Coordinator (Training)

Organization                       : Community Development Association (CDA)

Name of position              : Coordinator (Training)

Location of posting           : Dinajpur

Number of positions        :  01

Type of contract                : As full time core staff

 Duration of Contract       : Year wise renewal

Salary and benefits          : Salary @BDT 35,000 for 6 months’ probation period. After successful completion of probation period, job and salary will be regularized with PF, Gratuity & others  as per Organizational policy.

 

Job Summary:

Coordinator (Training) is responsible to ensure the smooth and effective functioning of an Environmentally sound Training Center management, find out training events, different projects/Program related learnings aligning with Training-Workshops & methodologies. S/he is responsible to manage, design, develop, coordinate and conducting for small & large scale training programs with the objectives of human resource development as the experienced educator, from the field level or from among the participants of PARALLELOGRAM followed by the Organization Building/Institution Building Skills & bye-laws, land rights, people centered Agrarian Reform Policy Advocacy mobilization and for materialization of the Climate resilience. Overall, to-do plans, implements and evaluates training for Staff, Partners or beneficiaries, focusing on Skill development for programs like livelihoods or humanitarian response, handling logistics, managing trainers, assigning needs, tracking outcomes and maintaining records, often bridging program goals & vision with practical learning for Community impact by self assessment.

Key responsibilities include (not limited to):

Planning:

• Prepare Monthly, quarterly and yearly training plan
• Training need assessment.
• Facilitate planning process of staff & PO’s level.
• Associate with the management all the time in terms of program & policy design, plan.  re-plan, implementation.
• Prepare monitoring plan & follow-up the training.

 

Programming:

• Ensure organizational vision, mission & values
• Create & ensure gender friendly working environment within the organization
• Training Curriculum development (Organization / Program / Project / Other NGO’s Level)
• Organize training, workshop, meeting, seminar
• Conduct & facilitate training, workshop, meeting, seminar
• Develop & innovate Methodology / Technologies.
• Provide program briefing, orientation to the visitors.
• Providing resource person & consultancy services for other organization
• Material development, collection & dissemination
• Develop training calendar, curriculum, module, schedule, brochure.

 

Reporting, Documentation & Materialization:

• Prepare monthly, quarterly & annual training report.
• Prepare different training, meeting, seminar, workshop report.
• Ensure & preserve report, documentations.
• Identify & draft narration upon the policies issues both OD and public level.
• Prepare video, case stories & learning materials.

·         Write up & present concept notes and proposals to donors and relevant stakeholders with the approval of the Executive Director.

 

Coaching, counselling and consultation

 

• Idea gathering, sharing with all level of staff.
• One to one coaching.
• Information gathering & sharing with all level of staff.
• Consult & share the ideas with ED/DD & management staff when necessary.
• Conselling with staff & PO’s level.

 

Coordination & integration

 

·         Facilitate for Coordination with training team.

·         Coordination & cooperation with different level of staff as well as PO’s level including other stakeholders.

·         Coordination, liaison, networking, linkage building with GO, NGO & civil society.

·         Contact resource person from different organization.

·         Integration with other program & projects (Holistic).

·         Participate in POC, staff coordination meeting, annual meeting,planning meeting & along with others organizational activities.

·         Ensuring & attending the national anthem regularly for maintaining organizational values.

 

Monitoring, supervision & evaluation

 

• Develop training monitoring tools
• Field visit, follow up and assess training activities.
• Evaluate training objectives, input, output & impact
• Evaluate training course along with pre/post & on going evaluation.
• Evaluate Staff performance during training.

 

Admin & financial activities

• Approve leave, salary, bill-vouchers of the training staff.
• Prepare budget, estimate of the training activities.
• Facilitate over all responsibilities of the training center for good environment for learning & productivity.

 

Especial assignment:

• Perform special assignment of the Executive Director/Deputy Director
• Perform other assignment or representation as requested by the top management.

 

 

Required Educational Qualification and Experience

 

Education & Training:

·         Masters preferably in relevant subject areas Social Sciences, Development Studies, specifically Sociology & Policy, Human Rights Economy or a related discipline.  Experience in the sector will also be considered highly.

