Ipas is a nonprofit organization working with partners around the world to advance reproductive justice by expanding access to abortion and contraception. We aim to build sustainable abortion ecosystems that address all factors impacting a person’s ability to access abortion—from individual health knowledge to social and community support, to a trained health workforce, to political leadership and supportive laws. In Bangladesh Ipas works since 2011 and from its inception in the country we work closely with the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare to ensure that women and girls can enhance their sexual and reproductive health via affordable, safe, respectful, and comprehensive abortion and contraceptive care. Ipas works throughout the country- in rural, urban and humanitarian settings.

Ipas Bangladesh is seeking applications from hardworking, sincere, and cheerful individuals for the following position.

Position: SBCC Coordinator, Ipas Bangladesh (1 position)-based in Cox’s Bazar Bangladesh.

Project Brief:

Ipas has been working successfully in Bangladesh to improve and expand women’s and girls’ access to safe, high-quality reproductive health services. However, the need for sexual and reproductive services, particularly safe Menstrual Regulation (MR), Post Abortion Care (PAC), is still tremendous. Ipas Bangladesh has been working with UNFPA since October 2017 in Cox’s Bazar to support the health of forcedly displaced Myanmar nationals. Since then, UNFPA developed implementing partnership with Ipas to establish the MR, PAC and FP services for the most affected refugee camp areas of Teknaf and Ukhiya Upazilas of Cox’s Bazar District. The overall goal of the project is to improve the availability and accessibility of quality FP, MR and PAC services at service delivery points for women and girls of Rohingya refugees and host community in Bangladesh and increase the awareness for the Rohingya community.

Key Responsibilities:

A. SBCC Technical Leadership

  • Lead the implementation of evidence-based, culturally appropriate SBCC strategies addressing key SRHR priorities, including FP, MR, PAC, STI/RTI, GBV, and service availability, in line with the project plan.
  • Ensure all SBCC approaches are community and health facility-based, rights-based, gender-sensitive, and practical for humanitarian settings.
  • Provide technical guidance to Camp SBCC Officers on effective stakeholder communication and community engagement models.

B. Capacity Strengthening

  • Arrange capacity-building initiatives through formal training and periodic refreshers to strengthen and retain the skills of Camp SBCC Officers in communication, event facilitation, and effective evidence generation.
  • Support the SBCC team in designing, organizing, and facilitating capacity-building initiatives at the camp level for community workforce of partner NGOs and community key influentials.
  • Support the design and development of training materials, including job aids, manuals, guidelines, and posters, needed for training, events, and advocacy related to SBCC activities.

C. Advocacy and Coordination:

  • Regular advocacy and coordination with government stakeholders, including RRRC (Refugee Relief and Repatriation Commissioner), CICs (Camp In-Charge) of relevant camps, and local-level representatives from DGFP (Director General of Family Planning), DGHS (Director General of Health Services), and DGIF (Director General of Islamic Foundation) to obtain approvals for camp activities and guidance for awareness initiatives which will help create an enabling environment for the harmonized implementation of SRHR activities in humanitarian settings.
  • Maintain regular coordination with UN agencies, including UNFPA, UNHCR, IOM, WHO, and UNICEF, as they play different roles such as SRH-WG coordinator, CHW-WG coordinator, and Health Sector Lead in the humanitarian field to get support receiving regular field updates and ensure smooth implementation of SBCC activities in for the refugee population.
  • Coordinate with different humanitarian partner NGOs to engage them in SBCC initiatives by providing training and orientation, and by monitoring their community awareness activities.

D. Internal and External Coordination:

  • Supervise, monitor and mentor the SBCC Camp officers ensuring Ipas’s HR and administrative policies, and working closely with the Deputy Project Manager to support consistent implementation.
  • Support the project team members in organizing program review and coordination meeting as per project work plan.
  • Attend need based different meetings with donor, stakeholders, orientation coordination meetings
  • Reports to Supervisor and Project Manager about workflow, deadlines, reports
  • Performs other duties as assigned by the supervisor

E. Monitoring, Mentoring, Reporting, and Learning

  • Conduct routine visits to camp-level SBCC activities and provide technical guidance to the SBCC team in line with organizational policies and donor requirements.
  • Monitor SBCC outputs and outcomes regularly using the organization’s structured tools to ensure achievement of project indicators and objectives.
  • Assist the supervisor and Project Manager in preparing action plans by analysing SBCC data to identify trends, gaps, and areas for improvement.
  • Contribute technical inputs for donor reports, progress updates, and documentation of best practices in coordination with the Project Manager.

Qualifications and Experience

  • Master’s degree in communication, behavioural science, anthropology, social science or relevant field.
  • At least 3-5 years’ experience in public health.
  • Experience and knowledge on Sexual & Reproductive Health (SRH) program particularly family planning and MR/PAC program
  • 2-3 years of experience in humanitarian settings would be an asset.
  • Strong written and verbal communication skill in English and Bangla.
  • Experience of working in diverse cultural settings will be preferred.
  • Ability and willingness to extensive field travel is essential.
  • Computer literacy with proficiency in Microsoft word, excel and PowerPoint

Ipas Bangladesh will offer an annual salary of BDT 1,561,536 and other benefits as per organizational policies.

Benefit includes:

  • Provident Fund
  • Festival Bonus
  • Gratuity
  • Health Insurance Coverage, including spouse.
  • Life Insurance
  • Professional development opportunities

Ipas Bangladesh will seek information from job applicants’ previous employers about incidents of sexual exploitation, sexual abuse and/or sexual harassment, and/or child abuse where the applicant was accused and/or found guilty. By submitting the application, the job applicant confirms that s/he has no previous record of sexual misconduct, abuse and/or sexual harassment, and/or child abuse and also, s/he has no objection to Ipas Bangladesh requesting information specified above to his/her previous employer.

Ipas is strongly committed to providing a work environment that is free from all forms of harassment, discrimination, and inequity.  We recruit, employ, train, promote, and compensate our personnel without regard to race, age, sex, religion, national origin, color, creed, ancestry, citizenship, marital status, veteran status, military service, disability, genetic information, gender identity, gender expression, transgender status, sexual orientation, or any other personal characteristic protected by law or outlined by Ipas policy.

Ipas is committed to diversity and inclusion in its workforce, and we encourage applicants from diverse backgrounds and communities to apply.

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How to Apply

Interested and qualified candidates should send their CV/Resume including at least two professional references, as well as a ‘Cover Letter’ stating the suitability for the position to SBCC Coordinator  by February 04, 2026. Only short-listed candidates will be called for the interview. Any form of persuasion in the selection process will automatically disqualify the candidacy.