Project Officer, Psycho Social Support, Protection, Bhasan Char, HCMP

Job Description

Title: Project Officer, Psycho Social Support, Protection, Bhasan Char, HCMP

Company Name: BRAC

Vacancy: --

Age: At least 18 years

Job Location: Noakhali (Hatiya)

Salary: Negotiable

Experience:

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

• Bachelor/Honors
• Masters

Bachelor or Masters in any discipline from any UGC approved university

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

• Age At least 18 years

Experience in theater and drama will be given priority

KNOWLEDGE:

• Child Protection in Emergencies in humanitarian setting

• Inter-Agencies Guideline for Case Management and Child Protection

• Child safeguarding policy

• Core Humanitarian Standard

• Knowledge on communication and networking

• BRAC culture and values

• Work plan and implementation procedures

SKILLS:

• Using the ICT based tools e.g. CPIMS+

• Strategic planning

• Reporting and Planning

• Communication skill with different stakeholders, government and other organization

• Critical thinking and motivational skills

COMPETENCIES:

• Learn to manage stress to release tension and act effectively

• Use supervision to talk about stress and your work

• Candidate should have ability to solve the problem to determine the best interest of child

• Ability to find creative solutions and show initiatives to protect the children and adolescent

• Coordination and collaboration with child protection actors, CiC, SMS and government official

• Used to with online data input and effective report production of every event of adolescent engagement activity

• The candidate should be kindness and patience as they have to deal with vulnerable children and adolescent

• Adolescent psychosocial wellbeing and life skill training

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, adolescent, caregivers, community structures, and service providers to ensure safe, confidential, and appropriate responses and prevention activities, while strengthening community-based child protection mechanisms.

• Conduct outreach to identify and register children and adolescents for Child Protection services, including structured PSS, LSBE sessions, and adolescent-led initiatives

• Facilitate the formation and functioning of Community-Based Child Protection Committees (CBCPCs), as well as parents’ and caregivers’ committees, to ensure protection services for vulnerable children

• Identify and engage parents, caregivers, and community members through household visits and conduct positive parenting group sessions and trainings, CBCPC sessions, and community-led protection initiatives

• Plan and implement outreach-based Child Protection activities, ensuring inclusion of hard-to-reach and at-risk children and adolescents

• Organize and facilitate adolescent group sessions and trainings, including LSBE, life skills, leadership, and resilience-building activities, with regular follow-up and participation tracking

• Maintain attendance records and ensure regular follow-up of children and adolescents participating in MPC/Drop-In Centre activities and outreach sessions

• Develop the capacity of volunteers working inside Multi-Purpose Child and Adolescent Centres (MPCs)and in the community, through coaching, mentoring, and refresher trainings

• Ensure timely documentation, recording, and reporting of day-to-day MPC/Drop-In Centre activities and submit regular reports to supervisors and authorities

• Ensure safe referral of the vulnerable children

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

• 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

• Medical allowance,Mobile bill,Weekly 2 holidays,Insurance
• Salary Review: Yearly
• Festival Bonus: 2

• Free Accommodation

• Bhasan Char Allowance

• Paternity/ Maternity leave and

• Others as per Organisation policy