Tottho Bondhu (Information Liaison)

Job Description

Title: Tottho Bondhu (Information Liaison)

Company Name: The Carter Center Bangladesh

Vacancy: Not specific

Job Location: Rajshahi

Employment Status: Contractual

Educational Requirements:
∎ A Bachelor's degree in any Social Science discipline or related field with at least 3-5 years of professional experience or knowledge in program/project implementation, advocacy and broad understanding of accountability and transparency issues.

Experience Requirements:
∎ 3 to 5 year(s)

Job Context:
∎ The Carter Center, an action-oriented non-governmental, non-partisan organization founded by former United States President Jimmy Carter, seeks experienced professional to serve as Information Liaisons (Tottho Bondhu) in, Rajshahi for the Women and the Right of Access to Information in Bangladesh (ATI) project, for one-year period, with the possibility of extension. The Tottho Bondhu is a field-based position and will require extensive travel within the respective project working area. In addition, s/he may be required to work some evenings and weekends. The Tottho Bondhu must be local to her/his working area and will be required to have a residence there. The Center will hire one Tottho Bondhu per district and will coordinate closely with the Center`s local civil society partner organization.
∎ Job Description:
∎ The Women and Access to Information (ATI) Tottho Bondhu will support The Carter Center`s efforts in establishing a vibrant access to information regime in Bangladesh through the provision of assistance to interested requesters and support for women seeking public information. Activities of the Tottho Bondhu will include working in target district and communities to promote the right of access to information for women by assisting with requests, information sharing and awareness raising. S/he will report to the Carter Center`s Bangladesh Field Office Director.

Job Responsibilities:
∎ Act as a bridge between women interested in accessing public information and the information offices within national and local government line departments of ministries and agencies.
∎ Promote the Right to Information Act in target districts by:
∎ advising women requesters on the 2009 Right to Information (RTI) Act and processes.
∎ facilitating the formal process of requesting information.
∎ accompanying women interested in requesting information to public agency offices; and
∎ assisting women's groups and individual women in monitoring information requests through follow-up on government responses
∎ Coordinate with relevant national and local civil society partners, including attending awareness raising and capacity building sessions organized by partners and CSOs/CBOs on RTI and climate justice.
∎ Work with line departments of respective target ministries at the local level in proactive disclosure of information by:
∎ supporting dissemination of meaningful information to women.
∎ assisting with creative proactive disclosure mechanisms, as necessary; and
∎ recording women's feedback regarding the usefulness of proactively disclosed information and the effectiveness of disclosure mechanisms
∎ Attend in meeting of the Upazilas /district level RTI working group.
∎ Identify trends and lessons learned pertaining to the right of access to information and think creatively in identifying and developing methods to help advance women's right of access to information in the target districts
∎ Report any significant local issues that may impact the Center's security posture to the Field Office Director on an ongoing and as needed basis
∎ Submit weekly reports using templates provided by The Carter Center regarding efforts to advance women's right of access to information and climate Justice including activities conducted, events attended, statistics/progress regarding proactive disclosure and RTI requests, and success stories.

Additional Requirements:
∎ Proven planning and organizational skills.
∎ Strong conceptual/analytical skills, with the ability to think strategically and rapidly analyze and integrate diverse information from varied sources into conclusions and recommendations.
∎ Sound knowledge on gender, demographic context of the country. Willingness to work with marginalized people.
∎ Excellent oral and writing skills in both English and Bangla.
∎ Computer literacy.

Salary:
∎ Salary will be commensurate with qualifications and experience.

Job Source: Bdjobs.com Online Job Posting.

Application Deadline: 13 Oct 2022

Company Information:
∎ 29 Sep 2022
∎ The Carter Center Bangladesh

Category: NGO/Development

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Source: bdjobs.com

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