Bangladesh Field Officer

The Field Officer will report to the Associate Field Manager and collaborate closely with the project team and various stakeholders to ensure the effective execution of project activities, monitoring, and reporting.

Responsibilities

Support and monitor the implementation of planned and community-level activities, including assisting the Safeguarding team with capacity-building programs and the GD program team during field visits; Identify gaps in services that impact project recipients and gather insights on how floods affect communities in the study areas; Engage and mobilize community participation in project activities, with a focus on including vulnerable groups; Organize and facilitate training sessions, workshops, and awareness campaigns; Identify local-level key stakeholders who can support in the implementation of planned activities; Build and maintain strong relationships with local government authorities, partner organizations, community leaders, NGOs, and other relevant stakeholders; Facilitate and mobilize the engagement of relevant stakeholders at union level; Participate in different stakeholder meetings at all levels (community, union, upazila, and district); Conduct regular site visits to assess the implementation and monitor progress; Provide detailed and timely field reports, documenting beneficiary feedback, challenges, and recommendations to the project team; Support in verifying and documenting the occurrence of flood in the project sites; Support the collection and documentation of flood impact; Ensure the safety of programme recipients, people who come into contact with the organization and team members from any harm, abuse, neglect, harassment and exploitation including sexual exploitation, abuse and harassment (SEAH); Act as a key source of support, guidance and expertise on safeguarding for establishing a safe working environment; Practice, promote and endorse the issues of safeguarding policy among team members; Follow the safeguarding reporting procedure in case any reportable incident takes place, encourage others to do so

Requirements

At least a Bachelor's degree in any relevant discipline; At least five years of experience working with local communities, government agencies, stakeholders, partner organizations and NGOs/INGOs; Strong understanding of disaster management, climate resilience and community engagement; Experience and skills in field assessments, training, community sensitization practices; Excellent communication, facilitation, and interpersonal skills; Proficiency in MS Office/G-suite applications; Fluency in Bengali and English, both written and spoken