Project Manager- CEMB (Based at the Barisal Divisional Office)
Job Description
Title: Project Manager- CEMB (Based at the Barisal Divisional Office)
Company Name: Plan International Bangladesh
Vacancy: Not specific
Job Location: Barishal
Employment Status: Contractual
Educational Requirements:
∎ The job holder should have Master's Degree level of education, preferably in Social Science discipline.
Experience Requirements:
∎ 7 to 10 year(s)
Job Responsibilities:
∎ The CEMB Project supports the Government of Bangladesh's commitment from the 2014 Global Girls' Summit to: create a National Plan of Action to eliminate Child Early and Forced Marriage (CEFM) below 15; reduce by a third marriages below 18 years by 2021; and end all CEFM by 2041. It will promote the progressive provisions of the Child Marriage Restraint Act (CMRA) 2017 and envisions close cooperation with the Ministry of Women & Children Affair, Ministry of Education, a2i and other relevant stakeholders to contribute in implementation of NPA for Adolescent Health strategy in Bangladesh. The initiative is also fully aligned with the goals set by the South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC) governments through the regional South Asia Initiative to End Violence against Children (SAIEVAC).
∎ The project duration has started from June 2018 and is working with in-school adolescent girls and boys, out-of-school (OOS) adolescent girls and boys and married girls, as well as adolescent girls' families and communities targeting 6,000 OOS girls, 10,000 OOS boys, 90,021 in-school girls and 94,449 in-school boys across Bhola and Jhalokati. CEMB aims to promote and protect girls' human rights in Bangladesh by reducing Child Early and Forced Marriage (CEFM) for vulnerable girls in the high prevalence populations of Bhola and Jhalokati through a comprehensive approach that seeks to engage girls, mobilize community stakeholders, strengthen existing child protection mechanisms and create an enabling and protective environment.
∎ Child Protection Specialist, being a part of CEMB project Team, will contribute to these goals.
Additional Requirements:
∎ At least 7-10 years' experience in the field of child protection which includes 5 years' experience in Project Management preferably in an International Development Organization is required.
Job Source: Bdjobs.com Online Job Posting.
Application Deadline: 14 Jan 2023
Company Information:
∎ 7 Jan 2023
∎ Plan International Bangladesh
∎ Business : Founded 80 years ago, Plan International is one of the oldest and largest children`s development organisations in the world. We work in 52 countries across Africa, Asia and the Americas to promote child rights and lift millions of children out of poverty. In 2015, Plan International worked with 100 million children in 85,282 communities. Plan International is independent, with no religious, political or governmental affiliations but having a vision of a world in which all children realize their full potential in societies that respect people`s rights and dignity.
Plan International has been operating in Bangladesh since 1994. Plan International seeks to ensure the rights of children to education, health, safe water and sanitation, protection, youth social and economic empowerment and climate change, environmental degradation and natural or man-made disaster hazards throughout the country.
Category: NGO/Development
