Protection Gender and Inclusion (PGI) Officer

Job Description

Title: Protection Gender and Inclusion (PGI) Officer

Company Name: British Red Cross, Bangladesh

Vacancy: 1

Job Location: Cox's Bazar (Teknaf)

Employment Status: Contractual

Educational Requirements:
∎ Advance degree in Gender Studies, Geography, Psychology, Disaster Management, Social studies, Development Studies or other subject relevant to protection, gender and inclusion.

Experience Requirements:
∎ At least 5 year(s)

Job Context:
∎ The British Red Cross (BRC) helps people in crisis, whoever and wherever they are. We are part of a global voluntary network, responding to conflicts, natural disasters and individual emergencies. We enable vulnerable people to prepare for and withstand emergencies in their own communities. And when the crisis is over, we help them to recover and move on with their lives.
∎ We are part of the International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement, the world`s largest independent humanitarian network and are committed to, and bound by, its fundamental principles: humanity, impartiality, neutrality, independence, voluntary service, unity and universality.
∎ The BRC has a long history of working closely with and supporting the Bangladesh Red Crescent Society (BDRCS). In Cox`s Bazar, BRC is supporting BDRCS in supporting forcibly displaced people from Myanmar through a WASH program in camps. In line with BRC`s strategy, a longer-term engagement with BDRCS for host communities is currently underway in Teknaf using the ``Vulnerability to Resilience`` model and approach.
∎ Duration: 12 Months (With Possible Extension)

Additional Requirements:
∎ Good knowledge of social-, welfare- and protection-structures, national legislation, practices and procedures in Bangladesh
∎ Good planning skills, with the ability to identify areas for improvements in operations through the integration of PGI approaches and activities.
∎ Good knowledge of the Red Cross Red Crescent Movement.
∎ Good knowledge of protection, gender and inclusion issues in emergency response operations, including SGBV, anti-trafficking and child protection.
∎ Team player, with the ability to coordinate and engage others and build good working relationships with internal and external partners.
∎ Highly motivated proactive self-starter, able to set and achieve goals using own initiative.
∎ Strong written, presentation, facilitation and training skills.
∎ Ability to develop training module and organize training, workshops etc.

Application Deadline: February 5, 2020

Company Information:
∎ British Red Cross, Bangladesh

Category: NGO/Development