Job Vacancy Announcement

HELVETAS is an international organization, operating in around 30 countries in Africa, Asia, Latin America, and Eastern Europe in the domains of water & infrastructure, environment & climate change, rural economy, skill development & education, and governance & peace. In Bangladesh, HELVETAS supports the development of rural livelihoods and local governance through direct support to agriculture and has demonstrated experience in improving access to drinking water and reducing water-induced risks, including flood, erosion, and salinity targeting the extremely poor and disadvantaged. HELVETAS, in partnership with ACTED, is launching an emergency operation to respond to the Rohingya Refugee Crisis in the sector of Site Management and Disaster Risk Reduction in the Camps of the Kutupalong-Balukhali Expansion Site, Cox’s Bazar. 
HELVETAS/ACTED seeks to recruit:

  • Community Mobilization Assistant
  • Salaries will range between 57,000-59,000 BDT per month.

Selection criteria

  • 2-3 years of experience in team management is essential
  • Fluency in English (writing and speaking) and Chittagong local language (speaking) is a must
  • High level of competence with Microsoft Excel, Word, Powerpoint
  • Ability to conduct relevant information management and protection training for stakeholders
  • Ability to work independently and organize a team
  • Ability to translate various data and documentation from English to Bangla and vice versa
  • Excellent liaison and communication skills
  • Good knowledge of humanitarian principals

Education Requirements

The candidate must have the following educational degree 

  • Bachelor’s degree in any relevant subject.

Key Responsibilities

The Community Mobilization Assistant will be responsible for the following tasks:

Management of Community Groups

  • Together with UNHCR and under the supervision of the Senior Project Officer, take part in the design, planning, implementation, monitoring, and evaluation of the community group program activities.
  • Put in place structure and appropriate means to ensure Community Groups are accessible to all refugees according to the type of the groups such as men, women, or youth male & youth female.
  • Support community groups to be run by the group members in a way that enables the highest level of participation and engagement by members.
  • Draft Standard Operating Procedure (SOP) on documentation and filing and ensure a decent and secured filing and documentation system is in place in each camp with regular monitoring on compliance to the SOP.

Administration

  • Identify, secure and manage space for the community group, training, daily meeting, and other activities conducted by a community group.
  • Facilitate keeping attendance sheet, community groups records, volunteer information, service projects inputs procurement, receive, issue, stock and use plan, warehouse information, reports records, and communication records.
  • Practice papers and documents as per the guidance of the AAB program unit to ensure payment of service projects, support costs, and other programmatic costs as per the guidance of the community group. Follow the AAB Rules and Regulations.
  • Ensure proper planning is in place and the community group needs in terms of material supports (equipment, gear, stationery, visibility materials) are met promptly.
  • Ensure that the program and community group are equipped with the equipment (laptop, desks, stationery, documentation, etc.) and utilities needed to perform work. Regularly update operation progress to the Senior Project Officer.
  • Together with community group members, the other team and CBP partners identify gaps in knowledge, skills, and required attitudes of the community group and design and facilitate learning/self-development; activities/organize support to improve the community group performance.
  • Train and coach community groups on identified learning needs.

Reporting & Information sharing:

  • Ensure the community group teams are kept abreast of information related to services and relevant actors in the camp.
  • Attend coordination meetings, share and respond to questions related to the community group program and report back key issues/matters that concern the program.
  • Ensure dissemination of information by CBP and other service providers to the community group and their supervisors ensuring that they have relevant, up-to-date information necessary to perform their duties.
  • Regularly review the information collection and referral forms, assess the quality of information obtained, adhere to standards and procedures, address gaps and provide feedback to the volunteers and their supervisors.
  • Collate, review and submit timely and accurate reports on the following:
  • Daily community group activities, types of persons with specific needs identified, actions and recommendations made by the community group
  • A weekly summary of the activities of the community group
  • Detail of specific needs cases under monitoring, actions/measures taken, and outcome
  • Community group basic profile (personal information and training record) and changes in the number of community group members in each camp
  • Daily/Weekly/Biweekly/Monthly report on protection concerns of refugee communities/groups raised by the community group
  • Types and nature of community-based solutions identified by the community group and/or members of the refugee communities

Other

  • Ensure the safety of team members from any harm, abuse, neglect, harassment, and exploitation to achieve the program’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 if any reportable incident occurs, and encourage others to do so.

Code of Conduct

All staff is required to abide by and observe:

  • NGO child protection policy
  • NGO code of conduct
  • NGO anti-terrorism policy
  • NGO Data Protection policy
  • Non-discrimination policy
  • Transparency, integrity, and accountability
  • Good will and positive attitude in the accomplishment of his/her tasks
  • Cooperative attitude in interactions with NGO staff and the camp population
  • Promotion of and adherence to Prevention of Sexual Exploitation and Abuse principles and guidelines
  • Confidentiality

Line Management

The Community Mobilization Assistant will report to and operate under the supervision of the Senior Project Officer (COM).

To apply

Interested and motivated candidates must submit a CV and cover letter to apply for this position by June 18, 2022. Applications can be submitted by e-mail to: actedbgd.hr2@gmail.com.
Please write at the top of your application “Application for Community Mobilization Assistant.” Ensure a working phone number is included in the application. Shortlisted candidates will be notified by phone. Please be aware that application materials are not returnable.

Female candidates are strongly encouraged to apply