Job Description

Title: Sector Specialist-GESI,BPRM,HCMP

Company Name: BRAC.

Vacancy: --

Location: Cox's Bazar (Teknaf, Ukhia)

Maximum Salary: Negotiable

Experience:
∎ At least 5 years
∎ The applicants should have experience in the following business area(s):NGO

Published: 22 Feb 2024

Education:
∎ Bachelor/ Masters degree in Gender Studies/Social Science or any other relevant subject from any recognized university/ institute

Requirements:

Additional Requirements:
∎ Demonstrated competency to work independently with minimum supervision
∎ Strong mentality to work with displaced people as well as sexual and gender-based violence survivors
∎ Strong experience from a humanitarian / NGO setting with relevant professional experience in the field of sexual exploitation and abuse, protection, gender-based violence, staff misconduct and discipline, gender mainstreaming and/or humanitarian affairs
∎ Leadership skills and supervisory experience, including the ability to develop team performance
∎ Communication & Coordination Skills
∎ Interpersonal Skills: Empathetic and Assertive
∎ Problem-Solving Skills
∎ Familiarity with principles of monitoring & evaluation
∎ Experience in writing brief narrative reports
∎ Able to work collaboratively with internal staff and external providers
∎ Must be proficient in Microsoft Office, Word and Excel
∎ TEAM Player
∎ Adaptability
∎ Compassion
∎ Comfortable working in a fast-paced environment
∎ Ability to manage and coordinate with internal and external departments
∎ Ability to analyze and interpret data
∎ Knowledge:
∎ Demonstrated competency to work independently with minimum supervision
∎ Strong mentality to work with displaced people as well as sexual and gender-based violence survivors
∎ Strong experience from a humanitarian / NGO setting with relevant professional experience in the field of sexual exploitation and abuse, protection, gender-based violence, staff misconduct and discipline, gender mainstreaming and/or humanitarian affairs
∎ Skills:
∎ Leadership skills and supervisory experience, including the ability to develop team performance
∎ Communication & Coordination Skills
∎ Interpersonal Skills: Empathetic and Assertive
∎ Problem-Solving Skills
∎ Familiarity with principles of monitoring & evaluation
∎ Experience in writing brief narrative reports
∎ Able to work collaboratively with internal staff and external providers
∎ Must be proficient in Microsoft Office, Word and Excel
∎ Competencies:
∎ TEAM Player
∎ Adaptability
∎ Compassion
∎ Comfortable working in a fast-paced environment
∎ Ability to manage and coordinate with internal and external departments
∎ Ability to analyze and interpret data

Responsibilities & Context:
∎ Coordinate implementation of project plan for GESI in the Host and FDMN communities under PRM-WASH and Nutrition-Food Security sectors in Cox’s Bazar
∎ Facilitate the Gender integration interventions and ensure technical and strategic input to the program team for GESI
∎ Conduct Gender GAP Analysis in project area within the scope of WASH and Nutrition-Food Security component
∎ Provide technical advice, direction and support to the team members in ensuring gender mainstreaming, in all aspect of project implementation
∎ Coach, train, mentor staff and organize trainings to elevate their knowledge and understanding on the issue of GESI
∎ Ensure effective proposal development, knowledge management related knowledge activities that is relevant to this position
∎ Overall monitoring of the entire project through GESI lens on day-to-day basis, provide suggestions and feedback on where and how to improve; also take initiative for improvement in work with extensive field visit
∎ Plan for timely purchase requisition in line with the project deliverables
∎ Represent BRAC in any relevant thematic meetings with stakeholders and otherwise as needed
∎ Conduct field visits to observe and identify room for improvement for GESI elements and organize, lead and facilitate workshops, training, session etc. with staff, volunteers, participants. Application of Gender and Inclusion strategies
∎ Provide training and capacity building support to team, and implementation partners on knowledge management and communication tools and processes, including training and capacity building on collecting and writing impact stories, online tools usage and so on
∎ Ensure the safety of programme Participants, people who come into contact with the organization 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. Any other responsibilities related to GESI, assigned by supervisor and senior management.
∎ Sector Specialist (GESI) under the guidance of Project Manager (GESI) will work closely with other staff of the project to ensure that the Gender Equality and Social Inclusion is mainstreamed across the project in both Host and FDMN communities on Wash, nutrition, food security, livelihood services at every level including the logistics and facilities to make it inclusive participatory and safe.
∎ Coordinate implementation of project plan for GESI in the Host and FDMN communities under PRM-WASH and Nutrition-Food Security sectors in Cox’s Bazar
∎ Facilitate the Gender integration interventions and ensure technical and strategic input to the program team for GESI
∎ Conduct Gender GAP Analysis in project area within the scope of WASH and Nutrition-Food Security component
∎ Provide technical advice, direction and support to the team members in ensuring gender mainstreaming, in all aspect of project implementation
∎ Coach, train, mentor staff and organize trainings to elevate their knowledge and understanding on the issue of GESI
∎ Ensure effective proposal development, knowledge management related knowledge activities that is relevant to this position
∎ Overall monitoring of the entire project through GESI lens on day-to-day basis, provide suggestions and feedback on where and how to improve; also take initiative for improvement in work with extensive field visit
∎ Plan for timely purchase requisition in line with the project deliverables
∎ Represent BRAC in any relevant thematic meetings with stakeholders and otherwise as needed
∎ Conduct field visits to observe and identify room for improvement for GESI elements and organize, lead and facilitate workshops, training, session etc. with staff, volunteers, participants. Application of Gender and Inclusion strategies
∎ Provide training and capacity building support to team, and implementation partners on knowledge management and communication tools and processes, including training and capacity building on collecting and writing impact stories, online tools usage and so on
∎ Ensure the safety of programme Participants, people who come into contact with the organization 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. Any other responsibilities related to GESI, assigned by supervisor and senior management.

Compensation & Other Benefits:
∎ Mobile bill, Weekly 2 holidays
∎ Festival Bonus: 2
∎ Health & Life Insurance
∎ Paternity/ Maternity leave
∎ Others as per organisation policy
∎ Health & Life Insurance
∎ Paternity/ Maternity leave
∎ Others as per organisation policy

Workplace:
∎ Work at office

Employment Status: Contractual

Job Location: Cox's Bazar (Teknaf, Ukhia)

Read Before Apply:

BRAC believes that everyone we work with including our staff, programme participants, partners, and the communities have the right to be protected from all forms of harm, abuse, neglect, harassment, and exploitation including sexual exploitation and abuse (SEA). We uphold human dignity and inclusion for all, regardless of age, race, religion, gender, disability, ethnic origin, or socio-economic condition. As an equal-opportunity employer, we actively encourage applications from gender-diverse individuals and people with disabilities.

Selected candidates will have to go through a rigorous reference and background checking process which may include police verification.

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