Title: Field Officer (Child Rights)
Company Name: Islamic Relief Worldwide Bangladesh
Vacancy: 1
Job Location: Cox's Bazar (Cox's Bazar Sadar)
Employment Status: Full-time
Educational Requirements:
∎ Bachelor degree in any discipline
Experience Requirements:
∎ At least 2 year(s)
Job Responsibilities:
∎ Planning-5%
∎ Prepare monthly, quarterly & annual action plan
∎ Project Implementation and Management-70%
∎ Make SHGs & Apex body functional consisting of orphan's mothers/guardians;
∎ Introduce group-led savings, small loan & Qard-al-Hasana;
∎ Ensure health check-up for orphans and their family members through establishing linkage with government health service providers;
∎ Arrange awareness sessions for mothers to increase nutritional practices through mother groups;
∎ Ensure mother group meeting twice in a month;
∎ Visit schools regularly for ensuring school attendance of the project participants;
∎ Conduct regular meetings with school teachers/SMCs;
∎ Take part in awareness meetings with the guardians through mother groups;
∎ Take the initiative to observe different national & international days;
∎ Organize get-together for mothers & children;
∎ Take part in house construction & WASH-related activities for the orphan families;
∎ Make Child Clubs & child-led networks functional;
∎ Ensure business plan for HHs & 14+ orphan children;
∎ Increase the coverage of sponsorship per annum as per the target of the Field Office and prepare bio-data including a photo of the child;
∎ Ensure 100% enrolment of the selected children in educational institutes;
∎ Create access to quality education for orphan children;
∎ Make caregivers & duty-bearers aware of the orphan and vulnerable children to establish safe & protective environment for them;
∎ Visit the households of sponsored children quarterly;
∎ Take initiatives to arrange counseling sessions for the public examinees;
∎ Collect post-sponsorship data of children once in a year;
∎ Collect data on progress of children's well-being;
∎ Collect educational result card and document;
∎ Collect reply of donor's letter from the children;
∎ Ensure all documents of personal file of orphan children
∎ Capacity Building-5%
∎ Arrange skill training for the mothers/guardians of orphan children;
∎ Conduct leadership, group management & financial management training for the leaders of mothers' group
∎ Advocacy & Communication-5%
∎ Do advocacy and networking especially with related government departments from where benefits for the orphan family can be ensured
∎ Reporting-15%
∎ Prepare monthly, quarterly & annual reports of CRP
∎ Collect the most significant case studies;
∎ Collect annual progress report, drawing & greeting card, prepare & translate where needed.
∎ Being a member of Islamic Relief as a child-friendly organization, it is the core responsibility and obligation of each and every staff member to understand and obey the IR Child Protection Policy & Other Safeguarding policy and respond accordingly as and when required.
Additional Requirements:
∎ Experience in working with Child Rights
∎ Working knowledge of Microsoft Word/ Excel/PowerPoint/Adobe Photoshop/ Basic Internet/ etc.
∎ Excellent Reading/Writing/Speaking/Listening skill for English & Bengali
∎ Social Mobilization Skill
∎ Facilitation Skill
∎ Coordination/Advocacy/Networking/Communication Skill
∎ Reporting & Documentation
∎ Monitoring & Evaluation Skill
∎ Financial management
∎ Decision-making skill
∎ Conflict resolution skill
∎ Leadership skill
∎ Self-development
∎ Problem-solving skill
∎ Planning, analytical and organizational skills
∎ Strategic Management skill
∎ Ability to work under pressure and manage workload effectively
∎ Supportive, effective and good team player.
∎ Have a valid driving license for motorbike and willing to travel and work in the most remote areas of Bangladesh.
∎ Employment duration is initially 12 Months; renewable subject to work performance.
∎ Person with disability are encouraged to apply
Salary: Tk. 18622 (Monthly)
Compensation & Other Benefits:
∎ Mobile bill, Tour allowance, Medical allowance, Provident fund, Weekly 2 holidays, Gratuity
∎ Festival Bonus: 1
Application Deadline: 18 Mar 2021
Company Information:
∎ 5 Mar 2021
∎ Islamic Relief Worldwide Bangladesh
∎ Address : Bangladesh Country Office: House # 10, Road # 10, Block-K, Baridhara, Dhaka-1212
∎ Web : islamicrelief.org.bd
∎ Business : Islamic Relief Worldwide (IRW) - founded in 1984 and based in Birmingham, UK - is an independent humanitarian and development organization. It supports the world’s most vulnerable people in their fight against poverty & sufferings regardless of race, political affiliation, gender, or belief, and without expecting anything in return. It is a signatory to the Code of Conduct for the International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement.
IRW has a presence in 45 countries across the globe. Some funds of the organization come from individual donations and others from institutional donors such as the DFID, EU, SIDA, CIDA/IDRF, Forum Syd, WFP, UNDP, and ECHO.
Islamic Relief(IR) started working in Bangladesh in 1991 in order to help the distressed survivors of the devastating cyclone by providing emergency relief and supporting communities to rebuild in the wake of that cyclone. Initially, it focused on emergency relief & disaster preparedness activities. Later on, it expanded its programmes on both humanitarian and development challenges. Now it works in an integrated manner combining emergency humanitarian assistance, short-term work opportunity, shelter support, awareness & training on different DRR, climate change, development, health & hygiene and social issues, cash grant, IGA means, health & nutrition, safe water & sanitation, education, advocacy and linkage with different service providers. As a registered charity, IR is open and transparent; it continually assesses its work and operational methods to improve impact and effectiveness.
Category: NGO/Development
: For more details Job information, Please download the job description from our official websites (islamicrelief.org.bd). Female Candidates are only eligible to apply. However, Islamic Relief Bangladesh considers diversity in the workplace and is a committed equal opportunity employer. We encourage applications from all suitable candidates regardless of race, family or marital status, ethnicity, age, disability, class, caste, or religion.
Source: bdjobs.com