Christian Aid

Annual Salary: BDT 2,033,210. 00 gross per annum + medical reimbursement, provident fund, life and medical insurance.
Location: Global
Contract Status: Fixed Term
Duration: 12 Months
Closing date: 20 January 2025

Christian Aid exists to create a world where everyone can live a full life, free from poverty. We are a global movement of people, churches and local organisations who passionately champion dignity, equality and justice worldwide. We are the changemakers, the peacemakers, the mighty of heart. Christian Aid is a UK based organization partnering with others to end poverty in Bangladesh. At the heart of this vision is transformation of the lives of people who live in poverty, empowering them to have a brighter future. With a diversity of contexts, cultures and practices, combined with a highly varied portfolio of programmes offers an enriching opportunity for a mid-level humanitarian professional to contribute their expertise to eradicating poverty and fighting social injustice.

Are you an experienced HR professional with a passion for fostering workplace culture and driving meaningful transformation? We are seeking a Senior People Advisor to join our team in the People & Workplace Culture (P&WC) workstream.
In this pivotal role, you will provide expert HR support across a range of strategic and operational activities, ensuring the seamless delivery of the P&WC workstream plan. You will collaborate with diverse teams, stakeholders, and leaders to support critical initiatives, including:

Re-designing culture to align with Christian Aid values
Refining values-based behaviors
Support and deliver people restructure processes (planning, consultation, selection, redundancy, onboarding).
Supporting key HR processes, such as the Global Reward Programme and comprehensive policy reviews.
Facilitating talent identification and capacity mapping to support organisational change.
Managing legal advice related to people aspects of the transformation programme.
Contributing to the Organisation Design workstream.
Identifying and mitigating people-related risks within the programme.

This role is integral to ensuring collaborative and joined-up activity across the organisation, supporting the delivery of impactful people-focused outcomes

You bring a wealth of HR expertise, backed by a Level 5 CIPD qualification (or equivalent) or relevant experience. With a strong foundation in employment law, applying HR policy, and best practices, you excel at guiding managers and employees through change processes.

Project management and delivery in complex settings.
Supervising staff and contributing proactively to team success.
Exceptional communication, coaching, and interpersonal abilities, enabling you to build trust and engagement.

This role is a national position and requires applicants to have the right to work in the country where this position is based.

We value diversity and aspire to reflect this in its workforce. We welcome applications from people from all sections of the community, irrespective of race, colour, gender, age, disability, sexual orientation, religion or belief.

Christian Aid is committed to providing a safe and trusted environment for every person connected to the work we do; and to preventing any type of unwanted behaviour including sexual harassment and exploitation, abuse, and financial misconduct. Any candidate offered a job with Christian Aid is expected to share and demonstrate our values and adhere to Christian Aid’s Safeguarding policy and sign Christian Aid’s Code of Conduct.

You can expect a wide range of rewards and benefits, including a generous holiday allowance, and flexibility that will ensure you enjoy a good work/life balance. Terms and conditions will vary depending on the location.

Interested candidates are requested to complete the online application form and a supporting statement expressing their interest and suitability in the role by or before 20 January 2025. For queries related to the online applications please contact us on: bangladesh-jobs@christian-aid.org

Please note CVs via email will not be accepted. Only short-listed candidates will be contacted. If you have not been contacted by March 30, 2025, please assume your application was unsuccessful.