Jago Nari (Barguna)
Application Deadline: 9 November
Summary
- Vacancy: 1
- Location: Patuakhali
- Minimum Salary: Tk. 45000 (Monthly)
- Experience: 3 to 4 years
- Published: 31 Oct 2024
Requirements
Education
- Master’s degree on Disaster Management, Anthropology, Social Science, Environmental Science, Statistics, Development Studies, or other analytical field is desired.
Experience
- 3 to 4 years
Additional Requirements
- Minimum 3 – 4 years’ professional experience on Monitoring & Accountability with particular focus on Child centered Anticipatory Action, Forecast based Financing, Humanitarian Action, Disaster Risk Reduction, Climate Change Adaptation, skills development, and decent work.
- Sound knowledge on Disaster Management System in Bangladesh and globally.
- Strong English writing skills is a mandatory requirement for the position. Proven skills on Monitoring & Accountability, research and knowledge management in an NGO/ INGO.
- Proven track of quantitative & qualitative monitoring learning, review and evaluation, including setting of indicators and collection, analysis and presentation of data relating to project work.
- Good knowledge of software packages, especially statistical packages
Responsibilities & Context
Location: Patuakhali district.
Reporting to: Project Manager
Nature of employment: Contractual
Project period: Up to 31 August 2026.
Job summary:
JAGO NARI is a non-government development organization in central coastal region of Bangladesh. Main focusing area of work is women empowerment, Climate Change Adaptation, Health & Nutrition, Disaster Risk Reduction and Education. Recently JAGO NARI is implementing a new project in DRR &Climate Change field with the technical support of Save The Children. The project title is “Child Centered Anticipatory Action for better Preparedness of communities and local institutions in northern and coastal Areas of Bangladesh”. The project aims to enhance access and capacity for climate information services, implement effective early warning systems, and develop risk-informed early action plans. In this connection, JAGO NARI is seeking a Project Officer Monitoring & Accountability for this project. She/he will play a vital role in this project by maintain some responsibilities that are given bellow:
Responsibility: % of time
Brief/summery of responsibly:
- Ensure data inputs in regular and periodic reports and database and prepare internal and external reports quantitative and qualitative reports for Save the Children and necessary Stakeholders.
- Assist and ensure in project-specific dashboard development and regular update for the project.
- Through regular field visits and data analysis, prepare monthly monitoring reports to inform decision making.
- Work with the field team and partners to ensure that data is collected and entered into databases and/or tracking sheets, and/or data platforms on a regular basis
- Work with project staff to provide Monitoring & Accountability inputs for project and program reports
- Details responsibility:
Planning: 20
- Prepare Monitoring & Accountability activity plans in accordance with the overall operational plan of the project.
- Develop user-friendly monitoring tools under the guidance of Save the Children to collect data during routine field activities by the field staff.
- Arrange orientation to project staff on the monitoring tools and ensure all have equal understanding on the tools.
- Update plans in accordance with monitoring data and other factors in the planning cycle.
- Ensure that the project activities are taking place in accordance to project plan.
- Bring notice of any deviation of the project to the management of JAGO NARI & Save the Children.
- Keep close contact with the program team members of this project, for collection of monthly data and compile those on regular basis along with input in database.
- Check& maintain Dashboard of project so that the project management would be able to see the project progress and take corrective measures on right time.
- Prepare Quality Benchmark tools for relevant activities and operate it.
- Ensure CFRM(Complain Feedback & Response Mechanism) during project intervention.
Supervision & Monitoring: 20
- Conduct field visit and routinely monitor the project activities and ensure that the field activities are in line with the project objectives.
- Allocate responsibilities to field staff members and provide necessary guidance to collect field data on a regular basis.
- Ensure the collected data is entered in the tracking sheet, database or data platform.
- Monitor ongoing activities against inputs and outputs.
Data analysis and report generation: 20
- Ensure collection of the field data from field staff on a regular basis and compile and analysis those on monthly and quarterly and generate reports to inform decision making.
- Provide necessary input to related program persons to use different software for data collection and stored.
- Ensure collection of field data on regular basis and analyze those and generate reports to feed in to project for further improvement of service delivery.
- Share the compile reports and submit monthly to Project Manager along with Project Management Team of JAGO NARI & Save the Children for their information and Necessary action.
Problem solving: 15
- Identify problems in the field of Monitoring & Accountability issues and able to revisit the program.
