Project Officer, PSS (Psycho Social Support), Child Protection, HCMP

Job Description

Title: Project Officer, PSS (Psycho Social Support), Child Protection, HCMP

Company Name: BRAC

Vacancy: --

Age: Na

Job Location: Cox`s Bazar (Teknaf, Ukhia)

Salary: Negotiable

Experience:

• At least 1 year
• The applicants should have experience in the following business area(s): NGO, Development Agency

• Bachelor/Honors

Bachelor’s in any field from any UGC approved reputed university or institute

• At least 1 year
• The applicants should have experience in the following business area(s): NGO, Development Agency

• Sound knowledge of Child Protection in Emergencies, including case management guidelines, safeguarding policies, Core Humanitarian Standards, and organizational procedures.

• Proficient in planning, reporting, and implementing structured work plans aligned with programme objectives and compliance requirements.

• Skilled in using ICT-based tools such as CPIMS+ for data entry, case tracking, and generating accurate reports on programme activities.

• Strong communication and networking abilities to effectively engage with stakeholders, including government officials, partners, and community actors.

• Demonstrated critical thinking and problem-solving skills to ensure decisions are made in the best interest of children and adolescents.

• Effective coordination and collaboration with child protection actors, CiC, SMS, and relevant authorities to ensure integrated service delivery.

• Compassionate, patient, and proactive approach with the ability to manage stress, support adolescent psychosocial wellbeing, and deliver life skills interventions.

BRAC is an international development organisation founded in Bangladesh in 1972 that partners globally with over 100 million people living with inequality and poverty to create opportunities to realise their potential.

To ensure the effective implementation of child protection prevention and mitigation activities (both structured and non-structured) in the HCMP, the Project Officer will work closely with children, caregivers, community structures, and service providers to ensure safe, confidential, and appropriate responses and prevention activities, while strengthening community-based child protection mechanisms.

• Through home visit identify and register vulnerable children, who are being abuse, neglect, child marriage, trafficking, exploited etc.

• Ensure each child is able to access the necessary services including medical, nutrition, mental, legal, etc through the referral pathway and identify the needs and gaps regarding referral system.

• Maintain documentation of cases using inter-agency case management forms and CPIMS+ following Data Protection and Information Sharing Protocol (DPISP) and ensure timely reporting.

• Conduct BIP, BIA, and BID procedures for children to assess and determine their best interests in line with UNHCR guidelines.

• Conduct family tracing to reunite children separated from their parents or other relatives, which may include liaising with local authorities and/or other child protection agencies operating.

• Report to Protection focal person on the uprising trends of protection concerns and recommend steps to address or mitigate the risks.

• Collaborate with community mobilisers, stakeholders including families, community leaders and partner agencies, and conduct awareness raising activities and risk mitigation sessions.

• Coordinate with other child protection agencies in the camp, and participate in child protection coordination meetings.

• Facilitate capacity-building activities for community groups regarding identification and referral of vulnerable children including adolescents to caseworkers and relevant services.

• Conduct curriculum-based sessions and meeting to bridge the gap in case of absence of field facilitators.

• Ensure all child protection initiatives align with BRAC’s policies and procedures.

Safeguarding

• Ensure the safety of Programme Participants, people who come into contact with the organisation and team members from any harm, abuse, neglect, harassment and exploitation including sexual exploitation and abuse (SEA) to achieve the programme`s goals of safeguarding implementation. Act as a key source of support, guidance and expertise on safeguarding for establishing a safe working environment.

• Practice, promote and endorse the issues of safeguarding policy among team members and ensure the implementation of safeguarding standards in every course of action. 

• Follow the safeguarding reporting procedure in case any reportable incident takes place and encourage others to do so.

• Mobile bill

• Weekly 2 holidays

• Festival Bonus

• Health & Life Insurance

• Paternity/ Maternity leave

• others as per Organisation policy.