CG Officer

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.

• At least 3 years
• The applicants should have experience in the following business area(s): NGO

• Masters

• Master’s degree in social science, Disaster management, or any other discipline.

• Age At most 45 years
• Only Female

Year of Experience:

• 3 years of working in CBP Program Funded by UNHCR and dynamic community group formation and Facilitation

Mandatory Requirements:

• Excellent facilitation skills
• Good communication skills both in English and Bangla.
• Report writing skills and strong interpersonal skills.
• Ability to manage dynamic non-paid community group members
• Knowledge of the prevention of environmental pollution
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint).
• Cultural sensitivity and understanding of diverse communities.
• Skilled in Community-led initiatives

Weekly Holidays (02 Days). Mobile & Internet Allowance* Travel Allowance* Medical Fund* Welfare Fund* Maternity & Paternity Leave (ML & PL)