Programme Officer

Programme Officer-Climate Resilience

Contract type:
Fixed term , Full time hours per week

Location
: Country Office Dhaka, Bangladesh

Salary:
Monthly gross salary BDT 63,962/- with excellent benefits.

Change starts with water. Change starts with you.

Every day, millions of people live without clean water, decent toilets and good hygiene. WaterAid exists to change that - for everyone, everywhere. Join us, and your energy will help unlock people's potential and create a fairer future.

About WaterAid

We're a global federation driven by one vision: a world where everyone, everywhere has clean water, sanitation and hygiene by 2030. Powered by our values of Respect, Accountability, Courage, Collaboration, Integrity and Innovation, we work alongside communities, partners and supporters to make change happen.

About the team

The Climate Resilience Programme of WaterAid Bangladesh aims to improve access to water and sanitation services with promotion of safe hygiene practices among the targeted underprivileged people living in different climate vulnerable areas in Bangladesh. Under the interventions, WaterAid also works with schools and healthcare centers in the respective project areas to improve their WASH services including influencing respective local government institute (LGIs), youth, utility agencies, relevant actors, civil society organization, and stakeholders as appropriate. The team is headed by Programme Lead-Climate Resilience.

About the role

The Programme Officer for Climate Resilience Programme deals with sustainable WASH for target communities in climate vulnerable areas of Bangladesh. The position is accountable for upholding responsibilities to achieve the aims of the respective Programme, Departmental and Organizational components of WaterAid Bangladesh (WAB).

In this role, you will:

• Play an active role in achieving objectives, strengthening process and progress monitoring of relevant projects
• Pursue knowledge management and reporting process of the programme portfolio and relevant projects
• Develop and update modules for programme activities and interventions
• Support partner NGOs in planning and budgeting; follow up the progress of programme implementation and provide necessary guidance to be on track ensuring quality of work
• Plan an active role to lead social mobilisation, content development, organise and facilitate capacity building events for partners and relevant stakeholders
• Support in promoting project activities in line with national and global climate activism
• Support in climate advocacy in collaboration partner NGOs at local level in accordance with organization's goals and guide them as appropriate

The responsibilities outlined above may be subject to periodic review and revision in consultation with the line manager.

Requirements

To be successful, you will need:

Education:
Bachelor's degree from Social/Environmental Sciences and Management or relevant subject or faculty. However, preference will be given to candidates with post graduate degrees.

Experience:
At least 03 year of demonstrated work experience in the relevant field of Climate Change. This condition may be relaxed for candidates with exceptional credentials.

Skills and knowledge:

Excellent presentation, facilitation, communications and writing skills both in Bangla & in English. High level of pro-activeness and creativity, self-motivated and positive attitude to work in team approach. Good understanding of programme monitoring and evaluation. Experience and knowledge on WASH, climate change, adaptation, disaster management and disaster risk reduction will be preferred

Competencies:
Aptitude for innovation, to identify and explore new methods of working. Demonstrate respect for gender, diversity, organizational cultural and promote safeguarding and uphold organizational values. Demonstrate interest in and awareness of issues related to development, social justice and climate change

View the full job description
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Closing date:
Applications close
05:00 PM BD time on 26 August 2025
. Interviews may be scheduled on a rolling basis, and the role may close earlier if a suitable candidate is found.

How to apply:
Click Apply to upload your CV and cover letter.

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Pre‑employment screening

To apply for this role, you must be able to demonstrate your eligibility to work in the respective country. All pre-employment checks will be carried out according to local law and WaterAid's Safer Recruitment policy.

Benefits

Our benefits

• Festival bonus
• Provident fund
• Gratuity
• Life insurance for self, health insurance for self, spouse and children
• Cell phone allowances etc. are applicable as per policy provision.

Our Global Commitment:

Our people promise

We will work with passion and focus to make sure everyone everywhere has clean water, decent toilets and good hygiene. WaterAid is a place of purpose - where people have a real commitment and shared responsibility for the impact we have. We are a global community with diverse backgrounds and perspectives, motivated by inspiring, stimulating work. We are determined to be a place where people feel safe and able to contribute their voice and truly live our values.

Equal Opportunities

We welcome applications from people of all backgrounds, beliefs, customs, traditions, ways of life and status. This includes, but is not limited to, race, ethnicity, caste, colour, gender, language, religion, political or other opinion, national or social origin, property, birth, disability status, neurodiversity, age, marital and family status, sexual orientation and gender identity, health status, place of residence, economic and social situation.

Safeguarding

We are committed to protecting everyone we come into contact with. We have a zero- tolerance approach to abuse of power, privilege or trust across our global work, and to any form of inappropriate behaviour, discrimination, abuse, bullying, harassment, or exploitation. Safeguarding the people and communities we work with, our staff, volunteers and anyone working on our behalf is our top priority, and we take our responsibilities extremely seriously. All offers of employment are subject to satisfactory references and appropriate screening checks (which can include counterterrorism, safeguarding and criminal records checks).

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