Technical officer-SOYEE - Child Not Bride Project
Job Description
Title: Technical officer-SOYEE - Child Not Bride Project
Company Name: RDRS Bangladesh
Vacancy: 01
Job Location: Kurigram
Employment Status: Full-time
Educational Requirements:
∎ Masters in any discipline from reputed university (Economics, Sociology, Social work will be preferred).
Experience Requirements:
∎ At least 3 year(s)
Job Responsibilities:
∎ This position is a key position to achieve the goal of the project and requires competencies to lead the technical skills development, job placement and private sector engagement for ensuring paid jobs for the target people;
∎ The role should also lead the technical activities of sustainable enterprise development with a focus on agro and non-agro sectors including establishing a value chain;
∎ This economic empowerment approach will ultimately contribute to ending child early and forced marriage in Kurigram;
∎ The position holder will also ensure coordination with the SRHR & Youth Governance components within the project;
∎ Will organize and facilitate training for the beneficiaries, contribute to access of the girls and young women in the ICT sector;
∎ Identify target youths and link them with different skills development institutions, employment sources, and financial institutions;
∎ Will take initiatives for youth especially for girls and young women for entrepreneurship; development and work readiness skills using digital platforms/tools and/ or physically;
∎ S/he will select the participants as per criteria for skills development;
∎ Special and periodical reporting, field monitoring and assessment are required to the position holder.
Additional Requirements:
∎ At least 3 years relevant working experience;
∎ The candidate must have sound knowledge in working with Youth and Young women, children, child and youth groups, local administration and local government, social institutions, media, presentation, report writing and documentation;
∎ She/he should be experienced on Youth Economic Empowerment, Advocacy for youth technical skills and job linkage with institutions and bodies;
∎ Should have skills and experienced on training module development, provide guidelines for capacity building of Youth and stakeholders, identify risk children of child marriage and follow-up, linking UP and other supporting bodies with them, track child marriages data and to take steps to restraint child marriage in the selected areas;
∎ Proficiency in Microsoft Office programme, data analysis is also essential for this position;
∎ The incumbent must have good communication and networking skill; Should be knowledge on gender and safeguarding, child protection;
∎ Ability to work under pressure;
∎ Willingness to drive motorcycle and must have valid motor cycle driving license for frequent field visit.
Salary: Tk. 38366 (Monthly)
Compensation & Other Benefits:
∎ Mobile bill
∎ Festival Bonus equivalent to 1 month gross salary for each year, yearly increment based on performance.
Job Source: Bdjobs.com Online Job Posting.
Application Deadline: 4 Apr 2022
Company Information:
∎ 28 Mar 2022
∎ RDRS Bangladesh
∎ Address : RDRS Bangladesh, House no.43, Road no. 10, Sector 6, Uttara, Dhaka
∎ Web : www.rdrsbangladesh.org
∎ Business : RDRS Bangladesh is a national development NGO works for rural development by empowering the rural poor in northwest Bangladesh. RDRS was formally established as the Bangladesh field program of the Geneva-based Lutheran World Federation/Department for World Service (LWF/DWS) on 8 February 1972. Its development aim is to achieve sustainable increases in their living standards. With this aim, RDRS enables those who participate in its program to gain the necessary skills, understanding, confidence, institutions and services; and ensure that the rural communities have the necessary economic, social and environmental resources. RDRS employees approximate 3,700 staff and works with a further approximately 1,000 volunteers and daily paid workers. The vast majority of staff are in field positions, with specialist sectoral and support units in Rangpur and Dhaka.
Category: NGO/Development
: Qualified women are strongly encouraged to apply. Only short listed candidates will be invited for interview.RDRS believes that all people have a right to live their lives free from sexual violence and any abuse of power, regardless of age, gender, sexuality, sexual orientation, disability, religion, ethnic origin or other status.RDRS will make every effort to create and maintain a safe environment, free from Sexual Exploitation Abuse and Harassment (SEAH), and shall take appropriate measures for this purpose in the communities where it operates.
