Job Description

Title: Intern

Company Name: Practical Action - Bangladesh.

Vacancy: 2

Location: Faridpur, Satkhira ...

Maximum Salary: Tk. 15000 (Monthly)

Published: 12 Jun 2024

Education:
∎ Bachelor of Science (BSc)

Requirements:

Additional Requirements:
∎ Minimum bachelor’s degree from any discipline or the equivalent. Bachelor’s degree in Social Welfare, Sociology, Development Studies.
∎ Female Candidates are encouraged to apply
∎ Candidates who identify as indigenous are encouraged to apply
∎ Local resident of the mentioned district or having experience of working in that area.
∎ Minimum 01 years’ experience in implementing Waste management and WASH related projects will be preferable.
∎ Experience in report writing, capacity building, institutional support, influencing and advocacy will be preferable.
∎ Candidate with sound knowledge on local government and their working mechanism, experiences on coordination with municipal representatives, and WASH and Waste Management Sectoral Stakeholders will get preference.
∎ Good English writing, analytical, and communication skills will be preferable.Have to travel independently outside station.
∎ Experience working within the NGO context at community level.
∎ Ability to work in a multi-disciplinary team and support unexpected tasks.Working days from Sunday to Thursday with 40 hours per week.
∎ This position may require working beyond office hours to attend meetings and other priorities at community level.
∎ Education-
∎ Minimum bachelor’s degree from any discipline or the equivalent. Bachelor’s degree in Social Welfare, Sociology, Development Studies.
∎ Expertise and Experience-
∎ Female Candidates are encouraged to apply
∎ Candidates who identify as indigenous are encouraged to apply
∎ Local resident of the mentioned district or having experience of working in that area.
∎ Minimum 01 years’ experience in implementing Waste management and WASH related projects will be preferable.
∎ Experience in report writing, capacity building, institutional support, influencing and advocacy will be preferable.
∎ Candidate with sound knowledge on local government and their working mechanism, experiences on coordination with municipal representatives, and WASH and Waste Management Sectoral Stakeholders will get preference.
∎ Good English writing, analytical, and communication skills will be preferable.Have to travel independently outside station.
∎ Experience working within the NGO context at community level.
∎ Ability to work in a multi-disciplinary team and support unexpected tasks.Working days from Sunday to Thursday with 40 hours per week.
∎ This position may require working beyond office hours to attend meetings and other priorities at community level.
∎

Responsibilities & Context:
∎ S/he will support to assistant project officer as well as project manager to manage project’s activities in the work areas.
∎ S/he will assist to design, organize and facilitate different trainings, behavior change campaigns, demonstration of Solid Waste and Faecal Sludge infrastructures and services.
∎ S/he will assist to maintain coordination with other NGOs/organizations and stakeholders linking with other development projects with Municipality.
∎ S/he will maintain close linkages with slum dwellers, low-income urban communities and informal workers and their business associations involved in business for waste collection and processing.
∎ Assist in managing field level data collection, data compilation and provide inputs to prepare case studies, other communication, knowledge products and reporting.
∎ S/he will be overall responsible for formation of scrap association in project areas.
∎ S/he will be overall responsible for meeting of LSEs (Local Sanitation Entrepreneurs).
∎ S/he will build rapport and professional relation with the LGIs along with relevant district chapter of DPHE, LGED, DAE, DoE, local government, civil society, private organizations, and individuals.
∎ Have to travel frequently for project implementation.
∎ Undertake any specific work as assigned by the line manager and/or Practical Action’s authority as per need of the organisation.
∎ The “Intern” will be responsible for coordinating, organizing and facilitating key activities at the field level under the assigned project.Group formation, group leader selection, regular mobilization of target groups.
∎ S/he will support to assistant project officer as well as project manager to manage project’s activities in the work areas.
∎ S/he will assist to design, organize and facilitate different trainings, behavior change campaigns, demonstration of Solid Waste and Faecal Sludge infrastructures and services.
∎ S/he will assist to maintain coordination with other NGOs/organizations and stakeholders linking with other development projects with Municipality.
∎ S/he will maintain close linkages with slum dwellers, low-income urban communities and informal workers and their business associations involved in business for waste collection and processing.
∎ Assist in managing field level data collection, data compilation and provide inputs to prepare case studies, other communication, knowledge products and reporting.
∎ S/he will be overall responsible for formation of scrap association in project areas.
∎ S/he will be overall responsible for meeting of LSEs (Local Sanitation Entrepreneurs).
∎ S/he will build rapport and professional relation with the LGIs along with relevant district chapter of DPHE, LGED, DAE, DoE, local government, civil society, private organizations, and individuals.
∎ Have to travel frequently for project implementation.
∎ Undertake any specific work as assigned by the line manager and/or Practical Action’s authority as per need of the organisation.

Workplace:
∎ Work at office

Employment Status: Full Time

Job Location: Faridpur, Satkhira, Satkhira (Kalaroa)

Job Highlights:

Company Information:
∎ Practical Action - Bangladesh.
∎ House # 28/A, Road # 5, Dhanmondi, Dhaka-1205
∎ Practical Action is an international development organisation putting ingenious ideas to work so people in poverty can change their world.

We treat all applications for employment on their merits and do not take into consideration any factors that are not relevant to the job such as gender, race, religion, ethnic or national origin, caste, tribe, belief, age, marital status, pregnancy, caring responsibilities, sexual orientation, or disability. Practical Action is committed to safeguarding and protecting children and vulnerable adults and as such candidates will be subject to pre-employment checks including criminal checks and terrorist financing.

We’re a global change-making group. We help people find solutions to some of the world’s toughest problems. Challenges made worse by catastrophic climate change and persistent gender inequality. We work with communities to develop ingenious, lasting and locally owned solutions for agriculture, water and waste management, climate resilience and clean energy. And we share what works with others, so answers that start small can grow big.

Address::
∎ House # 28/A, Road # 5, Dhanmondi, Dhaka-1205
∎ Practical Action is an international development organisation putting ingenious ideas to work so people in poverty can change their world.We treat all applications for employment on their merits and do not take into consideration any factors that are not relevant to the job such as gender, race, religion, ethnic or national origin, caste, tribe, belief, age, marital status, pregnancy, caring responsibilities, sexual orientation, or disability. Practical Action is committed to safeguarding and protecting children and vulnerable adults and as such candidates will be subject to pre-employment checks including criminal checks and terrorist financing. We’re a global change-making group. We help people find solutions to some of the world’s toughest problems. Challenges made worse by catastrophic climate change and persistent gender inequality. We work with communities to develop ingenious, lasting and locally owned solutions for agriculture, water and waste management, climate resilience and clean energy. And we share what works with others, so answers that start small can grow big.

Read Before Apply: Please apply only who are fulfilling all the requirements of this job

Application Deadline: 23 Jun 2024

Category: NGO/Development