Technical Officer

Job Description

Title: Technical Officer

Company Name: Uttaran

Vacancy: 01

Job Location: Bagerhat, Satkhira

Employment Status: Contractual

Educational Requirements:
∎ Bachelor's degree in Social Science or relevant field or MBBS. MPH in Reproductive Health will be added value for the position (Essential)

Experience Requirements:
∎ At least 3 year(s)

Job Context:
∎ Uttaran is committed to provide a safe environment free from discrimination and harassment where employees, partner organizations, participants and other stakeholders are treated with respect, dignity and have equal opportunities at all level.
∎ Project Name Youth Empowered Project, Bangladesh- Preventing child, early & forced marriages through Integrated SRHR Transformation
∎ Duty Area : Bagherhat and Satkhira district
∎ Base Location : Satkhira / Bagerhat
∎ Duration of the Appointment : 34 Months
∎ Starting Date : June -2021
∎ Priority : Women Candidates will be highly Prioritized
∎ ABOUT Program
∎ Uttaran in Partnership with World Vision Canada and Bangladesh is implementing Youth Empowered Project Bangladesh Program - "Preventing Child, Early and forced marriage through Integrated SRHR Transformation". It is a 3-years project that will use a multi-pronged approach to empower girls and young women to exert greater control over Sexual and Reproductive Health Rights (SRHR) decision-making and the factors that drive CEFM with the support of their families and communities. The project will build the capacity of community and health ecosystems to provide gender-responsive and adolescent-friendly SRHR and CEFM information and services. Through evidence-informed and complementary pathways, the project seeks to contribute to the ultimate outcome of "Enhanced realization of Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights of Girls and Young Women (10-24 years old) in Bagherhat and Sathkira districts of Bangladesh."
∎ Position reporting to : Project Coordinator
∎ Positions Technical Supervised :Project Officer, & Union Supervisor
∎ Financial Authority : As per LOA
∎ Budget : As per LOA
∎ Decision Making Authority : Within Uttaran & partnership agreement and procedure.
∎ IMPORTANT FUNCTIONAL RELATIONSHIPS :
∎ External:
∎ Upazila Health and Family Planning Officer(UH&FPO),Upazila Health Officer (UHO), Upazila Nirbahi Officer(UNO), Upazila Health Complex(UHC), Union Health and Family Welfare Centre(UHFWC), Upazila Education Officer, other relevant officer in Upazila and Zila, WVB relevant staff for the project
∎ Internal:
∎ Project Coordinator, Project Officer and Union Supervisor
∎ Committees/ Groups:
∎ CSOs,CBOs,Child Forum Village Committee, Ward/Council/Union Parishad, school committee.

Job Responsibilities:
∎ Improve delivery of age-appropriate Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights (SRHR) information and services with essential health services in public health services delivery center.
∎ Identify underlying causes of high rates of Child Early and forced Marriage (CEFM) and its disproportionate impact on both the physical and psychosocial well-being of adolescent girls, including increased risk of sexual and gender-based violence (SGBV), exposure to sexually transmitted infections including HIV, complications during pregnancy and childbirth and anxiety and depression.
∎ Mobilize the community groups, adolescent and parents group to reduce the Child early and forced Marriage( CEFM)
∎ Increase uptake of advance SRHS by the community
∎ Strengthen governance policy and public engagement of SRHS through building capacity of government health staff and community health workers at upazila level
∎ Ensure participatory Monitoring & Evaluation system
∎ Manage Upazila team and build their capacity
∎ Networking and linkage with consortium members, local government, WV Zonal office and Uttaran Office
∎ This position purposes is to ensure technical support to overall implementation of project activities at three-sub districts and coordinate with upazila administration especially CSOs, UHFPO, UFPO, on regular basis. The position also aims to coordinate with the stakeholders with same responsibilities in the district/sub-district to ensure their contributions to deliver SRHS for the targeted community.
∎ The position also aims to work closely with the community and team members especially Project officers in delivering gender equity SRHS services and share reports timely.
∎ The position will provide technical support the team member, community group to build the capacity of community and health ecosystems to provide gender-responsive and adolescent-friendly SRHR and CEFM information and services.
∎ The position together with other team member seek to contribute to the ultimate outcome of "Enhanced realization of Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights of Girls and Young Women (10-24 years old) in Bagherhat and Sathkira districts of Bangladesh."
∎ This position purposes is to facilitate monitoring & evaluation, networking and coordination, communications with district and sub district government Health focal point, capacity building for project staff as well as government health staff working under sub district for delivering SRHS and strengthen capacity of the community and government health staff.
∎ This position requires frequent field visits, confidence on writing qualitative reports, practical use of PLA tools and techniques
∎ This position will report to Project Coordinator.

Additional Requirements:
∎ 3 year of experience in project with gender, reproductive health, women empowerment (Essential)
∎ Clear understanding on SRHR including mental health & Public Health interventions in Bangladesh Perspective. (Essential)
∎ Ability to handle sensitive and confidential information (Essential)
∎ Clear knowledge on adolescent health need, adolescent health structure (Essential)
∎ Leadership and Coordination skills (Essential)
∎ Ability to be a self-starter who is able to motivate team members to achieve common goals. (Desirable)
∎ Ability to handle multiple tasks and multiple deadlines.(Essential)
∎ Communications and networking (Essential)
∎ Good command in English & Bengali both in writing and speaking (Essential)
∎ Decision making, negotiation and conflict resolution skills
∎ Competent in using MS Word, MS Excel and PowerPoint presentation (Preferred)
∎ Ability to work under stressful condition and adaptive to local culture and situation (Essential)
∎ WORK ENVIRONMENT:
∎ Must be willing and able to travel frequently
∎ Have Motorbike driving license or willing to derive motorbike for movement
∎ CORE CAPABILITIES:
∎ Achieving Capabilities:
∎ Achieving quality results and service, Practicing accountability and integrity
∎ Communicating information effectively
∎ Self-Managing Capabilities:
∎ Learning for growth and development, Maintaining work/life balance and effectiveness
∎ Thinking Capabilities
∎ Thinking clearly, deeply and broadly, Understanding the Humanitarian Industry, Practicing innovation and creativity
∎ Relational Capabilities:
∎ Building collaborative relationships
∎ Practicing gender and cultural diversity
∎ Influencing individuals and groups

Salary: Tk. 52700 (Monthly)

Compensation & Other Benefits:
∎ As per project design.

Job Source: Bdjobs.com Online Job Posting.

Application Deadline: 21 Aug 2021

Company Information:
∎ 12 Aug 2021
∎ Uttaran
∎ Address : Uttaran Dhaka Office: Flat-B1, House-32, Road-10/A, Dhanmondi, Dhaka- 1209
∎ Web : www.uttaran.net
∎ Business : Uttaran is a national development organization working in the southwest Bangladesh since 1985 to uphold rights and entitlements and to improve the socio-economic condition of the poor and disadvantaged. Uttaran facilitates in getting access to and control over resources by the poor and disadvantaged to improve agricultural productivity and economic empowerment.

Category: NGO/Development

: Uttaran does not tolerate any kind of violence, abuse sexual harassment, child and adolescent abuse, bullying, intimidation, humiliation, neglect, exploitation and discrimination which jeopardise the safety of women, child and vulnerable people. Therefore, all selected candidates will therefore undergo vigorous background and reference checking using the lens of safeguarding policy of Uttaran. If required Uttaran will ask finalized candidates to provide police clearance certificates.