Title: Project Officer (Contractual)
Company Name: Jita Social Business Bangladesh Ltd.
Vacancy: Not specific
Job Location: Cox's Bazar, Khulna
Employment Status: Contractual
Educational Requirements:
∎ Minimum Bachelor Degree preferably in Economics, Social Sciences or relevant field.
Experience Requirements:
∎ 1 to 2 year(s)
Job Context:
∎ Job Location: Khulna and Cox`s Bazar
∎ Contract Duration: 1 year (subject to extension)
∎ JITA, a social enterprise affiliated with CARE Social Ventures (CSV), creates economic value for rural communities through income opportunities and inclusive market access. As part of a new partnership-driven initiative, JITA is developing a last mile sales agent network to promote improved nutrition and hygiene outcomes of selected rural and marginalized communities within Khulna and Cox`s Bazar. Through the project, JITA will seek to achieve the following major outcomes:
∎ Consumption of nutritious, diverse, and safe diets by rural households;
∎ Social and economic empowerment of women and adolescents;
∎ Adoption of improved water, sanitation, and hygiene (WASH) practices.
Job Responsibilities:
∎ Executing all field level project activities and managing deliverables assigned by Project Coordinator
∎ Identifying potential women from local community for recruitment; collecting relevant information for selection.
∎ Facilitating recruitment process that includes filling up registration forms, building rapport in target communities and markets/growth centers.
∎ Organizing workshops, courtyard meetings, promotion campaigns, partner visits and other types of engagements.
∎ Maintain liaison with officials from local government, NGOs, Microfinance providers, community associations, schools and relevant institutions to support project goals.
∎ Supporting field assessment and monitoring activities to identify gaps.
∎ Regularly mentoring women sales agents to explore growth opportunities and overcome obstacles.
∎ Supporting women sales agents to conduct promotional activities, expand household reach and maintain business linkages with agriculture wholesalers/ rural sanitation entrepreneurs
∎ Preparing weekly and monthly activity reports and submitting to Project Coordinator.
∎ Supporting project team in collecting and sharing success stories and impact highlights from the field.
∎ Any other duties assigned by the project leadership team.
Additional Requirements:
∎ 1 - 2 years' proven experience with organizing events, conducting workshops, and engaging rural households at village and upazilla level.
∎ Experience with donor-funded projects a plus.
∎ Strong safety and security awareness when working with women participants.
∎ Sound knowledge of social mobilization, incorporating gender sensitive practices.
∎ Good understanding of MS Office applications.
∎ Good written and oral communication skills in Bengali.
Salary:
∎ Competitive compensation package based on experience
Compensation & Other Benefits:
∎ Mobile Bill
∎ Festival Bonus
∎ Insurance (Group Life, Hospitalization & Medical)
Application Deadline: 30 Jan 2021
Company Information:
∎ 4 Jan 2021
∎ Jita Social Business Bangladesh Ltd.
∎ Business : A Social Enterprise, dedicated to empowering women through a network of enterprises creating employment opportunities and improving access to markets for BOP consumers.
Category: Production/Operation
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Source: bdjobs.com