Communication & Documentation Officer  |  Pathfinder International

If you are seeking a skilled job and build a bright career in Communication and Documentation, Pathfinder International has published communication has published Communication jobs in Bangladesh. Pathfinder International is driven by the conviction that all people, regardless of where they live, have the right to decide whether and when to have children, to exist free from fear and stigma, and to lead the lives they choose. As a global health organization with locally led, community-driven programs, we support women to make their own reproductive health decisions. We work with local partners to advance contraceptive services, comprehensive abortion care, and young people’s sexual and reproductive rights in communities around the world—including those affected

Project Overview

Location: Dhaka, Bangladesh

Job Status: Hybrid, Full-Time

Job Category: Program Services

Requirements: Excellent in Report Writing 

Key Responsibilities

Reporting and Documentation:

• Lead, coordinate and create the technical reports for the project on monthly/ quarterly or as need basis. Provide strong copy-editing and editorial support for finalizing country level reporting and maintain strong coordination with regional and global team for successful submission of donor deliverables. Monitors the website, intranet and other online statistics, reports results and recommends improvements impacting usability, engagement, and visibility. Monitor the evolving communication gaps and support in adjustment of communication tools to suit interventions.

Branding and Compliance: 

• Provide support to the Project Manager in maintaining consistent branding, adhering to editorial standards, Pathfinder and donor branding guidelines and ensuring product quality across all project phases, internal and external interactions, and knowledge sharing endeavors.

Communication and Documentation:

• Develop and design audience targeted pictographic and infographic documents to showcase and share project’s achievements and other relevant documents. Prepare and support preparing slide decks and brief notes for presentations; ensure proper branding marking and fine tuning of any presentation package along with developing/ proofreading the relevant documents for local, national and global events

External Relations Liaison: 

• Serves as Pathfinder’s point of contact for external communications who forwards communication requests to appropriate departments. Builds and strengthens collaborative relationships with internal business units and teams.

Required Education and Work Experience:

• Minimum 5 years’ experience in communications specially in developing reports, success stories and project brief, donor reporting

• Minimum 5 years’ experience in communications specially in developing reports, success stories and project brief, donor reporting.

Minimally Required Job-Specific Competencies:

• Communications Principles and Practices: Foundational knowledge of applying standards, guidelines and best practices to communications efforts.
• Brand Strategy Development and Implementation: Ability to create, execute and sustain assigned enterprise-wide brand strategies.
• Design and Print Production: Solid understanding of the design process, desktop publishing, adobe creative suites function and print production.
• Communications Tools: Advanced knowledge of online and new media communications tools like-), prezi, Piktochart, PowerPoint etc 
• Job-Specific Software Applications: Advanced knowledge of software applications such as adobe creative suits (Illustrator, Photoshop, InDesign, premiere pro) and other relevant web-based solutions, social media platforms, and apps.

Minimally Required Organizational Competencies:

• Software Applications: Advanced knowledge of Microsoft products, including MS Word, PowerPoint, Excel, Outlook and Adobe Creative Suites (Illustrator, Photoshop, Premiere Pro)
• Languages: Proven ability to write and speak using the Bangla and English language
• Communication: Advanced oral and written communication skills using different forms of media. Ability to translate complex concepts to individuals at all levels.
• Resilience, disaster management and Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights: Foundational knowledge of climate change, disaster management, family planning and reproductive health principles, practices and services of assigned program, including program strategies and indicators.
• Influencing and Customer Service Skills: Proven ability to influence using diplomacy skills with key stakeholders. Advanced stakeholders dealing skills.
• Organization, Planning and Multi-tasking: Advanced organizational and planning skills, project planning and management skills. Proven ability to set priorities, meet deadlines and multi-task with minimal supervision. Proven ability to coordinate activities.
• Self-Management and Teamwork: Ability to work independently or as a member of the team, ability to be detailed-oriented and consistently accurate, ability to manage stress effectively in a fast-paced environment, and ability to quickly learn new systems, processes and procedures and adapt local practices to global standards.
• Matrix Management: Ability to thrive in a matrixes organization.
• Confidentiality: Proven ability to maintain confidentiality on work-related issues.

Typical Physical Demands:

Typical office environment.

• Ability to spend long hours looking at computer screen and doing repetitive work on a keyboard.
• Ability to sit or stand for extended periods of time.

Technology to be Used:

• Personal Computer/Laptop, Microsoft applications (i.e., Office 365, SharePoint, Skype/Zoom/Teams), 
• cell phone/mobile technology, and standard office equipment.

Application procedure of Communication & Documentation Officer 

• Interested applicants are requested to include the contact details for at least 3 references in their resume.
• Please submit your application via this website no later than April 30 2024.
• Equal Employment Opportunity Employer Statement
• Pathfinder International provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws.
• This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment, including recruiting, hiring, placement, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, transfer, leaves of absence, compensation, and training.

Safeguarding and Protection Statement

Pathfinder is committed to the safeguarding and protection of the people we serve and our staff. We have zero tolerance for any type of behavior that inflicts harm on children, young people, adults, our staff, and partners including sexual abuse, harassment, bullying, and exploitation. We do everything possible to ensure that we recruit only those who are suitable to work with us. We expect that everyone we hire will abide by our safeguarding and related policies and will report any suspected or known violations. This job is subject to a range of vetting checks as legally permitted in the country where they are being hired. By submitting an application, the job applicant acknowledges they understand our intent to verify suitability to work with us.

Pathfinder International Bangladesh Job

Pathfinder’s Bangladesh Women-Led Climate Resilience Program (WLCRP) is a four-years project that aims in advancing the leadership of women and girls towards better health and climate change resilience in Bangladesh. That is to build the capacity of women and communities to become more resilient to the impact of climate extremes in Bangladesh, especially on Climate Change & Disaster, SRHR, Health and Nutrition, WASH, Gender & GVB, adaptive Livelihoods.

Pathfinder International Bangladesh Website to Apply

Communication & Documentation Officer 

Pathfinder International Bangladesh Office Address

Address: House No.-79 (Level-5), Block-L, Tarek Mansion, Dhaka 1213