Officer – Sports for Protection

ActionAid Bangladesh

 

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Summary

• Vacancy: —
• Location: Cox’s Bazar (Ukhia)
• Salary: Negotiable
• Experience: At least 2 years
• Published: 7 Sep 2024

 

Requirements

Education

Bachelor’s degree in sports management, physical education, social work, or a related field

Experience

• At least 2 years

Additional Requirements

• Minimum 2 years of experience working in sports development, community engagement, or humanitarian settings.
• Experience working with refugees or marginalized populations is preferred.

Technical Skills

• Strong organizational and planning skills.
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint).
• Ability to work independently and as part of a team.
• Fluency in English and Bengali, and local/Rohingya accent is essential

Key Competencies

• Passion for sports and its potential to promote social change.
• Cultural sensitivity and understanding of diverse communities.
• Ability to adapt to changing circumstances and challenges.
• Strong ethical principles and commitment to human rights.

Responsibilities & Context

Job Summary

The Officer – Sports for Protection will be responsible for implementing Sports for Protection, Social Cohesion, and Inclusion activities in Rohingya refugee camps in Ukhia and Teknaf, Cox’s Bazar. This role will involve building capacity and supervising volunteers, organizing work plans, and mobilizing communities to strengthen inclusivity, protection, and social cohesion. The officer will facilitate various sports-based activities and ensure adherence to rules, regulations, and codes of conduct.

Key responsibilities include (not limited to)

Facilitation of Sports for Protection, Social Cohesion, and Inclusion Activities

• Identification of sports field in consultation with community, present users, UNHCR and camp authority and assist in activities for preparing field for sports.
• Keep the sports field usable for regular sports with community. Prepare sports field day wise use plan in a community led approach.
• Mobilize community in care & maintenance of sports field with support from volunteers.
• Identify sports club members, participants for training and workshop, training venue, and facilitate sports club formation and keep functioning.
• Mobilize for sports club operational manual through a participatory process.
• Mobilize community, prioritize community proposed sports and identify the sports community prefer.
• Organize and supervise sports events, tournaments, and competitions. Arrange sports events inside the camp, inter-camp sports competition, and ‘sports for peace- mega refugee football event’.
• Dissemination of Sports for Protection message during Day Observance.
• Support for sports for protection stakeholders meeting and prepare implementation strategy
• Develop and implement sports-based activities to promote inclusivity, protection, and social cohesion among refugees and host communities.
• Establish/maintain/update database of sports club members, and volunteers (formation process, date of formation, profiles, training attendance) in the respective location of responsibility.
• Provide regular feedback to AAB on the status of the club members, volunteers and relevant changes in the compositions in the camp.
• Facilitate training sessions on sports skills, rules, regulations, and codes of conduct for volunteers and participants.
• Monitor and evaluate the impact of sports activities on participants’ well-being, social cohesion, and protection.
• Coordinate with relevant stakeholders, including UNHCR and other partners.

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Compensation & Other Benefits

Salary and benefits: Monthly Gross Salary with other admissible benefits such as medical benefit, mobile & internet allowance and group life insurance etc

Employment Status

Contractual

Job Location

Cox’s Bazar (Ukhia)

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