Senior Project Officer (Community Center, CFM, Religious Engagement), Protection, Bhasan Char

Job Description

Title: Senior Project Officer (Community Center, CFM, Religious Engagement), Protection, Bhasan Char

Company Name: BRAC

Vacancy: 1

Age: Na

Job Location: Noakhali (Hatiya)

Salary: Negotiable

Experience:

• At least 1 year
• The applicants should have experience in the following business area(s): NGO, Development Agency

• Bachelor/Honors

• At least 1 year
• The applicants should have experience in the following business area(s): NGO, Development Agency

Knowledge:

• Must have sound knowledge on Community-Based Protection (CBP)

• Should have idea of Humanitarian coordination mechanisms

• Should have understanding of budget management and donor compliance

• Should have knowledge on Safeguarding and PSEA policies 

Skills:

• Team supervision and team management

• Report writing and documentation

• Budget tracking and administrative management      

Competencies:

• Strategic thinking

• Problem-solving and decision-making

• Accountability and integrity

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 Senior Project Officer – Community Centers is responsible for overseeing and coordinating the overall operation of community centers under HCMP. The role ensures quality service delivery, effective staff supervision, supervision and monitoring of the Community Feedback Mechanism (CFM), donor coordination, reporting, budgeting, and compliance with BRAC policies while strengthening community engagement and protection outcomes.

• Oversee and coordinate the operation of all community centers within the assigned zone.

• Supervise and monitor the Community Feedback Mechanism (CFM) to ensure community feedback, complaints, and suggestions are properly collected, documented, and addressed following established procedures.

• Supervise and support Religious Engagement activities, ensuring effective collaboration with religious leaders to promote community awareness, protection messaging, and social cohesion.

• Conduct community consultations to design and improve center operations based on community needs.

• Manage visitors, high-level delegates, and donor representatives ensuring proper coordination and representation.

• Provide frontline support to staff regarding material, administrative, and logistical needs.

• Provide technical and managerial supervision including guidance, attendance monitoring, performance evaluation, and mentoring.

• Assist in planning and implementation of program activities including scheduling, resource allocation, and stakeholder coordination.

• Monitor progress and effectiveness of program activities, collect data to track outcomes, and identify areas for improvement.

• Address harmful rumors and misconceptions to prevent negative impacts within the community.

• Report overall sector updates to Project Manager Protection.

• Prepare reports for partners and sectoral coordination under HCMP-BRAC.

• Work with donors to create and maintain ongoing partnerships.

• Build and maintain strong working relationships with MEAL, Audit, Finance, and HR departments for effective collaboration.

• Participate in budget preparation and review processes and follow up on expenditures.

• Oversee and maintain billing processes in alignment with BRAC internal procedures ensuring accuracy and timeliness.

• Contribute to procurement and logistics support activities for acquiring necessary goods and services to maintain well-structured community centers.

Safety and Safeguarding:

• Ensure the safety of Programme Participants, people who come into contact with the organisation, and team members from harm, abuse, neglect, harassment, and exploitation, including sexual exploitation and abuse (SEA), to achieve the programme's goals of safeguarding implementation. Act as a critical source of support, guidance, and expertise on safeguarding to establish 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 occurs and encourage others to do so.

• Weekly 2 holidays,Mobile bill
• Festival Bonus: 2

Free Accomodation

Health & Life Insurance

Paternity/ Maternity leave

others as per Organisation policy.