Officer - Social Work

Job Description

Title: Officer - Social Work

Company Name: Save the Children

Vacancy: 2

Age: At least 24 years

Job Location: Cox`s Bazar (Ukhia)

Salary: --

Experience:

• At least 2 years
• The applicants should have experience in the following business area(s): NGO, Development Agency

• Bachelor’s degree in a relevant discipline such as social science, anthropology or development studies or any other relevant department.

• At least 2 years
• The applicants should have experience in the following business area(s): NGO, Development Agency

• Age At least 24 years

• At least 2 years’ experience with Child Protection Program

• Knowledge on child rights and child protection issues in Bangladesh.

• Strong technical understanding of child protection and community-based approaches.

• Experience in running recreational and psychosocial activities for children and strengthening community-based mechanism work.

• Experience in interviewing, data collection and contribute to reports.

• Experience in providing/ facilitating training, meeting.

• Has basic knowledge in using MS Office and the internet.

Contract Type: Regular- Fixed Term till 31 December 2028

Save the Children invites applications for the above-mentioned position. We are committed to equal employment opportunities, regardless of gender, sexual orientation, race, colour, ethnic origin, nationality, disability, age, or beliefs and religion. We are committed to diversifying our staff to better represent the communities we serve and actively welcome underrepresented groups to apply.

The Opportunity

This Officer- Social Work is primarily responsible for implementation of child protection community-based activities as part of the Rohingya response, for vulnerable and at-risk children. The Officer- Social Work is responsible for arranging CBCPC meeting, Adolescent club/ Child club/ parents’ meetings, ensuring referral for children, direct service provision of follow up for vulnerable and at-risk children, in line with their needs. S/he will also be responsible for providing support in MPCAC/GFS/AFS in line with internal standards and guidelines.

The Officer- Social Work is responsible for documenting information, capacity building of the parents and other stakeholders, supporting the child/family through ensuring child protection, ensuring data protection in line with internal protocols, and for providing daily updates to the supervisor and preparing regular reports.