Inclusion Officer

Job Description

Title: Inclusion Officer

Company Name: Handicap International (humanity & Inclusion) in Bangladesh

Vacancy: 2

Age: At least 18 years

Job Location: Cox`s Bazar (Ukhia)

Salary: Tk. 62758 - 69693 (Monthly)

Experience:

• At least 2 years
• The applicants should have experience in the following business area(s): NGO

• Bachelor's Degree in Rehabilitation Science (Occupational Therapy/Physiotherapy/Prosthetics and Orthotics, Speech and Language Therapy), Disability Studies, Inclusive Education.

• Preferable – Master's in a relevant discipline.

• Kindly refrain from applying if you do not meet the academic qualifications specified in the job advertisement.

• At least 2 years
• The applicants should have experience in the following business area(s): NGO

• Age At least 18 years

• At least 2 years of experience working on the same thematic, preferably in a development and humanitarian context.

• Experience and comprehensive understanding of disability issues, awareness-raising, and training material development/training implementation.

• Experience of working in a remote community setting is an advantage.

• Proven analytical and planning skills.

• Knowledge of disability and development issues in Bangladesh.

• Have the capacity to maintain close relationships with partners, stakeholders, and clients.

• Experience in contributing to data collection and indicator tracking within development projects or programs.

• Computer knowledge (MS office package- both in English and Bangla).

• Excellent communication skills in both verbal and written Bangla and English.

• Ability to work under pressure and in a multicultural team environment.

• Availability to travel to remote areas and spend time at the field level.

HI is looking for some Inclusion Officers for one of its "Anticipated project" and another Project Funded by UNHCR, with Handicap International—Humanity & Inclusion.

No. of Vacancies and Location: 2-Ukhiya

Type of Contract: Fixed-Term

Duration of the Contract: Tentatively Anticipated Project - 03 May 2026 to 31 March 2027, and Tentatively UNHCR - 03 May 2026 to 30 September 2026.

Line Manager: Project Manager

Reporting to the Project Manager, the Inclusion Officer contributes to the implementation of the mandate and the 10-year strategy of Humanity & Inclusion in the country where s/he is based. The Inclusion Officer contributes to the implementation of his/her project, ensuring the optimal quality and the impact of the project. S/he works closely with the programme technical team.

Special Attention: "We kindly request that you refrain from applying if the salary range, job location, contract duration, or any other terms and conditions outlined in the advertisement do not align with your expectations."

Missions/responsibilities

Mission 1: Strategy and steering

• Prepare work plan(s), feedback on meetings/field visits, and periodic reports;

• Identify training needs and plan/conduct training to enhance the capacity of the beneficiaries;

• Ensure effective cooperation, coordination, and representation of the project with local stakeholders;

• Maintain monitoring and evaluation systems;

• Participate in the meetings assigned by the line manager;

• Regularly update the field situation to the line manager and follow his/her suggestions and recommendations;

• Accountable for the image of the organization in Bangladesh and must promote its philosophy and approach;

• Has to respect an obligation of discretion on all confidential information about the organization;

• Has to respect the strict public distance of political and religious neutrality of the organization;

• Has to respect donor/project communication, data protection rules, and visibility guidelines.

• Has to abide by the HI-related different policies (like Child Protection Policy (CPP) and Protection of Sexual Abuse and Exploitation (PSEA), Data Protection and Anti-Bribery)

• Has to perform any other activities suggested by the line manager for the improvement of the project or organization

Mission 2: Operational implementation

• Support the technical specialist (IHA) in the organization of a kick-off workshop with project partners to orient them on global disability inclusion guidelines and understand their needs in terms of capacity building.

• Capacity building for project partners and on-the-job coaching for project partners’ skills on the inclusion of people with disabilities.

• In coordination with the technical specialist (IHA), ensure implementation of training to build a basic understanding of project partners on disability-inclusive programming.

• Conduct participatory assessment with selected project partners to identify tailored coaching and technical support required from HI; jointly prepare an action plan to improve disability inclusiveness in their programming; follow up and update the action plan; and preserve relevant documents.

• Collect good practices of disability-inclusive humanitarian action and disseminate them to all external stakeholders.

• Form a group including persons with disabilities to identify criteria of disability IHA and capture the changes made by project partners after having on-the-job coaching and technical support from HI from the beginning to the end of the project.

• Share the collected good practices with technical specialists (IHA) and consultants; accommodate their opinions to finalize the collected good practices.

• Carry out the Lessons Learned workshop to consolidate experiences and identify good practices and challenges faced.

• Organize a lessons learned workshop with selected project partners in consultation with a technical specialist (IHA) and share experiences earned throughout the action.

• Prepare the relevant PSRs to organize training, workshops, and necessary materials for project partners; archive training and workshop-related materials and documents such as attendance sheets, training/workshop reports, pre- & post-test papers, action plans jointly prepared with project partners, IEC materials, meeting minutes, and photographs.

Mission 3: Emergency preparedness and response

• Contributes to the program’s emergency preparedness actions and, in an emergency, adapts his or her working methods to contribute to an effective response.

• Provident fund,Tour allowance,Medical allowance,Mobile bill,Weekly 2 holidays,Insurance,Gratuity
• Festival Bonus: 2

• Medical Coverage: Staff and dependents will get general/outpatient, hospitalization, dental, and optical medical insurance facilities as per the HI policy.

• Maternity Coverage: Staff & dependents will get maternity medical coverage facilities per the HI policy.

• Group Life Insurance Coverage: Staff will get the death benefit, accidental benefit, permanent partial disability benefit, permanent total disability benefit, and critical illness benefit as per the HI policy.

• Leave: Staff will get sick leave, annual leave, casual leave, medical leave, and event leave as per HI policy.

• Allowance for Children`s Education: Staff will get an allowance for Children`s Education as per the HI policy.

• National travel cost of child caretaker: Female staff will get a reimbursement for the cost of national travel of the child caretaker as per the HI policy.

• Additional Responsibility (Interim) Allowance: Staff will get an allowance for additional responsibility (interim) as per the HI policy.

• Relocation Allowance: Staff will get an allowance for relocation allowance as per the HI policy.

• Work From Home: Staff will get work-from-home facilities as per the HI policy.