- Able to involve the target population in the project cycle and address their need
- Able to handle huge data received from the field and generation of various reports.
- Able to find out the root causes of problem and solve problems using participatory methods.
- Ability to present the field findings in a simple method, it can be qualitative & quantitative.
- Bring notice of the project management team any issues which cannot be addressed.
- Coordination with other staff of the project along with JAGO NARI &
Save the Children: 05
- Project Officer Monitoring & Accountability will have vertical relationship with other staff members (Program & Finance) of this project so that a team approach works well to achieve the project objectives.
- Project Officer Monitoring & Accountability will have close communication with MEAL department of Save the Children and JAGO NARI.
- Perform other activities according to the need of projects: 05
- Studies on various research papers and support to new research under the project.
- Additional reports as required by project.
- Documentations of best practices/ case studies.
Risk & Responsibility: 05
- Project Officer Monitoring & Accountability is responsible to his duties and tasks as outlined above.
- Ensure that all ethical issues of data collection, data protection & research are adhered.
- Target group do not feel isolated, rather involving them in project cycle to get ownership.
- Quality of service deliveries remains high.
- Ensure accountability in all activities of the project.
Skill & Effort: 10
- This position requires highly experience in Monitoring & Accountability field along with handling quantitative and qualitative data.
- Able to understand the dynamics on Child centered Anticipatory Action and DRR or Climate Change scenario of central coastal Bangladesh.
- Required skills in designing friendly users monitoring tools, handling huge data, highly skilled in using software packages like SPSS for data analysis, compilation and presentation, staff supervision, knowledge on FGD, IDI, KII methods, correct use of field data in the project cycle, etc.
- Able to prepare monthly/quarterly reports as per project need.
Reporting to: Project Manager of the Project & Head of R,M&E of JAGO NARI
Working Condition:
- She/he will visit the selected Unions under this project under Patuakhali District. Attend Project & JAGO NARI appointed training, workshop seminar etc.
Compensation & Other Benefits
BDT-45,000/= BDT Monthly (For year one) with other benefits as per Project policy.
Workplace
Work at office
Employment Status
Full Time
Job Location
Patuakhali
Read Before Apply
Note:
JAGO NARI aims to attract and select a diverse workforce ensuring equal opportunity to everyone, irrespective of race, age, gender, HIV status, class, ethnicity, disability, location and religion.
Women are particularly encouraged to apply.
Any personal persuasion/phone-call will result in disqualification of candidature. We guarantee an interview to disabled candidates who meet the essential criteria.
JAGO NARI has a non-negotiable policy of ZERO TOLERANCE towards discrimination, harassment and abuse. All employees are expected to abide by the Safeguarding, Gender Policy, Children Policy and Anti-Sexual Harassment Policy of JAGO NARI.
Internal and external applicants shall be treated equally in the entire selection process.
To ensure transparent processes during recruitment, internal candidates should discuss potential applications with their Line Managers to ensure endorsement of their applications by respective Line Managers.
There is no cost involved with applying for positions with JAGO NARI. Any solicitation of job application costs should be regarded as fraudulent
Apply Procedure
Hard Copy
Only short-listed candidates will be called for test and interview.
This project is giving priority to the female candidate.
Method of Application:
Candidates with the required qualifications can apply through email by mentioning the Job Position of vacancy announcement in the subject line to: jnhr.recruitment@gmail.com with the following documents or Post/drop in box: (To, Director-HR & Admin, JAGO NARI Head Office, Ashahi Mansion (2nd floor) college road, Barguna) on or before November 09, 2024.
Curriculum Vitae/Resume
Job Application Form-JN001 (Mandatory)
Please ensure that your application is complete with the above-mentioned documents. As incomplete applications generate an immense administrative burden for our organization. As a general rule, candidates who have not properly submitted their application with required documents will be excluded from consideration.
Company Information
Jago Nari (Barguna)
Address:
Ashahi Mansion (2rd floor), College Road, Barguna
Business:
JAGO NARI has started its activities in 1998 with its own resource with a view to help the poor people in many respects of Barguna a under developed costal District in the southern part of Bangladesh in terms of socio economic perspective as well as livelihood. It is a non-political, nonprofit, rights based and non-government Organization (NGO) committed to participate in and promote national development through upgrading the socio economic condition and promoting and protecting the rights of the disadvantaged, deprived backward and poor communities of the society. Some likeminded, qualified and experienced women of the society established JAGO NARI in the middle of 1998.
