District Training Coordinator - National Scale up programme

Job Description

Title: District Training Coordinator - National Scale up programme

Company Name: Dhaka Ahsania Mission (DAM)

Vacancy: 01

Job Location: Dhaka

Employment Status: Full-time, Contractual

Educational Requirements:
∎ Master of Social Sciences (MSS) or any relevant discipline from any recognized university with no third class/ division or equivalent GPA/ CGPA in academic records.

Experience Requirements:
∎ At least 5 year(s)

Job Context:
∎ Dhaka Ahsania Mission (DAM) is a non-government development organization of Bangladesh founded in 1958; mandated to work with disadvantaged and underprivileged people including children through projects and programs. DAM has set out policy for common values, principles and beliefs tomeet our organizational commitment to protect children and work for their rights and entitlements. DAM`s mission is to provides high quality services towards unity, peace and development of social and spiritual life for the human community in general and for the disadvantaged and suffering humanity, in particular.Dhaka Ahsania Mission has Consultative Status with UN ECOSOC and UNESCO. Over 62 years DAM has been serving the human community for improved living conditions enhancing people`s capacities to multi-dimensional field programs and inner potentials. DAM`s current diversified works encompass multi-dimensional field programs and self-governing institutions in education, health and economic development sectors in Bangladesh.
∎ Job Context
∎ Dhaka Ahsania Mission in partnership with Plan International Bangladesh is going to implement"Combating Early Child Marriage in Bangladesh (CEMB)" projectwhich is funded by Global Affairs Canada, targeting following major outcomes:
∎ Increased agency of adolescent girls and boys to protect themselves from harmful gender norms and practices, including child, early and force marriage, and exercise choice in decision affecting their futures
∎ Improved community acceptance of norms that value the girl child and actions that support girls and boys to delay marriage
∎ Enhanced institutional responsiveness of duty bearers to child rights violations, particularly Child Early and Force Marriage (CEFM), among vulnerable girls.
∎ The CEMB Project supports the Government of Bangladesh`s commitment from the 2014 Global Girls` Summit to: create a National Plan of Action to eliminate Child Early and Forced Marriage (CEFM) below 15; reduce by a third marriages below 18 years by 2021; and end all CEFM by 2041. It will promote the progressive provisions of the Child Marriage Restraint Act (CMRA) 2017 and envisions close cooperation with the Ministry of Women & Children Affair, Ministry of Education, a2i and other relevantstakeholders to contribute in implementation of NPA for Adolescent Health strategy in Bangladesh. The initiative is also fully aligned with the goals set by the South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC) governments through the regional South Asia Initiative to End Violence against Children (SAIEVAC).
∎ At the national level, CEMB Project will be providing support to build the capacity building of Child Marriage Prevention Committees (CMPC) at division, District and Sub-district level and to related training curriculum development process to Ministry of Women and Children Affairs (MOWCA) and Unicef.
∎ On above context, DAM invites applications for the following positions for immediate appointment:
∎ Position: Divisional Manager, Capacity Building- National Scale up programme at "Combating Early Child Marriage in Bangladesh (CEMB)" project
∎ Contractual upto September 2022
∎ Job Location: Dhaka Ahsania Mission`s Head Office, Dhaka

Job Responsibilities:
∎ Training Coordinators is responsible for managing, designing, developing, coordinating and conducting all training programs of CEMB Project.
∎ Communicating with stakeholders to identify training needs and mapping out development plans for teams and individuals.
∎ Accountable for the development of training materials and modules of CEMB Project.
∎ Organizing and conducting trainings and workshops on CMPCs and National Plan of Action for preventing CEFM for effective delivery of the national scale-up component of CEMB project.
∎ This position will also to provide inputs and feedback to MoWCA and UNICEF to their process of training curriculum development related to CMPCs.
∎ Work closely with child protection specialist of PIB for incorporating the child protection and safeguarding issues in the training modules and materials.
∎ Work closely with the Team of ToT module jointly to be developed by Unicef, Plan and MOWCA, in consultation with PlB's gender adviser and project's CP specialist.
∎ Incorporate child protection aspect appropriately in ToT modules to be delivered for the National Resource pool on CMRA 2017, Gender Equality, Child Rights and Protection, roles and responsibilities training package.
∎ Prepare reports on the training component of the activities implemented DAM.
∎ Conduct orientation and training for related staff members of CEMB project's
∎ Maintain a safeguarding procedure across all training programs the project by complying the safeguarding policy of Plan International Bangladesh and Dhaka Ahsania Mission.

Additional Requirements:
∎ At least 5 years working experience in training division of NGOs/INGOs and or government agencies along with 2-4 years direct working experience in providing trainings related to child protection and youth & adolescent development.
∎ She/He should have demonstrated understanding about the Child Protection Policies and related compliances.
∎ She/he should have sound knowledge legal provisions related to Child, Early and Forced Marriage in Bangladesh, especially on Child Marriage Restraint Act 2017 and related Rules and circulars.
∎ Trained on Child Rights Convention, Child Protection reporting and response mechanisms and life-skills.
∎ Have strong interpersonal, communications, organizational and team building ability
∎ Have fluency in written and spoken English and Bengali
∎ Capacity to work under pressure and meet deadlines.

Salary: Tk. 50000 (Monthly)

Application Deadline: 10 Feb 2021

Company Information:
∎ 1 Feb 2021
∎ Dhaka Ahsania Mission (DAM)

Category: NGO/Development

: "Women are strongly Encouraged to Apply"