Job Description

Title: Project Officer (DRR & CCA)-SCALING-UP GRADUATION & RESILIENCE IN ASIA

Company Name: Islamic Relief Bangladesh

Vacancy: 1

Location: Sylhet (Companiganj )

Maximum Salary: Tk. 47868 (Monthly)

Experience:
∎ At least 5 years

Published: 12 May 2024

Education:
∎ Bachelor of Social Science (BSS) in Development Studies, Disaster Management
∎ Bachelor of Science (BSc) in Environment Science, Geography & environment
∎ Bachelor degree in any discipline

Requirements:

Additional Requirements:
∎ Experience in working in conduction CRA, RRAP, LAPA, SOD orientation, Working with Disaster Management Committees, Nature Based Solution, organizing workshop seminar, awareness program & advocacy, preparing policy brief, preparing training module, LAPA tools, article writing, research paper writing and publication.
∎ Project Implementation Skill.
∎ Project Management Social/Community Mobilization Skill Facilitation Skill Coordination/Advocacy/Networking/Communication Skill
∎ Reporting & Documentation Skill
∎ Monitoring & Evaluation Skill
∎ Financial management
∎ Decision making
∎ Conflict resolution
∎ Leadership
∎ Self-development
∎ Problem solving Planning, analytical and organizational skills
∎ Strategic Management
∎ Ability to work under pressure and manage workload effectively
∎ Supportive, effective and good team player
∎ Willing to adapt to IRW's norms and values
∎ Proven Expertise of Microsoft Word/ Excel/Power Point/ KOBO tools
∎ Excellent- -Reading/Writing/Speaking/Listening for English & Bengali
∎ Having a valid driving license for motor bike and willing to travel and work in the most remote areas of Bangladesh
∎ Experience in working in conduction CRA, RRAP, LAPA, SOD orientation, Working with Disaster Management Committees, Nature Based Solution, organizing workshop seminar, awareness program & advocacy, preparing policy brief, preparing training module, LAPA tools, article writing, research paper writing and publication.
∎ Essential Competencies:
∎ Project Implementation Skill.
∎ Project Management Social/Community Mobilization Skill Facilitation Skill Coordination/Advocacy/Networking/Communication Skill
∎ Reporting & Documentation Skill
∎ Monitoring & Evaluation Skill
∎ Financial management
∎ Decision making
∎ Conflict resolution
∎ Leadership
∎ Self-development
∎ Problem solving Planning, analytical and organizational skills
∎ Strategic Management
∎ Ability to work under pressure and manage workload effectively
∎ Supportive, effective and good team player
∎ Willing to adapt to IRW's norms and values
∎ Proven Expertise of Microsoft Word/ Excel/Power Point/ KOBO tools
∎ Excellent- -Reading/Writing/Speaking/Listening for English & Bengali
∎ Having a valid driving license for motor bike and willing to travel and work in the most remote areas of Bangladesh

