Job Description
Title: Technical Officer (SOYEE- Skills and Opportunities for Youth Employment and Entrepreneurship)
Company Name: Young Power in Social Action (YPSA)
Vacancy: 1
Location: Cox's Bazar (Teknaf)
Minimum Salary: Tk. 60760 (Monthly)
Experience:
∎ At least 4 years
Published: 25 Sep 2024
Education:
∎ Bachelor/Master’s degree in Agriculture/Agriculture Extension/Animal Husbandry from any recognized university/institute.
∎ Bachelor/Master’s degree in Agriculture/Agriculture Extension/Animal Husbandry from any recognized university/institute.
Requirements:
Additional Requirements:
∎ A minimum of 4 years’ experience as Technical Officer/Project Officer for Food Security and Livelihoods including IGA level position and experience of work in Rohingya camps will be preferable.
∎ Understanding on project planning and implementation
∎ Communication with CiC and NGOs, and relevant stakeholders
∎ Basic understanding of accounting procedures, bill & vouchers validation, procurement etc.
∎ Knowledge on MS Office Applications
∎ Communication skill both in English and Bengali
∎ Motorcycle driving skill with driving license.
∎ A minimum of 4 years’ experience as Technical Officer/Project Officer for Food Security and Livelihoods including IGA level position and experience of work in Rohingya camps will be preferable.
∎ Understanding on project planning and implementation
∎ Communication with CiC and NGOs, and relevant stakeholders
∎ Basic understanding of accounting procedures, bill & vouchers validation, procurement etc.
∎ Knowledge on MS Office Applications
∎ Communication skill both in English and Bengali
∎ Motorcycle driving skill with driving license.
Responsibilities & Context:
∎ Job Title: Technical Officer (SOYEE- Skills and Opportunities for Youth Employment and Entrepreneurship)
∎ Duration: Up to 30 October 2025 (High possibility of extension)
∎ Responsible for implementing economic empowerment related planning, resource mobilization and capacity building for the most marginalized young women.
∎ Ensure that the project activities are implemented and executed and delivered timely to ensure the sustainability.
∎ Responsible for conducting market assessment to ensure access appropriate, market-specific income sources of Youths and young adults.
∎ Responsible for Individual Development Plans (IAP), Family Development Plan (FDP) and Business Development Plan (BDP) and developed based on market analysis.
∎ Organize and conduct work readiness skills and vocational training for youth to ensure targeted youth received basic interpersonal skills and work readiness skills.
∎ Responsible for engaging youth with decent economic activities through skill development initiatives.
∎ Responsible to ensure number youth received cash/kind support to start-up small scale business enterprises and youth got opportunities of apprenticeship in private sector.
∎ Responsible to ensure of targeted youth received training/employment opportunities due to linkages with government service providing departments.
∎ Implementation maintaining a quality standard of project, maintaining records on progress reports, and provide technical inputs where necessary.
∎ Ensures that all programs and activities are implemented according to relevant legislation, policies and procedures
∎ Arranging and facilitating training, workshops and seminars for project beneficiary and others stakeholders.
∎ Arrange necessary resources for the project and utilize them efficiently for implementation in line with the budgets and value for money is ensured within the project.
∎ Collecting regular monitoring information related to the project, documenting, analyzing the information and drawing possible conclusions and disseminating findings.
∎ Provide high quality and effective support to the staff of the project/beneficiaries and implementing in the job and enterprise-related issues based on identified needs.
∎ Maintains strategic partnerships with relevant skills development service providers for job placement; and maintain networks.
∎ Prepares a local resource map to identify and analyses existing skills development service providers to heightened of their value and potential for playing a major role in helping youth engage and re-engage in skills development.
∎ Continuously monitor changes in the context to guide the directions of the project coordinator, particularly with regards to the transfer of basic services to the vulnerable people.
∎ Prepares periodic and annual progress report on project activities specially focused on project component.
∎ Identifies best learning at implementation documents and shares to feed into the overall project on advocacy issues;
∎ Represents YPSA & Plan International at the local level network to promote YPSA & Plan’s profile and scale-up of Plan’s program in the program areas
∎ Responsible for overall management and Communication, Collaboration at the camp & host level Administration (CiC’s office, SMS, DAE, DLS, UDYD & other stakeholders)
∎ Responsible to prepare the reports on Daily, monthly, quarterly, six monthly and annual basis or as per reporting procedure of donor and within deadlines and provide documents/report to the organization as per need or instruction.
∎ Regular Activity Follow up and finding Gap and provide support in proper implementation.
∎ Support Project Coordinator/MEAL officer on methodology and tool for assessment. if needed
∎ Young Power in Social Action (YPSA) is an organization for sustainable development working in the greater Chattogram division including Chattogram Hill Tracts (CHT) since 1985 (International Youth Year). YPSA is implementing a project titled “Youth from Host Communities and Rohingya Camps in Cox’s Bazar as Agents of Change” project (YPSA-YHCRCCAC Project)” at Teknaf in Cox’s Bazar. The project is being implemented with fund from the Federal German Ministry of Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ) and technical support from Plan International Bangladesh.
∎ Job Title: Technical Officer (SOYEE- Skills and Opportunities for Youth Employment and Entrepreneurship)
∎ Duration: Up to 30 October 2025 (High possibility of extension)
∎ Job Description/Responsibilities:
∎ Responsible for implementing economic empowerment related planning, resource mobilization and capacity building for the most marginalized young women.
