Job Description

Name of Position: Training and Capacity Building Expert  

Reporting to: Deputy Programme Director

Functional Relationship: Programme Director, Training Officer and other technical and field staff of the Programme.

Staff Category: Project Based (MIPS)                                                                                         


Place of posting: Dhaka (50% field)

Organization Profile:

The Hunger Project (THP) is a global non-profit organization whose mission is to end hunger and poverty by pioneering sustainable, grassroots, women-centered strategies and advocating for their widespread adoption in countries throughout the world. We operate in 22 countries and have mobilized hundreds of thousands of volunteer leaders worldwide. Our programs throughout Africa, South Asia and Latin America are based on an innovative, holistic approach, which empowers women and men living in rural villages to become the agents of their own development and make sustainable progress in overcoming hunger and poverty.

The Hunger Project Bangladesh:

The Hunger Project-Bangladesh (THP-BD) is a highly-regarded, the largest volunteer-based development organization in the country, with over 250,000 volunteers, implementing strategies of gender-focused community-led development across the country since 1991 to create hunger and poverty free self-reliant Bangladesh. The Hunger Project empowers millions of women and men, youth leaders, local elected representatives, CSO to end their own hunger.

Its core program is the SDG Union Strategy which works in partnership with local governments to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) by 2030. A highly committed staff supports community-led action from the regional offices nationwide. (Please visit: www.thpbd.org).

Project Background:

Multi-stakeholder Initiative on Peace and Stability (MIPS), is a five-year long Programme of THP started on 1st March 2023. The Programme is funded by FCDO. The Programme will primarily contribute to defuse political, communal and ethnic violence. The Programme activities also relate to engage local peace volunteers and peace groups in violence prevention and conflict resolution as well as ensure the participation of women and youth and their representation in governance structures at local level, including in CHT. The Programme will also contribute to improve political and civic space with a more collaborative and tolerant politics at local level.

Job Summary

The Training and Capacity Building Expert will be responsible for training design, training plan and manual development of the project in collaboration with the project team. S/he will work closely the training and capacity building team of the project to implement the entire training program. S/he will also be involved in trainer’s development and training/workshop facilitation. S/he will also require collecting necessary information about the stakeholders’ recommendations to the Programme and the contextual changes at the ground to support the Programme Director to make the Programme to be adaptive with appropriate training and capacity building events and implementation strategies. The position is based in THP-BD Dhaka Office and reports to the Deputy Programme Director.

Duties and Responsibilities:

  • Prepare training plan, training calendar and work together with the Training Officers to contribute effectively in achieving Programme goal.  
  • Conduct training need assessment as necessary over the staff and the stakeholders including women and youth. 
  • Prepare/revise training module/ materials as necessary including on peace and social justice.
  • Organize training/ TOT and other capacity building events as necessary for the Programme staff and other stakeholders of the Programme.  
  • Conduct training/ TOT and other capacity building events as necessary for the Programme staff and other stakeholders of the Programme.
  • Conduct training evaluation and writing training report incorporating pre-test and post-test results to demonstrate the immediate results of the training.  
  • Impart field visit to document the effectiveness of the training, document case studies and identify best practices.
  • Manage super functional working relationship with the Programme stakeholders and improve the Programme effectiveness for achieving Programme goal.   
  • Contribute to prepare presentation, Programme brief and other necessary materials including various communication materials incorporating relevant BCC issues.
  • Collect stakeholders’ recommendations, contextual changes at the ground, learning and best practices and support Programme Director to redesign training and capacity building events and/ or implementation strategies so that adaptive Programme implementation is in place for maximizing project impact.
  • Supervise Training Officers and manage their performance so that they can effectively contribute to the Programme by their role profile.  
  • Any other tasks assigned by the line manager for achieving Programme goal.

Requirement for the position

Educational Qualification

  • Master Degree in Law/ Governance/ Social Science or any other disciplines.
  • Excellent command over English and Bangla both verbal and written is necessary. 

Other Qualification and Experiences

  • Minimum 7 years’ work experiences in the development sector of Bangladesh through National/ international NGOs with particular focus on training on governance issues.
  • Solid experience in design and conduction of training need assessment, training materials development, organizing training and conduction of training and documenting training results. 
  • Sound knowledge in political, communal and ethnic violence in Bangladesh.
  • Solid working experience with the Multi-stakeholder Platforms for governance and reforms.
  • A socially active person having good networking skills
  • Challenge taker and meet the deadline
  • Expert level competency with Microsoft word, Excel, Power point, and Outlook

Work condition 

Office based Job- 50% and Field job/travel- 50%

Compensation: Negotiable

How to Apply:

Interested candidates are requested to send application through the prescribed job application FORM (To download the form please copy the url: https://thpbd.org/english-2/career-opportunity ) to infobd@thp.org by July 20, 2025. Please mention your expected salary in the forwarding letter and a writing sample in English.

Female candidates are strongly encouraged to apply.  Only complete applications will be considered for short-listing. Short-listed applications will subsequently be called for written and interviews. Any personal persuasion/phone call will result in disqualification of candidature.

The Hunger Project strongly follows ZERO TOLERANCE policy towards Sexual Harassment, Exploitation and Abuse (SHEA), Child Protection Policy and other relevant safeguarding policies and expects all employees to abide by the Safeguarding Policies and Code of Conduct of The Hunger Project.
The Hunger Project aims to attract and select a diverse workforce, ensuring equal opportunity for everyone, irrespective of race, gender, sexual orientation, class, ethnicity, disability, location and religion.