Responsibilities & Context:
∎ Responsible for all technical activities regarding DRR & CCA activities at assigned location/s under the supervision of the District Manager.
∎ Facilitate the project inception meeting with different-level stakeholder.
∎ Ensure the selection of beneficiaries according to criteria defined in the proposal and validate it by respective authorities.
∎ Formation, Activate and reactivate DMCs
∎ Organizing and Facilitate orientation at DMCs level
∎ Organizing and facilitation, conduction CRA, RRAP, LAPA training at Union and Upzila level
∎ Prepare LAPA and DM plan report.
∎ Organize and facilitate open budget sharing meeting
∎ Implementation of Co-financing DRR and LLA activity at the Project area.
∎ Organize and facilitate Upzila/City level Meeting workshop
∎ Organize and facilitate Advocacy and awareness sessions.
∎ Organizing and facilitate youth, Conduction Youth Training on DRA and CCA, LLA
∎ Ensure inclusion of gender, persons with disabilities, elderly and other vulnerable communities according to the IR Principle and guideline during participant selection and other steps of implementation.
∎ Implementation of the assigned project’s technical activities
∎ Prepare field movement and technical activity plan, approve it with the supervisor and ensure strict alignment with the plan.
∎ Support / Participate in different need assessments, impact evaluations, post-distribution monitoring (PDM)/ need assessment, Evaluation etc.
∎ Ensure other planned activities such as various workshops and meetings.
∎ Maintain coordination and cooperation with the other team.
∎ Engage in effective community mobilization within IR guidelines and compliances.
∎ Be aligned with the agreed time, cost and quality constrains of the project to enable delivery of the agreed outputs and/or benefits.
∎ Support to ensure Complaints & Feedback Mechanism (CFM), Child Protection, Safeguarding & Gender Sensitivity issues in relation to project activities.
∎ Prepare project sustainability plan
∎ Conduction Project Exit meeting.
∎ Preparing monthly work plan and reporting accordingly
∎ HH visit, group visit and regular follow up, supervision the project activities and giving technical support in DRR & CCA activity
∎ Supervise the assigned activities of the APOs and Community Organizers.
∎ Ensuring monthly and periodic monitoring, reporting and MIS data
∎ Ensuring financial transaction and group meeting are documented properly and SHG register are updated accordingly
∎ Support program field team in their requirement from IRB country office in daily activities.
∎ Support in measuring, assessing the DRR and CCA schemes prescribed in RRAP and LLA.
∎ Follow up the progress of schemes, ensuring quality, processing BOQ, bill voucher accordingly.
∎ Support programme team in data analysis and reporting of different need assessments, baseline and end line surveys, post-distribution monitoring (PDM) and other planned activities such as various workshops and meetings.
∎ Collect primary & secondary information through FGD, CCM, KII and literature review.
∎ Support programme team in sourcing information and data for project identification.
∎ Support programme team in developing project concept note, proposals on a different context.
∎ Identifying policy advocacy issue and prepare Policy Brief accordingly
∎ Prepare project documentation and monthly, quarterly and annual reports are being compiled and communications material is produced qualitatively within the appropriate time frame, work plans, objectives and approaches.
∎ Work closely with the Field teams and assist Programme Manager and Project Manager in local level coordination and representation
∎ Carrying out desktop research, using a range of methods and sources of data, related to inequality and social innovation practices.
∎ Prepare the bill & check the bill vouchers.
∎ Prepare or collect media & communication materials (Photographs, Case studies, etc.) required to ensure project visibility.
∎ Assist in archiving the project documents, event photographs (hard copy and electronic copy) as per IR guidelines.
∎ Taking initiatives for capacity building of Community Organizers, SHG leaders, SHG members
∎ Develop training materials, flip chart, hand out, awryness raising materials
∎ Organizing and facilitation leadership training
∎ Organizing and facilitation staff capacity building training
∎ Capacity development training facilitation for all the project participants and DMCS and CBOS leaders
∎ Training follow-up, hands on training at HH level, and training refreshers
∎ Supportive supervision of subordinate staff and CBO/SHG/REG leaders to carry out their routine work effectively
∎ Support to prepare and Design of any technical intervention based on Nature-based solution, RRAP and LLA scheme.
∎ Estimate the materials quantities according to approved BoQ and Design.
∎ Ensure construction quality through proper documentation.
∎ Monitoring of construction activities.
∎ Site selection and site preparation for community infrastructure construction sites.
∎ Prepare post measurement sheet for any interventions.
∎ Generate innovative ideas for climate resilient infrastructure, WASH, shelter and other interventions.
∎ Group capacity building in financial management
