Requirements

Additional Requirements

• The incumbent will be based in Bhashanchar.

Experience in working with:

• Gender and Girls’ Education based intervention
• Protection & inclusion related intervention.
• Working in humanitarian or refugee education programs

Intermediate (Practical application) Competency:

• Project Implementation Skill.
• Social Mobilization Skill
• Facilitation Skill
• Coordination/Advocacy/Networking/Communication Skill
• Monitoring, Reporting & Documentation
• Decision making
• Conflict resolution
• Leadership
• Problem solving
• Planning, analytical and organizational skills
• Strategic Management,
• Expected to adopt cultural Sensitivity
• Ability to work under pressure and manage workload effectively
• Supportive, effective and good team player
• Volunteer Management
• Expected to adopt cultural Sensitivity
• Willing to adapt to IRW’s norms and values

• IT Skill: Working knowledge/Proven Expertise of Microsoft Word/ Excel/Power Point.

• Language Skill: Must have proficiency in Chittagong language. Knowledge in sign language will added value.

Novice (Limited Experience) Competencies:

• Basic Photographic Skill
• Financial management
• Self-development.
  

  Responsibilities & Context

Gender mainstreaming in the FDMNs communities in the Bhsanchar-25%

• Lead efforts to mainstream gender considerations across all education programs and activities.
• Conduct gender assessments and analyses to identify gender-specific challenges and opportunities within the education sector.
• Develop and implement strategies to ensure gender-responsive curriculum, teaching methodologies, and school management practices.
• Collaborate with project field staffs and different community stakeholders to integrate gender equality principles into education program implementation and practices.

Targeted initiatives for Girls’ Education- 25%

• Develop and implement targeted initiatives to increase girls’ enrollment and retention in learning facilities.
• Identify barriers to girls’ education and design interventions to address these challenges in Rohingya camps context.
• Advocate for girls’ education within the refugee community and among humanitarian actors.
• Support the establishment of safe and conducive learning environments for girls.

Capacity Building and Training- 10%

• Provide training and capacity-building sessions for project staffs on gender-sensitive and girls’ education programming.
• Develop and contextualize training materials to build knowledge, capacity and awareness session on positive gender norms, importance of girl’s education and as per the need of the field, especially for female volunteers and religious leaders.
• Monitor and evaluate the impact of gender and girls’ education initiatives and make necessary adjustments.

Community engagement and consultation- 15%

• Develop agenda and key messages for the community engagement meetings and support the field staffs for successful conduction
• Identify and engage with key stakeholders within the community, including community leaders, elders, and women’s groups. Organize regular community meetings to provide updates on projects, gather feedback, and address concerns.
• Conduct focus group discussions with community members to delve deeper into specific issues and gather qualitative data. Administer surveys and questionnaires to collect quantitative data and measure community opinions.
• Ensure that all engagement efforts are culturally sensitive and respect local traditions and norms.
• Ensure effective communication by addressing language barriers and using appropriate communication channels.
• Collect quarterly reflection from community to improve the community engagement strategy.

Advocacy, Coordination and Collaboration-10%

• Collaborate with other women led organization, NGOs, and government bodies at camp level to ensure coordinated efforts in promoting girls’ education and gender equality.
• Participate in UNICEF all partner monthly gender meeting and work closely with UNICEF gender focal point to share the organizational progress, challenges and opportunities representing gender and girls’ education concerns.

Knowledge Management, Monitoring & Reporting-10%

• Work closely with information and data officer to track, compile and analyze data on gender
• Monitor children attendance, especially girls’ attendance, retention and participation in classes and provide regular reports to supervisors and stakeholders.
• Document best practices, success stories and lessons learned related to gender mainstreaming and girls’ education.

Others-5%

• Participate & involved with seasonal programs (Ramadan, Qurbani, Winterization, etc.) activities.
• Take initiatives to ensure the security of project staff and participants during the intervention.
• Willing and able to travel frequently for extended periods and to remote areas of the projects.
• Ensure the safety of team members from any harm, abuse, neglect, harassment, and exploitation to achieve the program’s goals on safeguarding implementation and as well as Act as a key source of support, guidance, and expertise on safeguarding for establishing a safe working environment.
• Being a member of Islamic Relief as a child-friendly organization, it is the core responsibility and obligation of each staff member to understand and obey the IR Child Protection & PSEA Policy and respond accordingly as and when required.
• Perform any other duties assigned by the Supervisor.

Compensation & Other Benefits