Community Development Centre (CODEC) invites application for the CG Officer for implementing 'Education and Protection for Refugee Community (EPRC) Project' funded by UNHCR, located at Ukhiya & Teknaf Cox’s Bazar)
Position Title: CG Officer
Duration: 01 June 2026 to 31 December 2026.
Job Location: Ukhiya/Teknaf, Cox’s Bazar
C. Key areas of performance /Responsibility /Accountability
- Facilitate the formation, activation, and regular functioning of community groups, including male groups, female groups, youth boys’ and girls’ groups, Youth Environment Club (YEC), self-help groups, Imam FRT and community representatives (CRs).
- Organize and conduct routine meetings with different community groups and ensure participatory decision-making.
- Document meeting discussions, decisions, and action plans, and follow up on agreed actions with community groups.
- Support community groups in identifying priorities and implementing community-led initiatives (CLI).
- Conduct focus group discussions (FGDs), community consultations, and dialogues to build rapport, collect baseline and contextual information, and strengthen community engagement.
- Support community-led awareness sessions and discussion forums on relevant social, protection, and environmental issues.
- Promote women’s leadership, youth participation, and inclusion of persons with specific needs (PSNs) in community structures.
- Facilitate formation, activation, and capacity development of Youth Environment Clubs, supporting environmental actions and local initiatives.
- Work closely with TO CG and community group members to plan, coordinate, and support daily and weekly schedules.
- Support leadership development and capacity-building activities for community representatives and group members.
- Maintain regular communication with community group members to understand challenges and jointly identify practical solutions.
- Assist in ensuring age, gender, and diversity (AGD) representation within community groups and volunteer teams.
- Support identification and referral of PoCs with specific needs to relevant service providers, ensuring dignity, confidentiality, and informed consent.
- Support reporting and referral of community-level complaints, conflicts, or misconduct through established organizational and inter-agency mechanisms, without assuming disciplinary authority.
- Facilitate meetings and field visits for visitors and representatives from government, local, and international organizations as required.
- Maintain updated databases of community groups and members, including profiles, participation, and training records.
- Provide regular updates to the Snr. Officer CC and TO- CG on the status of community groups and any changes in group composition.
- Prepare and submit weekly, monthly, quarterly, half-yearly, and annual reports as per organizational and donor requirements.
- Submit work plans and accomplishment reports to the Senior Officer CC.
- Uphold CODEC’s Code of Conduct, safeguarding, PSEA, child protection, confidentiality, and “Do No Harm” principles at all times.
- Promote accountability to affected populations (AAP) through transparent, respectful, and inclusive community engagement.
- Any other responsibilities assigned by the Supervisor or Organization.
Safeguarding & PSEA:
- S/he should abide by the Inter-Agency Standing Committee (IASC)'s six core principles on Protection from Sexual Exploitation and Abuse (PSEA) policy.
- Ensure the safety of team members (in respect to Prevention of sexual exploitation and abuse - PSEA) from any harm, abuse, neglect, harassment and exploitation to achieve the program's goals on safeguarding implementation.
- Act as a key source of support, guidance and expertise on safeguarding for establishing a safe working environment.
Age At most 45 yearsOnly Female Year of Experience:3 years of working in CBP Program Funded by UNHCR and dynamic community group formation and FacilitationMandatory Requirements:Excellent facilitation skillsGood communication skills both in English and Bangla.Report writing skills and strong interpersonal skills.Ability to manage dynamic non-paid community group membersKnowledge of the prevention of environmental pollutionProficiency in Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint).Cultural sensitivity and understanding of diverse communities.Skilled in Community-led initiatives
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