∎ Linkage builds up the group with different service providers
∎ Undertake capacity-development of staffs and other stakeholders including providing guidance to area-based staff on field implementation.
∎ Participate and facilitate weekly and monthly project related awareness raising and feedback session i.e., courtyard meeting at community level.
∎ Orient key stakeholders on Complaints & Feedback Mechanism (CFM), Child Protection, Safeguarding & Gender Sensitivity issues in relation to project activities.
∎ Organize training, workshop, fairs etc. in different sector for internal and external stakeholders.
∎ Coordinate and establishing network with the local and regional platforms and organization who are working in DRR&CCA
∎ Coordination with different research institutes and universities, arranging MOU signing, organizing research, presentation and publication.
∎ Communication with local and regional media personnel
∎ Ensure visibility of the project work
∎ Ensure all the project documents, stories, photographs, publications and properly archived.
∎ Prepare or collect media & communication materials (Photographs, Case Study etc.) required to ensure project visibility.
∎ Participation and awarding the project good practices in national and global platform
∎ Ensure effective networking and coordination with Union and upazila office.
∎ Establish and maintain an effective coordination mechanism with key stakeholders of the project.
∎ Represent Islamic Relief Bangladesh in coordination meetings at Union and City level.
∎ Assist in the phase-out meeting and lesson learned workshop for further organizational development.
∎ Contribute to other project activities and any other tasks as required by program management;
∎ Willing and able to travel frequently for extended periods and to remote areas of the projects.
∎ Ensure the safety of team members from any harm, abuse, neglect, harassment, exploitation, Fraud, Bribery or money Laundering to achieve the program's goals of safeguarding implementation and as well as Act as a key source of support, guidance, and expertise on the safeguarding of harm, abuse, neglect, harassment, and exploitation, Fraud, Bribery & Money Laundering for establishing a safe working environment
∎ Participate seasonal (Ramadan, Akika & Qurbani) & emergency response programs if require.
∎ Being a member of Islamic Relief as a child-friendly organization, it is the core responsibility and obligation of each staff member to understand and obey IR Child Protection & PSEA Policy and respond accordingly as and when required.
∎ Perform any other duties assigned by the line manager.
∎ Bangladesh is one of the most vulnerable countries in the world in terms of sea-level rising, increasing number of powerful cyclones, floods, water logging, salinity, drought, windstorm, soil erosion and more. Moreover, a 2018’s U.S. government report found that around 90 million Bangladeshis (56 percent of the population) live in “high climate exposure areas,” with 53 million subject to “very high” exposure. Among the most climate vulnerable countries in the world, Bangladesh is ranked 7th with 28.33 score (Climate Risk Index - CRI) for 2000-2019). Regarding climate vulnerability index, Bangladesh is ranked 164 among 182 countries with a score of 36.9 only. Therefore, a lower rank and score in this regard not only represents the country’s vulnerability against climate change, but also lack of readiness to improve resilience. At present 20.5% people are living below the poverty line and out of this 6.5% are extreme poor in rural area (HIES 2022, BBS). Apart from this, around 18.54% people are new poor (drop from above poverty line) due to severely affected by COVID-19 management measures (e.g., lockdown, movement restriction), disruption of production and market, high inflation and price of food items and major currency devaluation. Recent increase of fuel price is around 50% that further increased the transportation and production cost which is leading to increase poverty and hunger, curtal of meal intake and inadequate quantity, variety, and quality of food among the people living below poverty line. Low-income groups and the people living below poverty line, uncared elderlies, marginal farmers, women headed households, ethnic minorities, orphan families, day laborer etc. are the worst victim of current and anticipated situation. This project targeted 2 sub-districts Companiganj and Phulbari respectively under Sylhet and Kurigram districts. Poverty of the targeted sub-districts’ are respectively 11.2% and 69%. Both sub-districts are exposed to frequent flooding almost every year and soil erosion is a recurrent phenomenon. As a result, targeted areas peoples’ extreme poverty, vulnerability, seasonal and force migration, food insecurity and hunger, malnutrition etc. are very high. Their access to basic health, education, employment, mobility to socio-economic activities etc. are also very low. In Companiganj, many extreme poor family’s livelihoods were mainly depending on collecting of stones from the riverbed that comes from the Meghalaya hill tracks. Recently Bangladesh governments has forbidden collection of stones from the river for environmental concerns. It has brought major impact in