Vocational and Business Skills Officer/Trainer

Job Description

Title: Vocational and Business Skills Officer/Trainer

Company Name: DanChurch Aid, Bangladesh office

Vacancy: Not specific

Job Location: Cox's Bazar

Employment Status: Contractual

Educational Requirements:
∎ Bachelor's degree in Business Studies, Economics, Development Planning, Humanitarian Aid or any other relevant subject.

Experience Requirements:
∎ At least 3 year(s)

Job Context:
∎ Contract period: 30th June 2020 (with the possibility of extension based on performance)
∎ Line Manager: Vocational and Business Skills Team Leader
∎ Staff Manager: Entrepreneurship and Business Management Officer, Site Improvement Team Leader, and other DCA programme staff
∎ Lines With: Site Improvement Team Leader

Job Responsibilities:
∎ Implementation:
∎ Together with the Team Leader, the Vocational and Life Skills Officer/Trainer has overall responsibility for the vocational and life skills development components of the project.
∎ Assist Team Leaders to assess training needs of project beneficiaries, staff and volunteers and prepare detailed training plans.
∎ Support Team Leaders with the design and preparation of vocational and life skills training modules as well as Information Education and Communication / Behavior Communication Change materials and handouts for staff, volunteers and project beneficiaries.
∎ Identify and prepare a database of vocational trainers.
∎ Organize and facilitate trainings, workshops, training of trainers (ToT), campaigns and outreach activities for the project staff, volunteers and beneficiaries.
∎ Support the Community Mobilizer for community consultation and mobilization.
∎ Support the recruitment of vocational and life skills trainers.
∎ Financial Management:
∎ Lead the procurement process for vocational and skills development training materials.
∎ Request adequate advance to cover project costs with prior approval from Programme Manager.
∎ Submit all expenditure related documents for payment or advance adjustment.
∎ Certify payment documents of vocational trainers.
∎ Monitoring & Reporting:
∎ Monitor vocational and life skills training and provide necessary feedback to the trainer to achieve quality results.
∎ Collect data for post distribution monitoring of materials distributed for vocational trainings and Income Generating Activities.
∎ Prepare bi-weekly/monthly project training reports and submit to Team Leader.
∎ Staff Supervision and Management:
∎ Provide day to day supervision of Community Mobilizer.
∎ Ensure appropriate performance management.
∎ Coordination:
∎ Contribute to DCA's relationship with national authorities (Camp in Charge and local government counterparts, UNO, Union Parishad Chairman and other line departments) through regular communication and coordination.

Additional Requirements:
∎ Minimum of 3 years of professional experience at International or National Non-Governmental Organizations or United Nations Agencies.
∎ Strong operational and project management skills.
∎ Good report writing skills.
∎ Sound understanding of the local context in both host and Rohingya communities.
∎ Experience in undertaking assessments for livelihoods and self-reliance interventions.
∎ Working experience in /managing response to refugee crises is highly preferred.
∎ Advance training on vocational and life skills is preferable.
∎ Strong interpersonal skills and ability to work under pressure with minimum supervision.
∎ Ability to organize and facilitate trainings, workshops, ToT, campaign and outreach activities for staff and stakeholders.
∎ Experience with community engagement and accountability.
∎ Knowledge of protection principles and minimum humanitarian standards.
∎ Strong verbal and written communication skills in Bengali and advance communication skills in English required.

Application Deadline: February 11, 2020

Company Information:
∎ DanChurch Aid, Bangladesh office

Category: NGO/Development