriage, accelerate child-friendly good governance, improve the quality of education at the primary and pre-primary level, prevent violence against women, empowering children and women. It also contributes to achieving the relevant Sustainable Development Goals. The organization has been implementing various programs to prevent child abuse and child marriage, empowering children and women, creating opportunities for children to participate in the decision-making process of local government and strengthening the social accountability process. Moreover, in response to any natural and social disaster, the development partner in collaboration with the government as a partner in the program. BTS ensures the involvement of children and women from the disabled and disadvantaged communities in all programs. The organization has been facilitated national-level advocacy initiatives to scale up the good practices and models all over the country and contribute to review or formulate new laws and policies regarding child and women rights.

Application Deadline: 15 Mar 2025

Category: NGO/Development