Program Support Officer

Job Description

Title: Program Support Officer

Company Name: PROTTYASHI

Vacancy: 1

Age: Na

Job Location: Cox`s Bazar (Ukhia)

Salary: --

Experience:

• At least 2 years

• Graduation /Post-Graduation in any relevant subject

• At least 2 years

Required Knowledge, Skills and Abilities

• Knowledge of safety issues concerning children and adolescent;
• Knowledge of child protection and Psycho-Social support programming;
• Good command of English, both written and oral;
• Good command of Chitagonian language is highly appreciable;
• Skill of photography
• Proficient with MS office suite
• Good interpersonal skills and cross-cultural sensitivity;
• Creative and able to come up, embrace and coordinate innovative thinking, and problem solving skills;
• Positive attitude with a willingness to learn;
• Ability to cope and work under pressure;
• Computer literate mainly in Microsoft Office package;
• Well-organized, self-motivated and ability to work in a team;
• Ability to work in difficult and high risk situations;
• Position requires availability and willingness to work outside regular office hours occasionally;
• Position requires willingness and ability to continue to function during a crisis situation, including during an emergency response to a manmade or natural disaster;
• At least 2 years of relevant experience;
• Knowledge and experience working with children focusing 3 – 18 years.

Candidates need to be highly motivated and committed to Prottyashi’s vision, mission, and long-term development work to significantly improve the lives of the most vulnerable and marginalized. Candidates must be capable of displaying great learning agility, support and encourage knowledge sharing across projects, for the ultimate benefit of all of Prottyashi mission wide initiatives.

Contract Duration: Initially for 31/05/2025 Year with possibility of further extension depending on the performance and funding availability.

Background:

Prottyashi has been implementing Education for Rohingya Refugee Children and Host Community Children in Bangladesh project with the technical support of International Rescue Committee (IRC). The project is supporting the children aged 3 – 18 years to ensure the access and quality support of educational activities in the mentioned community along with other focuses like inclusion, children with disabilities and gender.

Purpose of Position

The position will be responsible for supporting the project team with logistics and other administrative facilities as required. He/she will also be responsible for ensuring timely availability of the training or education materials/equipment through coordinating with the project team members, facilitators, teachers and vendors according to the project plan and timeline.

Reporting

Program Support Officer will report to Project Coordinator. S/He has to maintain functional relationship with his/her peers, project teams and organization’s other priority teams. S/He must be able to communicate with other teams and units both program and operational of the organization.

Major Responsibilities:

• Ensure training/learning session requirements in the community-based learning facilities, ECD centers and acceleration learning program facilities through coordinating with Technical Officer and Project Assistant.

• Prepare plan for learning facilities or equipment distribution in the learning facilities as per the project plan.

• Record the progress of learning sessions in the facilities according to the project plan.

• Prepare expense or inventory reports on the learning sessions facilitated, materials or equipment distributed and submit to project management.

• Coordinate logistics activities related to procurement, funding, substantive units and humanitarian affairs in the different types of learning facilities under the project.

• Provide incentives to the camp and host facilitators as per their contribution to the project facilities.

• Develop reports on material and personnel movements and various operational logistics problems in community-based learning facilities ECD centers and ALP facilities in both host and refugee community.

• Carry out packing, crating, and warehousing, and storage duties in preparation for facilities-specific program.

• Responsible for tracking, receiving, and stocking all items procured for the project facilities.

• Ensure materials are appropriately stored in the warehouse/learning facilities.

• Program the final inventory of materials prior to transaction in the store room.

• Provide a list of all equipment moved from the storing sites into transaction sites to designated facilities.

• Responsible for supervising and accounting for inventory in the learning facilities.

• Salary and benefits: Monthly Gross Salary will be (60,590-64,782) BDT with project contributory provident fund, Gross 75% festival bonus and regular traveling and communication bill.