local employment and income what people were doing from many years and generation to generation. On the other hand, in the Phulabari area, seasonality in agriculture, limited economic mobility and recurrent flooding made people extremely vulnerable to food security and income. To address these issues, impacts and challenges, this project will work for building assets, skill and capacities, socio-economic protection and empowerment at households and community level; addressing structural issues at societal level and resilience building at local, regional, and national level through strengthening capacities on anticipatory actions and preparedness in DRR, learning and research findings sharing, formation of specific platforms involving Civil Society Organizations (CSOs) and government relevant officials. The project will initiate CSOs, stakeholders and relevant government departmental officials’ collective action for system change and adopting pro-poor and climate risk adaptation and resilience building related policies and resource allocation from government for the affected and vulnerable areas where people are frequently facing different climate induced hazards. Implementation of the activities will adapt Locally Led Adaptation (LLA) and Nature based Solution (NbS) and approaches.
∎ Ensure quality, relevant and effective project implementations to bring about sustainable changes to the lives of the targeted poorest peoples-40%
∎ Responsible for all technical activities regarding DRR & CCA activities at assigned location/s under the supervision of the District Manager.
∎ Facilitate the project inception meeting with different-level stakeholder.
∎ Ensure the selection of beneficiaries according to criteria defined in the proposal and validate it by respective authorities.
∎ Formation, Activate and reactivate DMCs
∎ Organizing and Facilitate orientation at DMCs level
∎ Organizing and facilitation, conduction CRA, RRAP, LAPA training at Union and Upzila level
∎ Prepare LAPA and DM plan report.
∎ Organize and facilitate open budget sharing meeting
∎ Implementation of Co-financing DRR and LLA activity at the Project area.
∎ Organize and facilitate Upzila/City level Meeting workshop
∎ Organize and facilitate Advocacy and awareness sessions.
∎ Organizing and facilitate youth, Conduction Youth Training on DRA and CCA, LLA
∎ Ensure inclusion of gender, persons with disabilities, elderly and other vulnerable communities according to the IR Principle and guideline during participant selection and other steps of implementation.
∎ Implementation of the assigned project’s technical activities
∎ Prepare field movement and technical activity plan, approve it with the supervisor and ensure strict alignment with the plan.
∎ Support / Participate in different need assessments, impact evaluations, post-distribution monitoring (PDM)/ need assessment, Evaluation etc.
∎ Ensure other planned activities such as various workshops and meetings.
∎ Maintain coordination and cooperation with the other team.
∎ Engage in effective community mobilization within IR guidelines and compliances.
∎ Be aligned with the agreed time, cost and quality constrains of the project to enable delivery of the agreed outputs and/or benefits.
∎ Support to ensure Complaints & Feedback Mechanism (CFM), Child Protection, Safeguarding & Gender Sensitivity issues in relation to project activities.
∎ Prepare project sustainability plan
∎ Conduction Project Exit meeting.
∎ Ensure effective Supervision, Monitoring, reporting, documentation and visibility according to the project need- 20%
∎ Preparing monthly work plan and reporting accordingly
∎ HH visit, group visit and regular follow up, supervision the project activities and giving technical support in DRR & CCA activity
∎ Supervise the assigned activities of the APOs and Community Organizers.
∎ Ensuring monthly and periodic monitoring, reporting and MIS data
∎ Ensuring financial transaction and group meeting are documented properly and SHG register are updated accordingly
∎ Support program field team in their requirement from IRB country office in daily activities.
∎ Support in measuring, assessing the DRR and CCA schemes prescribed in RRAP and LLA.
∎ Follow up the progress of schemes, ensuring quality, processing BOQ, bill voucher accordingly.
∎ Support programme team in data analysis and reporting of different need assessments, baseline and end line surveys, post-distribution monitoring (PDM) and other planned activities such as various workshops and meetings.
∎ Collect primary & secondary information through FGD, CCM, KII and literature review.
∎ Support programme team in sourcing information and data for project identification.
∎ Support programme team in developing project concept note, proposals on a different context.
∎ Identifying policy advocacy issue and prepare Policy Brief accordingly
∎ Prepare project documentation and monthly, quarterly and annual reports are being compiled and communications material is produced qualitatively within the appropriate time frame, work plans, objectives and approaches.
∎ Work closely with the Field teams and assist Programme Manager and Project Manager in local level coordination and representation
