Project Officer- MEAL

Job Description

Title: Project Officer- MEAL

Company Name: Mahideb Jubo Somaj Kallayan Somity (MJSKS)

Vacancy: 1

Age: At least 26 years

Job Location: Kurigram (Chilmari)

Salary: Tk. 38000 (Monthly)

Experience:

• 3 to 5 years
• The applicants should have experience in the following business area(s): NGO

• Masters
• Bachelor/Honors

• Master’s degree in any discipline. Bachelor degree might be relaxed for the highly experienced person preferable in Statistics, Social Sciences, Economics, Geography, Environmental Science, Disaster Management or equivalent degree

• 3 to 5 years
• The applicants should have experience in the following business area(s): NGO

• Age At least 26 years

• At least 03-05 years working experience in similar position, particularly in WASH, DRR, Resilience & Livelihood projects.

Mahideb Jubo Somaj Kallayan Somity (MJSKS) is a non-profit making community development organization situated in the northern Bangladesh. The organization is registered with the Social Welfare Department and NGO Affairs Bureau of the Bangladesh government. Since 1972, the organization has been serving the poor and extreme poor with special focus on the char (River Island) and attached char inhabitants (men, women, persons with disability, youth, children and adolescents) in different areas through several program initiatives.

Mahideb Jubo Somaj Kallayan Somity (MJSKS), in collaboration with WaterAid Bangladesh. is implementing the project titled “Civil Society Leadership in Mobilizing for Better WASH (CLIMB)”. The program aims to strengthen and improve WASH (Water, Sanitation, and Hygiene) services for poverty-driven vulnerable communities through a structured and sustainable approach. Throughout the implementation period, the project focuses on strengthening local ownership, building institutional capacity, and integrating WASH priorities into government planning and budgeting processes. This comprehensive approach will help ensure that the project’s achievements are sustained beyond its implementation period.

MJSKS is committed to creating a safe, respectful, and inclusive environment for all individuals who are connected with our program work like; program participants including children, persons with disability, stakeholders, vendors, staff, and volunteers. MJSKS team is trained to identify and respond to safeguarding concerns with professionalism and urgency, ensuring that protection from sexual exploitation, abuse, and harassment is a top priority. Through clear policies, regular training, and a zero-tolerance approach, we promote dignity, safety, and accountability in every aspect of our work.

MJSKS is looking for a qualified Project Officer- MEAL for the said project.

Job Nature: Full-time up to the project period based on performance

Job location: Chilmari upazila under Kurigram District.

Reporting to: Project Manager.

Key responsibility:

• Management and monitoring of program staff and their activities

• Develop M&E framework, indicators, and tools as per project need

• Ensure high quality report for donor requirement

• Ensure progress monitoring against output, outcome and impact indicators

• Ensure documentation on success stories, lesson learn and best practices

• Civil society-led accountability mechanisms ensure robust monitoring of WASH, Climate and Health commitments.

• Ensure WASH and climate change-centric reporting prioritizing gender related issues.

• Regular data entry, and preservation of hard and soft documents as required

• Sample collection for data quality assessment in regular basis using tab/handheld device that are designed into a web-based e-M&E system

• At the field level working with FF and volunteer to ensure clarity and capacity in their roles, which include submission of reports as part of routine data collection

• Plan and oversee the implementation of PM&E across working villages

• Review FF performance/output after PM&E sessions are conducted to enhance learning and address operational and technical gaps

• Conduct panel data collection as designed for the program

• Verify data quality and consistency through field visit

• Prepare success story/case studies and other reports as appropriate

• Others as assigned by supervisor according to program priority

• Ensure visibility where applicable

• Prepare narrative and formative report

• Detail competencies:

• Should have skills and competencies in wash management and climate change adaptation

• Proven experiences on program planning, implementation, budgeting, financial management and capable of project management independently

• Skilled in communication and maintaining liaison with local elected bodies, government authorities and people of marginalized communities

• The candidate should have good knowledge on safeguarding (Child Protection, Gender, and Anti-Sexual Harassment), PSHEA issues, persons with disability inclusion, social protection, and complaint response and feedback mechanism.

• Staff management, verbal and written communication skills in Bengali and English

• Clear concepts on monitoring & evaluation

• The applicant should have computer skills on MS-word, MS-excel, PowerPoint and email communication

• Experience in advocacy and networking with regional and national level Institutes, platform and like-minded organizations

• Ability to ride a motorcycle with a valid driving licence.

• Willing to stay at upazila level with frequent visit to the remote areas

• Salary: Monthly gross salary Tk. 38000/- possibility of yearly salary increment maximum 5-10% with 1 festival bonus (equivalent one-month gross salary)