Officer - Capacity Development

Job Description

Title: Officer - Capacity Development

Company Name: ActionAid Bangladesh

Vacancy: --

Age: Na

Job Location: Cox`s Bazar

Salary: Tk. 74356 (Monthly)

Experience:

• 2 to 3 years
• The applicants should have experience in the following business area(s): NGO

• Bachelor/Honors

Bachelor`s degree in Gender Studies, Development Studies, Social Work, Community Development, orrelated field.

• 2 to 3 years
• The applicants should have experience in the following business area(s): NGO

Experience

• Minimum 2–3 years of experience in community engagement, capacity development, or women’s empowerment programs, preferably in refugee or humanitarian contexts

Required Competencies

• Skills: Strong interpersonal and communication skills, cultural sensitivity, ability to handle sensitive information with confidentiality, and the ability to work under pressure.

• Languages: Proficiency in English and local languages (such as Rohingya, Bengali) is highly preferred.

Technical Skills

• Proven experience working with or supporting women-led groups, networks, or grassroots organizations.

• Strong facilitation, training, and mentoring skills with an understanding of adult learning principles.

• Knowledge of the Rohingya context, cultural norms, and gender dynamics in humanitarian settings.

• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills, with sensitivity to cultural and religious contexts.

• Experience in participatory approaches and rights-based programming.

• Fluency in English and Bangla required; Rohingya language skills highly desirable.

• Experience working in Cox’s Bazar or similar humanitarian contexts.

• Understanding of localization, feminist leadership, and the Women, Peace, and Security (WPS) agenda.

(Only women are encouraged to apply)

Project ::Promoting Women and Girls’ Empowerment through Enhancing Protection and Economic Resilience of Rohingya Women and Adolescent Girls in 3 Camps- Phase III (Funded by UN Women)

Location of posting: Cox’s Bazar

Duration:Up to 31 December 2026

Job Summary

The Capacity Development Officer will play a key role in establishing, strengthening, and supporting six Rohingya women-led networks in Cox’s Bazar. The role focuses on building leadership, advocacy, organizational, and technical capacities of Rohingya women to ensure their meaningful participation and representation in humanitarian coordination, decision-making processes, and community-led responses. The officer will work directly with emerging and existing women-led groups to ensure their empowerment, visibility, and sustainability within the humanitarian architecture.

Key responsibilities include (not limited to)

Capacity Strengthening of Women-Led Networks:

• Facilitate the formation or formalization of six Rohingya women-led networks based on inclusive,

• participatory processes.

• Conduct capacity assessments to identify strengths, gaps, and priorities for each network.

• Develop and implement tailored capacity development plans, including training, mentorship, peer

• learning, and coaching.

• Deliver training sessions on leadership, organizational development, advocacy, communication,

• safeguarding, and humanitarian principles.

Technical Support and Mentorship:

• Provide ongoing technical guidance to networks on how to develop their internal governance

• structures, action plans, and documentation.

• Support the networks in planning and implementing community-led initiatives and advocacy

• campaigns.

• Build confidence and skills of women leaders to engage in coordination platforms, dialogues, and

• decision-making forums.

Networking and Advocacy:

• Facilitate linkages between the networks and key humanitarian stakeholders, NGOs, UN agencies, and government representatives.

• Promote opportunities for the networks to participate in sector meetings, consultations, and interagency coordination.

• Support networks in developing and delivering evidence-based advocacy messages on issues affecting Rohingya women and girls.

Monitoring, Evaluation, and Learning:

• Track and document progress, challenges, and success stories of the six women-led networks.

• Contribute to the development of tools, indicators, and reports for capacity development activities.

• Ensure participatory learning approaches are used to capture lessons learned and inform future programming.

Safeguarding and Inclusion:

• Ensure that all capacity development activities adhere to safeguarding principles and are sensitive to the unique protection risks faced by Rohingya women and girls.

• Promote inclusive approaches that reflect the diversity of the Rohingya community, including

• women with disabilities, adolescent girls, and other marginalized groups.

Relationships

• The person holds this position will be reportable to the Project Manager of this project.

Monthly Gross Salary BDT. 74,356 with other admissible benefits such as mobile & internet allowance, medical benefit, group life insurance etc