Title: Policy Advocacy Coordinator
Company Name: The British Council
Vacancy: 01
Job Location: Anywhere in Bangladesh
Employment Status: Full-time
Experience Requirements:
∎ At least 10 year(s)
Job Responsibilities:
∎ Work closely with P4D senior management team and coordinate P4D's policy analysis and influencing strategy
∎ Lead the design and implementation of regional and national civil society forums and advocacy events
∎ Organise advocacy events at the district and national level in cooperation and coordination with the CSOs/forums and existing other networks.
∎ Build relationship and maintain regular contact with the concerned government departments, CSOs and CSO networks at the national and divisional level.
∎ Attend relevant network meeting at the national level.
∎ Organise capacity building events for the CSO forums.
∎ Perform any other duties as assigned by the Civil Society Lead.
Additional Requirements:
∎ Over 10 years' experience of working with Civil Society Organisations in Bangladesh
∎ Experience of advocacy, campaigning and lobbying work.
∎ Practical experience of working with CSO networks and coalition
∎ Experience of working in bilateral donor funded projects (preferably EU) related to civil society
∎ Experience of project design would be an added advantage
∎ Strong analytical ability and creative writing skills
∎ Fluency in Bangla and English
∎ Excellent inter-personal, training, and communications skills;
∎ Excellent networking skills: Sensitivity to and responsiveness to all partners,
∎ Have working IT skills (Ms word, Power point, excel)
Application Deadline: June 29, 2019
Company Information:
∎ The British Council
∎ Business : The British Council is the UK`s international organisation for cultural relations and educational opportunities. We create friendly knowledge and understanding between the people of the UK and other countries. We do this by making a positive contribution to the UK and the countries we work with - changing lives by creating opportunities, building connections and engendering trust.
Category: NGO/Development
Read Before Apply: Only shortlisted applicants will be contacted for the next step of recruitment process. We will only shortlist applications submitted detailed curriculum vitae (CV) along with a cover letter. No hard copies of the application will be accepted.
Source: bdjobs.com