Job Description

Title: Program Organizer - Education Project

Company Name: Samaj Kalyan O Unnayan Shangstha (SKUS)

Vacancy: 3

Job Location: Cox's Bazar (Ukhia)

Employment Status: Full-time

Educational Requirements:
∎ Masters degree in any discipline, Bachelor degree in any discipline
∎ Skills Required: Excellent communication skill, MICROSOFT OFFICE, Motivational skill, Non formal education program, Technical Skills

Experience Requirements:
∎ At least 2 year(s)
∎ The applicants should have experience in the following area(s): COMPUTER OFFICE MANAGEMENT, Education in Emergency, Educational Content Development, Reporting and Documentation, Training Facilitation
∎ The applicants should have experience in the following business area(s): NGO

Job Context:
∎ Samaj Kalyan O Unnayan Shangstha (SKUS) envisions a peaceful, prosperous, and poverty-free society that ensures everyone`s basic needs and rights. Since the 2017 Rohingya refugee influx, SKUS has worked in Cox`s Bazar district with children adolescents, women, and men. SKUS works to provide access to learning opportunities in a safe and protective environment, offer quality teaching/learning and increase refugee/host community participation and engagement in children`s education. Based on children`s and adolescents` rights, SKUS has established a quality learning and protection Centre with support from different international donors, including UN agencies.
∎ SKUS is going to implement the Pooled Funded Education project "Provision of inclusive education for Rohingya Children aged 3-14 years in Cox`s Bazar, Bangladesh" for the Rohingya at Ukhiya Upazila in Cox`s Bazar District with the technical support of BRAC.
∎ SKUS is looking for a suitable candidate for the immediate appointment of Program Organizer for the project as mentioned above in the BRAC Pooled Fund, supported by GAC.
∎ Reportable to: Field Officer
∎ Duration of contract: 31 August 2024. (Contingent to Donor Extension and Govt. Approval)
∎ Job Location: Ukhiya, Cox`s Bazar

Job Responsibilities:
∎ The main tasks and responsibilities of the Program Organizer are, but not limited to
∎ Follow up and check baseline survey to set up Learning Centers
∎ Set up Community-Based Learning Facilities (CBLF)
∎ Conduct parental Education support group and Parents meeting.
∎ Guide and support the teachers and mentors to ensure effective education project implementation reaching the targets according to the donor agreement.
∎ Develop a detailed monthly activity plan jointly with the teachers and mentors and effective execution in terms of time management.
∎ Capture and address issues brought up in the Teacher Learning Circles.
∎ Resolve field problems after proper consultation with other colleagues and senior staff on time in an appropriate manner.
∎ Provide logistic support to the ECD and MC interventions timely.
∎ Maintain project-related data, prepare and timely submit reports as and when required.
∎ Assist the Field Officer in organizing training, workshops, meetings, and outreach events.
∎ Rapport Building with field-level key stakeholders including Majhi, Imam, community leaders, parents, CIC staff, SMS staff, and NGOs working on similar fields.
∎ Maintain SKUS's administrative, financial and resource management policies and regulations and comply with government and donor requirements.
∎ Monitor progress through field visits. Use M&E tools to report Monitoring and reporting officer.
∎ Performing any other project-related duties/responsibilities as and when necessary.
∎ Ensure effective coordination with camp level different stakeholders including Majhi, Imam, community leaders, parents, CIC staff, SMS staff, and NGOs working on similar fields
∎ Ensure that program activities are done in a manner so that result-based outputs are achieved.
∎ Support teachers and team members for the successful execution of different activities at the field level of the project.
∎ Provide consistent and reliable data available for reporting and decision-making
∎ Mutual Respect and Trust, Gender Equity, Integrity and solidarity, Transparency and accountability.
∎ Equal Opportunity for all: Displays cultural, gender, religion, race, nationality, inclusion, and age sensitivity and adaptability.
∎ Work with energy and a positive, constructive attitude
∎ Demonstrates good oral and written communication skills
∎ Demonstrates openness to change and ability to manage complexities
∎ Provides inspiration and leadership to project staff as well as all the partners
∎ Capability to engage in team-based management, the experience of leading workshops and being a resource person Ability to undertake results-based management and reporting
∎ Ability to oversee timely project implementation and to provide the necessary troubleshooting to keep project implementation on schedule
∎ Ability to implement new systems and affect staff behavioral/ attitudinal change
∎ Promotes knowledge management and a learning environment in the office through leadership and personal example
∎ Actively works towards continuing personal learning and development
∎ Excellent communication skills (written and oral)
∎ Sensitivity to and responsiveness to all partners
∎ Respectful and helpful relations with all SKUS staff
∎ Working Condition: The Program Organizer is based at the assigned camps 15 and 16 at Ukhiya of Cox's Bazar district.
∎ She/he will spend approximately 90% of his/her time in the field.
∎ She/he may have contact with dissatisfied or abusive individuals.
∎ Personal qualities: A strong commitment to gender-sensitive, inclusive, and pro-poor development works
∎ Ability to work with a multi-disciplinary team
∎ Consultative and empowering working style and willingness to learn from others
∎ Willingness to travel as required.

Additional Requirements:
∎ Age at most 50 years

Salary: Tk. 40000 (Monthly)

Compensation & Other Benefits:
∎ T/A, Mobile bill
∎ As per Project.

Job Source: Bdjobs.com Online Job Posting.

Application Deadline: 9 Oct 2023

Company Information:
∎ 30 Sep 2023
∎ Samaj Kalyan O Unnayan Shangstha (SKUS)
∎ Address : 110 Shantinagar, Nilufar Building (1st floor), Dhaka-1217.
∎ Web : www.skus-bd.org
∎ Business : SKUS is a non-profit, non-government voluntary organization working since 1995 to improve socio-economic condition of poor and marginalized people to improve socio-economic conditions and remove discrimination and exploitations. SKUS has implementing multidimensional projects on Education, Malaria, HIV/AIDS, Health, Nutrition and family planning, Life skills Education, Women empowerment, Water, Sanitation and hygiene, Safe Motherhood, Vulnerable Group Development, EPI and Primary Health Care Project, Safe migration, Emergency relief, early recovery and livelihood support on various disasters, Emergency Rohingya Response, MHPSS, GBV, Technical and vocational training in different part of Bangladesh with assistance from the government, national and international donor agencies.

Note : SKUS has a zero-tolerance to Sexual Exploitation and Abuse of beneficiaries. Protection from Sexual Exploitation and Abuse (PSEA) is everyone’s responsibility and all staff are required to adhere to the Code of Conduct that enshrines principles of PSEA, always (both during work hours and outside work hours). Familiarization with, and adherence to, the Code of Conduct is an essential requirement of all staff, in addition to related mandatory training. All staff must ensure that they understand and act in accordance with this clause.

SKUS also has a zero-tolerance policy on child protection.

Category: NGO/Development

: SKUS has a zero-tolerance policy toward safeguarding, child safeguarding, and PSEA. At SKUS, we believe all people have the right to live their lives free from sexual violence and any abuse of power, regardless of age, gender, sexuality, sexual orientation, disability, religion, or ethnic origin.