Requirements

Additional Requirements

• Age at most 40 years

Experience: Minimum 01 year of relevant professional experience. Preference will be given to candidates with demonstrated experience in providing soft skills training. 

Age: The age limit for the applicant would be maximum 40 years. Management has the right to make exceptions based on qualifications.  

Others:     

• Self-motivated, adaptable, team player and passion for social development work.

• Ability to maintain privacy and confidentiality where applicableWillingness to transfer at any place where UCEP has its activities and willingness to travel frequently.

• Excellent command of communication skills, both in Bangla and English.

• Excellent computer operating skills, including MS Office package.

• Ability to facilitate soft skills and entrepreneurship training.

• Develop partnership with stakeholders for organizing apprenticeship training.

• Capacity to organize different workshops, seminars and meetings with different stakeholders.

• Local and Female candidates are encouraged to apply.

Responsibilities & Context

Nature of Job: Project Staff.

Job Purpose: Increased equitable access to employment and entrepreneurship opportunities: Considering the varying vulnerabilities and needs of adolescent girls and young women, the project will have interventions for adolescent girls between ages 13-16 who are in, and out of, school as well as targeted interventions for young women between the age of 17-25 who are not in school, In short Girls' Education and Skills Programme (GESP) POWER Project. 

The project will provide market-driven skill training for young women to meet the varying needs and challenges of marginalized young women. This includes vocational training through outreach centers, blended model, mentorship model and referral services. These different models will accommodate different interests, constraints, and capacities of the targeted young women especially child marriage and/or Sexual and Gender Based Violence (SGBV) survivors. The project will ensure that adolescent girls can use the P2E platform to develop skills and receive training and certification needed to secure in-demand roles and access opportunities for improved livelihoods. The proposed project will pilot recreational play facilities for children of young women participating in the training sessions to ensure a participation and increased attendance at the training sessions. The project will also build capacity of young women on entrepreneurship skills and establish entrepreneurship hubs, where young women will be able to access information, advice and resources to support them to become entrepreneurs.

Job Responsibilities:      

• To contribute to promote UCEP Bangladesh’s values, vision, mission and goals, and value chain approach in skills eco system, and development of future strategy documents as needed.      

• To implement project interventions at the TVET Institute and community level by following the annual Work Plan, Target, and relevant guidelines.     

• To assist to conduct social mapping to find out potential trainees /youth including PWDs and other minority groups for UCEP Bangladesh’s program.      

• To build rapport and regular communication with UCEP Bangladesh’s trainees/parents/targeted community/strategic partners to ensure their involvement to retain the trainee, new trainee enrollment and promote UCEP’s programme.      

• To arrange and conduct school and community-based meetings and ensure effective participation of parents, community people, strategic partners to ensure their involvement/participation in UCEP programmes.      

• To arrange motivational session with influential parents/communities for ensuring PWD, Ethnic minority group, girls participation in UCEP Bangladesh’s programmes and send their young children especially girls to decent job through informal apprenticeship/ entrepreneurship development training/ skills training programme.     

• To   contribute to conduct    gender-friendly assessment following UCEP’s Child Protection Policy, Gender Policy and PSEA policy and guideline and disseminate the report to competent authority to address the issue if any.      

• To improve and nourish   Child/Youth Council at Technical School and TVET Institute level in relation to their active participation in all aspects of school’s event to improve the programme quality.      

• To organize day celebration events and awareness activities at school level /Community level by engaging local government Authority, influential community, local leader, celebrity, CSO, CBO’s representative and media.   

• To contribute to develop Advocacy Strategies for promoting UCEP Bangladesh programme related to social inclusion, Technical Education, skills development and local resources for organizational sustainability.

• Provide on spot support in the field as per needed.      

• To contribute highest level security, integrity and confidentiality in all aspects of work including data management, storage, archiving and reporting.     

• To maintain strict confidentiality of information, documents and other internal and external communications.      

• To carry out any other relevant tasks assigned by the authority as and when necessary.

  Safeguarding: UCEP Bangladesh is dedicated to creating a safe and respectful work environment, free from any form of misconduct such as sexual harassment, exploitation, abuse, lack of integrity, and financial impropriety. It is imperative that our staff actively safeguard the well-being of children, young individuals, and adults consistently. We require all team members and volunteers to uphold this commitment in accordance with our Code of Conduct and PSEAH policies. We place utmost importance on recruiting individuals who wholeheartedly embrace and exemplify this dedication in their work with us.