Program Officer

Job Description

Title: Program Officer

Company Name: ACTED

Vacancy: Not specific

Job Location: Cox's Bazar

Employment Status: Contractual

Educational Requirements:
∎ Excellent academic qualifications, preferably including a Bachelor / Master's degree in relevant discipline (e.g. Social science, Development studies, Research), or demonstrable skills in this area;

Job Context:
∎ Starting Date ASAP
∎ Duration 31/08/2023
∎ Publication Date 7/5/2023
∎ Type of contract Full Time/contractual

Job Responsibilities:
∎ FUNCTIONS:
∎ Research design:
∎ Support the design and review of assessment tools and ToRs
∎ Preparation for data collection:
∎ Lead training of enumerators in data collection tools alongside field team
∎ Data checking and cleaning:
∎ Monitor ongoing data collection progress
∎ Implement daily data checking and cleaning alongside assessment and data colleagues
∎ Data analysis and reporting:
∎ Support with development of data visualisations and outputs (e.g. in Adobe InDesign), where relevant
∎ Support with delivery of key findings presentations
∎ External relations:
∎ Support engagement with relevant external actors, including data collection partners
∎ Ad Hoc:
∎ Other tasks falling within his/her functions as requested by the Assessment Officer / Team.
∎ To assist the Assessment Officer in carrying out daily activities
∎ To ensure field team is appropriately trained to implement data collection activities
∎ To support assessment team throughout all stages of the research cycle
∎ To provide additional support requested by management

Additional Requirements:
∎ Minimum 2 year of relevant work experience required (e.g. research, assessments, M&E), preferably in humanitarian or development organisations;
∎ Software skills:
∎ Applicant must have strong skills in Microsoft office products (including Word, Excel, and PowerPoint).
∎ Experience with Adobe Indesign is an asset.
∎ Research skills:
∎ Good knowledge of quantitative and qualitative research methods
∎ Experience of working on different stages of the research cycle are desirable (research design, data cleaning, analysis and visualisation)
∎ Excellent analytical skills, experience in assessments, M&E, field research or evaluations are an asset.
∎ Communication/reporting skills:
∎ Good communication and drafting skills for effective reporting;
∎ Level of independence:
∎ Ability and willingness to work autonomously;
∎ Positive work ethic and desire to work in the humanitarian field;
∎ Cross-cultural work environment:
∎ Ability to operate in a cross-cultural environment requiring flexibility;
∎ Language skills:
∎ Strong command of spoken and written English required
∎ Competency in Chittagonian is advantageous

Salary: Tk. 60901 (Monthly)

Job Source: Bdjobs.com Online Job Posting.

Application Deadline: 16 May 2023

Company Information:
∎ 9 May 2023
∎ ACTED
∎ Business : ACTED began its Bangladesh operations in February 2018, in the context of the Rohingya exodus of 2017. ACTED is working in the Rohingya refugee camps of the Kutupalong-Balukhali Expansion Site at the Ukhia sub-district of Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh. In line with its 3Zero programming strategy, ACTED’s work in Bangladesh focuses on the following thematic areas: Collaborative and Resilient Ecosystem Management, Access to Basic Services, Strengthening Institutions and Civil Society, and Humanitarian Action.

Category: NGO/Development