- Location: Saidpur Upazila, Nilphamari
- Date Posted: October 26, 2023
- Last Date of Application: November 1, 2023
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.
BRAC Urban Development Programme (UDP) envisions cities and human settlements which are safe, resilient, inclusive and sustainable. We implement tailored interventions to reach this goal, such as building low-cost climate-resilient housing, empowering workers in the ready-made garment sector, raising community fire prevention awareness and advocating with the local and national governments for inclusive, pro-poor, urban planning and governance. Join the UDP team to create models for better urban spaces across Bangladesh and be part of a team making cities into places where everyone living in them can thrive. 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.
JOB PURPOSE
Work as the field operation unit, coordinating all the UDP interventions in the regional level; guide and supervise field coordinators; ensure strong communication exchange between the field level and HO; maintain strong liaison and networking with the concerned BRAC programmes, NGO’s and government agencies.
KEY RESPONSIBILITIES
- Ensure all programmatic targets like; community mobilization, CAP implementation, WASH interventions like drainage network, community toilet, school sanitation block, tube-wel setup waste management, facial sludge management plant.
- Select and design the most appropriate form of water and sanitation system (to include excreta disposal, vector control, solid waste disposal, drainage, facial sludge, pure drinking water) taking into full account the local conditions, resources, customs and cultural norms.
- Ensure the consideration of cross cutting areas such as gender, protection, DRR and sustainability within all WASH interventions, also considering the importance of integration with other sectors such as health and nutrition.
- Network and liaison with Mayor, councilor’s, city/municipality authority for ensuring coordinated service delivery.
- Organise and manage regular team meetings with field staffs, informal catch up meetings and external meetings as necessary and to ensure meeting notes and action points are distributed to deadline.
- Guide and supervise Field Coordinators to ensure all regional level targets are met according to annual plan. Monitor progress of the project and ensure smooth field delivery of the activities.
- Identify, plan and organise capacity development trainings/workshops of the field staffs (urban development).
SAFEGUARDING RESPONSIBILITIES
- Ensure the safety of Programme Participants, people who come into contact with the organisation and team members from any harm, abuse, neglect, harassment and exploitation including sexual exploitation and abuse (SEA) to achieve the programme’s goals of safeguarding implementation. Act as a key source of support, guidance and expertise on safeguarding for establishing a safe working environment.
- Practice, promote and endorse the issues of safeguarding policy among team members and ensure the implementation of safeguarding standards in every course of action.
- Follow the safeguarding reporting procedure in case any reportable incident takes place and encourage others to do so.
ADDITIONAL JOB REQUIREMENTS
- Excellent communication, presentation, organisation and negotiation skills.
- Skill in documentation, facilitation & reporting.
- Strong analytical skills, be gender sensitive, and possess a proven track record of working successfully in a variety of cultural contexts.
- Awareness of political processes and protocols.
- Demonstrated ability to successfully manage large scale and complex projects.
- Current national and global development trends related to urban poverty and urban development.
- Competence in analyzing the social and gender dynamics within urban set up.
- Community organising and social mobilization.
EDUCATIONAL REQUIREMENTS
Masters in any discipline from any recognised university.
EXPERIENCE REQUIREMENTS
Minimum 5 years’ of working experience with NGOs or international development organization and at least 3 years’ of experience in the urban WASH project or programme is mandatory.
BENEFITS
Festival Bonus, Health and Life Insurance and others as per policy.
