Working as a Social Inclusion and Gender Adviser in Bangladesh

Role overview

• Review the existing activities for disabled people in VSO Bangladesh and how these are implementing in field level through partners
• Conduct a full social exclusion and gender analysis (SEGA) study to find the gaps, challenges, aspirations and possible interventions for youth with disabilities (YWDs)
• Research and mapping of potential employment, entrepreneurship and agricultural activities for YWDs in the area
• Review local and national government policies to support YWDs
• Strategy development to break social stigma and discrimination on disabilities aspects
• Develop an engagement strategy to obtain local government support for YWDs
• Review SEGA findings and work with Growing Together team and community members to design project activities for YWD that can be embedded into the Growing Together/Joikko model
• Support RDRS (implementing partner organization) with Participatory Rural Analysis activities to identify YWDs who will participate in year one project activities
• Pilot activities including establishing new farmer groups and demo plots as well as employment and entrepreneurship support.

Skills, qualifications and experience

Women with required competencies are strongly encouraged to apply.

Essential
• At least MA/BA in Women and Gender Analysis/Research/Study, Development Study, Sociology, Anthropology.
• Proven experience of conducting quantitating and qualitative research studies, research report writing with methodologies, research data collection, research data analysis, etc.
• Clear knowledge of SIG and disabled-friendly interventions
• Experience on profitable business model and planning for disabled people
• A clear understanding of disabled focused interventions based on local context
• Conceptual and analytical skills and demonstrable ability to think
• Having development experience in South Asia context
• Experienced on the livelihood of the poor communities

Besides these skills, you need to be open-minded, respectful, resilient and adaptive to new situations. It is important that you can facilitate positive change, build sustainable working relationships and are willing to seek and share knowledge.

For further information about this job, download here the detailed job description.

Terms & conditions

VSO will cover and support you in all preparations: training, visa, work permit, registration in-country, flights, vaccinations, anti-malarial treatment, PEP treatment, medical and security clearance. In-country VSO will provide induction and support in placement, arrange secure accommodation (often shared with another VSO professional), full medical insurance (including repatriation cover), medical indemnity insurance, work-related travel costs and a living allowance which will enable you to live a basic but healthy lifestyle, but which is not sufficient to cover ongoing commitments at home.

What we do at VSO

Our programs focus on the areas of health, education and livelihoods, with an increasing emphasis on resilience building, social accountability, gender and social inclusion. We believe progress is only possible when we work together and that strong partnerships are crucial to delivering positive change. That’s why we work with over 500 partner organizations, from local and national governments to businesses, NGOs, funders, charities and community groups. Currently, over 30% of our people are recruited from within the country in which they work, and we continue to grow the share of community and national volunteers involved in our programs. We also send increasing numbers of volunteers from one developing country to another. However, our vision has remained the same; to build a world without poverty.

The experience of a placement is a one-of-a-life-time experience and will benefit you in multiple ways. You will have the chance to learn to work with people from different cultural backgrounds. There is often the opportunity to develop your teamwork-, leadership- and management skills. This can be helpful for career opportunities after your placement.

The environment of development work is changing continuously. Our recruiter knows the actual vacancies abroad. If you have any questions about our current programs and where we currently operate, don’t hesitate to contact Kelly.