Do you have experience using KoboToolbox (KOBO) for data collection?

Are you an individual over 18 years old, either a student or an early-career professional, who is adaptable and capable of working and communicating effectively with communities?

Do you have an understanding of natural resource rights and the context of climate justice?

If the answer is yes, then we would like to hear from you!

The Role:

The Transboundary Rivers of South Asia (TROSA) is a regional program supported by the Government of Sweden that works to reduce poverty and marginalization in vulnerable river basin communities by improving their access to and control over water resources. Operating in the Ganges-Brahmaputra-Meghna (GBM) river basins across Nepal, India, and Bangladesh, TROSA partners with local communities, civil society, governments, and the private sector. Its continuation, TROSA2: Rivers, Rights and Resilience (T2:3R), focuses on enhancing cooperation in shared water management and strengthening community resilience. In Bangladesh, TROSA2 works with RDRS in the Brahmaputra Basin and CNRS in the lower and upper Meghna Basins.

Volunteers will be responsible for collecting data using mobile tools like KOBO, submitting it to the designated dashboard within deadlines, and reporting as required. They should be familiar with local languages or customs (if relevant to the location) and be able to work under pressure while adapting to changing field conditions.

Key Attributes

• Ability to demonstrate sensitivity to cultural differences and gender issues, as well as the commitment to equal opportunities.
• Ability to demonstrate an openness and willingness to learn about the application of gender/gender mainstreaming, women’s rights, and diversity for all aspects of development work.
• Commitment to Oxfam’s safeguarding policies to ensure all people who come into contact with Oxfam are as safe as possible.

We offer:

This role will give you an opportunity to make a difference in Oxfam Bangladesh, to act as key contributor to Communications team to work with a group of passionate people who are specialists in their field and offers fair pay and competitive benefits package.

Location: Any locations between Feni, Noakhali, Cumilla, Laxmipur (with field visits as per requirement).

Job type: Volunteer.

Salary & Benefits: An inspirational remuneration of BDT. 1000/= for each working day for food and local conveyance purpose. 

Check here for the Terms of Reference: TOR

Our values and commitment to safeguarding:

Oxfam is committed to preventing any type of unwanted behavior at work including sexual harassment, exploitation and abuse, lack of integrity and financial misconduct; and committed to promoting the welfare of children, young people, adults and beneficiaries with whom Oxfam GB engages. Oxfam expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment through our code of conduct. We place a high priority on ensuring that only those who share and demonstrate our values are recruited to work for us.

The post holder will undertake the appropriate level of training and is responsible for ensuring that they understand and work within the safeguarding policies of the organization. All offers of employment will be subject to satisfactory references and appropriate screening checks, which can include criminal records and terrorism finance checks.

Note: 

• We are committed to ensuring diversity and gender equality within our organization and encourage applicants from diverse backgrounds to apply.
• All offers of employment will be subject to satisfactory references, pre-employment medical checks and appropriate safeguarding and counter fraud check, which can include criminal records and terrorism finance checks.
• Applying for positions with Oxfam in Bangladesh does not incur any costs. Any request for payment from parties pretending as Oxfam in Bangladesh should be considered fraudulent.
• Any kind of persuasion in the recruitment process is highly discouraged and any attempt of persuasion will be considered as a disqualification.

How to apply:

• Please fill up the following form as part of your application (mandatory): Click Here
• Applicants must submit their brief resume/CV & a cover letter with recent photographs.
• Include all the files in a single Zip file, rename it in your name and email mentioning subject line “TROSA Volunteer Application” in the following address before deadline: hrbd@oxfam.org.uk
• Ensure you submit your application before midnight (GMT) on the closing date. Unless a different time is specified in the advert. 

APPLICATION DEADLINE: 21 June 2025

About Us

Oxfam is a global movement of people who won’t live with the injustice of poverty. Together we save and rebuild lives in disasters. We help people build better lives for themselves. We speak out on the big issues that keep people poor, like inequality, discrimination against women and climate change. And we won’t stop until every person on the planet can live  without poverty.

Oxfam GB is a member of the international confederation Oxfam.