Upazila Job Replacement Officer, EARN Project.

Job Description

Title: Upazila Job Replacement Officer, EARN Project.

Company Name: Prantic Unnayan Society (PRANTIC),Bangladesh

Vacancy: 3

Age: 35 to 55 years

Job Location: Dhaka

Salary: Tk. 35000 (Monthly)

Experience:

• At least 5 years
• The applicants should have experience in the following business area(s): NGO, Development Agency, Micro-Credit

• Bachelor/Honors

• Education: Graduate/post Graduate degree at any discipline, preferably in social science, development studies and economics.

• At least 5 years
• The applicants should have experience in the following business area(s): NGO, Development Agency, Micro-Credit

• Age 35 to 55 years

• Experience: Minimum (5) years’ experience as Upazila level focal of any program/projects in any NGO in the field of skill development, employment, enterprise development, community engagement, social mobilization, formation of community-based organization.

• Preference: Minimum recent 3 years’ experience in Skill development, Employment Generation, TVET

Organizational Background: Prantic Unnayan Society (PRANTIC), Bangladesh is a national-level non-political voluntary development organization. Established in 1998, the organization has been working in the areas of education, health, livelihood and self-reliance, water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH), climate-smart agriculture, skills development, employment & marketing, local governance and human rights, disaster response as its major programs.

Recently, as an implementing partner of BRAC and with funding support from the World Bank, under the Ministry of Youth and Sports of the Government of the People’s Republic of Bangladesh, the Department of Youth Development (DYD) has undertaken a 30-month project titled “Bangladesh Economic Acceleration and Resilience for NEET (EARN).” The objective of this project is to enhance the skills, alternative education, entrepreneurship development, and employment opportunities of rural youth who are Not in Education, Employment, or Training (NEET), especially young women.

Under this project, PRANTIC intends to recruit and prepare a waiting list for the position of “Community Mobilizer, for project implementation in all unions of Saidpur, Jaldhaka, and Dimla Upazila of Nilphamari district under the Rangpur package.

PRANTIC believes that everyone we work including our colleagues, program participants, partners, and the communities have the right to be protected from all forms of harm, abuse, neglect, harassment, and exploitation including sexual exploitation and abuse (SEA). We uphold human dignity and inclusion for all, regardless of age, race, religion, gender, disability, ethnic origin, or socio-economic condition. As an equal-opportunity employer, we actively encourage applications from gender-diverse individuals and people with disabilities. Selected candidates will have to go through a rigorous reference and background checking process which may include police verification

Interested Bangladeshi citizens are invited to submit an application addressed to the Executive Director, along with a complete curriculum vitae, one recent passport-size color photograph, mobile number, educational qualifications, NID card, and attested copies of all experience certificates. The application must be handwritten, scanned, and sent via email to [email protected] by 24 May 2026.

Head Office Address: House # 15, Flat 1/C, Road # 4, Block # C, Chandrima Model Town, Mohammod, Dhaka-1207

1. MAJOR RESPONSIBILITIES

Responsibilities 1: Support with beneficiary identification

● Provide support to the project team for trainee identification and final selection following standardized tools

Responsibilities 2: Support with market scan and trade selection

● Provide support to the project team for local level market scanning for identifying demandable trades

● Provide support to the project team for trade validation with the local level stakeholders

● Identify nontraditional trades where female trainees can get training and job placement support

Responsibilities 3: Engagement with the employers for job placement

● Conduct regular surveys of established and new employer organizations (i.e. RMG, agro, light engineering, manufacturing and construction, caregiving, hospitality and tourism, retail sales, banking, development, IT, freelancing) to identify new jobs for the trainee graduates and also collect information on future demand of skill sets, jobs and trades to develop and update an employer database.

● Identify the key contact points and maintain relationships through regular visits and other engagement activities with different employer organizations.

● Arrange MoU signing events with potential employers for internship placement

● Collect and match suitable trainee profiles as per the employer’s requirements and

facilitate their direct placement or referral process in the employer organisation

● Arrange entrepreneurs conference/job fair/ expo in district and national level engaging established industries, buyers and other related stakeholders

● Conduct regular post-placement satisfaction surveys of the employers and hired trainees, and prepare periodic reports to improve training quality and increase the number of successful placements of future graduates.

Responsibilities 4: Support the youth entrepreneurs

● Identify local level mentors to support the youth entrepreneurs and the interns

● Support the project team in preparing profile of the potential youths for receiving seed financing from the DYD

Responsibilities 5: Safe guarding

● Ensure the safety of team members from any harm, abuse, neglect, harassment and exploitation to achieve the programme’s goals on safeguarding implementation. Act as a key source of support, guidance and expertise on safeguarding for establishing a safe working environment.

● Practice, promote and endorse the issues of safeguarding policy among team members and ensure the implementation of safeguarding standards in every course of action.

● Follow the safeguarding reporting procedure in case any reportable incident takes place, encourage others to do so.

2. KEY PERFORMANCE INDICATORS (KPIs)

● Ensuring 60% job placement rate

● Successful arrangement of job fairs

● Identification non traditional job placement opportunities for women youth trainees

• Expected salary: 35,000 (Tentative)

• Benefits: As per project budget