Concerned Women for Family Development (CWFD)

CWFD emerged from an emotional response to help women in need of reproductive health care counseling. The organization, originally named as “Concerned Women for Family Planning (CWFP), started its voluntary activities in 1974 to help the refuge coming to Dhaka city after the devastating famine of 1974. The organization was registered in 1975 with Directorate of Social welfare and formally launched its project activities in 1976 with only 5 female staff to cover an area of Dhaka city slum comprising around 50,000 people. For more information, please visit our website www.cwfd.org

Vision Statement: Empower women, youths and adolescents to achieve gender equality and social justice within family and society.

Mission Statement: CWFD is a non-political, non-profit voluntary organization run by women of Bangladesh to support, promote and protect the interest of women in Bangladesh by providing community-based health care, empower community to exercise their rights to eliminate social injustice, creating economic opportunities, empower under privileged youth of urban and rural population and develop human resources for a positive social change. 

Expected Programme Output(s): Adolescents and youth will have increased access to gender-transformative, SRHR life skills and lifesaving awareness-raising with specific focus on prevention of child marriage.

Programme background: Concerned Women for Family Development will receive funds from United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) to implement Adolescents and Youth Programme. This programme aims to provide adolescents with access to information and services that strengthen their ability to make informed decisions about their sexual and reproductive health and protect their wellbeing.  Gender specific, GBV focused, structured, short-term life skills education programme (Girl Shine) will be delivered to adolescents and young women ages (10-19 years). Mental health, healthy coping strategies and psychosocial support will be prioritized through these activities. Specific focus will be given to adolescent girls who are at risk of and are affected by child and forced marriages. Adolescent girls and young women will be provided with tailored menstrual hygiene kits and education on menstrual health management. The latter will focus on overcoming taboos in regards to menstrual health and challenge social and gender barriers such as imposing movement restrictions for menstruating girls. UNFPA will also ensure that life skills sessions are delivered to adolescent boys through the Champions of Change (CoC) curriculum.

CWFD also implements a national humanitarian programme with funding support from UNFPA. As part of this, CWFD is working with UNFPA to implement the national humanitarian response, the A&Y unit received funds which will be implemented in the Noakhali District titled: “Urgent Support to Women and Girls in  Noakhali District and Bhasan Char (Island): Sexual and Reproductive Health and Gender Based Violence prevention and response service”

Along with strengthening community awareness, UNFPA will work on increasing the motivation of parents and older adolescent girls in preventing child marriage. Incentives will be provided to the households of older adolescent girls as a means of continued motivation for preventing this harmful practice against girls. Furthermore, Kishori (adolescent girls) Resource Centre will be established in Noakhali district to organize adolescent girl’s empowerment trainings, support local government to prevent child marriage, and conduct behavior change communication activities. Girls who are already married will be supported through SRHR services to help them avoid early and repeated pregnancy.

Name of the position: M&E and Documentation Officer-Humanitarian on contract basis

Potential female candidates are encouraged to apply.

No. of Vacancies:  01 (Male/Female)

Duty station: Dhaka

Job Duration: Up to 31 December 2023 and maybe extended depending on availability of fund.

Job Summary: The M&E and Documentation Officer is responsible to support smooth implementation of the A&Y Programme activities by proper M&E and Documentation an effective reporting system. He/she will work under the direct supervision of the Project Coordinator of CWFD. In addition, s/he needs to maintain close contact with the Technical Officers. His/her place of posting will be at the CWFD Headquarter, Dhaka. He/she will spend around 50% time in the field.
Responsibilities and Tasks:

Responsibilities Tasks

Monitoring, evaluation, data management,

  • M&E and Documentation Officer will act as the focal point of M&E and Documentation activity of the project. S/he will be responsible for process and progress monitoring at the field level.
  • M&E and Documentation Officer will be responsible to tracking the monitoring system for the project activities through developing monitoring tools for the project. 
  • M&E and Documentation Officer will be responsible for all monitoring data management in both soft and hard forms. S/he will be responsible for data collection from the field and preparing monthly and quarterly progress report maintaining the time line of UNFPA.

Collect case studies and document those.

  • M&E and Documentation Officer will orient Technical Officers how to collect information and write case studies.
  • S/he will document all important case studies of the project for sharing with UNFPA.
  • Take preparation for video making that focuses towards achievements of the project.

Preparing different project reports

  • Keep all project related information in a way that any information could be provided at any time as per the need of the management.
  • Prepare periodical narrative and formative reports on project’s achievements, especially highlighting the learnings and challenges.
  • Prepare reports on various project events just after the completion of the event.
  • Prepare success stories and case studies of the project.

Documentation and reporting

  • Will be responsible for producing the analysis of reports as per schedule/project documents and assist Project Coordinator and to ensure the same.
  • Prepare monthly DC office report maintaining all the compliance of DC office.  
  • Will assist DMS to prepare monthly, quarterly and annual reports of the project, following the instructions and guideline provided by donor agency
  • Will do assessment of each training
  • Will attend training sessions and monitor the training programs and report to the management for further improvement
  • Will take lead role in case of any survey/study in the project, evaluation for the project and similar activities of the project.
  • Collect all the relevant good practices of the project activities and document through photographs and narrative reports.

Qualifications & Competencies: Post graduate from any recognized university preferably in statistics. At least 3 years’ experience in the field of Monitoring and Evaluation. Sound knowledge on Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights and experienced in presenting project status in the high level meeting and workshop with the donors; GO & NGO officials; innovative, dynamic, hardworking and have good interpersonal relationship and ability to work in a team; experienced in communication, liaison and collaborating with the GO/NGO officials; have knowledge about budget preparation, monitoring of expenses, report preparation at the different stage of the project; good knowledge on monitoring and evaluation activities, good communication skill in English and Bengali; good knowledge on staff supervision, good skills in computer operation especially with MS-Word, power point and spread sheet, internet and email applications; willing to work under pressure situation and interested to visit the remote areas of Bangladesh.

Communication and Language Proficiency: Must be strong in independent communication in English and using internet and social media.

Monthly Salary:  BDT 50,000-58,579/- per month (including all other benefits).

Line of responsibility: The M&E and Documentation Officer-Humanitarian is directly reportable to the Head of Adolescent and Youth Programme.

Zero tolerance:

CWFD will adhere to the zero-tolerance policy or position and culture against all forms of abuses including sexual exploitation and abuse, torture, bullying etc. Each matter will be taken into full consideration and immediate action will be taken. Everyone in the organization, regardless of rank or position, will be held equally accountable.

Application Instruction: Please send soft copies of your CV with photo, cover letter addressed to the Executive Director, Concerned Women for Family Development (CWFD), House- 16 & 18, Road-01, Block-E, Banasree Housing Society, Rampura, Dhaka-1219. Please send your CV to this address recruitmentgb2.cwfd@gmail.com

Application Deadline: 07 November 2023

Interview Date: Probable interview date is 12 November 2023 in CWFD Headquarter, Dhaka. Only short-listed candidates will be contacted about date and time through e-mail/over cell phone.