Officer- Knowledge Management
Job Description
Title: Officer- Knowledge Management
Company Name: Caritas Bangladesh
Vacancy: 1
Job Location: Dhaka
Employment Status: Contractual
Educational Requirements:
∎ Masters in Communications or Architecture or related field from any recognized university.
Experience Requirements:
∎ At least 2 year(s)
Job Context:
∎ Reports to: Senior Program Officer -Knowledge Management
∎ Department/ Sector: Program/ Disaster Management
∎ Job Nature: Temporary
∎ Project Duration: 13 months (June 2021 to June 2022)
∎ Work Station: Caritas Central Office, Dhaka
∎ Job Summary:
∎ The Knowledge Management Officer will intensively work with Senior Program Officer- knowledge Management. He/She will assist to prepare regular reports of H&C, develop and promote knowledge management materials and system. Maintaining and updating knowledge management HUB for influence and Scaling for H&C. Assist to developing regular knowledge product such as newsletter, case/success story, external communication materials and others. Assist to organize regular knowledge and learning sharing meetings/workshops at organizational, local, regional and national level. Give regular support to bring the Community of Practice together with focal points and other like-minded persons, organize and collecting information on focal point meeting and other capacity building initiatives.
∎ Key Working Relationships:
∎ Internal: Homes and Community Manager, CB DM Head, CB Communication Manager, CB H&C Advisor.
∎ 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:
∎ Reporting and Documentation:
∎ Support to Senior program officer -KM on regular reports on the program's activities (including monthly activities updates and quarterly and annual reports) for Homes and Communities (H&C)
∎ Support to Senior program officer -KM on preparing knowledge product such as one pager, Case studies, Info graphics for influence and disseminating to other forum, meeting and workshops
∎ Support to updating the Knowledge management system with all Proposal, Evaluations, IEC materials, Studies etc. for H&C for Caritas Bangladesh including likaging with other KM databases and networks eg- Shelter centre, Shelter Project, IOM Shelter compendium..
∎ Support with the preparation of Asia Shelter Forum as required.
∎ Graphic Designing and Communication:
∎ Support to produce audiovisual materials for H&C including presentations, webinars, Online training and short videos if need provide graphic design support.
∎ Support with H&C Presentation and Communication products as required
∎ Support to develop a marketing and Influence plan for H&C considering the Key partners or Scaling entity.
∎ MEAL:
∎ Conduct periodic and systematic data collection as per H&C MEAL/ Learning plan as required for research, project results indicators, in conjunction with relevant project staff or University research associate.
∎ Contribute to activity monitoring and evaluation plans of H&C and maintain the Influence Tracker.
∎ Monitoring of distribution of resources and materials eg: Hits/ downloads on online resources etc.
∎ Other duties assigned by the Homes and Communities Manager that are consistent with the overall focus of the assignment.
∎ Professional Growth:
∎ The Position will remotely work with the Global Humanitarian Department from CRS who shall provide accompaniment, hands on te.
∎ 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 of experience working in communications and knowledge management or Shelter & settlement and Humanitarian sector.
∎ Experience in organizational KML; capturing, documenting, and facilitating best practices and learning.
∎ Experience in preparation and interpretation of data reports, donor analytics, or trend analysis required.
∎ Experience in designing and using social media, website and videos to communicate with stakeholder including Adult learning.
∎ Experience in desktop publishing or other graphic design softwares.
∎ Monitoring and Evaluation and data collection experience
∎ Experience using MS Windows and MS Office packages (Excel, Word, Power Point), web conferencing applications, and information management systems.
∎ Required Knowledge, Skills and Abilities:
∎ 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.
∎ Required Languages: Strong written and oral command in English/Bangla is required.
∎ Travel: Based in Dhaka with frequent travel throughout Bangladesh. Up to 50% travel to field offices and field.
Salary:
∎ 35,000 BDT per month ( Benefit festival bonus )
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
