Project Officer - Inclusive Citizenship

Job Description

Title: Project Officer - Inclusive Citizenship

Company Name: Friendship

Vacancy: 1

Age: Na

Job Location: Anywhere in Bangladesh

Salary: Negotiable

Experience:

Published: 2025-10-22

Application Deadline: 2025-10-28

Education:

Requirements:

Skills Required:

Additional Requirements:

Responsibilities & Context:

Responsibilities:

• Responsible for ensuring the successful and overall implementation of “Friendship Disability Inclusion Development Programme” 

• To provide technical, strategic and administrative support and supervision of different level staff (Project Physiotherapist, Field Supervisors etc) in the projects at district, Upazila and community level.  

• Responsible for liaison with government bodies, NGOs, institutions and other stakeholders, arrange different level advocacy meetings

• Responsible for organizing different levels of advocacy meetings, workshops, seminars.

• Ability to organize services increased access, availability of, quality health care to the population in the remote places who belong the PWD issue. Good knowledge cares for operating systems on who are suffering from mental and physical challenges.

• Access to emergency services, including a swift and affordable effective referral system.

• Responsible for organizing and facilitating the special session with selected persons with disabilities.

• Responsible for facilitating different awareness sessions with self-help groups (Persons with disabilities/caregivers), community leaders, youth groups etc. 

• Regularly follow up the patients under the project

• Responsible for counseling & taking concern for any procedure, during treatment at home and outside of char/area.

• Monitor the implementation areas and coordinate with the Head Office team.

• Responsible for preparing a monthly/quarterly/annual work plan, preparing financial documents etc.

• Positive mentality to work with project and Friendship colleagues

• Responsible for any assigned work as per advice by the authority concerned.

• Along with project activity implementation he/she will be responsible for documentation, monitoring and data management of the project.

Patients care issues:

• Need to show empathy to the patient

• Need to explain all the procedures and treatment to the patient.

• Need to spend more time with patients and give motivational speech.

Skill and Competencies:

Educational Requirements:

• Bachelor’s/Master’s degree in Social Sciences/ Relevant fields

• Based on work experience the below education qualification may be reconsidered

Additional Job Requirements

• 2/3 years Job experience on persons with disabilities issues e.g. CBR process, Sign language, etc.

• Should have a proven record of leadership, team-building, cultural sensitivity and diplomacy

• Working knowledge English and ability of monitoring, documentation and data management

• Working experience with computers

• Previous experience in working in the char and islands areas and knowledge of local languages will be a definite advantage

Read Before Apply

Please note that application via any other method will not be considered.

“FRIENDSHIP is committed to safeguarding children, young people, and adults, and employees, Donors, visiting Doctors, visiting Journalists, visitors, beneficiaries including communities where we work and volunteers/interns. We believe every stakeholder and every member of the communities we work with, has the right to be protected from all forms of harm, abuse, neglect, harassment, and exploitation - regardless of age, race, religion, and gender, status as an individual with a disability or ethnic origin. Therefore, our recruitment policy and procedure fully include background checks and disclosure of criminal records in order to ensure safeguarding. 

FRIENDSHIP is an equal opportunity employer and will do everything possible to ensure that those who are suitable to work within our values and beliefs are recruited to work for us. Any personal persuasion will result in a disqualification of candidature”.

Photograph must be enclosed with the resume.