Capacity Building Coordinator (CBC)

Job Description

Title: Capacity Building Coordinator (CBC)

Company Name: Terre des hommes Foundation

Vacancy: Not specific

Job Location: Cox's Bazar (Ukhia)

Employment Status: Contractual

Educational Requirements:
∎ University Degree in Development Studies or Social Science.

Experience Requirements:
∎ At least 5 year(s)

Job Context:
∎ Position based in : Ukhiya, Cox`s Bazar, Bangladesh
∎ Desired date for taking-up duty : March/ April 2022 (expected)
∎ Post Type : Full Time
∎ Contract Type : 1 year with possibility of extension for further period
∎ Hierarchical and organizational links:
∎ Reports to : Program Director
∎ Coordinates with : Technical Lead and MEL Manager and 2 partner organizations
∎ Direct line manager of : TBC
∎ Technical referent : National Coordinators, Program Quality Manager
∎ Context:
∎ Youth Empowerment for Social Cohesion is 3 year-long USAID program in Cox`s Bazar in Bangladesh till 30 June 2023. The program`s objective is to reduce the risk of conflict and increase social cohesion by increasing women and youth participation in leadership in their community, enhancing self-care and family stability by working with early married girls and their families and by enabling vulnerable and marginalized community members to access agricultural value chains through engagement with the private sector and government authorities.
∎ General description of the position:
∎ The Capacity Building Coordinator will be responsible for leading the capacity building component of the YESC program. He/she will be responsible for technical support and guidance on early marriage and youth engagement, protection and community-based interventions by delivering training, thematic workshops and ensuring continued coaching and mentoring support based on staff needs assessment. He/she proactively identifies external opportunities for increasing the technical capacities of staff on various cross cutting themes.

Job Responsibilities:
∎ Staff Capacity Building and Development:
∎ Conduct regular staff training, need assessments including community volunteers, and other staff to be trained;
∎ Develop a staff capacity building plan, budget & coordination responding to regular needs assessment under the supervision of the Program Director;
∎ Conduct regular staff trainings and on the job coaching on the themes of youth, gender, social cohesion. This includes capacity building on Tdh arts-based and sports-based methodologies for protection and social cohesion.
∎ Lead the development of training packages on the themes of youth empowerment, gender and diversity mainstreaming, social cohesion and community-based approaches
∎ Regularly review program staff's progress through field observation, meetings and other forms of evaluation to inform need for refresh training;
∎ Lead training for project teams in close collaboration with Program Director;
∎ Develop and update individual training file for each staff that tracks attended trainings either internal or external according to each individual need assessment and response plan;
∎ Contribute to the developing of ToR for the identification of external trainers and other resources;
∎ Project(s) Co-operation:
∎ Regularly communicate with the partner organisations and provide them technical and managerial assistance for dealing with implementation bottleneck;
∎ Monitor implementation and performance of the staff of the partner organizations, community volunteers, and other members of the community-based organizations and stakeholders.
∎ Ensure both internal and external coordination along with the donor compliance requirement;
∎ As a member of the steering committee provide specific advice and support on the ad-hoc issues;
∎ Assist Program Director in organizing steering committee meeting at the earliest to resolve any dispute;
∎ Work collaboratively with other team members of the Dhaka, Ukhiya and Cox's Bazar for organizing any program event;
∎ Assists Program Director in the preparation of the various documents, regular progress reporting of the program;
∎ Work collaboratively with the MEAL Manager to ensure the indicators of the program are being followed at all events of the program;
∎ Handle logistic preparation prior to organizing any activities as per the Tdh guideline;
∎ Collaborate with logistics in Ukhiya for identifying training venues, utilize budget, and report preparation
∎ Collect information regarding potential costs arising from internal and external training opportunities and promptly inform Program Director;
∎ Coordination and Representation:
∎ Coordinate with other Tdh sectors to ensure mainstreaming and implementation of standardized activities;
∎ Communicate and collaborate in accordance with the contract and participate in implementing it;
∎ Liaise with other humanitarian actors to seek opportunities for capacity development of child protection staff;
∎ Others:
∎ Agree to comply with Tdh Code of Conduct and ensures Child Safeguarding standards are upheld;
∎ Adhere and ensure Tdh administrative and logistical regulations and procedures.

Additional Requirements:
∎ Knowledge:
∎ At least 5 years' experience in the area of training and capacity building in the area of Child Protection and Youth Mobilization with and International Non-profit Organization, preferably in Cox's Bazar.
∎ Good IT knowledge (Microsoft Office, Internet, Excel).
∎ Very good knowledge of Youth Empowerment issues (programming) and best practices.
∎ Very good knowledge of the child protection system in Bangladesh, preferably in Cox's Bazar.
∎ Skills:
∎ Strong training, facilitation and coaching skills in multicultural settings.
∎ Experience in developing training packages on the themes of youth programming, gender mainstreaming, social cohesion.
∎ Excellent communication, networking, and inter-personal skills
∎ Conflict sensitivity and responsive programming.
∎ Flexibility and ability to cope with changes in priorities.
∎ Fluency in spoken and written English.
∎ Knowledge of Bangla/Rohingya language is an asset.
∎ Others: Accept new responsibilities as and when those are assigned by the line supervisor.

Job Source: Bdjobs.com Online Job Posting.

Application Deadline: 5 Mar 2022

Company Information:
∎ 24 Feb 2022
∎ Terre des hommes Foundation
∎ Business : Committed to Child Health and Child Relief

Category: NGO/Development