Senior Liaison Officer
Job Description
Title: Senior Liaison Officer
Company Name: Centre for Disability in Development (CDD)
Vacancy: 01
Age: at most 45 years
Location: Noakhali
Salary: Tk. 90000 (Monthly)
Published: 22 Jan 2024
Education:
Requirements:
Additional Requirements:
∎ Age at most 45 years
∎ Person with disability are encouraged to apply
∎ 2-3 Years of experience in mid or senior level in national/ international NGO. Working at Rohingya camp/ Bhasan Char in similar position is an added value of the position.
∎ Having field experience in and around Disability Inclusion, Mainstreaming, Disability Inclusive DRR and Humanitarian Actions is an asset.
∎ Familiarity with the Rohingya dialect will be preferred.
∎ Experience in Rohingya Response is a huge plus
∎ *** Special Skills Required:
∎ Have time management, leadership, analytical ability, multitasking, facilitation; communication, presentation, and report writing skills;
∎ Have adaptability, teamwork, relationship building, and change management skills;
∎ Have outstanding skills and expertise in communicating by email and the internet.
∎ Proven experience in development/ humanitarian program management, team management and on Disability inclusion in Development or in Humanitarian response.
∎ Proven experience working with National NGOs and/or other international stakeholders.
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∎ *** Personal Profile & Competencies
∎ Good cultural awareness and sensitivity.
∎ Excellent organizational skills and ability to prioritize tasks under pressure.
∎ Networking, communication, relationship building, and negotiation skills.
∎ Prepared to work for long hours in case of emergency in challenging humanitarian context.
∎ Analytical thinking and writing.
∎ Drive for continuous professional learning.
∎ Adaptive leadership, Effective Communication
∎ Building collaborative relationships
∎ Respect for human and cultural diversity
∎ Willingness to learn and take on a progressive portfolio of responsibilities.
∎ Excellent oral and written English and Bangla and capacity to produce learning documents and products.
∎ Computer literacy with proven experience of extensive communication skills through email.
Responsibilities & Context:
∎ The Centre for Disability in Development (CDD) is a not for profit organization established in 1996 to develop a more inclusive society for persons with disabilities. CDD simultaneously builds technical capacities of the development stakeholders and the communities in how to be more inclusive whilst also enabling persons with a disability to participate in society by strengthening their leadership and providing them with essential rehabilitation and other supports.
∎ CDD is one of the most renowned organizations in the field of disability-inclusive development. CDD’s work in Bangladesh is supported by international and national donor agencies/development partners. CDD offers an inclusive, amicable, and respectable work environment.
∎ The Ramon Magsaysay Award (Asian version of the Noble prize) has been awarded to its Executive Director in 2010. In 2018, CDD was recognized by the Government of Bangladesh as one of the best organizations working on disability and development issues.
∎ CDD is accepting application for the position of Senior Liaison Officer and this position will be the functional lead of CDD Bhasharchar operation. This is a shared position under “Inclusive Emergency Assistance to Crisis-affected Rohingya Population in CXB and BC, Bangladesh” and “Integrated comprehensive support to persons with disabilities and vulnerable people while strengthening inclusion capacities of humanitarian actors” project of CDD, supported by Handicap International (HI). The duration of this position will be till December 2024.
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∎ Job Location: Bhasanchar but require to make field visits to any project location
∎ Job Responsibilities:
∎ The incumbent will be the lead of all Bhasan Char operation of CDD.
∎ S/he will be representing CDD at all necessary levels in Bhasan char. S/he will be representing CDD with and around all security agencies of Bhasan Char.
∎ S/he will carry out necessary liaison activity.
∎ S/he will engage in monthly debriefing meeting with Project Focal and Project Operation Managers of the operating projects at Bhasan Char.
∎ Responsible for all meeting conducted by The Additional Refugee Relief & Repatriation Commissioner, The Camp In Charge & other relevant authorities and stakeholders.
