Job Description

Title: Technical Expert, Self-Employment

Company Name: Dhaka Ahsania Mission

Vacancy: 01

Job Location: Jhenaidah

Employment Status: Full-time, Contractual

Educational Requirements:
∎ Post-Graduate/Graduate in Social Sciences/Developmental Studies/Engineering or any other relevant discipline from a reputed institution.

Experience Requirements:
∎ At least 3 year(s)

Job Context:
∎ Dhaka Ahsania Mission (DAM) is a non-government development organization founded in 1958 by Khan BahadurAhsanullah, an eminent educationist, reformer, and Sufi with the aim of social and spiritual development of entire human community. DAM has been contributing for the betterment of the disadvantaged population through operating 35 institutions and also 8 sectors of development. Rights & Governance (R&G) is considered as one of the cross-cutting sectors of DAM dedicated toward the right-based developmental approach. R&G Sector is flourishing through its multidimensional projects & institutes based upon rights oriented causes.
∎ "ASHSHASH (Phase-II) is a project of WINROCK International which is implemented by DAM through a partnership agreement. The Ashshash (Phase-II) is funded by the Embassy of Switzerland in Bangladesh through WINROCK International. The main objective of the project is to ensure that "women and men who have escaped trafficking will restore their dignity and well-being and become self-sufficient". The survivors will be provided psychosocial counselling support along with other social services and facilitated opportunities for skill-development and entrepreneurship training. Upon completion of the training survivors will be placed in either wage-based and or self-employment. Furthermore, Ashshash will reach people in the project`s working areas; either directly or indirectly, through awareness-raising activities on factors that make people vulnerable to human trafficking, and to ensure the prevention of human trafficking.
∎ Dhaka Ahsania Mission (DAM) is looking for suitable candidate for an immediate appointment as well as to prepare a panel list for the different position for ASHSHASH Phase-II project under Jhenaidah District.
∎ Job Location: Jhenaidah District.
∎ Job Nature : Full-time, Contractual
∎ Reporting to : Case Manager (Economic Development)
∎ Job Duration : Project Period
∎ The details of the position including job responsibilities, educational qualification and other qualities /competency required for the above position are given below for your information:

Job Responsibilities:
∎ Demonstrate complete understanding on the factors and criteria (within local contexts and as per WI's guideline) based on which potential human trafficking survivors will be identified and enrolled with the project;
∎ Ensure timely and high-quality implementation of economic empowerment activities according to the approved document and plan;
∎ Ensure comprehensive career counselling session to each survivor with the support of social services team to develop their economic empowerment plan;
∎ Provide entrepreneurship development training to the selected survivors using Ashshash development training modules;
∎ Develop business plan and ensure business attachment training in the local areas to each survivor.
∎ Provide Business Development Services (BDS) to each survivor, that includes linkage with backward and forward market, linkage with banks offering low interest credits lines and ensuring access to finance, production skills, etc. to develop sustainable enterprise;
∎ Arrange entrepreneurs conference/Trade fair in district and national level engaging establish buyers and others related stakeholders;
∎ Ensure 6-month follow-up support to each employed survivor to retain in the business through counselling, guidance, coaching, etc.
∎ Engage with the employers, sector experts, financial institutions and other private sector stakeholders to devise and facilitate the execution of training and employment in line with program goals;
∎ Demonstrate knowledge and understanding to develop the capacities of local institutions that will provide direct and indirect support-services to the survivors, if need be;
∎ Identify and map opportunities for other forms of income-generation within the working areas, based on the contexts/demands of the areas, and skillsets and qualifications of the survivors;
∎ Demonstrate sensitivity towards the survivor's trafficking contexts, gender-specific issues, and residual trauma, when communicating with the survivors;
∎ Demonstrate the ability to develop close interpersonal relationships with each survivor, in a case-sensitive manner;
∎ Demonstrate the ability to uphold Winrock International's 'Code of Conduct' and 'Do No Harm' policy, whilst working directly with the survivors to ensure their successful reintegration;
∎ Demonstrate the ability to uphold confidentiality of information when working with each survivor;
∎ Ability to support the SRPs and WI Ashshash's program teams with detailed information on each survivor, their contexts, and preferences;
∎ Ability to maintain detailed case-systems for each survivor (i.e. case studies) to make and publish reports, and support the WI program teams with prompt assessment of survivors' contexts;
∎ Provide support to ensure baseline, mid-line, and final evaluations are conducted accurately, considering Winrock International's and the donor's requirements; and
∎ Other duties, as assigned.
∎ Required Languages: Strong written and oral command in English/Bangle is required.

Additional Requirements:
∎ Age at most 45 years
∎ Age at most 45 years (Flexible for highly experienced candidates)
∎ Minimum three (03) years of practical experiences in managing economic empowerment through sustainable enterprise development for vulnerable groups/communities at grass roots-levels;
∎ Experience with entrepreneurship development training, business development services and self-employment support to the vulnerable beneficiaries.
∎ Experience with detailed case management systems and reintegration services for human trafficking survivors, or vulnerable and at-risk groups;
∎ Experience with the detailed documentation of providing social and economic support-services to trafficking survivors or vulnerable and at-risk groups, and detailed reporting mechanisms;
∎ Knowledge on case management or management systems from donor-centric organizations will be an added preference;
∎ Knowledge on Monitoring and Evaluation frameworks from donor-centric organizations will be an added preference;
∎ Demonstrate positive attitude and sensitivity to support vulnerable and at-risk groups, and communities;
∎ Strong understanding of gender and diversity issues;
∎ Demonstrate strong interpersonal communication skills; and
∎ Basic computer proficiency: i.e. MS Office, database management, coordination via email, project-specific management information systems, etc.

Salary:
∎ 28,000 BDT (consolidated) per month (Yearly 4% inflation)

Compensation & Other Benefits:
∎ Festival / Prorata Bonus : As per organizational policy

Job Source: Bdjobs.com Online Job Posting.

Application Deadline: 7 Dec 2023

Company Information:
∎ 29 Nov 2023
∎ Dhaka Ahsania Mission
∎ Address : House # 19, Road # 12 (New), Dhanmondi R/A, Dhaka-1209.
∎ Business : Dhaka Ahsania Mission (DAM) is a large well-known NGO established in 1958 and works in the fields of education, livelihood, health and human rights thus serves the disadvantaged groups of population towards their improved living.

Category: NGO/Development

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