Community Organizer

Job Description

Title: Community Organizer

Company Name: Bangladesh Association for Community Education (BACE)

Vacancy: 1

Age: 20 to 25 years

Job Location: Jamalpur (Dewanganj, Islampur)

Salary: --

Experience:

Published: 2026-06-18

Application Deadline: 2026-06-26

Education:

• Bachelor/Honors
• Higher Secondary

• HSC or equivalent, currently pursuing their Bachelor’s/BA/Honors degree on a related field.

• Age 20 to 25 years

• Residency: Must reside in the designated district (or a nearby sub-district) and possess strong connections with local youth and communities.

• Age: Between 20 and 25 years old.

• Experience: Demonstrated understanding of gender-related issues, including but not limited to gender equality, women's empowerment, and gender-based violence and harmful practices.

Skills:

• Demonstrated experience in organizing community campaigns, workshops, and advocacy events.

• Strong skills in documentation, data collection, and reporting.

• Sound knowledge of the socio-cultural context of rural Bangladesh and the issue of child marriage.

• Excellent communication skills in Bangla (mandatory), fluency in local language and English (desirable).

• Strong interpersonal and networking skills to build effective working relationships with diverse stakeholders.

• Ability to work independently, manage multiple tasks, and meet deadlines under pressure.

Summary: Bangladesh Association for Community Education (BACE) a Non-Governmental and Non-Profit making voluntary organization was established in 1977 by a group of distinguished individuals concerned with education and human resource development to the disadvantaged people in Bangladesh. Currently BACE is implementing SHOMBHABONA Project funded by UNFPA and supported by ActionAid Bangladesh at Jamalpur District.

Project: SHOMBHABONA Project (Funded by UNFPA supported ActionAid Bangladesh)

Location of Posting: Dewanganj and Islampur Upazila of Jamalpur District

About the SHOMBHABONA Project

The SHOMBHABONA Project aims to reduce child marriage and transform harmful social norms by engaging communities, government agencies, civil society organizations, and youth groups. The project focuses on strengthening grassroots advocacy, promoting gender-equitable practices, and empowering young people to challenge traditions that perpetuate child marriage.

Through advocacy campaigns, community mobilization, capacity building, and district- and upazila-level events, SHOMBHABONA works to create a supportive environment where girls and boys can enjoy equal rights and opportunities.

Job Summary

The Community Organizer will play a key role in implementing the SHOMBHABONA Project at the upazila level. Responsibilities include carrying out project activities, maintaining effective communication with Gender Promoters of the Department of Women Affairs (DWA), Organizing groups, facilitating sessions, make necessary arrangements for session communication and reporting. The Organizer will also support the District Facilitator in ensuring smooth execution of advocacy initiatives, campaigns, and community events.

Field level duties include data collection, organizing community events, facilitating group education and dialogues, ensuring quality documentation, and maintaining liaison with youth groups and government agencies to drive sustainable impact. The role requires frequent travel across districts and upazilas.

Key Responsibilities (including but not limited to)

• Contribute to district and upazila-level implementation of awareness campaigns and initiatives aimed at shifting harmful social norms.

• Maintain regular communication and coordination with youth ambassadors, Gender Promoters, and other government and non-government stakeholders at grassroot level

• Organize sessions and ensure the quality and consistency of value deliberation sessions delivered in communities.

• Coordinate value deliberation sessions with reference groups, male household members of VWB and Jibikayon participants.

• Work with the District Facilitator to strengthen collaboration with local CSOs, youth groups, and other organizations for effective grassroots mobilization.

• Provide logistical and technical support in training activities, including cascading sessions under the Norm-Shift Accelerator model.

• Support in organizing district-level media engagement initiatives to amplify advocacy messages.

• Conduct regular field visits to engage with project participants, provide implementation support, branding and visibility and ensure adherence to project standards.

• Assist in collecting and documenting case stories, success stories, best practices, challenges, and lessons learned.

• Manage and update participant databases, ensuring timely submission of documentation as per project requirements.

• Perform other duties as assigned by the supervisor in alignment with project objectives.

• Salary and Benefits: Consolidated salary of BDT 15,000 per month