All over the world girls are at risk because of their young age and their gender. They are at risk of being denied the opportunity to access a secondary education, to gain the skills and training they need to work and to exercise control over their sexual and reproductive health. They are at risk of being married before the age of 18. They are at risk of violence and harassment from men and boys in every space they occupy, including their home, their school, their refugee camp and their city.

Civil registration (CR) is a process by which a government records vital events occurring in a population, such as births, deaths and marriages. It provides data on life itself and for governments it provides the sole continuous source of vital statistics (VS) for evidence-based policy and decision-making.

Plan International is leading the development of OpenCRVS, a standards-based, open source software product that provides for the CRVS needs of all countries as a global good. It is a solution that responds to the needs of its users, both those that will be working with it on a daily basis and those people and institutions that stand to benefit from its functionality. The Government of Bangladesh have positioned CRVS as a key strategic priority and foundation of the “Digital Bangladesh” strategy, recognising it’s foundational capabilities to provide a unique identity through birth registration with which the population can access all e-Government services. Under the leadership of a2i in the Prime Minister’s office, the Government of Bangladesh have requested that Plan pursues an in-country implementation of OpenCRVS. This will be in line with ongoing work that has already been planned to develop a new CRVS system, and in partnership with a local technology firm with whom they have already engaged to build a digital CRVS solution.

Are you passionate about girls rights and ending gender inequality?

Do you have the capability to lead, develop and implement m&e activities for a project that works for the betterment of health service delivery to ensure that children and youth grow up in a safe and healthy environment?

Are you willing to work in collaboration with the partner organizations and enhance their skill and capacity as well as disseminate research and evaluation findings at different levels for bringing positive changes in social system and policies?

If your answers are yes, then this is the job for you

The role :

As a Design Research Specialist, you will be responsible for providing all types of design research support to Project including Testing of OpenCRVS application and functionality with key stakeholders in the community and GoB on an ongoing basis. You will coordinate run bi-monthly (or as required) calls with the design team to feedback insights from end-user testing as well as working with teams to define and plan the research and conduct the research. Moreover, you will interpret qualitative and quantitative data from research, analyse data and extract actionable findings. You will need to communicate findings to relevant stakeholders effectively using the appropriate materials and will consolidate feedback and insights document from design research activities including updated user journey maps

What we’re looking for :

We are looking for a ‘to go’ and a passionate team member who is competent in working in design research-based methods, navigation structure and interaction design of user interfaces. A Postgraduate degree holder with 3 to 5 years of qualitative research experience in Bangladesh culminating in a sound ability to scope a research process and  lead fieldwork.

About Plan International :

Plan International is an independent development and humanitarian organization that advances children’s rights and equality for girls. Plan International envisages a world in which all children and young people realise their full potential, a vision now shared by the 193 Heads of State and Government who adopted the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development in September 2015.

We believe in the power and potential of every child. This is often suppressed by poverty, violence, exclusion and discrimination. Its girls who are most affected.  Plan International’s new Global Strategy aims to transform the lives of 100 million girls by implementing an integrated programme and influence approach.

Please click on Role Profile Design Research Specialist, Open CRVS for more details regarding the job.

Location: Bangladesh Country Office, Dhaka

Duration of contract: 1 year

Closing date: 15 June 2019

Please note that only applications and CVs written in English will be accepted.

A range of pre-employment checks will be undertaken in conformity with Plan International’s Safeguarding Children and Young People policy.

As an international child centred community development organisation, Plan International is fully committed to promoting the realisation of children’s rights including their right to protection from violence and abuse. That means we have particular responsibilities to children that we come into contact with.

Plan International believes that in a world where children face so many threats of harm, it is our duty to ensure that we, as an organisation, do everything we can to keep children safe. We must not contribute in any way to harming or placing children at risk.

Plan International operates an equal opportunities policy and actively encourages diversity, welcoming applications from all areas of the international community.