Infrastructure Specialist, CREWS net Project; Climate Change Project (Contractual)

Job Description

Title: Infrastructure Specialist, CREWS net Project; Climate Change Project (Contractual)

Company Name: BRAC

Vacancy: --

Age: Na

Job Location: Dhaka

Salary: --

Experience:

• At least 5 years
• The applicants should have experience in the following area(s): Climate Resilience
• The applicants should have experience in the following business area(s): NGO,Development Agency

• Bachelor in Engineering (BEngg) in Civil Engineering

B.Sc/ M.Sc Engineering / preferably Civil Engineer from any discipline from any reputed university.

• At least 5 years
• The applicants should have experience in the following area(s): Climate Resilience
• The applicants should have experience in the following business area(s): NGO,Development Agency

Additional Job Requirements

• Computer Literacy (MS-Word, Excel, powerpoint etc.)

• Excellent speaking and writing skills both in Bangla and English

• Proposal and report writing

• Team building and leading capacity and ability to work under pressure and deadline

• Flexible to face new challenges

• Analytical thinking, decision making

• Gender Sensitivity

• People Management

• Donor Coordination

Experience Requirements

• Minimum 05 years of work experience in environment and climate Resilient Infrastructure or any other relevant experience.

BRAC is an international development organisation founded in Bangladesh that partners with over 100 million people living with inequality and poverty globally to create sustainable opportunities to realise potential.

The BRAC Climate Change Programme (CCP) supports communities to develop their capacity to adapt to climate change and improve their resilience to climate change, as well as supporting communities and organisations to reduce their climate change impact. Eager to make a difference and help communities to tackle climate change? Work with us to protect resources, improving quality of life and raise awareness, while providing people with access to the tools and knowledge to adapt and respond to adverse climatic impacts and adopt sustainable practices. Working at BRAC is not like any other job. It is a platform where you can bring about real change for people who need it the most. We are not just dreaming of a better world, we are building it. Join us to find the way.

Job Purpose:

The Infrastructure Specialist will be in a key strategic position to support Climate Resilience Early Warning System (CREWSnet) project, in driving the Climate Adaptation and resilience agenda forward. CREWSnet will extend proven forecasting and simulation methods to predict climate impacts at village‑ and community‑scale in western Bangladesh.

Key Responsibilities:

• Responsible to collect local information regarding the infrastructure and analyses the local requirements of infrastructure, considering the local environmental and socio-economic requirements.
• Responsible to analysing the local environment and climate change information as per project requirements
• Ensure environmental impact assessment and climate risk analysis on the infrastructure as per project designed
• Introduce the innovative idea by understanding the climate risk including the cyclone and heat stress on the infrastructure and designing, adoption of design of infrastructure including housing and cyclone shelters, rainwater harvesters, etc.
• Finding the new idea and supporting ongoing climate projection modelling.
• Literature review on the structural design including the resilient housing and keep the research and implementation team aware of the updated information
• Communicate relevant information and data with the community in an easy language.
• Provide support to activity planning towards climate justice as per project proposal.
• Ensure active participation in local-level planning and execution.
• Responsible for all Documentation, article writing and communication development.
• Prepare monthly, periodic, need-based reports.

SAFEGUARDING RESPONSIBILITIES

• Ensure the safety of Programme Participants, people who come into contact with the organisation and team members from any harm, abuse, neglect, harassment and exploitation including sexual exploitation and abuse (SEA) to achieve the programme's goals of safeguarding implementation. Act as a key source of support, guidance and expertise on safeguarding for establishing a safe working environment.
• Practice, promote and endorse the issues of safeguarding policy among team members and ensure the implementation of safeguarding standards in every course of action.
• Follow the safeguarding reporting procedure in case any reportable incident takes place and encourage others to do so.

Festival Bonus, Health and Life Insurance and others as per policy.