Associate Manager - Child Marriage: USAID/Bangladesh Fight Slavery and Trafficking-In-Persons
Winrock International
- Dhaka
- Permanent
- Full-time
- Prevent human rights violations and increasing awareness of TIP and Child Marriage; and
- Strengthen protection of TIP and Child Marriage victims.
- Leads the incorporation, monitoring, and technical assistance of child marriage activities within FSTIP program components promoting a “4 P approach”, includes advocacy, policies, and laws related to child marriage; develops communications to target high-prevalence child marriage communities; services for survivors.
- Conducts training and leads research, networking, and policy implementation related to child marriage.
- Takes part in FSTIP subgrantee selection and award processes and monitors budgets and implementation against targets.
- Manages a FSTIP subgrant exclusively implementing CM activities in the southern part of Bangladesh.
- Works closely and in consultation with the FSTIP Child Marriage Manager in monitoring and following up with all subgrantees' CM activities.
- Develops FSTIP Consultants Terms of Reference (TORs).
- Contributes to FSTIP program strategies and develops FSTIP program communications and reports on child marriage component achievements.
- Designs and facilitates FSTIP training sessions for key stakeholders including members of Marriage Registrars' Associations, religious leaders (Imams, teachers) child marriage prevention committees, and gender-based violence committees.
- Provides input on gender-responsive programming, child rights, cultural and traditional nuances of child marriage practices in Bangladesh, and pathways to re-establish education for out-of-schoolgirls.
- Collaborates with all FSTIP program components - Prosecution, Prevention, and Protection on the organization of events, program monitoring, and reporting.
- Provides support to the FSTIP MERL team regarding data verification, review, and reporting
- Education:
- Master's level degree required in Law or social science (Economics, Sociology, Anthropology, Development Studies, etc.) from a reputable university.
- Work Experience:
- A minimum of five years' experience managing and implementing complex activities (trafficking in persons and child marriage preferred) for international development projects, preferably with USAID.
- Solid knowledge of child marriage, human trafficking and gender-based violence related issues.
- Solid knowledge of child marriage related national and international laws and rules.
- Experience in developing program communications and reports on child marriage successes.
- Experience in conducting a large number of training activities for senior officials.
- Strong interpersonal skills and ability to work in teams and in a multi-cultural environment.
- Experience in developing and managing subgrants.
- Familiarity with USAID DRG portfolio strongly preferred.
- Skills:
- Fluent in Bangla and English.
- Microsoft Office Skills.
- Strong oral and written communication skills.
- Strong interpersonal skills and ability to work in teams and in a multi-cultural environment.
- Ability to work independently with minimal oversight and manage multiple, competing priorities and activities.
- Ability to travel frequently to project areas, includes rural, remote areas.
- Other:
- • Willing to travel frequently to project areas.