∎ S/he will maintain close contact with the Civil Surgeon’s Office in Noakhali, The Ministry of Health Representatives at the 20-bed Hospital & other health actors working in Bhasan Char. Responsible for all paperwork related to operation linked with the said actors.
∎ S/he will maintain regular communication with the UNHCR Health Focal in Bhasan Char.
∎ S/he will meet the Protection Focal and/or competent authority as assigned by UNHCR on a monthly basis to brief about the points in the protection monthly report.
∎ S/he will prepare and collate all sorts of report going from CDD to any competent authority in Bhasan Char.
∎ S/he will be the Key Information Focal of CDD in the entirety of Bhasan Char operations.
∎ S/he will maintain a positive and reciprocal communication approach with all other development actors concerned.
∎ S/he will prepare the periodic (namely weekly, monthly, quarterly & Bi-Yearly) reports for Bhasan Char and get them reviewed by the Project Operation Managers and confirmed by the Project Focal/Supervisor.
∎ S/he will be responsible for negotiating training opportunities from different sectors and healthy distribution of training opportunities among CDD staff.
∎ S/he will be responsible for designing ToR & facilitating management visits with the help and participation from the other team members.
∎ S/he will directly line manage a total of 4/5 staff.
∎ S/he will have a monthly work plan combinedly engaged in both UNHCR & GFFO Project.
∎ S/he will directly support the rehabilitation/ MHPSS activities at Bhasan Char when not engaged in administrative activities.
∎ S/he will be briefing the HI PMs on a monthly basis.
∎ Any other task assigned by Project Focal, and/or competent applicable authority.
Compensation & Other Benefits:
∎ T/A, Mobile bill, Weekly 2 holidays
Workplace:
∎ Work at office
Employment Status: Full Time, Contractual
Job Location: Noakhali
Read Before Apply: CDD respects rights and dignity of all human beings including children, women, older persons, all sex, indigenous community and persons with disabilities. CDD complies with its child and vulnerable adult safeguarding policy and code of conduct. All staff of CDD must sign and adhere to this code of conduct.Women, Persons with Disabilities and candidates from indigenous communities meeting the requirements are especially encouraged to apply.CDD reserves the right to initiate interviews and the selection process on a rolling basis with the aim of identifying an appropriate candidate as quickly as possible. Only short-listed candidates will be called for interview. All applications will be treated according to the merit and with strict confidentiality.You are cordially requested not to apply if the salary range, job location, contract duration and other terms and conditions mentioned in the advertisement does not match your expectation.CDD is an equal opportunity employer. Any form of personal persuasion, e-mail or phone call will result in disqualification of candidature.Selected candidates will have to go through a rigorous reference and background checking process
Company Information:
∎ Centre for Disability in Development (CDD)
∎ A-18/6, Genda, Savar, Dhaka-1340
∎ The Centre for Disability in Development (CDD) is a not for profit organization established in 1996 to develop a more inclusive society for persons with a disability. CDD`s mission is to address this by simultaneously educating the community in how to be more inclusive whilst also enabling persons with a disability to participate in society by providing them with essential supports. In this way persons with disabilities can be given the same rights, freedoms, dignity and quality of life as everyone else. CDD respects rights and dignity of all human beings including children, women and persons with disabilities . All staff members of CDD must sign a Child safeguarding Code of Conduct.
Address::
∎ A-18/6, Genda, Savar, Dhaka-1340
∎ The Centre for Disability in Development (CDD) is a not for profit organization established in 1996 to develop a more inclusive society for persons with a disability. CDD`s mission is to address this by simultaneously educating the community in how to be more inclusive whilst also enabling persons with a disability to participate in society by providing them with essential supports. In this way persons with disabilities can be given the same rights, freedoms, dignity and quality of life as everyone else. CDD respects rights and dignity of all human beings including children, women and persons with disabilities . All staff members of CDD must sign a Child safeguarding Code of Conduct.
Application Deadline: 27 Jan 2024
Category: NGO/Development
Source: bdjobs.com
Deadline Expired on 27th Jan 2024
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