Lead, Advocacy, Communication and PVAW, Gender Justice and Diversity Programme
Job Description
Title: Lead, Advocacy, Communication and PVAW, Gender Justice and Diversity Programme
Company Name: BRAC
Vacancy: Not specific
Job Location: Dhaka
Employment Status: Full-time
Educational Requirements:
∎ Post Graduation from any recognised university with minimum second class/ division or equivalent GPA/ CGPA 2.50 in all academic examinations.
Experience Requirements:
∎ At least 8 year(s)
Job Responsibilities:
∎ Lead and provide technical support in developing and implementing viable advocacy, communication work plans for GJD and PVAW in line with BRAC Gender Strategy.
∎ Develop result-based advocacy strategies relevant with gender integration initiative in sectoral programmes and enterprises.
∎ Define strategies in collaboration with Advocacy for Social Change to promote gender equality in line with BRAC Gender Strategy.
∎ Develop policy briefs/position papers on gender within organization, programmes, as well as at national level through a process of critical analysis and reflection.
∎ Represent GJD for high level policy advocacy, negotiate and lobby with relevant ministries, directorates and strategic partners and represent BRAC in different national, regional and international meetings/workshops/ seminars.
∎ Develop and maintain partnership with right based organization/platforms/alliances and CSOs to promote social movements /campaigns focused on VAWG, Child Marriage, and Engage Men and Boys (EMB).
∎ Representing BRAC to GNB and EMB Steering Committee and other forums/ network.
∎ Lead documenting best practices, lesson learned, documents and experiences on gender aspects for effective advocacy.
∎ Lead BRAC's celebration of days and events (Women's Day, Girl Child Day, 16 Days of Activism) for promoting women rights.
∎ Prepare detail budget for Advocacy, communication and PVAW initiatives.
∎ Provide technical support to develop IEC/BCC gender advocacy materials and capacity building of popular mass movement in line with BRAC Gender Strategy across BRAC Program.
∎ Strategic lead towards the use of media (print, electronic and social) to communicate with larger people to advance a gender focused social and public policy to influence attitude and behavioral change.
∎ Provide strategic leadership in design, implementation, monitoring and quality assurance according to the expected outcomes, goals and objectives of the PVAW initiative and ensure quality progress reporting.
∎ Initiate the process of implementing evidence based gender advocacy through close collaboration with KM, M&E and Gender Integration.
∎ Ensure the safety of team members from any harm, abuse, neglect, harassment and exploitation to achieve the programme's goals on 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, encourage others to do so.
Additional Requirements:
∎ At least 8 years' of experience in the related field.
∎ Additional Requirements:
∎ Strong experience in strategic planning and policy formulation and experience in networking, communication and media work (Electronic& Print).
∎ Extensive campaigns experience with regard to using policy, research, lobbying, media and digital platform.
∎ Demonstrated knowledge and experience on gender policy mapping, contributing to strategy development.
∎ Understanding and wide ranging experience of employing communication techniques and tools to influence an advocacy agenda.
∎ Experience in popular mobilisation and policy advocacy at international level and Experience in alliance and partnership building.
∎ Excellent interpersonal skill and ability to successfully manage complex and sensitive organizational relationships to achieve cross-organizational, collectively agreed goals.
∎ Strong linkage and networking with forums/influential actors.
∎ Time management, leadership, analytical ability, Multitasking, Facilitation, communication, presentation skill and report writing.
Salary: Negotiable
Compensation & Other Benefits:
∎ Festival Bonus, Contributory Compulsory Provident Fund, Gratuity, Health and life Insurance and others as per policy.
Application Deadline: 10 Feb 2021
Company Information:
∎ 31 Jan 2021
∎ BRAC
Category: NGO/Development
: You may send your updated CV to [email protected] mentioning the position name in subject line.
