Location: Head Office
Date Posted: February 10, 2025
Last Date of Application: February 22, 2025
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.
The BRAC Climate Change Programme (CCP) supports communities to develop their capacity to adapt to climate change and improve their resilience to climate change, as well as supporting communities and organisations to reduce their climate change impact. Eager to make a difference and help communities to tackle climate change? Work with us to protect resources, improving quality of life and raise awareness, while providing people with access to the tools and knowledge to adapt and respond to adverse climatic impacts and adopt sustainable practices. 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.
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.
The “Rain for Life” initiative draws on insights from BRAC’s Danish Ministry of Foreign Affairs-funded rainwater collection project in Mongla and responds to the needs of local populations. By the end of 2027, it is anticipated that 30% of the climate-affected population in Assasuni, Mongla, and Patharghata upazilas will achieve improved resilience through this initiative.
The project primarily addresses the drinking water crisis faced by communities in climate-vulnerable coastal areas. It also aims to empower farmers to adopt climate-resilient methods for crop cultivation, fisheries, and livestock production. Additionally, the initiative will strengthen environmental resilience through biodiversity and nature conservation efforts, while raising awareness at local, national, and international levels about water accessibility challenges faced by communities at risk from climate change.
“Rain for Life” exemplifies the enduring bilateral partnership between Denmark and Bangladesh in tackling climate change challenges. The initiative seeks to build a sustainable and resilient future for vulnerable communities.
Job Purpose
The purpose of this position is to contribute to the strategic direction of adaptation actions and climate justice initiatives within Rain for Life (Integrated Climate Adaptive Water and Agricultural Solution for Community and Ecosystem Resilience in Bangladesh’s coastal zone) Project as well as the Climate Change Programme. This includes advancing equitable and innovative adaptation solutions, promoting climate justice for vulnerable and marginalized communities, and integrating these principles across BRAC’s programmes and advocacy efforts. The role aims to enhance organizational influence in global and national climate adaptation discourse while ensuring the alignment of BRAC’s actions with principles of equity, resilience, and sustainability.
Key Responsibilities
- Develop adaptation strategies and frameworks that prioritize climate justice and equity, ensuring alignment with global and national frameworks such as the National Adaptation Plan and international commitments under the UNFCCC.
- Integrating LLA principals into BRAC to establish BRAC as a major locally led adaptation actor on a national and international scale.
- Track global and national trends in climate adaptation and justice to inform the programme strategies.
- Document best practices and lessons learned from BRAC’s adaptation initiatives and share insights to enhance programme effectiveness.
- Partnership management and negotiations as required for programme.
- In collaboration with CCP and other relevant BRAC Programmes, provide clarity on climate finance instrument-related international and national issues in terms of analysis, replicability, and defining criteria in relation to organizational climate outcome and output indicators.
- Provide inputs/ contribute to the development of funding proposals and prepare periodic reporting on Adaptation and Mitigation work (AdMit)
- Assist in the updating and development of strategies and policies to optimize BRAC adaptation and mitigation actions.
- Build organizational awareness on the intersections of adaptation, equity, and justice, ensuring they are embedded across all activities.
- Represent BRAC in multilateral dialogues and partnerships to strengthen its position as a thought leader in adaptation and justice.
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
• Computer Literacy (MS-Word, Excel, PowerPoint etc.)
• Excellent speaking and writing skills both in Bangla and English
• Proposal and report writing
• Networking skills
• Environment, Climate Change, Disaster Management
• DRR and CCA
• Policy Analysis
• Team building and leading capacity and ability to work under pressure and deadline
• Flexible to face new challenges
• Analytical thinking, decision making
• Gender Sensitivity
• People Management
• Donor Coordination
Educational Requirements
Master in Environmental and Climate Science/ Agriculture/ Development Studies or any relevant discipline
Experience Requirements
Minimum 06 years of working experience. Work experience should majorly include experience in the field of Climate Change or any relevant field.
Benefits
Festival Bonus, Health and Life Insurance,and others as per policy.
