Knowledge Officer
Job Description
Title: Knowledge Officer
Company Name: Practical Action - Bangladesh.
Vacancy: 1
Job Location: Dhaka
Employment Status: Contractual
Educational Requirements:
∎ Masters degree in any discipline
∎ Masters/Bachelor’s Degree or equivalent experiences with a background in Development Studies, International Relations, Disaster Science and Management, Information Management, Media and Communications studies, Environmental Management, Urban, Regional, and Rural Development Planning, Geography and Environment, or any relevant field.
Experience Requirements:
∎ 2 to 5 year(s)
Job Responsibilities:
∎ Serve as the knowledge management focal point for the project in close coordination with the project manager
∎ He/she will work to capture, develop, promote, and disseminate knowledge pertaining to the programming areas
∎ Develop knowledge, communication and advocacy materials for program visibility as required by the project in coordination with the manager
∎ Write regular blogs, articles, summary/solution briefs with data/ stories captured from field
∎ Conduct knowledge and communications needs assessments for the project to reach internal and external stakeholders
∎ Supports the project manager with weekly/monthly progress reporting, evaluation, studies, research, literature review, preparing annual donor reports, presentations among others
∎ Work with project manager to ensure the learnings coming from the use of the FRMC (flood resilience measurement for communities) is captured and shared with others to enable its wider uptake at national level
∎ Manage content development, maintenance of the Bangladesh Flood Resilience Portal and Facebook page, upload contents, share, and track progress, report to global team
∎ Support the functioning of digital weather board at the Union Parishads, National disaster alert application, support in drafting Bangla voice messages to be delivered to the community
∎ Organize and attend knowledge sharing events, participate in the Zurich Flood Resilience Alliance Knowledge Workstream and Portal workgroups
∎ Read, stay up to date with climate and resilience debates to inform the above activities
∎ Support meetings with the preparation of reading materials, agendas, minutes, and reports (such as weekly team meetings, external meeting, events)
∎ Works closely with the global Knowledge Manager, Communications, and knowledge Officer to ensure critical project data and knowledge are stored centrally in the document management system on SharePoint.
∎ Represent Practical Action in Bangladesh in the Zurich Alliance Knowledge Work group, leading on the development of agreed guidance for the alliance as required (and agreed with manager).
∎ Supports the project manager on a range of project and administrative functions as required.
Additional Requirements:
∎ Age 18 to 65 years
∎ At least 2 years of professional work experience in relevant field with an understanding of development programming
∎ Professional/Academic experiences in development, research, and/or knowledge management ideally with field experiences
∎ Excellent verbal and written communication and report writing skills both in English and Bangla
∎ Strong attention to details, multitask and prioritize
∎ Advanced user of MS Office
∎ Commitment to development principles and the mission, vision, ambition of Practical Action.
Salary: Tk. 60000 - 63000 (Monthly)
Compensation & Other Benefits:
∎ T/A, Mobile bill, Provident fund, Weekly 2 holidays, Insurance, Gratuity
∎ Salary Review: Yearly
∎ Festival Bonus: 2
Job Source: Bdjobs.com Online Job Posting.
Application Deadline: 29 Dec 2022
Company Information:
∎ 19 Dec 2022
∎ Practical Action - Bangladesh.
∎ Address : House # 28/A, Road # 5, Dhanmondi, Dhaka-1205
∎ Web : www.practicalaction.org
∎ Business : Practical Action is an international development organisation putting ingenious ideas to work so people in poverty can change their world.
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.
We’re a global change-making group. The group consists of a UK registered charity with community projects in Africa, Asia and Latin America, an independent development publishing company and a technical consulting service. We combine these specialisms to multiply our impact and help shape a world that works better for everyone.
Category: NGO/Development
