Title: Youth Development Officer
Company Name: ActionAid Bangladesh
Vacancy: 2
Job Location: Cox's Bazar (Ukhia)
Employment Status: Contractual
Educational Requirements:
∎ Graduate in Social Science. Experience in the similar sector will also be considered favourably.
∎ Specialized training in non-formal and/or technical vocational education or related or similar fields would be an advantage.
Experience Requirements:
∎ At least 2 year(s)
Job Context:
∎ Project: Prevention and Response to Violence against Children and Women in Rohingya Camps and Host communities project funded by UNICEF (PhaseV)
∎ Types of contract : Fixed term contract
∎ Duration of contact: Up to 09 May 2023 (if not extended)
∎ The position will support building the youth`s capacity, monitoring progress, identifying gaps, and providing handholding support in implementing the youth development program at Youth Development Centre in refugee camps. S/he will be responsible for providing technical support, supervision, and ongoing capacity building to partners/officers based in sites to ensure that programme agenda and youth development programme are implemented in line with donor curricula, and guidelines, and are adapted in consideration of the local context.
Job Responsibilities:
∎ Facilitate Awareness and Training Sessions:
∎ Organize and conduct youth development training, awareness sessions and skill development for youth.
∎ Prepare session and activities plan to achieve project target.
∎ Maintain attendance and register for the daily session.
∎ Identify ways to optimize the engagement of young people.
∎ Explore life skills opportunities for Youth and engaged them in life skill activities.
∎ Planning and Monitoring of Youth Development Progamme:
∎ Play role as Youth Centre in-charge and supervise community mobiliser and support staff.
∎ Contribute to the planning of youth development programme.
∎ Monitor program progress against both programmatic and budgetary targets, adjusting programme design as necessary.
∎ Reporting and Other Support Services:
∎ Prepare monthly Youth Centre activity report.
∎ Contribute to programmatic reports as per need.
∎ Submit a case study per month.
∎ Manage all essential data and information.
∎ Assist Programme officer in providing timely logistical support for upkeeping Youth Centre, Sports and other recreational activities and training.
∎ Support sports and recreational officers in implementing the workplan.
∎ Support community mobilisers in preparing monthly action plan and report.
∎ Relationships:
∎ Youth Development Officer will report to Programme Officer - GBV.
Additional Requirements:
∎ Minimum 2 years of experience with vulnerable/marginalized populations
∎ Proficiency in the local language will be an advantage.
∎ Capacity for coordination and Networking. Excellent social skills.
∎ Excellent spoken and written English language skills
∎ Gender sensitive and familiar with humanitarian principles, Human Rights Based Approach
∎ Able to take decisions in a timely manner, prioritize and multi-task seamlessly.
∎ Ability to work under extreme pressure and meet deadlines.
∎ Team player with experience in multi-cultural and multi-ethnic environments.
∎ Data management, Proficient with MS office suite
Salary:
∎ Competitive salary with other admissible benefits such as mobile & internet allowance, medical benefit, group life insurance etc
Job Source: Bdjobs.com Online Job Posting.
Application Deadline: 4 Jun 2022
Company Information:
∎ 26 May 2022
∎ ActionAid Bangladesh
∎ Business : ActionAid is an international anti-poverty agency working in over 40 countries, taking sides with poor people to end poverty and injustice together.
Category: NGO/Development
Source: bdjobs.com