Vacancy Announcement

Position title: Field Facilitator

Number of Position: 07

Location: Barguna Sadar, Taltoli and Patharghata Upazila under Barguna district.

Nature of employment: Contractual

Project period: Up to 31 May, 2028

Job Summary:

JAGO NARI is a non-government development organization in the central coastal region of Bangladesh. The main focusing area of work is women’s empowerment, Climate Change Adaptation, Health & Nutrition, Disaster Risk Reduction, and Education. Recently JAGO NARI is implementing a new Project in the Women led Climate Change areas with the technical support of the CARE Bangladesh. The project title is “Women-led in Emergencies (WLiE) Project” The overall objective of the project is to Increase the participation and leadership of partner women’s rights organizations (WROs) in the design and implementation of humanitarian response in relation to conflict prevention and response and adaptation to climate change. In this connection, JAGO NARI is seeking some Field Facilitator (FF) for this project. S/he will play a vital role in Planning, field level Implementation and monitoring, training & Capacity building, collaboration & coordination and reporting & documentation. The detailed responsibilities are outlined below, but are not limited to:

Responsibilities and Task:
% of Time

Project Planning:  

  • Prepare weekly, fortnightly and monthly basis specific plans reviewing the Project work plan for implementation the project activities under the guidance of Project Manager/Project Officer
  • Estimate expenditure planning for implementation activities and take necessary initiatives for adjustment.
  • Support Women Group to organize training, meetings and orientation sessions for the different stakeholders

25%

Project Implementation and monitoring:

  • Ensure project implementation in compliance with JAGO NARI policies, procedures and strategies.
  • Conduct regular field visits and ensure successful implementation of the project activities with quality and timely
  •  Regularly review the progress against work plan and take necessary action as per need.
  • Mobilize the community to ensure their effective engagement and facilitate women's groups for building climate resilience. 
  • Organize dialogue/interactive meetings with vulnerable communities, community leaders, and relevant groups.
  • Coordinate project activities with local key stakeholders in the working areas for effective implementation of the project.
  • Ensure quality data collection from the field and timely submission to the Project Manager.
  • Provide technical assistance and guidance to the women groups to run the Women safe spaces and S/he will be responsible for ensuring it as a safe and open space for women.

30%

Training and capacity building:

  • Organize session for the community group on community engagement and support them to undertake two-way communication. 
  • Organize sessions for the different types of project stakeholders for their capacity building.
  • Provide technical assistance to the women's group to enhance their capacity to engage the community with project activities.

20%

Supervision, technical assistance and performance monitoring:

  • Regular visit to the field and provide supportive supervision, coaching and mentoring to enhance the Community Group and Project Participants for build up the capacity to achieve targeted activities timely.
  • Responsible for  the quality implementation of the project activities

15%

Partnership, collaboration and networking:

  • Build strong professional relationships with local level LGIs
  • Established professional relationships with community networks, elected leaders of Union Parishads, Government and NGO service providers, women groups, different committees to implement the project activities smoothly
  • Build effective linkage with women/youth/adolescent/ religious group etc. and orient the group on community engagement for DRR CCA Issues.
  • Maintain close communication, and regular interactions with concerned departments at Union/Upazilla level to secure their support to achieve project results.

5%

Reporting and documentation:

  • Prepare weekly, fortnightly, monthly, and quarterly reports for the project.
  • Prepare events-based reports as and when required.
  • Prepare case studies, success stories, human interest stories, good practices and video clips on project.
  • Prepare data collection report and submit the report timely to the Project Management.

5%

Reporting Line:

Reportable to the Project Officer Gender WLiE Project

Salary & Benefits: The salary package is Monthly BDT 27,083, including all admissible benefits and insurance. Yearly increments and other benefits will be provided as per the organization's policy.

Education qualification and experience:

  • Minimum 2–5 years’ professional experience on NGO Sector particular focus on gender, climate change, disaster risk reduction or humanitarian crisis related work.
  • Minimum bachelor degree

Commitment to JAGO NARI:

The Field Facilitator will ensure Zero Tolerance policy of JAGO NARI on Sexual Exploitation & Abuse and Child Safeguarding policy including other policy & procedures of the organization in managing and implementation of the project. The position holder will also be responsible to follow CARE Bangladesh safeguard policy as well.

Note:

  • JAGO NARI aims to attract and select a diverse workforce ensuring equal opportunity to everyone, irrespective of race, age, gender, HIV status, class, ethnicity, disability, location and religion.
  • Women are particularly encouraged to apply.
  • Any personal persuasion/phone-call will result in disqualification of candidature. We guarantee an interview to disabled candidates who meet the essential criteria.
  • JAGO NARI has a non-negotiable policy of ZERO TOLERANCE towards discrimination, harassment and abuse. All employees are expected to abide by the Safeguarding, Gender Policy, Children Policy and Anti-Sexual Harassment Policy of JAGO NARI.
  • Internal and external applicants shall be treated equally in the entire selection process.
  • To ensure transparent processes during recruitment, internal candidates should discuss potential applications with their Line Managers to ensure endorsement of their applications by respective Line Managers.
  • There is no cost involved with applying for positions with JAGO NARI. Any solicitation of job application costs should be regarded as fraudulent.
  • Only short-listed candidates will be called for test and interview.

Method of Application:

Candidates with the required qualifications can apply through email by mentioning the Job Position of vacancy announcement in the subject line to: jnhr.recruitment@gmail.com with the following documents or Post/drop in the box: (To, Director HR & Admin, JAGO NARI Head Office, Ashahi Mansion (2nd floor) college road, Barguna) on before October 05, 2024.

Please ensure that your application is complete with the above-mentioned documents. As incomplete applications generate an immense administrative burden for our organization. As a general rule, candidates who have not properly submitted their application with the required documents will be excluded from consideration.