Plan International

Job Description / Responsibility

Ø  Reporting to Project Manager-MNCH Project, the Gender Specialist- MNCH will be responsible for contextualized development and implementation of the Gender Equality Strategy for this project.

Ø  To provide inputs and support in the project monitoring and evaluation activities.

Ø  To provide technical assistance during process of conduction of baseline survey and the project gender assessment as well as the project end line survey.

Ø  To provide Technical support during TNA for developing curriculum and materials on MNCH issues to address the Gender issues including in training of health service providers.

Ø  To provide technical assistance to partner organizations for developing their gender equality action plans.

Ø  To have understanding on Plan as an organization, its programs, approaches with special emphasis on Plan’s Gender Equality Policy and its implementation in programs/projects.

Ø  Fixed term Project contract

Job Nature

Full-time

Educational Requirements

Masters in Social Science, Journalism, development studies, women and gender studies, law or anthropology

Experience Requirements

3 to 4 year(s)

Additional Job Requirements

ü  For this role, candidate should have at 3 - 4 years’ experience in working on gender equality, child rights and youth and related projects.

ü  Report writing skill is necessary.

ü  Experience in working with masculinity, men and boys engagement and working in diverse cultural settings is desirable but not mandatory. The position requires at least 40-50% field visits.

Job Location

Dhaka 

Apply Instruction

Interested candidates meeting the above requirements should apply online by 23 January 2016 at:
http://ers.bdjobs.com/applications/plan. Please click on Job Descriptions for details of the job. Only short listed candidates will be called for interview. Any form of persuasion in the selection process will automatically disqualify the candidacy.
As a child-centered development organization, committed to the wellbeing of children and to supporting the Convention on the Rights of the Child, we do not tolerate child abuse.
We are an equal opportunities employer


Application Deadline : Jan 23, 2016

Company Information

Plan International Bangladesh

Business : Founded 77 years ago, Plan International is one of the oldest and largest children`s development organisations in the world. We work in 51 developing countries across Africa, Asia and the Americas to promote child rights and lift millions of children out of poverty. In 2014, Plan worked with 82 million children in 87,000 communities. Plan International is independent, with no religious, political or governmental affiliations but having a vision of a world in which all children realize their full potential in societies that respect people`s rights and dignity. Plan International has been operating in Bangladesh since 1994. Plan International seeks to ensure the rights of children to education, health, safe water and sanitation, protection, youth social and economic empowerment and climate change, environmental degradation and natural or man-made disaster hazards throughout the country.