Job Description

Title: Project Support Officer

Company Name: Concerned Women for Family Development [CWFD]

Vacancy: 4

Location: Bagerhat, Patuakhali ...

Minimum Salary: Tk. 50000 (Monthly)

Published: 25 Jun 2024

Additional Requirements:
∎ At least 02 years’ experience, preferably in Menstrual Health Hygiene, Gender, Sexual Reproductive Health, and Rights Project related experience in disaster-prone areas.
∎ Should have experience in community mobilization, communication, liaison, and collaboration with Health Service providers, local representatives, and other stakeholders.
∎ Skilled in report preparation at the different stages of the project
∎ Good communication skills in English and Bengali;
∎ Good knowledge of supervision, mentoring, coaching, and capacity development.
∎ Good skills in computer operation especially with MS Office, (MS Word, Excel, PowerPoint, internet, and email applications);
∎ Willing to work under pressure situations and interested in working in the remote area.
∎ At least 02 years’ experience, preferably in Menstrual Health Hygiene, Gender, Sexual Reproductive Health, and Rights Project related experience in disaster-prone areas.
∎ Should have experience in community mobilization, communication, liaison, and collaboration with Health Service providers, local representatives, and other stakeholders.
∎ Skilled in report preparation at the different stages of the project
∎ Good communication skills in English and Bengali;
∎ Good knowledge of supervision, mentoring, coaching, and capacity development.
∎ Good skills in computer operation especially with MS Office, (MS Word, Excel, PowerPoint, internet, and email applications);
∎ Willing to work under pressure situations and interested in working in the remote area.

Requirements:

Responsibilities & Context:
∎ Planning and implementation of project activities in the assigned areas Liaison/coordination with all concerns. Prepare monthly work plan of the assigned working areas based on the Project plan.
∎ Provide support to the A&Y Unit by arranging different types of training, meetings, and orientation.
∎ Provide support to the A&Y Unit to Conduct the Youth Leader orientation training.
∎ Provide support to Volunteer Selection, Communication, and finalization in project implementing areas.
∎ Provide support and guide the volunteers in beneficiaries’ selection as per the selection criteria.
∎ Mobilize the community leaders and other influential persons in the project areas.
∎ Conduct orientation sessions with the community leaders and other influential persons on the project brief.
∎ Support in distrinution of MHM kits.
∎ Arrange campaign programmes and facilitate different types of sessions.
∎ Establish and maintain liaison/coordination with the GO, NGO, youth leaders, Community groups, Health service providers, and others.
∎ Documentation and preparation of different project reports.
∎ CWFD emerged from an emotional response to help women in need of reproductive health care counseling. The organization, originally named “Concerned Women for Family Planning (CWFP), started its voluntary activities in 1974 to help the refugees coming to Dhaka city after the devastating famine of 1974. The organization was registered in 1975 with the Directorate of Social Welfare and formally launched its project activities in 1976 with only 5 female staff to cover an area of Dhaka city slum comprising around 50,000 people. For more information, please visit our website www.cwfd.org
∎ Vision Statement: Empower women, youths, and adolescents to achieve gender equality and social justice within family and society.
∎ Mission Statement: CWFD is a non-political, non-profit voluntary organization run by women of Bangladesh to support, promote, and protect the interest of women in Bangladesh by providing community-based health care, empowering the community to exercise their rights to eliminate social injustice, creating economic opportunities, empower underprivileged youth of urban and rural population and develop human resources for a positive social change.
∎ Project Objective: To respond to the impacts on GBV risks, maternal health, and challenges in menstrual health of adolescent girls in the aftermath of Cyclone Remal, by deploying response activities in the above-respective
∎ Programme background: Concerned Women for Family Development will receive funds from United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) to implement the Adolescents and Youth Programme. This programme aims to address gender-based violence (GBV) in Bangladesh by establishing linkages to adolescents’ sexual and reproductive health and rights (SRHR) and gender equity, with a focus on engaging boys and improving relationship-building skills. CWFD also implements a national humanitarian programme with funding support from UNFPA. As part of this, CWFD is working with UNFPA to implement the national humanitarian response. Recently Cyclone Remal hit the southern coastal districts of Bangladesh on 26 May 2024 evening. As per the Government assessment (NDRCC, SOS), a total of 4.6 million people were affected across 19 districts (119 upazila and 934 unions). The report also indicates the 8 most affected districts - Pirojpur, Khulna, Bagerhat, Satkhira, Patuakhali, Barguna, Bhola, and Barisal.
∎ UNFPA’s response to Cyclone interventions will seek to mitigate the impacts of gender-based violence (GBV), maternal mortality, and challenges in the menstrual health of adolescent girls during the natural disaster, by deploying flood rapid response activities in 3 high-risk ranking districts – Patuakhali, Bagherhat, and Satkhira. UNFPA will target 6000 adolescent girls including 300 adolescent girls with disabilities at risk of tropical cyclones.
∎ For the national humanitarian response, counseling through the Alapon Helpline will be provided in disaster-prone districts. Besides, 6000 MHM kits will be prepositioned and distributed in the affected areas and youth leaders and volunteers will be mobilized and incentivized to raise awareness and disseminate lifesaving messages among adolescents during disasters focusing on GBV and child marriage.
∎ Job Duration: July, 2024 to 30 November, 2024
∎ Responsibilities:
∎ Planning and implementation of project activities in the assigned areas Liaison/coordination with all concerns. Prepare monthly work plan of the assigned working areas based on the Project plan.
∎ Provide support to the A&Y Unit by arranging different types of training, meetings, and orientation.
∎ Provide support to the A&Y Unit to Conduct the Youth Leader orientation training.
∎ Provide support to Volunteer Selection, Communication, and finalization in project implementing areas.
∎ Provide support and guide the volunteers in beneficiaries’ selection as per the selection criteria.
∎ Mobilize the community leaders and other influential persons in the project areas.
∎ Conduct orientation sessions with the community leaders and other influential persons on the project brief.
∎ Support in distrinution of MHM kits.
∎ Arrange campaign programmes and facilitate different types of sessions.
∎ Establish and maintain liaison/coordination with the GO, NGO, youth leaders, Community groups, Health service providers, and others.
∎ Documentation and preparation of different project reports.
∎ Line of responsibility: The Project Support Officer will directly be reportable to the Project Officer-Humanitarian.
∎ Zero tolerance: CWFD will adhere to the zero-tolerance policy or position and culture against all forms of abuse including sexual exploitation and abuse, torture, bullying, etc. Each matter will be taken into full consideration and immediate action will be taken. Everyone in the organization, regardless of rank or position, will be held equally accountable.

Compensation & Other Benefits:
∎ Monthly Salary: BDT 50000/- per month (including all other benefits).
∎ Monthly Salary: BDT 50000/- per month (including all other benefits).

Employment Status: Full Time

Job Location: Bagerhat, Patuakhali, Satkhira

Read Before Apply:

Please send soft copies of your CV with a photo, and cover letter addressed to the Executive Director, Concerned Women for Family Development (CWFD), House- 16 & 18, Road-01, Block-E, Banasree Housing Society, Rampura, Dhaka-1219. Please send your CV to this address recruitmentgb2.cwfd@gmail.com

Interview Date: The probable interview date is 03 July 2024 in CWFD Headquarters, Dhaka. Only short-listed candidates will be contacted about the date and time through e-mail/over cell phone and the selected candidates must agree to join by the earliest July 2024.

Potential female candidates of Satkhira, Patuakhali, and Bagerhat districts are highly encouraged to apply. Candidates who can't join immediately are requested not to apply.