∎ Carrying out desktop research, using a range of methods and sources of data, related to inequality and social innovation practices.
∎ Prepare the bill & check the bill vouchers.
∎ Prepare or collect media & communication materials (Photographs, Case studies, etc.) required to ensure project visibility.
∎ Assist in archiving the project documents, event photographs (hard copy and electronic copy) as per IR guidelines.
∎ Capacity building initiatives for project participants, key stakeholders, and project staff at program level-10%
∎ Taking initiatives for capacity building of Community Organizers, SHG leaders, SHG members
∎ Develop training materials, flip chart, hand out, awryness raising materials
∎ Organizing and facilitation leadership training
∎ Organizing and facilitation staff capacity building training
∎ Capacity development training facilitation for all the project participants and DMCS and CBOS leaders
∎ Training follow-up, hands on training at HH level, and training refreshers
∎ Supportive supervision of subordinate staff and CBO/SHG/REG leaders to carry out their routine work effectively
∎ Support to prepare and Design of any technical intervention based on Nature-based solution, RRAP and LLA scheme.
∎ Estimate the materials quantities according to approved BoQ and Design.
∎ Ensure construction quality through proper documentation.
∎ Monitoring of construction activities.
∎ Site selection and site preparation for community infrastructure construction sites.
∎ Prepare post measurement sheet for any interventions.
∎ Generate innovative ideas for climate resilient infrastructure, WASH, shelter and other interventions.
∎ Group capacity building in financial management
∎ Linkage builds up the group with different service providers
∎ Undertake capacity-development of staffs and other stakeholders including providing guidance to area-based staff on field implementation.
∎ Participate and facilitate weekly and monthly project related awareness raising and feedback session i.e., courtyard meeting at community level.
∎ Orient key stakeholders on Complaints & Feedback Mechanism (CFM), Child Protection, Safeguarding & Gender Sensitivity issues in relation to project activities.
∎ Organize training, workshop, fairs etc. in different sector for internal and external stakeholders.
∎ Coordination, Networking and Visibility- 10%
∎ Coordinate and establishing network with the local and regional platforms and organization who are working in DRR&CCA
∎ Coordination with different research institutes and universities, arranging MOU signing, organizing research, presentation and publication.
∎ Communication with local and regional media personnel
∎ Ensure visibility of the project work
∎ Ensure all the project documents, stories, photographs, publications and properly archived.
∎ Prepare or collect media & communication materials (Photographs, Case Study etc.) required to ensure project visibility.
∎ Participation and awarding the project good practices in national and global platform
∎ Ensure effective networking and coordination with Union and upazila office.
∎ Establish and maintain an effective coordination mechanism with key stakeholders of the project.
∎ Represent Islamic Relief Bangladesh in coordination meetings at Union and City level.
∎ Assist in the phase-out meeting and lesson learned workshop for further organizational development.
∎ Other Requirements-10%
∎ Contribute to other project activities and any other tasks as required by program management;
∎ Willing and able to travel frequently for extended periods and to remote areas of the projects.
∎ Ensure the safety of team members from any harm, abuse, neglect, harassment, exploitation, Fraud, Bribery or money Laundering to achieve the program's goals of safeguarding implementation and as well as Act as a key source of support, guidance, and expertise on the safeguarding of harm, abuse, neglect, harassment, and exploitation, Fraud, Bribery & Money Laundering for establishing a safe working environment
∎ Participate seasonal (Ramadan, Akika & Qurbani) & emergency response programs if require.
∎ Being a member of Islamic Relief as a child-friendly organization, it is the core responsibility and obligation of each staff member to understand and obey IR Child Protection & PSEA Policy and respond accordingly as and when required.
∎ Perform any other duties assigned by the line manager.

Compensation & Other Benefits:
∎ Mobile bill, Tour allowance, Provident fund, Weekly 2 holidays, Insurance, Gratuity
∎ Festival Bonus: 1
∎ Other benefits will be provided as per organizational HR Policy

Workplace:
∎ Work at office

Employment Status: Full Time

Job Location: Sylhet (Companiganj )

Read Before Apply: For more details on Job information, Please download the job description from our official website (islamicrelief.org.bd). Female Candidates are highly encouraged to apply. However, Islamic Relief Bangladesh considers diversity in the workplace and is a committed equal opportunity employer. We encourage applications from all suitable candidates regardless of gender, race, family or marital status, ethnicity, disability, class, caste, or religion.

Apply Procedure:

Hard Copy:

Company Information:
∎ Islamic Relief Bangladesh

Application Deadline: 20 May 2024

Category: NGO/Development