Sector Specialist-Skills, Integrated Development Programme (IDP)

Job Description

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

BRAC Integrated Development Programme (IDP) ensures access to services for people living in hard-to-reach regions such as haors (wetlands), chars (riverine islands) and indigenous communities. Interested in life at the last mile in Bangladesh? Join the IDP team to learn about the unique challenges of remote delivery, and be part of a team working to get critical services to the furthest corners of the country. Working at brac is not like any other job. It is a platform where you can bring about real change for people who need it the most. We are not just dreaming of a better world, we are building it. Join us to find the way.

Job Purpose

This person is responsible for identifying the demand for skills in the informal sector by ensuring that learners and Master Craft Persons (MCP) are selected based on criteria and guidelines that will oversee the quality of skills training provided to participants. Additionally, they will work to place participants in decent jobs within the informal sector to develop MCPs as competent trainers and providing technical support to field staff to ensure quality implementation.

Key Responsibilities

• Conduct staff capacity-building training, refreshers, and need-based hands-on training and conduct different orientations, (learners- parents, MCP and TT) Meetings (Coordination, MCP-TT linkage, and Bazar committee) and communicate with different stakeholders.
• Ensure the selection of learners and Master Craft Persons (MCP), Technical Trainers (TT), Peer Leaders, and training room. as per criteria and guidelines by checking at the participant level.
• Develop and review the technical guidelines, and training module aligned with the BRAC Skill Development Programme (SDP).
• Conduct relevant workshops, meetings, and regular field-level coordination with SDP focal at the regional and district level where applicable.
• Ensure a decent workplace in the informal sector -Occupational Safety & Health, Personal Protective Equipment, 3S (Short out, Set on order Sweep up/Sweeping) and develop MCP as a competent trainer.
• Identify the needs of the targeted people including staff and provide technical support for them through regular field visits.
• Ensure the documentation of all the relevant processes of enterprise implementation, information, lessons learned for sharing, knowledge management, etc. Prepare monthly, quarterly, and yearly reports and send them to the supervisor.
  
  

Safeguarding Responsibilities

• 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.
  
  

Additional Job Requirements

• Outstanding verbal and written communication skills.
• Ability to work with diverse and multi-disciplinary teams.
• Planning and report writing skills
• Proficient in MS office Applications
  
  

Knowledge & Skills

Knowledge on technical and vocational education.

Planning and report writing skills, staff management skills, communication skills, rapport building.

VALUES & COMPETENCIES

Competent on digital literacy

Educational Requirements

Masters in any discipline preferably from Agriculture/ Social Science/ MBA/ Marketing

Experience Requirements

Minimum 1 year experience in technical and vocational education or skills sector (Government/Non-Government)

Benefits

Festival Bonus, Contributory Provident Fund, Gratuity, Health and Life Insurance, Maternity/Paternity Leave, and others as per policy

INCLUSIVE WORKPLACE

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. As an equal-opportunity employer, we actively encourage applications from gender-diverse individuals and people with disabilities.

Selected candidates will have to go through a rigorous reference and background checking process which may include police verification.

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