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  • Human Resource Officer
    Number of vacancy: 1

    Awaj Foundation is a non-profit, voluntary organization. Awaj Foundation was established in 2003 out of the urgent need to protect workers’ rights in the Ready-Made Garment (RMG) sector of Bangladesh. Awaj Foundation is driven by the vision of decent work, dignified lives, and gender equity in the industrial sectors of Bangladesh. Awaj Foundation follows that each individual is entitled to work in a professional environment free of harm, harassment, sexual abuse, bullying, humiliation, exploitation or any other unlawful discriminatory practice. The organization works to establish and improve wages, strengthen workers’ rights, increase woman’s leadership, services for workers, legal aid, health services, migrant workers’ rights, research, and advocacy. Through 22 offices and community centers, we provide support to over 150,000 workers in 12 major industrial clusters in Dhaka and Chittagong Divisions.

    Position Name: Human Resource Officer

    Job Context:

    Human Resource (HR) Officer is responsible for maintaining day to day HR operations and the implementation of Awaj HR policies at Awaj Foundation.

    The HR Officer will ensure the efficient staff recruitment, contract management, orientation, learning and development, leave and attendance management, performance management, code of conduct compliance, employee engagement and staff care/wellbeing.

     

    Key Job responsibilities:

    • Human Resource Planning, selection and Recruitment as per requirement.
    • Ensure job descriptions are appropriate and relevant from a technical point of view by liaising with relevant team members.
    • Create advertisements and manage job vacancies
    • Coordinate internal and external vacancy advertising
    • Screen applications, liaise with Heads and other respective staff regarding short-listed applicants
    • Ensure short-listed candidates are suitable by doing competency and motivational interviews, alongside main stakeholders.
    • Administer the start to end contracting for all types of contracts
    • Coordinate onboarding for new staff
    • Review National staff contracts for accuracy and alignment with the local labour laws, in liaison with the HR Manager

      HR Administration:

    • Ensure that all aspects of HR Admin- contract management, personnel files are efficiently managed and completed
    • Ensure that all HR processes comply with laws governing us (Labour Act, Staff Regulations, Code of Conduct)
    • Prepare and organize in collaboration with the other departments, the induction of new staff.
    • Follow up on staff contracts (starting date, end date and extension if needed).
    • Make regular update of the leave status or leave planning system
    • Ensure staff complete their end of mission formalities with all departments and turnover all admin items (ID Card, keys, phone, laptop, sim card etc.) before departure in collaboration with the other departments

      Payroll Management:

    • Follow up the payment of taxes and social taxes by the Finance and make the double archiving of the documents and receipts transmitted by the Finance
    • Update and maintain payroll records
    • Maintain updated information on staff salaries, allowances and ensure compliance with current laws and regulations in close collaboration with the Finance Department
    • Ensure timely, equitable, transparent and systematic approvals of HR benefits, entitlements, contracts
    • Support Finance team with required information of employee payments during they leave organization or end of their contract.

    Performance Management:

    • Guide coordinators to perform the whole range of performance management activities (e.g. set objectives, appraisal, identify gaps and contribute to the definition of training and development actions as appropriate)
    • Provide guidance and support to coordinators and staff in cases of poor performance and disciplinary situations
    • Share information received from staff development with all the team.
    • Train staff in the use of the relevant tools e.g. performance online and advocate for highest standards of performance management
    • Ensure that staff are timely appraised and monitor quality of evaluations in compiling final appraisals for the HR files
    • Organize training for staff on HR policies
    • Develop staff skills by the management and supervision of the various trainings.

    Employment Status:

    Full Time

    Workplace:

    Head Office based in Mohakhali Dhaka, for administrative purpose may require to visit branch.

    Educational Requirements:

    Minimum Bachelor of Business Administration (BBA) in Human Resources or Related to Social Science or any administrative background

    Vacancy:

    01 (one)

    Salary:

    Negotiable

    Additional Requirements:

    • Working experience in Human Resource Management or any other experience in any administrative field is preferable
    • Experience working with national and international non-governmental organizations is preferred
    • Strong negotiation skills and the ability to persuade others to adopt a specific course of action to achieve desired results
    • Proficiency in the use of MS office tools
    • Fluency in written and spoken English

     Apply Procedure:

    Send your CV with a cover letter to awaj@dhaka.net and copy to hr.awajfoundation@gmail.com within 15 August,2024

     

    Please mention the Applied Position Name in the subject line of your email.

    Only short-listed candidates will be contacted. All applications will be treated according to merit and with strict confidentiality.

     

     

  • Project Coordinator
    Number of vacancy: 1

    Awaj Foundation is a non-profit, voluntary organization. Awaj Foundation was established in 2003 out of the urgent need to protect workers’ rights in the Ready-Made Garment (RMG) sector of Bangladesh. Awaj Foundation is driven by the vision of decent work, dignified lives, and gender equity in the industrial sectors of Bangladesh. Awaj Foundation follows that each individual is entitled to work in a professional environment free of harm, harassment, sexual abuse, bullying, humiliation, exploitation or any other unlawful discriminatory practice. The organization works to establish and improve wages, strengthen workers’ rights, increase woman’s leadership, services for workers, legal aid, health services, migrant workers’ rights, research, and advocacy. Through 22 offices and community centers, we provide support to over 740,000 workers in 12 major industrial clusters in Dhaka and Chittagong Divisions.

    Position Name: Project Coordinator

    Job Responsibilities

    • Supervising and coordinating with respective project staff.
    • To Monitor & Prepare reports for donors and management.
    • Prepare internal & external reports for higher management or relevant concerns
    • Developing project strategic and operational planning, and communicating with team members.
    • Liaising with donors and other stakeholders.
    • Organize all activities of the project in consultation with the Executive Director.
    • Coordinating to implement all planned activities of the project timely.
    • Implementing other activities as situation and project management may demand.
    • Reports to Executive Director.
    • Carry out any other task given by the authority.

    Workplace

    Head Office at Mohakhali, Dhaka with periodical field visits in branch offices

    Educational Requirements

    Honor’s/ Master’s Degree in Social Science or other relevant disciplines.

    Experience Requirements:

    • At least 3 years of experience in an equivalent position in the relevant field is desirable.
    • Women are encouraged to apply.

    Employment Status:

    • Fulltime, Contract Salary
    • Negotiable Additional Requirements
    • Knowledge in community development, strong interpersonal skills, team-building capacity, and problem-solving skills.
    • Proficiency in written and spoken English and Bengali languages.
    • Experience in working with MS Office, Excel, and similar programs.
    • Strong negotiation skills and the ability to persuade others to adopt a specific course of action to achieve desired results

    Read Before Apply

    If you think you are aligned with our values and feel you would fit into the role, please send in a two-pager CV with names, recent colored passport-size photos, and contact details of three non-related referees, and a one-page cover letter addressed to the Executive Director, Awaj Foundation and send it to awaj@dhaka.net and hr.awajfoundation@gmail.com Application

    Deadline: 25th August,2024

    Please mention the Applied Position Name in the subject line of your email.

    Only short-listed candidates will be contacted. All applications will be treated according to merit and with strict confidentiality.