Experience: 

·         At least 3-5 years or more of sound experience in training.

·         Extensive hands on experience in implementing strategies and knowledge of training methodologies.

·         Extensive experience of working with NGOs and CSOs is preferred. Experience with Community based and/or volunteer organizations is an advantage.

·         Excellent knowledge of report writing & other documentations.

·         Good facilitation skills and knowledge and experience in participatory planning and TOF.

 

Required Competencies:

·         Proficiency in Microsoft Excel and other data analysis tools for training

·         Language Skills

·         Fluency in English (Written & spoken)

·         Good team building capacity and decision making skills.

·         Good interpersonal communication and leadership skill within the organizational Desk management.

 

Age limits: 

·         Age will be 35-40 years

 

Technical Skills:

 

·         Strong organizational and time management skills

·         Excellent attention to detail and analytical thinking

·         Non-smoker

·         Female applicants will get preference.

·         The candidates are able to drive motor bike with valid driving license to visit the field frequently and sometimes may stay at the field level.

·         CDA is a voluntary Organization. Make sure to stay focused on your responsibilities full time having the outlook of “Living with the people” as the organizational approach.

 

Relationships:

·         S/he will report to the Executive Director. S/he will work as a team member of the higher level management team.

 

Application instructions:

Only those who meet the above requirements are requested to apply following these instructions:

·         Last date of application is 2nd August 2026

·         Please submit CV with NID, Two copies of recent passport size photographs, experiences and other documents with the application to be addressed to the Executive Director, Community Development Association (CDA); Upa-Shahar, Block # 1, House # 51, Dinajpur-5200, or you can submit the required docs via email:  hrdcda@gmail.com

Manager (PMEAL)

 

Organization                       : Community Development Association (CDA)

Name of position              : Manager (PMEAL)

Location of posting           : Dinajpur

Number of positions        :  01

Type of contract                : As full time core staff

 Duration of Contract       : Year wise renewal

Salary and benefits          : Salary @BDT 43,000 for 6 months’ probation period. After successful completion of probation period, job and salary will be regularized with PF, Gratuity & others  as per Organizational policy.

 

Job Summary:

The Manager (PMEAL) is a position in CDA to ensure the planning, monitoring, evaluation, accountability and learning activities systematically within the organization/Program/Projects in a continuous strategic way to achieve higher quality with quality upon planned target of Program for increased impact followed the organizational vision & mission/program/project goal/ objectively towards social transformation development & access to Land Rights. The role also strengthens institutional capacity for evidence-based decision-making, accountability, and continuous learning followed by the Theory of Change (TOC).

 

Key responsibilities include (not limited to):

Planning:

·   Prepare organizational plan & action plans and Also the PMEAL department, program or project implementation plan.

·   Review the plans in a timely manner for implementation & coordination and for achieving the planned change results.

·   Assist the departmental staff to prepare their individual work plans aligned with the organizational Program/ Project/ priorities.

·   Develop Annual plan of CDA for the organisation & for its program/project in a participatory manner in association with respective Managers/ Coordinators / Desk Heads/ other staff.

·   Develop format to assess / survey the village context for initial planning / as baseline, abstract and proposal writing for the donors/ partners.

·      Assist to prepare yearly planning from the lowest tiers to Constituency level of the PARALLELO gram and ensure self Monitoring.

·   Facilitate integration of PMEAL functions across projects, ensuring consistency and synergy.

·   Concern with DD/ED Prepare plan for Human Resources Management (HRM), Information Communication Technologies (ICT), MIS, systems to the respective department and integration.

·   Support program teams in preparing annual and semi-annual organizational plans and reports.

 

Monitoring:

·   Develop Monitoring tools, technic, indicators and log frames for all Projects and Programs through bottom-up participatory approach from the beneficiary levels.

·   Assist & Develop indicators & tools for the POs/ Projects / Self Governance.

·   Provide training to staff for Monitoring & Evaluation or developing system.

·   Organise & strengthening monitoring desk and to the institutional system based on a guideline.

