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 adopted by ESDO while considering 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 & IT Labs, and SKILFO-based portable skills interventions.

The Market Linkage and Business Development Specialist is one of the two senior technical Officers who together carry out the delivery of quality skills development and market linkage for income-generating activities. Within this pairing, the Market Linkage and Business Development Specialist leads the trade skills and employability skills of the learner journey and leads applied learning pathways that connect learners from the classroom to on-the-job learning. The position ensures graduates achieve meaningful economic outcomes through volunteering opportunities, self-employment, entrepreneurial initiatives, and referrals into higher skills pathways, in line with UNICEF's Programme Guidance for the Second Decade, the Education Strategy 2019 to 2030, the Global Framework on Transferable Skills, Skills for a Green Transition, the ILO Skills for Green Jobs framework, and the Joint Recommendations on Green Skills with and for Girls and Young Women.