ActionAid Bangladesh is looking for suitable candidate for the following position:

Officer - SRHR (Sexual and Reproductive Health Rights)

Project                    :    Preventing and responding to Gender Based Violence and other forms of Violence among women, girls and boys in Kutupalong Camps 11 & 12 (Funded by UNICEF)

Location of posting      :     Ukhiya, Cox’s Bazar

Contract Duration        :     up to 9 December 2021 (Has possibility of extension depending on donor fund)

Number of positions   :     01 (Only Women are encouraged to apply)

Salary and benefits      :     Monthly Gross Salary will be 54,390/- with other admissible benefits such as medical benefit, mobile & internet allowance and group life insurance etc

Job Context 

Since August 2017, the heavy influx of Myanmar nationals into Cox’s Bazar requires emergency response in accordance with AAB’s humanitarian mandate. AAB has started to respond and to scale-up to reach beneficiaries. AAB’s response has a strong focus on gender – more specifically, putting women and adolescent girls at the centre of the response - protection, gender-based violence (GBV), sexual and reproductive health (SRH) is lead on the integration of gender and protection (namely GBV prevention, protection and mitigation.

Key responsibilities include (not limited to) 

• In collaboration with the Senior Response officer, Adolescent girl’s officer and Outreach Officer provide technical support and supervision to the Adolescent and Reproductive Health service care activities within health facilities ensuring quality AAB programming
• Supervise Basic reproductive health services in the impact areas, while working with health and Sr. Response Officer staff in the SSWG
• Maintain and provide all health facilities by reproductive health documents related to standards, practices and policies.
• Support Case worker, PSS officer, Senior response Officer in the provision of prenatal care, delivery care, postnatal care, and essential new-born care services at primary health facilities.
• Work with the community mobilization team and volunteers to conduct community education to increase awareness among both men and women on reproductive health issues including prevention GBV and SGBV, Reproductive health, Sexual Reproductive health awareness pregnancy care, safe deliveries assisted by skilled providers at health facilities, and recognition of danger signs during pregnancy and delivery.
• Support to organize all kinds of trainings SRH, prenatal care, post-natal care (PNC), delivery care, family planning and health education
• Support the coordination of surveys, assessments, Data and information collection.
• Assist to Referral system for basic and comprehensive Reproductive Health support services
• Support to provide health education materials including IEC materials, awareness session with women and adolescent.
• Maintain and provide all health facilities by reproductive health documents related to standards, practices and policies.
• Assist to SSWG and field teams on RH activities to promoting protection rights, participation, capacity building SRH issue management.
• Keep accurate regular reports, document results and maintain detailed records of the overall RH, SRH activities in camp level.
• Contribute to development of regular activity reports and assist with the development and drafting of project proposals.
• Work in health facility to provide RH services as needed.

Relationships

Officer - SRHR will report to Program Officer-GBV.

Required Educational Qualification and Experience    

• Graduation in public health, population, sociology, demography and/or other related social science discipline (flexible in terms of person having working experience in Rohingya Response).
• At least 3 years of professional experience in the field of sexual reproductive health (SRH), gender-based violence (GBV), including in humanitarian settings, family planning with GO, NGO level.

Technical Skills

• Proficiency in local language will be an advantage.
• Clear understanding on protection issues and human rights.
• Able to take decision in a timely manner, prioritize and multi-task seamlessly.
• Orientation to gender sensitivity.
• Ability to work under extreme pressure and meeting deadlines.
• Team player with strong experience in multi-cultural and multi-ethnic environments.
• Proficient with MS office suite

Application instructions

Only those who meet the above requirements are requested to apply following these instructions:

• Last date of application is Saturday, 7 August 2021
• Please click here to submit your application. 

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ActionAid Bangladesh aims to attract and select a diverse workforce ensuring equal opportunity to everyone, irrespective of race, age, gender, sexual orientation, HIV status, class, ethnicity, disability, location and religion. Any personal persuasion/phone call will result in disqualification of candidature. 

ActionAid Bangladesh has a non-negotiable policy of ZERO TOLERANCE towards Sexual Harassment, Exploitation and Abuse (SHEA), Child Protection Policy and other relevant safeguarding policies and expects all employees to abide by the Safeguarding Policies and Code of Conduct of ActionAid Bangladesh. 

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