Specialist - Climate Resilience (Readvertisement)

Job Description

Title: Specialist - Climate Resilience (Readvertisement)

Company Name: CARE Bangladesh

Vacancy: 1

Age: Na

Job Location: Dhaka

Salary: Tk. 150000 (Monthly)

Experience:

• 5 to 6 years
• The applicants should have experience in the following business area(s): NGO, Development Agency

• Masters

Master’s in science or social science discipline. Preference will be given to candidates with postgraduate degrees. degree in Development Studies, Disaster Management and Environment/Climate Change, Economics, Anthropology.

• 5 to 6 years
• The applicants should have experience in the following business area(s): NGO, Development Agency

• 5 - 6 years of experience in humanitarian/ disaster prone area/ resilience building/ climate change adaptation related project and program

• Master’s in science or social science discipline. Preference will be given to candidates with postgraduate degrees. degree in Development Studies, Disaster Management and Environment/Climate Change, Economics, Anthropology.

• Knowledge in gender focused approach to development and resilience.

• Expertise on undertaking and follow up monitoring to ensure that proposed mitigation measures are implemented according to an agreed upon environmental and social mitigation implementation plan.

• Solid understanding of women and girls, men and boys’ engagement, disparity, inequality and economic growth

• Proven understanding and knowledge on development sector including work related to program and budget planning/monitoring activities.

• Develop and nurture strategic relationships with external decision-makers in government, the private sector and donors/clients in support of our change ambitions.

• Strong analytical skills and strategic planning abilities. Computer literacy and excellent documentation skills are a must

• Ensure that gender and inclusion issues are properly considered and resourced in all of our work.

• Experience in organizing knowledge and learning sharing events involving community, practitioners and researchers and policy makers.

• Strong communication, report writing and presentation skill in Bangla and English.

• Demonstrated capacity to work with teams.

• Proven knowledge of program and financial management as well as administration of programs.

Required Competencies:

CORE COMPETENCIES:

RELATIONSHIP BUILDING

• Develops internal and external trusting & professional relationships. Purposefully develops networks to build value through collaboration.

INCLUSION

• Contributes to an environment where all employees feel a sense of belonging, valued for their differences, and empowered to participate and contribute freely.

DYNAMIC LEARNING MINDSET

• Continuously seeks opportunities to learn, questions past approaches in the current environment, owns growth and learns from failure.

DELIVERING RESULTS

• Invests time in planning to achieve goals while meeting quality standards & demonstrating commitment.

COMMUNICATION

• Effectively and appropriately interacts with others to build relationships, influence, and share ideas. Uses tact, diplomacy & cross-cultural sensitivity to navigate difficult situations.

LEADERSHIP COMPETENCIES

STRATEGIC LEADERSHIP AND EXECUTION

• Applies vision to think beyond the immediate situation. Invests time in planning, discovery, and reflection. Ensures business goals are met by executing, monitoring, & adjusting.

PEOPLE LEADERSHIP

• Inspires, motivates, & empowers people to achieve organizational goals. Coaches, mentors, and manages employee experience, and employee performance. Creates space for others to lead

Project Name: Collective Impact on Future of Work in Bangladesh Project

Location: Based at CARE Bangladesh Dhaka Office

Duration: Initial contract will be up to October 31, 2026

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I. Job Summary:

Who we are?

As a global leader, CARE is shaping the future of the humanitarian and development sector. Each year, we deliver support and services to millions of people in over a hundred countries. We do this by focusing on our mission and living the values that drive our organization. A career at CARE is an opportunity to be part of a movement that brings communities together to solve complex problems and foster lasting change throughout the world. We seek individuals who are passionate about humanitarian and development work, collaborate well with others, embrace learning and innovation, and deliver results.

What it’s like to work at CARE?

CARE is a mission-driven international humanitarian aid and development organization that offers an opportunity to work with people across the world. Not a day will go by that you won’t learn something profound, meet an expert, or write a sentence that can change a life. We are committed to an environment where everyone can succeed.

Scope of the Role:

The overall goal of the project is women garment workers have an improved enabling environment that supports their career progression, empowerment, and employability, in a future where the textile industry is defined by automation and digitalization. We intended around 24000 women will have greater capacity to respond to and recover from future and current adverse impact on livelihood. This program is implemented under Dignified Work Portfolio which aims to create dignified work for all women. This theme implements multiple projects on capacity building of workers and the entire ecosystem within the RMG sector.

