Project Officer

Job Description

Title: Project Officer

Company Name: Samprity Protibandhi Unnayan Sangstha (SPUS)

Vacancy: 1

Age: At least 23 years

Job Location: Dinajpur

Salary: Tk. 35000 (Monthly)

Experience:

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

• Bachelor/Honors

• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Social Work, Sociology, Development Studies, Psychology, Public Health, or a relevant discipline.

• Training or professional development in Community-Based Rehabilitation (CBR), disability development, disability inclusion, or related fields will be considered an advantage.

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

• Age At least 23 years

Experience

• Minimum 2–3 years of relevant professional experience in an NGO/INGO, CBR, disability development, community development, or similar development project.

• Practical experience in field-level/community-based project implementation is required and will be given preference.

• Experience in coordinating with communities, OPDs, CBOs, local institutions, and other stakeholders will be considered an advantage.

Required Skills and Competencies

• Strong skills in community mobilization and field coordination.

• Good understanding of disability-inclusive development, social inclusion, and CBR approaches.

• Ability to plan and facilitate training sessions, meetings, workshops, and community-level events.

• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills in Bangla, with strong written and verbal communication skills in English for project reporting and documentation.

• Good working knowledge of MS Office applications, particularly MS Word and MS Excel.

• Ability and willingness to travel extensively and work at the community and field level.

• Strong organizational, coordination, problem-solving, and reporting skills.

• Ability to work independently as well as effectively within a team.

General Information

Project Name: The Meaningful Participation and Inclusion of Children and Youth with Disabilities in All Domains of CBR (MaPInCBR)

Implementing Organization: Sampreeti Protibandhi Unnayan Sangstha (SPUS)

Partner Organization: Centre for Disability in Development (CDD)

Nature of Employment: Contractual

Duty Station: Dinajpur Sadar, Dinajpur. The position will also require field-level work in Parbatipur, Kaharole, and Biral Upazilas, based on the requirements of the partner organization and project implementation needs.

Proposed Contract Period: Up to December 2026

Justification for Recruitment

• Under the MaPInCBR project, the recruitment of a Project Officer is required to ensure effective planning, implementation, coordination, monitoring, and supervision of project activities at the field level.

• The Project Officer will play a key role in ensuring the meaningful participation and inclusion of children and youth with disabilities across the five major domains of Community-Based Rehabilitation (CBR): Education, Health, Livelihood, Social Inclusion, and Empowerment.

• The position will also be responsible for coordinating with persons with disabilities, families, Organizations of Persons with Disabilities (OPDs), Community-Based Organizations (CBOs), local institutions, service providers, and other relevant stakeholders to ensure effective and inclusive implementation of project interventions.

Key Responsibilities and Duties

• The Project Officer will be responsible for the following:

• Plan, coordinate, implement, and supervise CBR-based project activities at the field level.

• Identify the needs, capacities, priorities, and aspirations of children and youth with disabilities in consultation with relevant stakeholders and ensure appropriate responses.

• Facilitate and implement activities to promote the meaningful participation and inclusion of children and youth with disabilities across the five CBR domains: Education, Health, Livelihood, Social Inclusion, and Empowerment.

• Establish and maintain effective coordination with persons with disabilities, their families, OPDs, CBOs, local institutions, service providers, and other relevant stakeholders.

• Plan and conduct awareness-raising activities, capacity-building sessions, training, meetings, workshops, and other project interventions.

• Regularly monitor field-level project activities and ensure appropriate follow-up.

• Collect, compile, document, and report project-related information and data in accordance with donor requirements and project reporting standards.

• Ensure accurate and up-to-date maintenance of beneficiary/participant information and records, while maintaining confidentiality and data protection.

• Identify challenges, barriers, and emerging issues during field-level implementation and take necessary and appropriate measures to address them in consultation with the relevant project management team.

• Monitor the progress and effectiveness of actions taken to address identified challenges and report significant issues to the appropriate authority.

• Ensure that project activities are implemented in compliance with organizational policies, child protection and safeguarding requirements, disability-inclusive principles, and applicable project guidelines.

• Perform any other relevant duties assigned by the organization/project management in support of effective project implementation.