Oxfam GB

Oxfam GB


Oxfam is committed to ensuring diversity and gender equity within the organization and welcomes application from women and under represented groups.

Oxfam GB has been working in Bangladesh since the War of Independence (1971) and established our permanent country office in 1972. Since then we have responded to all major emergencies in the country. We are committed to lessen the suffering of the poor and vulnerable communities of the country by promoting an integrated development and disaster risk management programme in response to development and humanitarian needs.

Oxfam GB with funding support of ECHO under V DIPECHO action plan, initiated the project “Building community resilience to floods in central region of Bangladesh” since July 2009. The project is being implemented in 18 char villages of three districts (Faridpur, Shariatpur and Rajbari) vulnerable to floods and river erosion with support of three partner NGOs.

To capture and publish high quality change process documentation of this project both for internal usage and wider sharing with other relevant stakeholders we are looking for a suitable candidate as follows:

Position : Documentation Officer ( Under Service Agreement )- 1 Position
Level : D1
Duration : 3 Months

Salary range: National salary scales

Major Responsibilities:

* Under guidence of line manager, conceptualise structure and accordingly develop various documents in English language in view of specific objectives, scope of work, intended users and expected use as mentioned above
* Provide technical assistance to vendors during the process of designing and printing of these documents in publication form
* Participate in and document lesson learning workshop scheduled towards end of project
* Accompany and provide necessary support to an external consultant while conducting project evaluation
* To provide need based support to documentation of some of the joint interventions of
* DIPECHO Partners in Bangladesh (Group of six INGOs under DIPECHO V action plan)
* Translate all documents in Bangla OR Provide technical support to service provider for translating document in Bangla and proof reading of the same
* Other as assigned by line manager

Qualification and other requirements:

* Graduate in relevant field
* Minimum 3 years of working experiences in relevant field
* Excellent command on writing in English language
* Excellent interpersonal communication
* Experience to conduct FGD, ability to document lifeline experience, conduct structured, semi-structured and opend ended interview process.
* Ability to present the document briefly but self-explanatory.
* Ability to speak, write and understand Bangla
* Willingness to travel to char villages in difficult geography
* Person with Innovative and creative thinking
* Previous experience of working in DRR / humanitarian projects at grass root level will be an added advantage
* Preference will be given to a person with her / his own laptop and camera

If you are interested please, write to bahmed@oxfam.org.uk for Job application form and job profile or collect from Oxfam GB, House #4, Road #3, Block # I, Banani, Dhaka - 1213, Bangladesh. The closing date for applications is July 27, 2010. Please note only short listed candidates will be contacted due to limited resources.