Gender and Disability Specialist

Job Description

Title: Gender and Disability Specialist

Company Name: Infratech Consultants Limited

Vacancy: --

Age: At least 29 years

Job Location: Dhaka

Salary: Negotiable

Experience:

• At least 8 years
• The applicants should have experience in the following business area(s): IT Enabled Service, Call Center, Business-to-Business (B2B) Software and Services Startup

• Masters

• Master's degree in Gender Studies, Sociology, Social Work, Public Policy, Urban or Transport Planning, Public Health or a related field.

• At least 8 years
• The applicants should have experience in the following business area(s): IT Enabled Service, Call Center, Business-to-Business (B2B) Software and Services Startup

• Age At least 29 years

• At least 8 years of relevant experience with a Master's degree, or 10 years with a Bachelor's degree, delivering Gender Equality, Disability and Social Inclusion in government or development assignments in Bangladesh.

• Proven facilitation of consultations and focus groups with women, youth, elderly people and organizations of persons with disabilities, with strong Bangla and English drafting skills.

• Experience preparing inclusion action plans, training and communication materials, and monitoring templates or notes.

• Additional Requirements:

• The applicants should have experience in gender and social inclusion, disability inclusion, stakeholder consultation and facilitation, and inclusive policy drafting.

• Completion of at least one gender or disability analysis with practical recommendations in transport, urban development, health or social protection is required.

• Fluency in English (written and spoken), working proficiency in Bangla and computer literacy are required.

• Support development of a gender, disability and social-inclusion strategy for a national road-safety or transport-sector assignment in Bangladesh.

• Conduct gender and disability analysis with practical recommendations relevant to the road-transport and road-safety sector.

• Organize and document consultations and focus group discussions with women's groups, organizations of persons with disabilities, civil-society organizations, women, youth, elderly people and other vulnerable road users.

• Develop inclusion indicators and reporting templates, including perceived safety and accessibility measures, for incorporation into strategy, action-planning and monitoring frameworks.

• Prepare concise inclusion action plans, training and communication materials, and practical monitoring templates and notes.

• Provide inputs to policy, rules and statutory instruments to strengthen protection of vulnerable road users and persons with disabilities.

• Support stakeholder workshops to ensure gender and disability considerations are reflected in institutional review, strategy, action planning and reform options.

• Any other gender- and disability-related activity required for the assignment.

• Attractive Compensation Package