Project Officer - Inclusive Citizenship

Job Description

Title: Project Officer - Inclusive Citizenship

Company Name: Friendship

Vacancy: 1

Age: Na

Job Location: Khulna (Paikgachha)

Salary: Negotiable

Experience:

• At least 2 years
• The applicants should have experience in the following business area(s): NGO

• Bachelor of Law (LLB)

• At least 2 years
• The applicants should have experience in the following business area(s): NGO

Skill and Competencies:

• Applicants should be highly organized and able to prioritize multiple tasks.
• Very comfortable with Microsoft Office Suite (MS Word, Excel, Bangla composing skills, internet navigation, etc.).
• 2 years’ working experience in relevant field.
• Demonstrated ability to work as part of a team to achieve complex results under strict deadlines.
•  Demonstrated commitment to ethics, transparency, and accountability in program implementation.
• Excellent spoken and written English and Bangla.

Responsible for:

• Implement activities in line with the Inclusive Citizenship (IC) program at the field level.

• Serve as the focal person for coordinating awareness, advocacy, and capacity-building activities, engaging communities, and liaising with local leaders and government officials to ensure effective project implementation.

• Directly supervising and monitoring day-to-day activities of project supervisors of the assigned areas and providing them appropriate guidance for the effective achievement of project objectives and goal.

• Guiding the supervisors with effective work plan and other logistic supports.

• Ensuring the effective use of the monthly approved project funds and different event funds, through the preparation of working budget.

• Provide legal counseling and advice to paralegals and beneficiaries.

• Facilitate and deliver legal awareness sessions for communities, beneficiaries, and stakeholders.

• Assist in filing cases with DLAC, follow up on dispute settlements, and maintain mediation records.

• Conduct regular field visits to monitor paralegals, Legal Information Booths.

• Facilitate training and capacity-building sessions for supervisors and paralegals on legal issues.

• Liaison with public and private stakeholders at union, upazila, and district levels to ensure access to justice for beneficiaries.

• Prepare and submit monthly, quarterly, half-yearly, and yearly reports and work plans as per guidelines.

• Undertake administrative and management responsibilities as required.

• Carry out any other duties assigned by the Supervisor or Management at Head Office.

Activities:

• Conducting different surveys, documenting and reporting the results

• Documenting and reporting community information, project involvement

• Orienting project to different stakeholders, duty bearers, government officials, judiciaries, community members, community leaders

• Monitoring the formation of different groups, i.e. adult groups, FCS groups, youth groups

• Selecting schools for conduction of weekly classes, PTS meetings

• Monitoring different groups, school activities and reporting the activities

• Monitoring and reporting the activities of FCP and FCGA

• Monitoring and reporting on the services provided through Legal Information Booths

• Organizing monthly orientation session on curriculum

• Liaison with DLAC, GOs and other NGOs

• Assist to prepare different manual for Friendship Community Paralegals.

• Support to organize the training session for the local mediators from the community to handle disputes effectively.

• Promote alternative dispute resolution methods like arbitration and negotiation.

• Train community members in Traditional Salish techniques to resolve conflicts amicably.

• Following the organizational Code of Ethics and policies.