SOYEE Specialist- Girls Get Equal

We strive on creating an inclusive work culture that ensures every individual feel supported and respected- a culture that focuses on gender inclusion with power to elevate unheard voices and value diverse experiences, fostering an environment of authentic respect and trust.

Our core values bind us together and hold us to high standards for how we expect ourselves and those we work with to behave. They are our guiding principles to the way we work and help us to understand how to put our organisational purpose- Advancing Children’s Rights and Equality for Girls into practice.

Plan International Bangladesh currently has 29,282 sponsored children. In view of the above vision, Plan International will do everything it can, working with community members, to ensure that all children, including sponsored children, are healthy, well educated, safe and have a voice in decisions that affect their lives. Plan International will ensure that every community where sponsored children live benefits from a programme every year.

The Project:

Plan International Bangladesh is going to implementing a multi years project titled ‘Girls Get Equal: Integrated approach to end CEFM’ ‘in one district (Barguna) of Barisal Division. The overall objective of the project is to reduce the incidence of child marriage in 16 unions of two sub-districts within the district of Barguna. The project will reach 26,000 children and youth in Barguna District with interventions across the five outcome areas which are girls’ retention in school, youth economic empowerment, sexual and reproductive health and rights (SRHR), social norm changes and child protection. The project will target the most marginalized adolescents and young women, will follow a clear tested graduation model to make the young women economically productive through effective training and income generating opportunities and socially empowered to achieve gender equality in the world of work.

The Role:

The SOYEE specialist will be responsible for providing strategic and technical support to the concerned partners for field level implementation and monitoring as per set quality standards of youth Economic Empowerment interventions towards improvement of the socio-economic circumstances of marginalized and poor youths with a particular focus on skills development, self/wage implementing decent jobs. Under the direct supervision of Project Manager as well as technical guidance of Head / M-manager- SOYEE, s/he will act as a point person for ensuring implementation of all aspects of SOYEE activities under the project. i.e. activity tracking and monitoring, expenditure review, reporting and related communication, capacity building of partner staffs on the technical aspect of youth economic empowerment and establishing and maintaining

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Location: Based at Barisal under Plan International Bangladesh Barisal Divisional Office

Duration: till  December 2024

Application Closing Date: 26 October 2023

Plan International Bangladesh is committed to ending gender inequality, and achieving a gender balanced workforce. Qualified women are strongly encouraged to apply. Only short-listed candidates shall be contacted. References will be taken along with background check and Anti-terrorism screening in conformity with Plans Global Policy on Safeguarding Children and Young People. We offer competitive salary, female friendly workplace, outstanding co-workers (who are respectful, professional, unbiased and easy to work with); equal opportunity that mean equal access to promotion, leadership role or incentive programme.