·   Develop & maintain monitoring systems to measure the inputs and outputs for projects and program versus the log frames and targets.

·   Select the most appropriate tools and methodologies to collect and analyse the necessary data.

·   Analyse and report on progress versus targets, in particular highlighting gaps to the relevant department heads.

·   Monitor the progress against annual plan, work plan, strategic plan for all program and projects of CDA. 

·   Maintain updated dashboards and progress reports for management and stakeholders.

 

Evaluation & Learning:

·   Evaluate the impact of CDA’s program and projects upon the ESC & Civil & Political Rights, Ecological, and Environmental Rights, institutional values as internalised.

·   Establish targets for the objectives, outcomes and impacts of projects and program in a participatory manner.

·   Develop & maintain evaluation systems to measure the progress versus objectives, outcomes and impacts for projects.

·   Select the most appropriate tools and methodologies to collect and evaluate necessary data.

·   Assist in developing the TORs for external Evaluation

·   Setup and strengthen internal Evaluation desk.

·   Analyse and prepare report on progress versus targets, in particular highlighting gaps to the relevant department heads/ Desks/ others.

·   Coordinate evaluations, and learning studies for CDA.

·   Facilitate knowledge-sharing workshops and learning sessions with staff & the internees.

 

General Activities:

·   Setup the priorities for the PMEAL department using the output and findings of the department members in conjunction with the direction set up by the POC, strategic plan and project / program objectives.

·   Visit the POs & samitees including all level of institutional tiers and assess the strength to pick up issues for advocacy

·   Assist the departmental staff members to select the most appropriate tools and methodologies to conduct their work

Provide consultancies to other organizations for CDA’s income generation.

 

Staff Skills and Capacity development

·   Provide coaching and feedback to facilitates reports as to increase their capacity.  Also provide orientation, training, workshop and meeting concern with the DD and ED.

·   Inspire the respective & concerned staff to prepare facts findings, case studies, updates, literatures, abstracts, leaflets, brochures, Bulletins, Posters, or any other communication materials along with the digitalization and edit all other publications & materializations in relation with the People centred Voice/ efforts/ struggles  towards advocacy.

 

Training, workshops & meetings

·         Identify own training needs in association with training section with the approval by the POC .

·         Identify training needs of PMEAL staff & share in POC.

·         Provide training/ consultancy to the organizational/ POs & its tiers upon evaluation.

·         Assist to develop PMEAL related training curriculum, modules & materials. in association with training section.

·         Planning, organising & conducting specific trainings and workshops to the PMEAL department.

·         Attend regular and special trainings, workshops and meetings as scheduled at organisational level.

·         Provide input / Training to the staff to internalize & organise POs plan upon the contextual needs of People Cantered Land Governance through formatively and statistically with visual tools.

·         Participate in different workshop & Trainings to be organized by CDA or other organization

·         Attend meetings/ trainings/ workshops within CDA & outside CDA

 

Reporting:

·         Prepare monthly & other regular reports and narrative Report as per schedule then submit to DD/ED/ Donor/ Government/ NGOAB consent with line manager/DD.

·       Develop need based reporting format and Submit special         

    reports as required.

·       Assist or prepare draft report like annual report of donor and 

        organization.

·   Ensure reports capture both performance progress and lessons learned for adaptive management.

 

Fund raising & Communication

·         Associate with DD and ED to develop & implement fundraising strategies upon the strategic planning /contextual need analysis on a regular basis.

·         Write up the concept note, proposals including the budget & financial plan in the guidance of DD/ED.

·         The concept note /guidelines/abstract for the project proposals would be presented to the Donors/Representatives with the consent of DD and ED.

·         Attend in the high level meetings as a representative on behalf of the Organization.

 

Special assignments:

·         Engage with any other emergency or special work of the organisation as required by the DD/ED towards formulation of Policies/ Plans for Internal/ External Governance.

·         Any assignment is recommended by the POC meeting or the technical Team would be performed within Deadline.

