Programme Organiser, Urban Development Programme (Project Staff)

Job Description

Title: Programme Organiser, Urban Development Programme (Project Staff)

Company Name: BRAC

Vacancy: Not specific

Job Location: Anywhere in Bangladesh

Employment Status: Contractual

Educational Requirements:
∎ Bachelors/ Masters in any discipline from any recognised university/ institutions

Experience Requirements:
∎ At least 1 year(s)

Job Responsibilities:
∎ Implementation World Food Programme (WFP) Food security for households most affected by the COVID-19 crisis project interventions at the field level as front line staff
∎ Closely follow up community organisers to ensure strong community mobilisation and collective actions by community groups
∎ Maintain strong communication and networking with local government officials for implementing social accountability initiatives
∎ Participants household selection, shop selection, social safe net household selection and taking into full account the local conditions, resources, customs and cultural norms
∎ Maintain documentation and prepare monthly MIS report
∎ Assist in organising training, workshops and different events at the field level according to annual targets
∎ Provide support to the technical department & research, knowledge management and M&E department of Urban Development Programme (UDP) in the field for effective urban interventions
∎ Use monitoring data to solve performance issues
∎ Identify and assist in organising capacity development trainings/ workshops for the community organisers
∎ Ensure the safety of team members from any harm, abuse, neglect, harassment and exploitation to achieve the programme's goals on safeguarding implementation. Act as a key source of support, guidance and expertise on safeguarding for establishing a safe working environment.
∎ Practice, promote and endorse the issues of safeguarding policy among team members and ensure the implementation of safeguarding standards in every course of action.
∎ Follow the safeguarding reporting procedure in case any reportable incident takes place, encourage others to do so.

Additional Requirements:
∎ Minimum 1 year relevant experience is required
∎ Additional Requirements:
∎ Demonstrated ability to successfully manage large scale and complex projects
∎ Have knowledge on current national and global development trends related to urban poverty and urban development
∎ Competence in analysing the social and gender dynamics within urban set up
∎ Have skills on community organising and social mobilisation.
∎ Excellent communication, presentation, organisation and negotiation skills
∎ Skills in documentation, facilitation & reporting
∎ Strong analytical skills and possess a proven track record of working successfully in a variety of cultural contexts
∎ Awareness of political processes and protocols

Salary: Negotiable

Compensation & Other Benefits:
∎ Festival Bonus, Health and Life Insurance and others

Application Deadline: 13 Aug 2020

Company Information:
∎ 6 Aug 2020
∎ BRAC

Category: NGO/Development