Consultant for the Development of WEWB's Staff Capacity Development and Annual Training Plan

Job description

Bangladesh is one of the world's largest labour-sending countries, and labour migration continues to make an important contribution to national development. The Wage Earners' Welfare Board (WEWB), an affiliated institution of the Ministry of Expatriates' Welfare and Overseas Employment (MoEWOE), plays a key role in delivering welfare, assistance and reintegration-related services to Bangladeshi migrant workers and returnees. This consultancy, carried out with technical support from IOM and in close coordination with MoEWOE and WEWB, will assess WEWB's staff capacity needs and develop a structured staff capacity-development plan and annual professional and technical training plan.

Responsibilities

• Review the Organizational and Institutional Development Framework (OIDF) process, findings and priority areas identified by WEWB
• Review relevant Government and IOM policies and frameworks related to institutional development, migration governance, and public-sector capacity development
• Develop methodology and tools for assessing professional, technical, managerial and service-delivery capacity needs of WEWB staff
• Conduct consultations, key informant interviews, and focus group discussions with WEWB management and staff, MoEWOE, IOM and other stakeholders
• Identify capacity gaps by staff category, function and level, including immediate, medium-term and recurring professional-development needs
• Develop a structured capacity-development framework aligned with WEWB's priority areas
• Define priority competency areas and recommended learning objectives for relevant staff categories
• Propose capacity-building modalities, including technical training, orientation, coaching/mentoring, and peer learning
• Develop a phased implementation plan identifying priority actions, responsible units, and resource considerations

Requirements

• Advanced university degree in human resource development, organizational development, public administration, public policy, development studies, migration studies, management, or a related field
• Minimum 7 years of relevant professional experience in institutional capacity development, organizational development, human resource development, training needs assessment, or public-sector reform
• Demonstrated experience developing institutional capacity-development plans, competency frameworks, training strategies, or annual training plans
• Experience conducting training needs assessments and facilitating consultations with government institutions and senior stakeholders
• Knowledge of Bangladesh's public-sector institutional context; knowledge of labour migration, migrant welfare, return and reintegration is an advantage
• Excellent analytical, report-writing, facilitation and communication skills in English and Bangla

Skills

• Bengali
• Capacity Development
• English
• Organizational Development
• Training Needs Assessment