Officer, Education and Protection

Job Description

Title: Officer, Education and Protection

Company Name: Breaking the Silence (BTS)

Vacancy: 1

Location: Dhaka (Mirpur, Savar)

Minimum Salary: Tk. 34500 (Monthly)

Experience:
∎ At least 3 years

Published: 18 Mar 2025

Education:
∎ Bachelor/Honors, Masters
∎ Graduate/master’s degree on Education, ECCD, Social Science, or another relevant field.
∎ Graduate/master’s degree on Education, ECCD, Social Science, or another relevant field.

Requirements:

Additional Requirements:
∎ Experience Requirements:
∎ Working Experience: At least 3 years of experience in equivalent position in implementing education, Child protection and ECCD activities. Experience in working with RMG workers at Savar, Gazipur and Mirpur area will be an added value.
∎ Applicants should have experience in the following business area(s): Working experience in Program in a National / International NGO.
∎ Women candidate are encouraged to apply.
∎ Additional Requirements
∎ Excellent skills in training facilitation.
∎ Excellent interpersonal communication skills.
∎ Good in listening and counseling.
∎ Good in time management skills.
∎ Basic English communication skills.
∎ Good in computer (MS Word, Excel, PowerPoint) operating skills.
∎ Having good skills in photography and documentation.
∎ Problem-solving, and decision making.
∎ Applying technical, and professional expertise.
∎ Working effectively with others.
∎ Experience Requirements:
∎ Working Experience: At least 3 years of experience in equivalent position in implementing education, Child protection and ECCD activities. Experience in working with RMG workers at Savar, Gazipur and Mirpur area will be an added value.
∎ Applicants should have experience in the following business area(s): Working experience in Program in a National / International NGO.
∎ Women candidate are encouraged to apply.
∎ Additional Requirements
∎ Excellent skills in training facilitation.
∎ Excellent interpersonal communication skills.
∎ Good in listening and counseling.
∎ Good in time management skills.
∎ Basic English communication skills.
∎ Good in computer (MS Word, Excel, PowerPoint) operating skills.
∎ Having good skills in photography and documentation.
∎ Problem-solving, and decision making.
∎ Applying technical, and professional expertise.
∎ Working effectively with others.

Responsibilities & Context:
∎ Job Context:
∎ Breaking the Silence (BTS) is a non-profit, voluntary organization registered with the Department of Social Services (Registration No. 05037, Date: 17 October 2000) and NGOAB (Registration No. 1642, Date: 20 May 2001). The organization works to establish child rights, prevent child abuse and child sexual abuse, prevent child marriage, accelerate child-friendly good governance, improve the quality of education at the primary and pre-primary level, and prevent violence against women, empowering children and women. The organization is implementing a project named ‘Strengthen Children of RMG worker’s Protection and Education rights (SCOPE)’ at Mirpur under Dhaka North City Corporation and Savar Upazilla, Dhaka District. The project will be implemented by BTS with the support of ‘Save the Children’ and financed by MANGO. BTS is going to recruit the ‘Officer, Education and Protection’ for the mentioned project.
∎ Position Name : Officer, Education and Protection
∎ Organization Name : Breaking the Silence (BTS)
∎ Project Name : Strengthen Children of RMG worker’s Protection and Education rights (SCOPE)
∎ Job Description /
∎ Responsibilities :
∎ Officer- Education and Protection will be responsible for supervision and implementation of education and protection activities of SCOPE project. For bringing positive and lasting change in the lives of children of RMG worker, the officer will ensure quality implementation of Daycare activities, Remedial activities, Parenting sessions, Life skill session and other need-based education and protection related activities. This role includes providing supervisory support to daycare staff and effective operation of above-mentioned facilities, hands on support, keep connected with the beneficiary schools under the guidance of project coordinator. Maintain effective collaboration with case workers, community mobilizers to ensure high standards of each activity.
∎ Planning and Implementation: a) Oversee the daycare center at regular basis and provide need-based support for quality implementation of daycare center in the collaboration with community mobilizer. b) Ensure availability of teaching learning, play, recreational and hygiene materials at the daycare centers. c) Regular track children age-appropriate development using GMP card and CREDI and IDELA tools at daycare centers. d) Support quality facilitation of PDEP and monthly parenting sessions at daycare centers. e) Support Community mobilizer in quality implementation of life skill session and Remedial session at community and school level. f) Address security related issues in consultation with project coordinator regarding daycare centers. g) Capacity development of daycare staff, project staff on Daycare operation and management, ECCD activities, Parenting, Reading for Children (RfC), Life skills for Success, Child rights, protection and safeguarding. h) Engaged schoolteachers to ensure quality implementation of Remedial support according to plan. i) Maintain liaison with the school authorities, teachers, upazila secondary and primary education offices for smooth implementation of project activities. j) Ensure timely procurement of need-based materials. k) Work jointly with STEM coordinator in quality implementation of STEM activities. l) Support community mobilizer in organizing in and outdoor game competitions for 10 to 18 years old girls at community level. m) Support community mobilizer and child space in-charge to operationalize child space activities. n) Organize and participate in different training, meeting and workshops. o) Strictly follow the organization safeguarding, child protection and anti- harassment rules. Communicate with SCI representative for need-based technical support.
∎ MEAL and Reporting: a) Support the MEAL Officer to develop and implement appropriate monitoring, evaluation and learning systems for child protection interventions b) Regular home visit to observe household level practices of parents and provide need-based support. c) Maintain and ensure proper documentation at daycare centers d) Support in functioning of feedback response mechanism (FRM) d) Prepare and support in developing monthly report, field visit report, quality benchmark report and other need-based report.
∎ Data management and data protection principles: a) Ensure that files, registers and computer databases are used in an appropriate and correct manner and ensure Information Sharing and Data Protection Protocol
∎ Others: Be able and willing to respond to natural disasters or emergency situations, when needed and any other task assigned by Supervisor or Senior Management of BTS.
∎ Tenure of Services Contract:
∎ 3 (Three) months’ probation period. After successful completion of the probation period, based on the performance of the staff and recommendation from the supervisor, the post may be continued till the project’s lifetime.

