A loving home for every child

VACANCY ANNOUNCEMENT

SOS Children's Village International in Bangladesh (www.sos-bangladesh.org) is a non-governmental social devolvement organisation provides care for the children who have lost parental care or who are at risk of losing parental care and deprived of caring family environment. SOS Children’s Village International is probably the largest private child welfare humanitarian organization working more than 130 countries and territories in the world. In Bangladesh, we started our operations in Dhaka in 1972, and since then we have expanded our activities from here to Rajshahi, Khulna, Bagerhat, Chattogram, Bogura and Sylhet.

Our Programmes contribute to delivering on SDGs with a special focus on our target group to improve national social protection system, fighting inequalities, promoting access to quality education, strengthening youth employability and ending violence against children.

SOS Bangladesh is seeking competent candidates for the smooth operation of the following position.

Position: Project Officer – Capacity Building

Location of Job: Any SOS Location in Bangladesh

Nature of Job: Fixed Term Contract (Yearly renewable based on performance)

Area of Key Responsibilities:

  • Assess training and capacity-building needs of project staff, partners, and beneficiaries through consultations and assessments.
  • Develop a comprehensive capacity-building strategy aligned with the goals of the project.
  • Develop annual and quarterly capacity-building plans aligned with project goals.
  • Conduct training needs assessments (TNAs) and institutional capacity gap analyses.
  • Design training modules, materials, and tools tailored to different target groups.
  • Organize and facilitate training sessions, workshops, and mentoring programs.
  • Support field teams in implementing community-based capacity development activities.
  • Ensure participatory and inclusive training methods for diverse audiences.
  • Take initiative in bringing appropriate improvement in respect to Partnership (such as development of new tools and trackers etc...)
  • Collaborate with technical experts, consultants, and implementing partners for training content and delivery.
  • Liaise with government departments, NGOs, and community-based organizations to strengthen local capacity-building networks.
  • Ensure smooth logistics and coordination for all training events.
  • Track and document training activities, participant feedback, and learning outcomes.
  • Maintain a database of trained individuals and follow up on post-training performance.
  • Contribute project reports and learning documents highlighting capacity-building achievements and challenges.
  • Prepare periodic reports on training activities, outcomes, and lessons learned.
  • Document best practices, case studies, and success stories from the field.
  • Take necessary actions for special assignments and additional responsibilities provided by the Line Manager

Qualification & Experience:

  • Graduation degree in any discipline (preferably in Education, Social Science, Development Studies, Environmental Science, or Human Resource Management). At least 2nd Division/Class or equivalent in all public examinations.
  • Minimum 5 years’ experience in capacity building, training facilitation, or institutional development within development or TVET programs.

Salary & Benefits: As per Organisation Policy (Negotiable for highly competent candidates).

SOS Children’s Villages provide equal employment opportunities to all employees & qualified applicants without regard to race, colour, religion, gender, ancestry, national origin, age, disability, marital status, or class. SOS Children´s Villages complies with all applicable laws governing non-discrimination in employment. We strictly follow the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child and zero-tolerance neither on sexual exploitation, harassment and abuse nor fraud and corruption, amongst other safeguarding aspects. All co-workers must understand, respect and follow the rights of children to live without fear of abuse. The organization cherishes a non-smoking working environment.

Application through the prescribed form is mandatory. An application without the prescribed form will be automatically rejected. Competent women are encouraged to apply.

SOS Bangladesh reserves the rights to accept or reject your application at any stage and only short-listed candidates will be called for Interview.

Interested Candidates are requested to apply online through e-mail at jobs@sos-bangladesh.org  (mentioning the Position Name applied for in the subject of the e-mail) with a Cover Letter along with our prescribed “Employment Application Form” (please download from www.sos-bangladesh.org/download) in PDF format & rename in your full name & e-mail to “Director-HR, SOS Children's Village International in Bangladesh” on or before 16 November 2025