∎ Ensure that the project activities are implemented and executed and delivered timely to ensure the sustainability.
∎ Responsible for conducting market assessment to ensure access appropriate, market-specific income sources of Youths and young adults.
∎ Responsible for Individual Development Plans (IAP), Family Development Plan (FDP) and Business Development Plan (BDP) and developed based on market analysis.
∎ Organize and conduct work readiness skills and vocational training for youth to ensure targeted youth received basic interpersonal skills and work readiness skills.
∎ Responsible for engaging youth with decent economic activities through skill development initiatives.
∎ Responsible to ensure number youth received cash/kind support to start-up small scale business enterprises and youth got opportunities of apprenticeship in private sector.
∎ Responsible to ensure of targeted youth received training/employment opportunities due to linkages with government service providing departments.
∎ Implementation maintaining a quality standard of project, maintaining records on progress reports, and provide technical inputs where necessary.
∎ Ensures that all programs and activities are implemented according to relevant legislation, policies and procedures
∎ Arranging and facilitating training, workshops and seminars for project beneficiary and others stakeholders.
∎ Arrange necessary resources for the project and utilize them efficiently for implementation in line with the budgets and value for money is ensured within the project.
∎ Collecting regular monitoring information related to the project, documenting, analyzing the information and drawing possible conclusions and disseminating findings.
∎ Provide high quality and effective support to the staff of the project/beneficiaries and implementing in the job and enterprise-related issues based on identified needs.
∎ Maintains strategic partnerships with relevant skills development service providers for job placement; and maintain networks.
∎ Prepares a local resource map to identify and analyses existing skills development service providers to heightened of their value and potential for playing a major role in helping youth engage and re-engage in skills development.
∎ Continuously monitor changes in the context to guide the directions of the project coordinator, particularly with regards to the transfer of basic services to the vulnerable people.
∎ Prepares periodic and annual progress report on project activities specially focused on project component.
∎ Identifies best learning at implementation documents and shares to feed into the overall project on advocacy issues;
∎ Represents YPSA & Plan International at the local level network to promote YPSA & Plan’s profile and scale-up of Plan’s program in the program areas
∎ Responsible for overall management and Communication, Collaboration at the camp & host level Administration (CiC’s office, SMS, DAE, DLS, UDYD & other stakeholders)
∎ Responsible to prepare the reports on Daily, monthly, quarterly, six monthly and annual basis or as per reporting procedure of donor and within deadlines and provide documents/report to the organization as per need or instruction.
∎ Regular Activity Follow up and finding Gap and provide support in proper implementation.
∎ Support Project Coordinator/MEAL officer on methodology and tool for assessment. if needed
Compensation & Other Benefits:
∎ Mobile bill,
∎ Weekly 2 holidays
∎ Festival Bonus: 2
∎ Paternity/ Maternity leave
∎ Mobile bill,
∎ Weekly 2 holidays
∎ Festival Bonus: 2
∎ Paternity/ Maternity leave
Employment Status: Contractual
Job Location: Cox's Bazar (Teknaf)
Read Before Apply: If you are interested and feel competent for the position, and have required qualification and experience, please apply through bdjobs Apply online on or before 30/09/2024
Any persuasions and lobby will be treated as disqualification for an applicant. Please mark title of the position & name of project on the top of the envelope.
YPSA is an equal opportunity employer and sensitivity for child protection and gender. Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted. Any persuasion or lobby will be treated as a disqualification for an applicant. The smokers are discouraged to apply for the position.
YPSA HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT AND DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT
Emergency 02334470996 from 9:30 am to 2:30 pm excluding govt. holiday
Teknaf (Host Community and Camps), Cox's Bazar
Company Information:
∎ Young Power in Social Action (YPSA)
∎ House # F 10 (P), Road # 13, Block # B Chandgaon R/A, Chittagong - 4212
∎ Young Power in Social Action (YPSA), an organization in Special Consultative Status with the United Nations Economic and Social Council (UN-ECOSOC) since 2013, is a voluntary non-profit organization for sustainable development registered with the different departments of the People`s Republic of Bangladesh including NGO Affairs Bureau contributing to national goals for making a difference in the lives of the population since its establishment in 1985. YPSA, a fleet of professional staff specializes in the six thematic areas of Health; Education; Human rights and Governance; Economic Empowerment; Environment and Climate change; and Disaster Risk Reduction and Humanitarian Response. At present YPSA`s direct program interventions reach the Greater Chittagong Division including Chittagong Hill Tracts and part of the Dhaka and Sylhet division.
Address::
∎ House # F 10 (P), Road # 13, Block # B Chandgaon R/A, Chittagong - 4212
∎ Young Power in Social Action (YPSA), an organization in Special Consultative Status with the United Nations Economic and Social Council (UN-ECOSOC) since 2013, is a voluntary non-profit organization for sustainable development registered with the different departments of the People`s Republic of Bangladesh including NGO Affairs Bureau contributing to national goals for making a difference in the lives of the population since its establishment in 1985. YPSA, a fleet of professional staff specializes in the six thematic areas of Health; Education; Human rights and Governance; Economic Empowerment; Environment and Climate change; and Disaster Risk Reduction and Humanitarian Response. At present YPSA`s direct program interventions reach the Greater Chittagong Division including Chittagong Hill Tracts and part of the Dhaka and Sylhet division.
Application Deadline: 30 Sep 2024
Category: NGO/Development
