Graduation Mentor

Job Description

Title: Graduation Mentor

Company Name: Nari Maitree

Vacancy: 1

Age: Na

Job Location: Anywhere in Bangladesh

Salary: Tk. 33075 (Monthly)

Experience:

• 4 to 5 years
• The applicants should have experience in the following business area(s): NGO

• Masters

• 4 to 5 years
• The applicants should have experience in the following business area(s): NGO

• A minimum of 4-5 years’ experience in relevant field.

• The ideal candidate should have excellent communication skills both in English & Bangla.

• Good leadership and documentation willing to work in a team approach.

• Easy engagement and working phenomena with ultra-poor and diverse communities.

Nari Maitree (NM) is a women-led, non-governmental organization started its journey in 1983 and since then it has completed a journey of 43 years with an experience of working in various sectors like Health and nutrition, adolescent and youth, Gender equality and equity , Women, empowerment, Child rights, livelihood, Education, water and sanitation, Humanitarian response, Climate change and food security.

Programme Background:

• Nari Maitree has been working in the urban context for many years with the most vulnerable and marginalized groups to improve their economic and social status by addressing the underlying issues/causes of extreme poverty. Currently, Nari Maitree is going to implement a five years’ long (2023 to 2027) livelihood graduation programme in the Dhaka South City Corporation titled: “Urban Green Graduation Programme”. The programme`s overall goal is to Urban Extreme Poor households can sustainably meet their basic needs and have improved coping strategies through strengthened livelihoods which place value on the natural environment. This programme will be implemented with technical and financial support from Concern Worldwide and Irish Aid. Nari Maitree is inviting applications from qualified and committed development professional.

Major Responsibilities:

• Actively engage in the process of identifying target programme participants following programme participants’ selection criterion and guideline.

• Independently take the lead to form Rotational Savings and Business Initiatives (ROSBI)/SHG groups engaging programme participants and build their capacity to generate savings/capital from within the groups.

• Facilitate programme participants to identify best suitable income options based on their interest, capacity and viability of income options.

• Mentor participants, boost confidence, and encourage positive domain views and coping mechanisms.

• Help to identify household’s basic needs, guide and link with available social protection mechanisms and other government services.

• Provide training to the programme participants on business skill development, book keeping, marketing and business planning - with particular focus on importance of business expansion and diversification.

• Organize group meeting at agreed intervals, orient programme participants on financial literacy skills, savings habit, health, hygiene, nutrition, life skills, and equitable gender practices.

• Mentor, provide handholding support and gradually empower programme participants to profitably run their business/micro enterprises on their own.

• Monitor participant progress through individual meetings to ensure that they are on track to meet Graduation outcomes

• Link participants with basic services including health, education, safety nets, and community support groups, with the guidance from Supervisors.

• Facilitate programme households in preparation and execution of family development plans.

• MUAC Screening based on need, refer identified SAM/MAM child to the nearer health centre, and follow up.

• Monthly caseworker survey (online) or any other survey of all participants who received block grants including vocational skilled.

• Support and guide Community Teachers in development of numeracy and literacy skills of programme participants.

• Gender sensitivity is fundamental to Green Graduation; staff should be comfortable addressing inequitable gender norms and promoting women’s empowerment engaging with women and men.

• Perform any other related duties or responsibilities that could assigned by the Programme Coordinator (Supervisor) and Nari Maitree management.

• In addition mobile bill, transportation cost and festival bonus as per organizational policy