Manager–Digital and Online Literacy and Skills

(Based at the Bangladesh Country Office of Plan International Bangladesh)

Plan International is an independent development and humanitarian organization that advances children’s rights and equality for girls. Plan International envisages a world in which all children and young people realise their full potential, a vision now shared by the 193 Heads of State and Government who adopted the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development in September 2015. Our core values bind us together and hold us to high standards for how we expect ourselves and those we work with to behave. They are our guiding principles to the way we work and help us to understand how to put our organisational purpose-Advancing Children’s Rights and Equality for Girls into practice.

Our organisation is transforming itself to meet the enormous challenge everywhere that we work. We need bold, forward-thinking and innovative individuals in our team, driving change and delivering results that will allow us to reach our target of 100 million girls. With this backdrop, Plan International Bangladesh (PIB) has set the vision for 2030 as, ‘We will partner to empower girls and young women, to be heard, to live without fear of violence and to achieve their rights’. This change will enable us to deliver successfully on our global ambitions and significantly impact children’s rights and gender equality in Bangladesh.

The Role:

There are 52.58 million internet users in Bangladesh as of January 2022 with 31.5% penetration rate and 60% users face various form of cyberbullying and among them 65% are girls and young women (GP social impact strategy, April 2022). Plan International conducted survey jointly with Grameenphone and Telenor Group in 04 Asian countries including Bangladesh in 2021 and survey in Bangladesh revealed 85% youth user identified online bullying as a severe problem in compare to before pandemic was much lower (29%) and 18% youth reported increase incident of online bullying after onset of pandemic. Another explorative study on fear of violence conducted by Plan International Bangladesh found 56.6% of girls have reported receiving offensive comments, which violated their rights on digital platforms and 78.3% of the surveyed girls and women said they had experienced increased mental pressure and many suffer from profound psychological trauma (November 2021).

The Manager-Digital and Online Literacy and Skills position is key contact of action to build knowledge and digital skill of adolescent and youth from marginalized communities in Bangladesh and mobilize communities to create supportive environment to protect. This post holder responsible to coordinate with project partners and stakeholders to ensure project outputs and outcome delivered with quality and timely.  The jobholder will maintain close coordination/functional relationship with Plan’s regional colleagues, concerned authority, institutions/departments, stakeholders and like-minded organizations for better quality implementation. S/he is responsible for conducting & monitoring training/campaign, advocacy interventions to ensure programme quality, documentation and dissemination of project’s learning and good practices.

What we’re looking for:

We need a self-motivated and energetic individual with Bachelor’s/Master’s Degree preferably in Social Science, Business Administration, Development Studies, ICT or any other relevant subject from a reputed university. The person should have at least 8 years of proven track record of Project Management preferably who have expertise on digital literacy, digitalization & youth empowerment, e-learning platform, skills training, violence prevention, policy influence and national advocacy. Someone who has in-depth understanding of gender and age-specific economic opportunities. Having excellent project cycle management, project proposal development process with report writing skills. Having English and Bangla proficiency is also required. He/She should respect equity, gender sensitivity and ensure safeguarding issues.

How to apply:

To find out more details & apply instruction visit Manager-Digital and Online Literacy and Skills. Last date to apply online is 31 March 2023. Plan International Bangladesh is committed to ending gender inequality, and achieving a gender balanced workforce. Qualified women are strongly encouraged to apply. Only short-listed candidates shall be contacted. References will be taken along with background check and Anti-terrorism screening in conformity with Plans Global Policy on Safeguarding Children and Young People.

Monthly consolidated salary range for this role is Tk. 129040.00 to Tk. 150,000.00 (may vary based on experience) along with other benefits i.e. Life Insurance, Hospitalization Insurance coverage along with Out Patient Treatment Benefit.

We promote competitive salary, female friendly workplace, outstanding co-workers (who are respectful, professional, unbiased and easy to work with); equal opportunity that mean equal access to promotion, leadership role or incentive programme.

Plan follows an equal opportunity policy and actively encourages diversity welcoming applications from all especially women and people living with disability.

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