Project Officer, Sports for Protection, Community-Based Protection, Protection, HCMP

Job Description

Title: Project Officer, Sports for Protection, Community-Based Protection, 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

Graduation/ Post Graduation in any discipline 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

Knowledge:

o Sports and event management in NGO context

o Community engagement and outreach strategies

o Safeguarding and PSEA policies

Skills:

o Team supervision and team management

o Coordination and advocacy

o Communication with communities

Competencies:

o Problem-solving

o Decision-making

o Cultural sensitivity and adaptability

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.

The Project Officer (Sports for Protection) will implement sports-based community protection, social cohesion, and inclusion activities in Rohingya refugee camps. The role acts as a bridge between community members, sports clubs, volunteers, and programme stakeholders, using sports as a tool to promote protection, peaceful coexistence, and community well-being.

• Identify, prepare, and maintain sports fields in consultation with community members, camp authorities, and relevant stakeholders, ensuring safe and inclusive access for all groups.

• Develop and implement community-led schedules and operational plans for sports fields and clubs, promoting inclusive participation of youth, women, and vulnerable groups.

• Organise, facilitate, and supervise sports events, tournaments, inter-camp competitions, and Sports-for-Protection initiatives, integrating safeguarding messages as appropriate.

• Recruit, train, and mentor volunteers and sports club members, providing guidance on sports skills, teamwork, rules, inclusion, and codes of conduct.

• Mobilise community engagement for care, maintenance, and responsible use of sports facilities, and support formation and management of sports clubs.

• Maintain coordination and communication with community leaders, youth groups, sports clubs, UNHCR, CiC offices, and partner organisations to ensure smooth implementation of activities.

• Monitor, record, and report on sports club formation, participation, trainings, events, and outcomes, including data collection and documentation of good practices.

• Ensure adherence to safeguarding, PSEA, and child protection policies, maintaining the safety, dignity, and well-being of participants, volunteers, and team members.

• Support logistical and administrative aspects of sports activities, including procurement, storage, distribution of sports materials, attendance, ID cards, and activity documentation.

• Represent the programme in relevant meetings at block and camp levels, sharing updates, challenges, and recommendations for programme improvement.

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.