Volunteering Opportunity at Oxfam

for Participatory Research and Ownership with Technology,

Information, and Change (PROTIC II) project

Oxfam is a global movement of people working together to end the injustice of poverty.
Assignment Title : Volunteer (Research - PROTIC II)
Contract Type : Individual
Duration of the assignment : 6 months
Contract Authority : Oxfam in Bangladesh
Reporting Line : Project Officer - PROTIC II

1. About the Project:

Participatory Research and Ownership with Technology, Information, and Change (PROTIC) is a
collaboration between Monash Faculty of Information Technology and OXFAM with a vision to
develop deployable Digital Citizenship strategies, tools, and techniques considering culture,
language, socio-economic factors for the two marginalized communities: fisherfolk and domestic
workers in Bangladesh to be enabled through Information, Communication, and Technology (ICT).
The word ‘PROTIC’ means a sign or symbol in Bengali, therefore articulating a symbol of
development and progress, a sign of digitisation, a token of recognition (of community voice), and
an image of action research. PROTIC II is the second phase of PROTIC- a five-year international
development project that was dedicated to articulating the impact of societal digital
transformation initiatives on disadvantaged and low-literacy communities.

The position holder will have the opportunity to be capacitated in qualitative and spatial research
through working with Monash University, Australia.

2. What we are looking for:

We are looking for a student or early-career professional who is agile and have the capacity to
work with fisherfolk communities, and have prior experience in qualitative research, preferably
with training or experience to use Geographic Information Systems (GIS) applications and tools.

The volunteer will work under the PROTIC II project from the Climate Justice and Natural Resource
Rights (CJNRR) portfolio to ensure and achieve the following outcomes of PROTIC II:

I. Fisherfolk leaders equipped with more organised data and insights to negotiate with
market actors and fisheries decision-makers.
II. Domestic workers have improved knowledge and capacity to share their challenges, learn
about their rights and ways to claim them using digital technology

Key qualifications, competencies, and experience required:

Required:

• A bachelor’s degree in any social or environmental science or related disciplines. Those

who have appeared in the finals but results pending can also apply.
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Desirable

• Understanding of ICT integration in natural resource rights and climate justice context.
• Experience in voluntary work, social research, and social activism.
• Engagement with marginalized vulnerable communities.
• Excellent analytical writing skills in Bangla and English.
• Knowledge of mixed method research with interpersonal communication skills.
• Analysis of qualitative data using the thematic application (e.g., NVivo and ATLAS.ti or
any).
• Technical skills in ESRI ArcGIS Suite and experience in providing GIS support to research
projects
• Value alignment for environmental justice, rights-based approach and feminist
principles.

Key Attributes

• An openness and willingness to learn about the social research methods, analysis, and
reporting process as well as the diversity of all aspects of development work.
• Demonstrates Commitment to Oxfam’s safeguarding and adherence to relevant policies
to ensure all people who come into contact with Oxfam are as safe as possible.
• Demonstrates adherence to Oxfam’s mission, vision, and values.
• Demonstrates adherence to research ethic guidelines as followed by Oxfam and Monash
University.

Roles and Responsibilities:

• Undertaking discussions and interviews with stakeholders.

• Providing GIS and data management support (highly desirable)
• Supporting in Translation, transcription, analysis, and analytical write-up.
• Working as rapporteur on need base in events and visits.
• Volunteers may have to travel to Chandpur, Kurigram, and other potential riverine and
coastal areas.

[Only Bangladeshi National are eligible to apply]

Our Team:

PROTIC II works with the Climate Justice and Natural Resource Rights team, which is a portfolio of
Oxfam in Bangladesh to enable vulnerable people from all genders including youth to have
reduced loss and damage from climate change impacts and increased benefit from common pool
ecosystem goods and services, through more power and leadership at the community level.

Our values and commitment to safeguarding:

Oxfam is committed to preventing any type of unwanted behaviour at work including sexual
harassment, exploitation and abuse, lack of integrity, and financial misconduct; and promoting
the welfare of children, young people, and adults. Oxfam expects all staff and volunteers to
share this commitment through our code of conduct. We place a high priority on ensuring that
only those who share and demonstrate our values are recruited to work for us.

We are committed to ensuring diversity and gender equality within our organisation and
encourage applicants from diverse backgrounds to apply.

About Us

Oxfam is a global movement of people working together to end the injustice of poverty. That
means we tackle the inequality that keeps people poor. Together we save, protect and rebuild
lives. When disaster strikes, we help people build better lives for themselves, and for others. We
take on issues like land rights, climate change, and discrimination against women. And we
won’t stop until every person on the planet can enjoy a life free from poverty.

Oxfam GB is a member of an international confederation of 19 organisations working together

with partners and local communities in the areas of humanitarian, development and
campaigning, in more than 90 countries