Moreover, CARE has a unique understanding and experience in translating buyer supply chain needs into win-win collaborations that advance the shared goals of buyers, suppliers, and garment workers. The trust and collaboration CARE has fostered with factories/suppliers, demonstrated by the willingness of these groups to allow paid time for training, has also been instrumental to CARE’s success.

The vision of women and youth empowerment program is to empower most socially economically, politically marginalized women and girls by their greater exercise of choice in decisions affecting their lives at all levels supported by transformed movement built on women’s solidarity and participation of men, will have a multiplier effect in realizing the broader effect.

II. Responsibilities and Tasks:

Responsibility # 1: Providing technical assistance and capacity building support

35 %

• Prepare detailed implementation work plan in consultation with project staff/partners and line management and maintain regular tracking with necessary adjustments to ensure timely completion of all project activities.
• Determine capacity building needs for Activity staff and implementing partners to ensure all field staff are adequately trained to implement activities
• Develop "Heat Stress Management Protocol" to manage the impact of climate change in working conditions through awareness among RMG workers
• Preparing DRR materials in accordance with consortium members while maximizing impact and avoiding duplication and develop the strategic oversight of the network, while ensuring the proper implementation with required support for administrative works like translating training module, contents in Bangla from original English texts in ensuring quality assurance guidelines.
• Provide technical support and assist in the development and implementation of various activities and processes within the specific area of work supporting alignment with wider program team
• Design and conduct workshops, training sessions, and knowledge-sharing events to build the capacity of all relevant stakeholders, including community, RMG stakeholders and even private sector partners.

Responsibility 2: Planning and quality implementation of activities, MEL and Accountability system: 40 %

• Ensuring CARE Bangladesh programmatic strategy are met in program implementation and consolidating gender and climate as a focus
• Assist project and team members in planning and managing project budget and expenditure, ensuring financial compliance and austerity
• Monitor day to day progress, supervision and implementation of the project, ensuring that work plan is well understood and implemented accordingly with the highest standards of service among WFS and other facilitators
• Develop and maintain database of project participants as needed and implementation and donor level MEL plan and indicator tracking of the project’s DRR part, including all its surveys and communal interventions
• Liaise with internal counterparts to support effective collaboration, implementation and monitoring of ongoing project activities.

Responsibility # 3: Timely reporting and compliance of Government, Donor and CARE requirements: 25 %

• Prepare different kinds of reports on monthly and quarterly basis and also compile different biannual/annual reports and extend technical support to others as and when needed in the project, while helping team leader with technical and financial reporting
• Liaise with team to ensure that deliverables are completed in a timely manner and provide technical assistance and follow up with various partners involved in packaged activity implementation
• Provide technical support to develop different knowledge products; stories of change, project and advocacy briefs and assessment report, ensuring climate, disaster, resilience components are well reflected
• Provide logistic support to proper implementation of the deliverables including events, meetings, training, workshop, strategic consultation in both upward and downward team members at all levels
• Maintain electronic filing system including technical documents and correspondence, compiles reference materials and background materials for preparation of various reports.

General Responsibilities on Safety and Security, and Safeguarding of children and vulnerable adults: %

• As part of this role, the job holder must adhere to and support CARE Bangladesh’s Safety and Security policy and systems as part of their day-to-day duties and comply with safety & security protocols and directives, including reporting. Staff must maintain situational and self–awareness and be aware of the safety – security-related consequences of their actions upon themselves, their team, and the organization.
• CARE is committed to preventing any type of unwanted behavior at work including sexual harassment, exploitation and abuse, lack of integrity, and financial misconduct, and expects staff to promote the welfare of children, young people, and adults always. CARE expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment through our Code of Conduct. We place a high priority on ensuring that only those who share and demonstrate this commitment are recruited to work with us.
• All CARE staff must uphold ethical standards, following codes of conduct to prevent abuse, including sexual harassment, exploitation, and neglect. Regular monitoring ensures accountability to uphold these principles and support our mission of social justice and poverty alleviation.

III. Reporting to: Team Leader, Collective Impact on Future of Work in Bangladesh Project

IV. Working Conditions: Based at CARE Bangladesh Dhaka Office