Title: Inspirator - Leadership Development and Public Service Accountability
Company Name: ActionAid Bangladesh
Vacancy: 1
Job Location: Dhaka, Cox's Bazar (Teknaf)
Employment Status: Contractual
Educational Requirements:
∎ Graduate from any discipline with good academic results
Experience Requirements:
∎ At least 1 year(s)
Job Context:
∎ Project : Action4Transformation (A4T): Youth for rights, resilience and redistribution in fragile context
∎ Unit : Young People
∎ Location of posting : Placement will be at partner levels (Dhaka and Teknaf) on roving basis
∎ Types of contract : Contractual
∎ Duration : Up to March 2023
∎ The Inspirator position considered as youth professional and practitioner with relevant working experience with young people, youth leadership, creative activism and movement building. S/he should be strong networker, facilitator, coach and co-creator of organising, movement building and creative activism activities.
∎ This position will be based in the partner organization at Dhaka & Teknaf, Cox’s Bazar. At the project locations, s/he will be working closely with the hoisting organization staff and key youth volunteers and will be required to visit ActionAid Bangladesh Country Office to document and consolidate the work and to report progress, share lessons learnt and follow up plans.
∎ The Inspirator is expected to develop capacity of young men and women on Leadership development and Public Service Accountability mechanism of the team members of partner organization and local level Activista members. S/he is supposed to support for strengthening capacity of the partner organization to implement their strategies (advocacy and campaign) on thematic areas. S/he will have to enhance skill of the partner organization and Activista members to work closely with the grassroots community, capturing grassroots voices and documentation of change stories.
∎ The Inspirator will motivate and develop skill of the local level youth Activista to maintain communication and linkage with local and national level youth platforms, association, and youth related government agencies and CSOs.
Job Responsibilities:
∎ Work with the hoisting organisation (60% of time):
∎ Facilitate weekly and monthly sessions on GRPS and democratic space as well as public service accountability in fragile context.
∎ Regular mentoring and coaching with partner staff and Activista.
∎ Hands on support to the selective Activista members to conduct advocacy and campaign through analyzing local context
∎ Provide training on digital literacy to the excluded young people specially women.
∎ Hands on support to the young people to be connected with the various network, platform and organization.
∎ Hands on support to practice reflection action cycle and training session at Local youth hub.
∎ Hands on support to the selected Activista members to capture inspirational stories of their interventions.
∎ Demonstrate model and tools on GRPS and public service accountability with the active participation of young people.
∎ Work with the other partners, groups, organisations (20% of time):
∎ Hands on support to the Activista member to be connected with solidarity network and other organizations.
∎ Hands on support to the Activista to conduct online campaign through social media and networking.
∎ Develop capacity of Activistas for using relevant tools of GRPS and public service accountability.
∎ Hands on support to the Activista members on practicing their leadership and developing their organizational practice.
∎ Hands on support to the young people to conduct evidence based advocacy with relevant stakeholders.
∎ Other tasks that are common for all Inspirators (20% of time):
∎ Provide mentorship for young people who have attended trainings at the GP
∎ Mentor and support young people in their creative campaigning and organising efforts at the GP youth hubs.
∎ Support specific learning and campaign activities coordinated by ActionAid or the GP
∎ Participate in knowledge sharing networks like the Global Inspirator Learning network
∎ Cross-country knowledge exchange initiatives
∎ Personal training and development through induction courses and other training opportunities
Additional Requirements:
∎ Preferable - Knowledge on democratic spaces, government service delivery and practicing social accountability tools
∎ Minimum 1 year professional experience preferably around youth work, particularly in the areas of volunteer management, knowledge management, democratic governance, gender responsive public service and communication.
∎ Technical Skill:
∎ Have practical experience with planning and carrying out creative campaigns
∎ Have experience working with and for young people’s agenda
∎ Have practical experience with doing action research
∎ Be a facilitator by heart, and know how to remain in the back seat, supporting others to learn and achieve results
∎ Have a creative approach to campaigning and advocacy
∎ Have experience with using participatory methods
∎ Have strong facilitation and mentoring skills
∎ Have the ability to inspire and motivate others
∎ Have a solid organisational network and good at making linkages
∎ Have full working knowledge of English
Salary:
∎ Tk. 47752 (Monthly)
∎ BDT. 47,752 whereas Living Allowance Monthly: BDT. 20,352;
Accommodation: BDT. 26,400 and Support for data cards: BDT. 1,000. Moreover, Group Life Insurance and Medical Benefit will be covered
Job Source: Bdjobs.com Online Job Posting.
Application Deadline: 5 Mar 2022
Company Information:
∎ 26 Feb 2022
∎ ActionAid Bangladesh
Category: NGO/Development
Source: bdjobs.com