 

Required Educational Qualification and Experience

 

Education & Training:

·         Masters preferably in relevant subject areas Social Sciences, Development Studies, specifically Sociology & Policy, Human Rights Economy, PGD in PMEAL or a related discipline.  Experience in the sector will also be considered highly.

Experience: 

·         At least 3-5 years or more of sound experience in PMEAL work.

·         Extensive hands on experience in implementing strategies and knowledge of Planning , Monitoring tools.

·         Extensive experience of working with NGOs and CSOs is preferred. Experience with Community based and/or volunteer organizations is an advantage.

·         Excellent knowledge of report writing & other documentations.

·         Good facilitation skills and knowledge and experience in participatory planning and TOF.

 

Required Competencies:

·         Proficiency in Microsoft Excel and other data analysis tools for PMEAL work

·         Language Skills

·         Fluency in English (Written & spoken)

·         Good team building capacity and decision making skills.

·         Good interpersonal communication and leadership skill within the organizational Desk management.

 

Age limits:  

·         Age will be 35-40 years

 

Technical Skills:

 

·         Strong organizational and time management skills

·         Excellent attention to detail and analytical thinking

·         Non-smoker

·         Female applicants will get preference.

·         The candidates are able to drive motor bike with valid driving license to visit the field frequently and sometimes may stay at the field level.

·         CDA is a voluntary Organization. Make sure to stay focused on your responsibilities full time having the outlook of “Living with the people” as the organizational approach.

 

Relationships:

·         S/he will report to the Deputy Director. S/he will work as a team member of the higher level management team.

 

Application instructions:

Only those who meet the above requirements are requested to apply following these instructions:

·         Last date of application is 2nd August 2026

·         Please submit CV with NID, Two copies of recent passport size photographs, experiences and other documents with the application to be addressed to the Executive Director, Community Development Association (CDA); Upa-Shahar, Block # 1, House # 51, Dinajpur-5200, or you can submit the required docs via email:  hrdcda@gmail.com

 

 

Manager (Social Research and Policy Documentation)

Organization                       : Community Development Association (CDA)

Name of position              : Manager (Social Research and Policy Documentation)

Location of posting           : Dinajpur

Number of positions        :  01

Type of contract                : As full time core staff

 Duration of Contract       : Year wise renewal

Salary and benefits          : Salary @BDT 43,000 for 6 months’ probation period. After successful completion of probation period, job and salary will be regularized with PF, Gratuity & others as per Organizational policy.

 

Job Summary:

The Manager (SRPD) is a position in CDA to ensure social Research as a Department and mobilizes social research initiatives, picking up & wrap-up the excluded and unheard learning, and pick up the innovation & issues. The Manager is responsible for investigating social issues through research, using various methodologies to gather and analyze data, with a focus on participatory, bottom-up approaches towards policy enhancement. The Manager (SRPD) works to strengthen the organization’s capacity in social research, planning, process and policy analysis, and for advocacy, achieving the goal oriented policy reform or reformulation fostering with people’s participation, and promoting inclusive local resource based governance. Social research findings and evidence-based learning will be utilized to inform policy, test a refine existing strategies, enhance understanding of social dynamics, design studies, and communicate results to diverse audiences toward transformative solutions for the violation of the fundamental Human Rights.

Key responsibilities include (not limited to):

Planning, Social Research, & Policy Analysis:

·         Prepare individual work plan and action plan.

·         Assist to prepare work plan and action plan of departmental staff. 

·         Design and conduct qualitative and quantitative research, collect data, gather information through various methods, and analyse findings to prepare comprehensive reports.

·      Develop and articulate a forward looking research vision (guideline and strategy) that support organization’s strategic goals and objectives setting out the Theory of Change.

·         Establish a comprehensive research strategy that aligns with CDA’s mission and leverages culture-edge technologies to deliver transformative solutions.

·         Contribute to the development of organizational annual plans, strategic plan, and project plans in collaboration with department heads and teams.

·         Contribute to policy review and formulation, and actionable recommendations using participatory Action Research approaches aligned with CDA’s vision & strategies. 

