Technical Officer-Youth Leadership - Child Not Bride Project
Job Description
Title: Technical Officer-Youth Leadership - 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:
∎ The Technical Officer-Youth Leadership is one of the key technical positions to reach overall all the four outcomes of the project;
∎ S/he will work with the youths and youth organizations and will provide guidelines to the youth to build networks among themselves;
∎ The position holder needs to work for girls and young women to develop skills and knowledge to be engaged in social movements to challenge the social norms;
∎ Additionally, H/She will ensure the participation of young people in governance and decision-making spaces of local government and relevant authorities at the local, regional and national levels;
∎ S/he will take a proactive attitude in identifying and mitigating safeguarding of children and young people and gender transformative related risks;
∎ Ensure youth will become champions of change and challenge gender norms in their society;
∎ Ensure youths, especially girls and young women in the youth organizations to strengthen their gender perspective and will be supported to organize and run campaigns to prevent CEFM;
∎ Ensure guidelines for youth representation in local child marriage prevention committees will be developed and promoted within and outside the project areas;
∎ Maintain regular and effective coordination and networking with the GOB, NGO, and other institutions implementing similar nature of the projects;
∎ Participate in different relevant meetings, training, seminars, workshops as desired by the programme and organization share good practices of the project interventions and learning;
∎ Builds strong relationships with programme stakeholders, focuses on impact and result for the beneficiaries, and responds positively to feedback.
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 working on Youth governance, Youth leadership development.
∎ Should have skills and experienced on training module development, provide guidelines for Youth leadership development, track child marriage situation and to take steps to restraint child marriage in the selected areas;
∎ Proficiency in Microsoft Office programme 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;
∎ Special and periodical reporting, field monitoring and assessment are required to the position holder.
Salary: Tk. 38366 (Monthly)
Compensation & Other Benefits:
∎ Mobile bill
∎ Festival Bonus: 2
∎ 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.
