Requirements

Additional Requirements

Essential Competencies:

• Extensive experience in gender, protection, GBV, emergency context, disaster management sector.
• Practical knowledge in Project Implementation Skill, Social Mobilization Skill, Facilitation Skill & Reporting & Documentation.
• Excellent in Decision making, Conflict resolution, Leadership & Self-development.
• Proficient in case management with a strong awareness of cultural sensitivity.
• Problem solving & Planning, analytical and organizational skills.
• Ability to understand Strategic Management & Staff Management.
• Proven Expertise in Microsoft Word/Excel/PowerPoint and Basic Internet
• Excellent knowledge in Reading / Writing/Speaking/Listening in English & Bengali.
• Excellent Coordination/Advocacy/Networking/Communication Skills
• Ability to work under pressure and manage workload effectively.
• Disposition of a team player.

Desirable Competencies:

• Understand Monitoring & Evaluation, Basic Photographic & Financial management

Responsibilities & Context

Ensure equality, diversity, inclusion and protection across the projects of H&RP – 40%

• Conduct gender and inclusion analysis at the program outset and incorporate findings in work plan and baseline data for ongoing monitoring and learning purposes;
• Provide technical support for teams implementing protection programme in particular emergency response programme
• Develop and deliver training to program staff and relevant stakeholders on protection & inclusion-related issues, tools and approaches, and conduct awareness raising initiatives;
• Incorporate gender and inclusion approaches in all project activities, including research and data collection;
• Assist project teams in integrating gender, disability, intersectionality, protection and inclusion considerations into WaSH, food security ensuring that vulnerable groups have safe and dignified access to services.
• Monitor and record project activities to ensure compliance with protection standards, focusing on safeguarding children, women, the elderly, and people with disabilities.
• Organize and conduct regular sensitization sessions for project staff on protection, inclusion, and gender sensitivity to reinforce project alignment with cross-cutting issues.
• Provide technical input considering the gender, protection and inclusion lens into the design of WaSH and Shelter interventions to ensure they are accessible and safe for all rights holders, including people with disabilities and children with disabilities.
• Participate in field visits to assess the accessibility of shelter and sanitation facilities for persons with disabilities, observe, monitor and record the project interventions with the gender, protection and inclusion lens, share with relevant parties and ensure improvements where necessary.
• Establish and maintain a referral system for referring vulnerable individuals to specialized protection services, ensuring effective follow-up.
• Assist the project team in collecting age, gender, and disability-disaggregated data to better understand the needs of different groups and inform program decisions.
• Actively ensure that the project adheres to child safeguarding and PSEA (Prevention of Sexual Exploitation and Abuse) standards during all activities.

Capacity-building initiatives for project participants, key stakeholders and project staff at program level – 15%

• Facilitate training sessions for project staff on protection, gender, and inclusion, ensuring they understand how to integrate these into WaSH and Shelter activities.
• Organize awareness-raising sessions/workshops for key stakeholders, including local authorities and community leaders, on the importance of protection and inclusion.
• Capacity building of staff on safeguarding & PSEA to deliver awareness sessions with the rights holders
• Support the development of training materials and resources that promote gender, disability, and inclusion awareness among project participants.
• Conduct capacity-building sessions with community volunteers, focusing on identifying and addressing protection risks within their communities.
• Organize refresher trainings and follow-up workshops to ensure continuous learning and improvement in protection and inclusion practices.
• Provide orientation to volunteers, vendors, partners, data enumerators etc. on Safeguarding, PSEA and CFM.

Reporting and Documentation – 15%

• Lead to conduct gender analysis for each project and prepare a quality gender analysis report
• Prepare and submit timely reports on protection and inclusion activities, highlighting key achievements, challenges, and recommendations.
• Document best practices, case studies, and lessons learned related to protection and inclusion within the WaSH and Shelter project.
• Regularly update the protection and inclusion database, ensuring data is disaggregated by age, gender, and disability.
• Collaborate with the Safeguarding and protection unit and MEAL team to track and document the impact of protection and inclusion interventions on project outcomes. Assist to develop IEC material providing proper documents of protection and inclusion practices across the project.

Ensures effective communication and coordination with stakeholders – 20%

• Actively Participate in field-level meetings and working groups relevant to WaSH, Shelter, Protection and other relevant sectors.
• Maintain regular communication with project teams to ensure alignment on protection and inclusion activities in their respective project activities.
• Liaise with local authorities, community leaders, and other stakeholders to ensure inclusive practices are integrated into project activities.
• Support the dissemination of information on available protection services to community members, ensuring clear communication channels.
• Maintain consistent coordination with country protection inclusion and safeguarding team to make the humanitarian projects more protection and inclusion focused.
• Regular record keeping and report sharing of Safeguarding, PSEA, Gender, Protection and Inclusion activities with country safeguarding, protection and inclusion team.

Other Requirements – 5%

• Participate & involved with seasonal programs (Ramadan, Qurbani, Winterization etc.) activities ensuring that the seasonal programs are maintaining the protection and inclusion principles in the project implementation.
• Ensure that local purchases and expenditures are done as per Islamic Relief Bangladesh policy.
• Maintain the stock book, inventory and other essential registers properly and timely in an effective manner.
• Willing and able to travel frequently for extended periods and to remote areas of the projects.
• To ensure organizational visibility in different stages.
• Perform any other duties assigned by the Supervisor.

Compensation & Other Benefits