Union Coordinator - Social Empowerment
Job Description
Title: Union Coordinator - Social Empowerment
Company Name: Shushilan
Vacancy: 34
Job Location: Bhola (Bhola Sadar, Daulatkhan, Monpura, Tazumuddin)
Employment Status: Full-time
Educational Requirements:
∎ Bachelor degree but flexible for female candidates.
Experience Requirements:
∎ At least 1 year(s)
∎ The applicants should have experience in the following business area(s):
NGO
Job Context:
∎ Shushilan, a national NGO of Bangladesh will implement a four (4) year, gender-transformative project titled "Combatting Early Marriage in Bangladesh" (CEMB) that is being funded by Global Affairs Canada (GAC). The CEMB project will be implemented in four Upazilas of Bhola District in partnership with Plan International Bangladesh.
∎ Job Location: At union level
Job Responsibilities:
∎ The Union Coordinator - Social Empowerment (SE) will be responsible for social mobilization in the assigned union.
∎ The incumbent will work with the Union Parishad, adolescents and youth, parents, community leaders, school committee members and other gatekeepers for raising awareness and changing existing harmful gender norms.
∎ S/he will be the face of the project in the Union and will lead the community-based activities of this project in the assigned Union.
∎ S/he will report to the Upazila Coordinator.
∎ Develops union based work plan for the community mobilization
∎ Develops work plan for the school based interventions
∎ Facilitates various sessions for raising awareness in the community and in schools.
∎ Facilitates and develops safe spaces for the adolescent girls and women to discuss their issues.
∎ Organizes different events in line with the project interventions.
∎ Works with the relevant committee in the Union Parishad for strengthening community based child protection system.
∎ Provides reports to the team as per the implementation plans.
∎ Reports to the Upazila Coordinator and based in assigned Union
Additional Requirements:
∎ 01 year prior experience to work this type of position with NGO
∎ Practicing gender and cultural diversity
Salary: Tk. 17716 (Monthly)
Application Deadline: May 2, 2019
Company Information:
∎ Shushilan
∎ Address : 155 Jalil shorani, Commercal cum Residential Area, Rayermohol, Khulna-9000
∎ Business : Shushilan - a non-profit organization has been working in the field of Livelihoods, Environmental Resource Management, Health & Nutrition, Human Rights & Good Governance, Disaster Management and People organization development in Bangladesh since 1991.
Category: NGO/Development
