Access Bangladesh Foundation is a leading national NGO dedicated to building an inclusive society where persons with disabilities and marginalized people can participate equally. The organization has been working over the last 18 years to promote equity for persons with disabilities and other marginalized people in all spheres of life through education, training, employment, arts and culture, sports, legal services, health care, climate change and information and communication technology.

The organization is urgently looking for a qualified, dynamic, motivated and committed Technical Coordinator to engage in the following Project:

• Project Title: Disability Inclusive Disaster Risk Management in Khulna District (DiDRM CALL Programme)

• Supported by: Caritas Bangladesh

• Duration: Initial contract till 16 November 2026, with a possibility of extension till June 2027

• Project Location: Sutarkhali Union, Dacope and Moharajpur Union, Koyra of Khulna

• Employment: Contractual (Fixed-term)

• Posting: Head Office, Access Bangladesh Foundation, A-25, Anandapur, Savar, Dhaka-1340 (with regular field visits to the project location)

• Reporting to: Project Manager of DiDRM CALL/ Head of Program, Access Bangladesh

Main Duties and Responsibilities

Technical leadership and quality assurance

• Provide technical guidance on Disability Inclusive Disaster Risk Reduction (DiDRR) and Climate Change Adaptation (CCA) to the project team, grounded in the UNCRPD, the Sendai Framework, and Bangladesh's Disaster Management Act 2012 and Standing Orders on Disaster (SOD).

• Guide the design and delivery of disability inclusive, gender responsive Community Risk Assessments (CRA) and Risk Reduction Action Plans (RRAP).

• Lead development of the project's gender strategy and ensure it is applied across training, community, and system level activities.

• Review and quality assure training curricula, IEC materials, and facilitator guidelines developed for SHGs, Apex bodies, DMCs, CPP volunteers, and service providers from a disability inclusion lens.

• Provide technical input and support piloting of accessible community based Early Warning Systems (EWS).

• Lead local and national level advocacy on inclusive EWs, advocacy agenda.