Job Context

Eco-Social Development Organization (ESDO) started its journey in 1988 with a noble vision to stand in solidarity with the poor and marginalized. Being a people-centered organization, ESDO envisioned a society free from inequality and injustice, where no child will cry from hunger and no life will be ruined by poverty. Over nearly three decades of relentless efforts, ESDO has embraced new grounds and opened up new horizons to help disadvantaged and vulnerable people bring meaningful and lasting changes in their lives. During this long span, ESDO has adapted to the changing situation and provided the most time-bound services, especially for the poor and disadvantaged. A community-focused and people-centered approach has been adapted by ESDO while considering the national policy and Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) as its guiding principle. ESDO is one of the most dynamic organizations expanding its development interventions across 422 upazilas under 56 districts of Bangladesh, covering over 10 million poor and vulnerable people.

ESDO is going to implement a UNICEF-supported project titled "Provide quality, inclusive skills development and Myanmar Curriculum STEM education for adolescent learners aged 15-18, and portable skills training for education volunteers in Cox's Bazar" in Rohingya camps of Ukhia, Cox's Bazar. The project aims to improve access to quality foundational literacy numeracy (FLN), trade skills, employability skills, leadership skills, entrepreneurship training, STEM Education, and portable skills opportunities for Rohingya adolescents and youth through Multi-Purpose Centers (MPCs), Science and IT Labs, and SKILFO-based portable skills interventions.

The HR and Admin Associate is the operational anchor of the project's people functioning, focusing on all matters of human resource administration, workforce records, performance management systems, and office operations. The position is responsible for the discipline that keeps a large workforce, including the project team and larger volunteer workforce spread across multi-purpose centres and laboratories, well-recorded, well-managed, and fairly treated. This includes maintaining a robust volunteer database with unique identifiers, ensuring timely and verified disbursement of volunteer incentives, and ensuring performance management systems for volunteers and staff are set up at the start of every contract, actively used throughout, and applied to strengthen the team when performance improvement is needed.

The HR and Admin Associate will work under the direct supervision of the Admin and Finance Manager, with dotted-line reporting to the Head of Human Resources at ESDO Head Office on organizational HR standards and address project-specific HR matters based on the guidance from Skills Development Technical Lead.