Senior Technical Officer, Settlement Planning, Shelter, HCMP

Job Description

Title: Senior Technical Officer, Settlement Planning, Shelter, HCMP

Company Name: BRAC

Vacancy: --

Location: Cox's Bazar (Ukhia)

Salary: Negotiable

Experience:
∎ At least 2 years
∎ The applicants should have experience in the following business area(s):NGO, Development Agency

Published: 7 May 2025

Requirements:

Responsibilities & Context:
∎ Assist in development of guidelines for camp re-planning, including zoning and land-use principles.
∎ Collect field data and prepare detailed land-type zoning maps and block-level site plans.
∎ Plan rationalized facility distribution, ensuring equitable access to services.
∎ Integrate fire safety, drainage networks, and re-greening measures into site designs.
∎ Collaborate with UNHCR, Shelter-CCCM Sector, and other stakeholders to align plans with sectoral guidelines and community needs.
∎ Participate in workshops, meetings, and field visits to gather input and validate designs.
∎ Collect required field level data with field movement at camp level and conduct site assessments to understand topography, hazards, and settlement dynamics.
∎ Collect and analyze data to assist Deputy Manager, Site Planning to take informed decisions.
∎ Prepare structured plans detailing land use, accessibility, communal spaces, and hazard mitigation strategies.
∎ Maintain accurate records and provide regular progress updates to supervisor.
∎ Any other relevant task provided by the supervisor based on project needs.
∎ Ensure the safety of programme participants, individuals who come into contact with the organization, and team members from any harm, abuse, neglect, harassment, and exploitation, including sexual exploitation and abuse (SEA), in order to achieve the programme's safeguarding goals. Act as a key source of support, guidance, and expertise on safeguarding to establish a safe working environment.
∎ Practice, promote, and endorse the safeguarding policy among team members, ensuring the implementation of safeguarding standards in all actions.
∎ Follow the safeguarding reporting procedures in the event of any reportable incidents and encourage others to do the same.
∎ This position will lead the development of site plans for refugee camps in Cox's Bazar, focusing on optimizing land use, improving safety, and ensuring equitable access to services. The role involves site assessments, stakeholder coordination, and the creation of detailed land-use plans to address overcrowding and environmental hazards. This position is critical for sustainable camp management and enhanced refugee well-being.
∎ Site Planning and Design:
∎ Assist in development of guidelines for camp re-planning, including zoning and land-use principles.
∎ Collect field data and prepare detailed land-type zoning maps and block-level site plans.
∎ Plan rationalized facility distribution, ensuring equitable access to services.
∎ Integrate fire safety, drainage networks, and re-greening measures into site designs.
∎ Stakeholder Coordination:
∎ Collaborate with UNHCR, Shelter-CCCM Sector, and other stakeholders to align plans with sectoral guidelines and community needs.
∎ Participate in workshops, meetings, and field visits to gather input and validate designs.
∎ Field Assessment:
∎ Collect required field level data with field movement at camp level and conduct site assessments to understand topography, hazards, and settlement dynamics.
∎ Collect and analyze data to assist Deputy Manager, Site Planning to take informed decisions.
∎ Documentation and Reporting:
∎ Prepare structured plans detailing land use, accessibility, communal spaces, and hazard mitigation strategies.
∎ Maintain accurate records and provide regular progress updates to supervisor.
∎ Any other relevant task provided by the supervisor based on project needs.
∎ Safeguarding:
∎ Ensure the safety of programme participants, individuals who come into contact with the organization, and team members from any harm, abuse, neglect, harassment, and exploitation, including sexual exploitation and abuse (SEA), in order to achieve the programme's safeguarding goals. Act as a key source of support, guidance, and expertise on safeguarding to establish a safe working environment.
∎ Practice, promote, and endorse the safeguarding policy among team members, ensuring the implementation of safeguarding standards in all actions.
∎ Follow the safeguarding reporting procedures in the event of any reportable incidents and encourage others to do the same.
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Compensation & Other Benefits:
∎ Festival Bonus, Health & Life Insurance, Paternity/ Maternity leave and others as per Organisation policy.

Workplace:
∎ Work at office

Employment Status: Contractual

Job Location: Cox's Bazar (Ukhia)

Read Before Apply:

BRAC believes that everyone we work with including our staff, programme 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.

Company Information:
∎ BRAC
∎ BRAC 75 Mohakhali, Dhaka-1212, Bangladesh
∎ brac is an international development organisation founded in Bangladesh that partners with over 100 million people living with inequality and poverty globally to create sustainable opportunities to realise potential.
Working at brac is not like any other job. It is a platform where you can bring about real change for people who need it the most. We are not just dreaming of a better world, we are building it. Join us to find the way.

Address::
∎ BRAC 75 Mohakhali, Dhaka-1212, Bangladesh
∎ brac is an international development organisation founded in Bangladesh that partners with over 100 million people living with inequality and poverty globally to create sustainable opportunities to realise potential.Working at brac is not like any other job. It is a platform where you can bring about real change for people who need it the most. We are not just dreaming of a better world, we are building it. Join us to find the way.

Application Deadline: 14 May 2025

Category: NGO/Development