Mahima Mahal, 119/2, Ghope, Jashore

Vacancy Announcement for RJ-Ashshash II Project

 

Project Background

Ashshash: For Men and Women Who Have Escaped Trafficking (Phase-II), is funded by the Embassy of Switzerland in Bangladesh and implemented by Winrock International. The project will support human trafficking survivors with sustainable social and economic reintegration into their respective communities and provide support-services that will ensure their wellbeing and self-sufficiency. The survivors will be provided psychosocial counseling support along with other social services and facilitated opportunities for skills-development and entrepreneurship training. Through which, the economic empowerment of the survivors will also be ensured in the forms of wage-based and self-employment, and other income generational opportunities. The main objective of the project is to ensure that “women and men who have escaped trafficking will restore their dignity and wellbeing and become self-sufficient”. Furthermore, Ashshash will reach people in the project’s working areas; either directly or indirectly, through awareness-raising activities on factors that make people vulnerable to human trafficking, and to ensure the prevention of human trafficking.

The four-year-long second phase of Ashshash project will provide comprehensive and personalized packages of service-provision to the survivors of human trafficking in Bangladesh which includes a robust psychosocial counselling. The project will be implemented in ten of the most trafficking-prone areas across the country.

 

Position Summary of Psychosocial Counselor

Psychosocial Counselors will lead and provide the necessary psychosocial counseling services to human trafficking survivors identified by the Sustainable Reintegration Partners (SRPs).

These counseling services will be provided based on the need of survivors following Ashshash’s process. And, these services will prepare the survivors for social and economic reintegration.

The counselors must also demonstrate the necessary skillset and knowledge to provide tele-counseling support to the survivors, based on their contextual needs. As psychosocial counseling support will be an ongoing process until a survivor is completed the reintegration process. And the counselors must show openness and sensitivity when conducting sessions with the survivors. The counselors will be responsible for maintaining the confidentiality of information for each survivor. Trauma-informed and gender-sensitive approaches are a mandatory part of the counselor’s expected skillset. The counselors will also be responsible for providing counseling services to the survivors’ families to create an enabling and sensitive environment at home. Counsellors also be responsible to conduct community sessions following counselling skills to demonstrate sensitivity and understanding toward the trafficking contexts of the survivors, and on the role of the community in the reintegration journey of a survivor.

Counselors must also strictly follow Winrock International’s ‘Do No Harm’ policy when communicating with and counseling with the survivors.

Position Title	Psychosocial Counselor
Number of Post	1
Position reports to	Case Manager-Social Service, Project Manager, Ashshash II, finally Director Program of Rights Jessore
Major Job Description / Responsibility	§ Lead and manage the overall provision of psychosocial counseling services to human trafficking survivors. § Maintain proper discretion and confidentiality to build trust with the Men and Women Who Have Escaped Trafficking (survivor of human trafficking), their family and peers/community. § Conduct comprehensive Mental State Examination (MSE) of clients for enrollment in psychosocial counseling support service. § Maintain a systemic and detailed case management process, maintaining privacy and confidentiality of the survivors. § Lead and conduct a comprehensive ‘Needs-Assessment’ of the survivors to identify primarily the social services (and secondarily, the economic services) that will be required for their specific contexts. § Maintain survivors’ confidentiality of information throughout the ongoing process of counseling, and build trust with their families, peers, and communities. § Provide psychosocial counselling support to the survivors, their families and communities, based on their need and context following ‘Do No Harm’ principles throughout the reintegration process. § Documentation, record keeping and maintain all kinds of forms/registers, reports, files, guideline and other documents related to his/her jurisdiction. e.g., counseling, psychosocial support, behavioral data collection etc. § Support in providing career counselling and the follow-up support to the survivors at the throughout the economic empowerment process. § Provide support to ensure baseline, mid-line, and final evaluations are conducted accurately, considering Winrock International’s and the donor’s requirements; § Assist to prepare monthly, quarterly and other periodical reports as per guideline and requirement of Ashshash. § Maintain close liaison with other relevant stakeholders from government and non-government organizations. § Participate in different training, meeting, workshop, seminar, symposium organized by the project and other counterpart. § You will be prohibited from all forms of involvement in exploitation and abuse of children and vulnerable adults which are stated in the Child Safeguarding Policy of Rights Jessore. § Rights Jessore prohibits all forms of sexual harassment conducted/committed by or against supervisors/ managers, staff at any level, irrespective of their position including partners, project participants, etc. whether engaged full time or on temporary, or other basis. No form of sexual harassment or creation of hostile work environment will be tolerated because such acts are a violation of human rights and against the core value of Rights Jessore. § This JD is subject to change time to time based on the need and scope of program/ projects as well as of the Organization. § Perform any other duties/responsibilities as assigned by Project Manager-ASHSHASH II & Director Program of Rights Jessore.
Job Nature	Full time
Educational Requirements	§ Graduate Degree in Psychology from any recognized University with expertise and experience Mental Health and Psychosocial Support field (flexible in terms of person having working experience in Rohingya Response or relevant) or § Graduate preferably in Social Science or any discipline.
Experience Requirements	§ Age at most 45 years (Flexible for highly experienced candidates) § Minimum two to three years of practical experience in relevant work for human trafficking survivors/vulnerable groups/communities at grass roots-levels. § Experience on information collection from the vulnerable and at-risk groups, and documentation; § Demonstrate positive attitude and sensitivity to support vulnerable and at-risk groups, and communities; § Strong understanding of gender and diversity issues; § Demonstrate strong interpersonal communication skills;
Job Location	Jashore District
Compensation	Monthly gross salary BDT 30,450 with other admissible benefits as per project support.

 

Apply Instruction

Interested individuals are requested to send updated CV, cover letter and photograph at applyrj@gmail.com or hard copies of the application can also be sent to the President, Rights Jessore, Mahima Mahal, 119/2, Ghope, Jail Road (by lane) Jessore-7400, Bangladesh.

*Please insert the name of the post applied at the top of the envelop and subject line in the mail.

[Any form of persuasion will be treated disqualification of the candidates]

Application Deadline: February 16, 2026