Officer- Homes and Communities (Training, Event Management)

Job Description

Title: Officer- Homes and Communities (Training, Event Management)

Company Name: Caritas Bangladesh

Vacancy: 1

Job Location: Dhaka

Employment Status: Contractual

Educational Requirements:
∎ Masters in Social Science or related field from any recognized university.

Experience Requirements:
∎ At least 2 year(s)

Job Context:
∎ Reports to: Technical supervisor Advisor- H&C and Administrative Supervisor -Homes & Community Manager
∎ Department/ Sector: Program/ Disaster Management
∎ Consolidated Salary : 35,000 BDT per month ( Benefit festival bonus )
∎ Job Nature: Temporary
∎ Project Duration: 13 months (June 2021 to June 2022)
∎ Work Station: Caritas Central Office, Dhaka
∎ Job Summary:
∎ Responsible for assist to manage capacity initiatives, different forums/platforms, and meetings/workshops of Homes and Communities (H&C) of DM sector.
∎ Key Working Relationships:
∎ Internal: CB Regional Director, CB DRM Head, CB Communication Manager, Homes and Community Manager.
∎ External: CRS H&C TA, CRS H&C Knowledge Management TA, CRS DRR/R Program Managers ,CRS MEAL Manager, H&C Partners Other NGO/Partner Organization Communications Officers, Media, as well as GoB, Donor and other Public Relations Officers, etc.
∎ Disclaimer:? This job description is not an exhaustive list of the skill, effort, duties, and responsibilities associated with the position.

Job Responsibilities:
∎ Trainings and Learning events:
∎ Support to build upon the learning need assessment on Shelter and Settlement/ Homes and Communities with Community of Practice participants and learning alliance members, by keeping updated training calendar, coordinate with internal/external participant and facilitator.
∎ Support with developing participatory Trainings/ Learning events/ facilitation guides for Online/ Face to Face training and Learning events.
∎ Maintain all the training related documents like approval records, attendance sheets, payment records, amortization letter, training brochures, data base etc.
∎ Coordination and Collaboration:
∎ Support to Maintain liaison with different universities, organization, platforms to achieve the H&C Outcomes.
∎ Represent in TWIG and Key meetings under the Guidance of H&C Advisors and H&C Manager.
∎ Support to organize any events, meeting, workshop for H&C Project such as Bangladesh Housing Forum, Asia Shelter Forum etc.
∎ Professional Growth:
∎ The Position will remotely work with the Global Humanitarian Department from CRS who shall provide accompaniment, hands on job.
∎ The Position will remotely support other Homes and Communities opportunities from the ASIA region if needed for his/her own professional growth.

Additional Requirements:
∎ Minimum 2 years relevant working experience in any reputed organization. Training implementation experience will added value.
∎ Experience in event management.
∎ An interest and experience in and ability to build capacity in implementing teams, local partners and community bodies, with a focus on humanitarian response.
∎ Ability to work in partnership with different organization, academia, government and NGOs/INGOs as appropriate.
∎ Excellent communication and negotiation skills.
∎ Ability to write training reports and procedure manuals/modules and develop relevant documents.
∎ Self-reliance and an ability to work in challenging and demanding environments
∎ Awareness, sensitivity and understanding of cross-cultural issues particularly in representing a Catholic agency.
∎ Experience using MS Windows and MS Office packages (Excel, Word, Power Point), web conferencing applications, and information management systems.
∎ Required Knowledge, Skills and Abilities:
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∎ Strong representation abilities and facilitation skills.
∎ Proactive, creative, results-oriented, and service-oriented.
∎ Attention to details, accuracy and timeliness in executing assigned responsibilities.
∎ Excellent communication and interpersonal skills, with demonstrated strength in relationship management.
∎ Self-driven and positive to work in a team.
∎ Can do attitude and able to handle multiple tasks managing priorities.
∎ Ability to inspire others; to pass his/her skills to others and to motivate them to put them into practice.
∎ Ability to problem solve and identify resources in the Environment.
∎ Commitment to work following organizational aims, values, principal and policies.
∎ Honesty, transparency and professionalism.
∎ Ability to stand up against any deviation from the core program principle.
∎ Act with a good solid humanitarian values and work above personal biases and biases by others.
∎ Required Languages: Strong written and oral command in English/Bangla is required.
∎ Reporting and Station: The Field - Training will be report to Advisor -Homes and Community.
∎ Travel: Have to work intensively in remote area of Bangladesh. Up to 40% travel to field offices and field.

Job Source: Bdjobs.com Online Job Posting.

Application Deadline: 26 May 2021

Company Information:
∎ 17 May 2021
∎ Caritas Bangladesh
∎ Business : Established by the Catholic Bishops` Conference of Bangladesh (CBCB), Caritas Bangladesh (CB) is a national organization, operating since 1967 to carry out activities promoting integrated social welfare and development. Having its central office in Dhaka, CB has a wide presence across country through its eight Regional Offices in Barisal, Chittagong, Dhaka, Dinajpur, Khulna, Mymensingh, Rajshahi and Sylhet. The focus area of its work includes Charity and compassion, Integrated Development, Disaster Management and Human Resource Development.
Mostly the interventions led by CB are concentrated in the remote rural areas of Bangladesh. Presently it covers 208 upazila (sub-districts). However, during emergencies- natural and manmade disasters - Caritas is operational in any part of the country. CB maintains the spirit of universality and openness to all people of Bangladesh irrespective of caste, creed and religion, but with preferential option for the poor and the marginalized including tribal.
CB is a member of the Caritas Internationalis, a confederation of 165 Caritas Member Organizations over 200 countries and territories.

Category: NGO/Development