Islamic Relief Bangladesh
Project Officer - Livelihood & Community Mobilization (Islamic Relief Bangladesh)
Dinajpur (Nawabganj), Rangpur (Kaunia)
Deadline: 2025-10-11
2 Positions
Job Overview
Company: Islamic Relief Bangladesh
Location: Dinajpur (Nawabganj), Rangpur (Kaunia)
Type: FullTime
Salary: BDT 68,294 - 88,782 per month
Posted: 2025-09-29
Experience: 5 Years
Education Requirements
Master’s degree in Development Studies, Sociology, Social Science, Social Work, Disaster Management, Social Welfare, Agriculture, Agronomy, or related discipline.
Job Responsibilities
- Plan and manage field-level implementation to ensure high-quality delivery of project interventions.
- Provide technical support for livelihood, agriculture, and community mobilization activities.
- Support formation, strengthening and leadership development of self-help groups and apex bodies.
- Coordinate with government, NGOs, CBOs and private sector for service linkages and stakeholder engagement.
- Monitor project activities, conduct regular follow-ups and support MEAL processes.
- Compile data, prepare monthly/quarterly/annual reports and document impact stories and best practices.
- Support financial monitoring, monthly expenditure analysis and risk mitigation measures.
- Ensure compliance with safeguarding, child protection, Complaints & Feedback Mechanism, and gender sensitivity.
Required Skills
- Community mobilization
- Project management (PCM)
- Agriculture & livestock knowledge
- Value chain development
- Report writing and documentation
- MEAL and data analysis
- Safeguarding & gender sensitivity
- Risk assessment and mitigation
- English communication (reading, writing, speaking)
- Microsoft Office and basic statistical/database tools
Benefits & Compensation
- Mobile bill
- Tour allowance
- Health Insurance
- Provident fund
- Weekly 2 holidays
- Gratuity
- Festival Bonus
- Other benefits as per organizational HR policy
Job Description
Islamic Relief Bangladesh is seeking a motivated and experienced Project Officer - Livelihood & Community Mobilization to join our team. This job opportunity in Bangladesh is ideal for professionals with strong community mobilization and livelihood development experience who want to work with a reputable humanitarian company focused on poverty alleviation and sustainable development. This circular invites applications from qualified candidates to apply and contribute to resilient community livelihoods.The successful candidate will play a critical role in planning, implementing, monitoring, and documenting field-level activities to ensure high quality, rights-based, and gender-sensitive outcomes. The position requires at least five years of experience in development or NGO settings, a relevant Master’s degree, and hands-on experience in community-led approaches, self-help groups, value chain development, and climate-adaptive livelihood programming.Why apply?Work with a respected international company (Islamic Relief) operating in Bangladesh and across the globe.Engage directly with rural communities to support sustainable livelihoods and socio-economic resilience.Opportunities to contribute to technical design, documentation, and knowledge sharing across programmes.Key responsibilitiesPlan and manage field-level implementation to ensure project interventions meet quality and timeline expectations.Provide technical support and coordination for livelihood, agriculture, and community mobilization activities.Support capacity building for self-help groups, training on savings & credit management, and entrepreneurship development.Coordinate with government departments, NGOs, CBOs, and private sector actors to build linkages and service provision networks.Collect, analyse, and compile project data; prepare monthly, quarterly, and final narrative and quantitative reports.Document best practices, case studies, impact stories, and evidence for scaling climate-adaptive livelihood practices.Support MEAL (Monitoring, Evaluation, Accountability & Learning) framework implementation and ensure functioning Complaints & Feedback Mechanism (CFM), child protection, safeguarding and gender sensitivity.Assist in financial monitoring and monthly expenditure analysis, and support project risk mitigation.Required education and experienceMaster’s degree in Development Studies, Sociology, Social Science, Social Work, Disaster Management, Social Welfare, Agriculture, Agronomy, or related discipline.Minimum 5 years of relevant experience in social & economic development, preferably within NGO or development agencies.Proven experience with community-led approaches and project implementation.Skills and competenciesProject implementation and project management (PCM tools)Community mobilization and stakeholder coordinationBasic technical knowledge of agriculture, livestock and value chain developmentCapacity to integrate climate-smart and environmentally sustainable practicesExperience in reporting, documentation, and knowledge managementRisk assessment, analysis and mitigation planningGood communication skills in English (reading, writing, speaking)Working knowledge of Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint and basic statistical/database toolsIntegrity, professionalism, teamwork and leadershipBenefitsMobile bill contributionTour allowanceHealth insuranceProvident fundWeekly two holidaysGratuityFestival bonusOther benefits as per organizational HR policyThis job circular is open until the application deadline; interested candidates are encouraged to prepare a strong CV and necessary documents and apply promptly. For more details on the job and to download the full job description, visit the company website and follow the apply instructions. The job posting and recruitment are conducted by the company; please make sure to apply through the official channels indicated by Islamic Relief Bangladesh.Keywords for SEO: job, company, circular, bangladesh, apply.