Advocacy:

·         Assist in the development of CDA’s advocacy plan, aligning with organizational goals and strategic priorities.

·         Support the implementation of CDA’s advocacy initiatives and events in collaboration with partner networks and stakeholders, to advance CDA’s contextual priorities and the interests of its beneficiaries.

·         Represent CDA in policy and advocacy forums at various levels (national, international or partner networks level).

 

Reporting, Documentation and Publication

·         Assist in the preparation and drafting and editing of reports, including donor annual report and the organization’s annual report, strategic plan report, etc.

·         Contribute to prepare and publish thematic reports, research findings, advocacy documents, and policy briefs for internal and external stakeholders.

·         Support the project team to document lessons learned, success stories, process documentation and program outputs for internal learning and external sharing.

·         Contribute to develop knowledge management and documentation systems, and support the team to ensure both digital and hard-copy records are organized and accessible.

Management, Training, Meeting & Workshop

 

·         Provide leadership to empower the research team to explore new frontiers and translate insights into actionable outcomes.

·         Coach and mentor CDA’s staff members to promote reflective practice and continuous learning.

·         Identify training needs, recommend improvements, and support staff development.

·         Support the training team in developing training materials and modules.

·         Work with program managers and department leads to integrate research and training with organizational initiatives.

·         Facilitate and participate in monthly and fortnightly staff coordination meetings, coordination and planning meetings, contributing to discussions and decision-making processes.

·         Participate in the training, and workshops both within CDA and with external stakeholders.

 

Monitoring and Evaluation

·         Coordinate internal and external evaluations, including TOR preparation and oversight of external evaluators.

·         Identify and compile policy issues relevant to the local context, and analyze program performance data, identify gaps, trends, community needs, and program impact and recommend improvements.

·         Visit community-based groups and tiers to validate findings and ensure grassroots voices inform policy.

Fund Raising & Communication

 

·         Contribute to the development of funding proposals and concept notes in alignment with CDA’s vision, and conduct regular contextual needs analyses.

·         Write up & present concept notes and proposals to donors and relevant stakeholders with the approval of the Executive Director. 

Special Assignments:

·         Undertake any emergency or special assignments of the organization as directed by the Executive Director.

 

Required Educational Qualification and Experience

 

Education & Training:

·         Masters preferably in relevant subject areas Social Sciences, Development Studies, specifically Sociology & Policy, Human Rights Economy or a related discipline.  Experience in the sector will also be considered highly.

Experience: 

·         At least 3-5 years or more of sound experience in research work.

·         Extensive hands on experience in implementing strategies and knowledge of research methodologies.

·         Extensive experience of working with NGOs and CSOs is preferred. Experience with Community based and/or volunteer organizations is an advantage.

·         Excellent knowledge of report writing & other documentations.

·         Good facilitation skills and knowledge and experience in participatory planning and TOF.

 

Required Competencies:

·         Proficiency in Microsoft Excel and other data analysis tools for research

·         Language Skills

·         Fluency in English (Written & spoken)

·         Good team building capacity and decision making skills.

·         Good interpersonal communication and leadership skill within the organizational Desk management.

 

Age limits: 

·         Age will be 35-40 years

 

Technical Skills:

 

·         Strong organizational and time management skills

·         Excellent attention to detail and analytical thinking

·         Non-smoker

·         Female applicants will get preference.

·         The candidates are able to drive motor bike with valid driving license to visit the field frequently and sometimes may stay at the field level.

·         CDA is a voluntary Organization. Make sure to stay focused on your responsibilities full time having the outlook of “Living with the people” as the organizational approach.

 

Relationships:

·         S/he will report to the Executive Director. S/he will work as a team member of the higher level management team.

 

Application instructions:

Only those who meet the above requirements are requested to apply following these instructions:

·         Last date of application is 2nd August 2026

·         Please submit CV with NID, Two copies of recent passport size photographs, experiences and other documents with the application to be addressed to the Executive Director, Community Development Association (CDA); Upa-Shahar, Block # 1, House # 51, Dinajpur-5200, or you can submit the required docs via email:  hrdcda@gmail.com