Project Officer, Prevention, Child Protection, Bhasan Char, HCMP

Job Detail

Job ID 26100
Career Level Executive
Experience 1-2 Years
Min. Qualification Honour\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\s Degree
Gender Any
Industry Experience NGO
No. of Vacancy 1
Job Location Chittagong Division

Job Description

Education

Degree/ Honors in any relevant subject from any UGC approved reputed university or institute

Experience

- At least 1 year

The applicants should have experience in the following business area(s): NGO, Development Agency

Additional Requirements

Knowledge:

• Child Protection in Emergencies in humanitarian setting

• Child safeguarding policy

• Core Humanitarian Standard

• Knowledge on communication and networking

• BRAC culture and values

• Reporting and Planning

Skills:

• Manage stress and emotions

• Be flexible and open to change, adapt to cultural differences

• Problem solving skills

• Creative way and decision making skills

• Communication and networking skills

• Reporting skills

COMPETENCIES:

• Learn to manage stress to release tension and act effectively. Use supervision to talk about stress and your work

• Candidate should have ability to solve the problem to determine the best interest of child.

• Ability to find creative solutions and show initiatives to protect the children and adolescent

• Coordination and collaboration with child protection actors, CiC, and government official.

• The candidate should be kindness and patience as they have to deal with vulnerable children and adolescent.

Responsibilities & Context

BRAC is an international development organisation founded in Bangladesh in 1972 that partners globally with over 100 million people living with inequality and poverty to create opportunities to realise their potential.

In order to successfully implement Child Protection services, the Field Facilitator is responsible for conducting structured sessions on psychosocial support (PSS), life skills–based education (LSBE), Community-Based Child Protection Committee (CBCPC) meetings, positive parenting sessions, and outreach-based activities, including recreational support. To ensure adequate and effective service delivery, this position will maintain regular engagement with children, adolescents, and the community.

Conduct home-to-home outreach to identify and register children and adolescents for Child Protection services, including structured PSS, LSBE sessions, and adolescent-led initiatives.
Facilitate the formation and functioning of Community-Based Child Protection Committees (CBCPCs), as well as parents’ and caregivers’ committees, to ensure protection services for vulnerable children.
Identify and engage parents, caregivers, and community members through household visits and conduct positive parenting group sessions and trainings, CBCPC sessions, and community-led protection initiatives.
Plan and implement outreach-based Child Protection activities, ensuring inclusion of hard-to-reach and at-risk children and adolescents.
Organize and facilitate adolescent group sessions and trainings, including LSBE, life skills, leadership, and resilience-building activities, with regular follow-up and participation tracking.
Conduct women-led group sessions and trainings focusing on child protection, caregiving practices, psychosocial well-being, and community awareness.
Maintain attendance records and ensure regular follow-up of children and adolescents participating in MPC/Drop-In Centre activities and outreach sessions.
Develop the capacity of volunteers working inside Multi-Purpose Child and Adolescent Centres (MPCs) and in the community, through coaching, mentoring, and refresher trainings.
Ensure timely documentation, recording, and reporting of day-to-day MPC/Drop-In Centre activities and submit regular reports to relevant supervisors and authorities.

Safeguarding

Ensure the safety of Programme Participants, people who come into contact with the organisation and team members from any harm, abuse, neglect, harassment and exploitation including sexual exploitation and abuse (SEA) to achieve the programme’s goals of safeguarding implementation. 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 and ensure the implementation of safeguarding standards in every course of action.

Follow the safeguarding reporting procedure in case any reportable incident takes place and encourage others to do so.

Skills & Expertise

Compensation & Other Benefits

Mobile bill

Weekly 2 holidays

Free Accomodation

Festival Bonus

Health & Life Insurance

Paternity/ Maternity leave

others as per Organisation policy.

BRAC believes that everyone we work with including our staff, programme participants, partners, and the communities have the right to be protected from all forms of harm, abuse, neglect, harassment, and exploitation including sexual exploitation and abuse (SEA). We uphold human dignity and inclusion for all, regardless of age, race, religion, gender, disability, ethnic origin, or socio-economic condition. We are an equal opportunity employer. We especially encourage those who have shown resilience—who have faced personal struggles, bounced back, and kept pushing forward—to apply.

This position is open for Bangladeshi nationals only.

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