Social Innovation Officer
Job Description
Title: Social Innovation Officer
Company Name: Relief International
Vacancy: Not specific
Job Location: Cox's Bazar (Ukhia)
Employment Status: Full-time
Educational Requirements:
∎ Master degree (Social Science or relevant degree)
Experience Requirements:
∎ At least 2 year(s)
Job Context:
∎ As Social Innovation Officer, you will be responsible for conducting assessment, organize skill development training, Community mobilization in the camps and host communities as part of Relief International`s program in Ukhiya and Teknaf project areas. You will provide assistance in set-up and maintenance of SICs in the camps and host communities.
∎ Expected Start Date: ASAP
∎ Contract length: Up to December 31, 2020.
Job Responsibilities:
∎ Under the guidance of Social Innovation Program Manager, assist with:
∎ Assist in setting up and maintain of social innovation centres (SICs) for youth development
∎ Assist Social Innovation Program Manager in designing of skill development training material, curriculum, module
∎ Assist Social Innovation Program Manager in designing of IEC/BCC materials for community people
∎ Organize and facilitate capacity and skill development training
∎ Writing reports of training, community based event reports, case stories etc.
∎ Assist Social Innovation Project Coordinator in writing monthly , quarterly and year reports
∎ Conduct different types of assessment and prepare report with RI Social Innovation Program Manager and M&E team
∎ Designing and implementation of weekly community outreach activities
∎ Assist establishing a livelihood support to FDMN in inside camp, and host communities
∎ Raising awareness on gender-based violence amongst community members
∎ Coordinate with project volunteers for community level activities
∎ Close collaboration with RI protection staffs and volunteers, Operations and Finance team
∎ Support the timely delivery of program activities following weekly and monthly project work plan
∎ Ensure timely support to the beneficiaries as per the program plan
∎ Ensure support to run the Social Innovation Centres (SICs) in FDMN camp and host communities
∎ Any other responsibilities as requested by supervisor
Additional Requirements:
∎ Both males and females are allowed to apply
∎ Experience working with INGO/NGO in Cox's bazar is preferable.
∎ Experience working in livelihood, job creation programming or relevant experiences
∎ Experience in building strong community-based livelihood systems and service delivering in Emergencies
∎ Experience in develop training curriculum, module, IEC/BCC materials
∎ Strong background and skills in facilitating trainings, coaching and mentoring others
∎ Familiarity with implementation of social innovation programs in fragile settings
∎ Competency in Microsoft Office, including Word and Excel, power point
∎ Good interpersonal skills with the ability to communicate and negotiate clearly and effectively at all Levels, taking into account cultural and language difficulties
∎ Writing reports, case stories etc.
∎ Enthusiasm to learn
∎ Optimistic and friendly
∎ Flexibility
Salary:
∎ As per RI National Pay Scale Policy in Bangladesh.
Compensation & Other Benefits:
∎ Mobile bill, Medical allowance, Weekly 2 holidays, Insurance
∎ Two festival bonuses in a year equivalent to one basic salary.
∎ Severance (8.33% of the monthly basic salary) goes with the monthly release of the salary.
Application Deadline: February 17, 2020
Company Information:
∎ Relief International
∎ Address : Bangladesh Country Office: House: 451 , Road: 8 West, DOHS Baridhara, Dhaka-1206; Head Quarter: 5455 Wilshire Blvd., Suite 1280 Los Angeles, CA 90036, USA
∎ Web : www.ri.org
∎ Business : Relief International, hedquatered in USA, is a leading international non government organization working in 16 countries to relieve poverty, ensure well-being and advance dignity. We specialize in fragile settings, responding to natural disasters, humanitarian crises and chronic poverty.
Relief International combines humanitarian and development approaches to provide immediate services while laying the groundwork for long-term impact.
Our signature approach which we call the RI Way emphasizes local participation, an integration of services, strategic partnerships, and a focus on civic skills. In this way, we empower communities to find, design and implement the solutions that work best for them.
Relief International has been working in Bangladesh since 2004. The Bangladesh portfolio of Relief International has strong focus on emergency response, economic opportunity and livelihoods rebuilding, traficking in persons, sustainable tourism, human rights and protection, refugee crisis response and public health. RI maintains a country office in Dhaka with multiple field offices in Cox`s Bazar. RI currently employs over 1000 local and international staffs in Bangladesh.
Relief International is currently implementing large scale refugee response program in Cox`s Bazar in Bangladesh in collaboration with multiple partners including UNHCR, UNICEF, USAID/OFDA, EU ECHO.
For more information on Relief International: www.ri.org
Category: NGO/Development
