LSDS Co-Coordinator, Bhasan Char, HCMP

Job Description

Title: LSDS Co-Coordinator, Bhasan Char, HCMP

Company Name: BRAC

Vacancy: --

Age: At least 18 years

Job Location: Noakhali (Hatiya)

Salary: Negotiable

Experience:

• At least 7 years
• The applicants should have experience in the following business area(s): NGO, Development Agency

• Post-Graduation

• Concentration / Major: Graduation Degree in Social Sciences/ Agricultural science/Management/Business Studies/ with post-graduation In any relevant subject

• At least 7 years
• The applicants should have experience in the following business area(s): NGO, Development Agency

• Age At least 18 years

BRAC is an international development organisation founded in Bangladesh in 1972 that partners globally with over 100 million people living with inequality and poverty to create opportunities to realise their potential.

The purpose of this position is to provide co-coordination (along with UNHCR) and facilitate the processes that will ensure a well-coordinated, appropriate and effective implementation of Livelihoods and Skills Development (LSD) activities in Cox’s Bazar.  Together with the UNHCR LSDS coordinator work on behalf of the sector, facilitating coordinated and coherent initiatives by all sectoral actors engaged in the Rohingya Response in Cox’s Bazar. Co-Coordinator (LSDS), will work with the counterpart in her/his functions by providing in-depth knowledge of national and local livelihoods and skills development opportunities and best practices, particularly ensuring continuity of achievements and result monitoring. This position requires an individual familiar with the need based and market-oriented response programming, especially livelihoods and skills development, and good coordination skills along with technical knowledge.

• Co-coordinate the LSDS under the overall leadership and accountability of UNHCR, supporting the LSDS Coordinator in implementing the sector strategy, annual workplan and Joint Response Plan (JRP) in consultation with sector partners.

• Support evidence-based advocacy by identifying policy constraints, consolidating partner perspectives, preparing advocacy messages and technical briefs, and contributing to constructive policy dialogue with government, donors and other strategic stakeholders.

• Represent the perspectives, operational realities and priorities of national and local NGOs in LSDS governance and Strategic Advisory Group (SAG) discussions, while ensuring balanced consultation with the wider membership.

• Serve as the principal liaison between NGO partners and the Sector Coordination Team between monthly sector meetings, facilitating timely two-way communication, follow-up on agreed actions and escalation of operational or strategic issues to the LSDS Coordinator.

• Support inclusive consultations with partners on strategic priorities, needs and skills assessments, response analysis, geographical and activity prioritization, advocacy positions, and JRP planning and review processes.

• Strengthen camp-level coordination by facilitating NGO engagement with Camp-in-Charge offices and relevant government counterparts, identifying implementation gaps and overlaps, and referring sensitive or policy-level matters to the LSDS Coordinator.

• Support the preparation and facilitation of monthly sector meetings, SAG meetings, technical working sessions and partner consultations, including agenda development, partner presentations, documentation of decisions and systematic follow-up of action points.

• Promote peer learning, technical exchange and information-sharing among partners by documenting good practices, implementation lessons, locally led solutions and scalable innovations, and by creating space for NGO-led presentations and learning events.

• Assess partner coordination and technical capacity needs and, with the Sector Coordination Team, develop and facilitate capacity-strengthening initiatives that improve adherence to LSDS standards, guidance, competency frameworks and agreed quality benchmarks.

• Support harmonized partner planning, reporting and performance monitoring, including timely submission and quality review of 5W and other sector data, joint monitoring and supportive supervision, while coordinating closely with LSDS information management and M&E personnel.

• Contribute to evidence generation and the preparation of sector briefs, dashboards, progress updates, learning products, advocacy materials and donor information, ensuring that NGO achievements, gaps and priorities are accurately reflected and verified.

• Support donor engagement and resource mobilization by consolidating partner priorities, facilitating appropriate direct engagement between donors and capable NGOs, and providing technical input to concept notes and proposals without assuming responsibility for individual partners' submissions or compliance.

• Contribute to inter-sector and localization discussions, particularly with Protection, Education, Food Security, WASH and SCCCM, and promote coherent approaches to market linkages, local production, private-sector engagement and enabling policy dialogue with government counterparts.

• Promote protection mainstreaming, accountability to affected populations, gender equality, age and disability inclusion, environmental sustainability, conflict sensitivity, safeguarding and prevention of sexual exploitation and abuse across LSDS coordination and partner practices.

• Support implementation and periodic review of the LSDS Localization Roadmap by tracking agreed indicators and stakeholder feedback, contributing to the six-month, one-year and two-year reviews, and recommending phased adjustments to the co-coordination arrangement for consideration by the LSDS Coordinator and agreement by the SAG.

Safeguarding

• 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.

• Mobile bill

• Weekly 2 holidays

• Free accommodation

• Festival Bonus

• Health & Life Insurance

• Paternity/ Maternity leave

• others as per Organisation policy