Field Officer
Job Description
Title: Field Officer
Company Name: Steps Towards Development
Vacancy: 01
Job Location: Anywhere in Bangladesh
Employment Status: Full-time
Educational Requirements:
∎ A Bachelor degree with minimum five years' experience in the area of community mobilization and capacity building
Experience Requirements:
∎ At least 3 year(s)
Job Context:
∎ Steps Towards Development, a national level NGO, working to promote gender equality, human rights and gender responsive governance, is looking for a deserving individual to fill in the above position of Local Governance Programme-Sharique PHASE IV operating in the unions under Barisal district of Bangladesh.
∎ Reportable to: Field Coordinator
∎ Based at: This position will be based at upazila office located in Barishal District, with frequent travel to the unions of respective upazila, often remote villages.
∎ Duration of the contract: Duration of this contract is up to October 2019 from the date of appointment (possibility of extension).
Job Responsibilities:
∎ Participate in workshop, training and advocacy event organized by HSI and Steps
∎ Regular contact and coordination with the project team of Steps
∎ Participate different coordination meeting and discuss about the progress as well as challenge
∎ Accommodate feedback from BRDB, HSI and Steps staffs
∎ Collect data from the field and ensure entry in the HSI online monitoring system
∎ Any other responsibilities time to time assigned by his/her management
∎ Facilitate formation of Ward Platforms(WPs) in respective Unions
∎ Facilitate LGSA and PGA exercises with WPs
∎ Facilitate Orientation/training with the assigned CGs (citizen group) i.e, Ward Shava, Open budget meeting, Roles and responsibilities of UP, RTI, Women Leadership development, Speak up, Social Safety net etc.
∎ Provide day to day accompaniment and coaching support to assigned CGs.
∎ Ensure the CGs mobilizes citizens to participate in UP public consultation meetings meaningfully
∎ Support CGs in organizing Day observation event by Union Parishad (UP)
∎ Prepare monthly activity report
Additional Requirements:
∎ Minimum three years' experience in the area of Union Parishad level local governance.
∎ Demonstrated training and facilitating skill, preferably on the issues of right to information, safety net programmes, UP roles and responsibilities, ward shavas and gender and social inclusion.
∎ Demonstrated monitoring skill
∎ Willingness to drive motorcycle and having a valid driving licenses
∎ Have willingness to work in geographically difficult location
Salary: Tk. 21000 - 24000 (Monthly)
Compensation & Other Benefits:
∎ Admissible benefits that include Festival Allowance, motorbike maintenance allowance etc.
Application Deadline: June 23, 2019
Company Information:
∎ Steps Towards Development
∎ Address : 3/4, Block-D, Lalmatia, Dhaka-1207, Bangladesh
∎ Web : www.steps.org.bd
∎ Business : In 1993, a group of social activists went to work on an initiative, inspired by the belief that the gender inequalities prevalent in this country could only be addressed by working together. That initiative led to the establishment of Steps Towards Development (Steps). Steps reached out to communities and individuals to promote gender equality and human rights with the organizational mandate for gender equality, human rights, good governance and women empowerment.
Category: NGO/Development