Skills & Expertise:

Compensation & Other Benefits:
∎ 2 days weekend
∎ Office time, Annual Leave, Increment & other facilities will be applicable as per 'Recruitment and Human Resource Management Policy' of Breaking the Silence and the facilities will be applicable also based on available resources in the project budget.
∎ 2 days weekend
∎ Office time, Annual Leave, Increment & other facilities will be applicable as per 'Recruitment and Human Resource Management Policy' of Breaking the Silence and the facilities will be applicable also based on available resources in the project budget.

Employment Status: Full Time

Job Location: Dhaka (Mirpur, Savar)

Read Before Apply:

Only short-listed candidates will be called for interview.

The person accused of child and women abuse and violation of safeguarding, terminated for any kind of fraud, active political activist or supporter and the peoples who are involved in militancy/terrorism in any way are requested not to apply.

Breaking the Silence reserved the authority to accept/reject any application and to add / relax the terms of the recruitment notice.

The authority reserves the right to cancel the appointment of a candidate at any time after his/her appointment if he/she has given false information or concealed the truth in any case.

Female, PWD and Ethnic Minority are encouraged to apply

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Company Information:
∎ Breaking the Silence (BTS)
∎ Plot # 2/4, Lalmatia, Block-G, Mohammadpur, Dhaka-1207
∎ www.breakingthesilencebd.org
∎ Breaking the Silence is a non-profit, voluntary organization registered with the Department of Social Services (Registration No. 05037, Date: 17 September 2000) and NGOAB (Registration No. 1642, Date: 20 May 2001). The organization works to establish child rights, prevent child abuse and child sexual abuse, prevent child marriage, accelerate child-friendly good governance, improve the quality of education at the primary and pre-primary level, prevent violence against women, empowering children and women. It also contributes to achieving the relevant Sustainable Development Goals. The organization has been implementing various programs to prevent child abuse and child marriage, empowering children and women, creating opportunities for children to participate in the decision-making process of local government and strengthening the social accountability process. Moreover, in response to any natural and social disaster, the development partner in collaboration with the government as a partner in the program. BTS ensures the involvement of children and women from the disabled and disadvantaged communities in all programs. The organization has been facilitated national-level advocacy initiatives to scale up the good practices and models all over the country and contribute to review or formulate new laws and policies regarding child and women rights.

Address::
∎ Plot # 2/4, Lalmatia, Block-G, Mohammadpur, Dhaka-1207
∎ www.breakingthesilencebd.org
∎ Breaking the Silence is a non-profit, voluntary organization registered with the Department of Social Services (Registration No. 05037, Date: 17 September 2000) and NGOAB (Registration No. 1642, Date: 20 May 2001). The organization works to establish child rights, prevent child abuse and child sexual abuse, prevent child marriage, accelerate child-friendly good governance, improve the quality of education at the primary and pre-primary level, prevent violence against women, empowering children and women. It also contributes to achieving the relevant Sustainable Development Goals. The organization has been implementing various programs to prevent child abuse and child marriage, empowering children and women, creating opportunities for children to participate in the decision-making process of local government and strengthening the social accountability process. Moreover, in response to any natural and social disaster, the development partner in collaboration with the government as a partner in the program. BTS ensures the involvement of children and women from the disabled and disadvantaged communities in all programs. The organization has been facilitated national-level advocacy initiatives to scale up the good practices and models all over the country and contribute to review or formulate new laws and policies regarding child and women rights.

Application Deadline: 24 Mar 2025

Category: NGO/Development