Starting position: 1 November 2025

Duration: 30 September 2026

Place of work: Teknaf, Cox's Bazar, Bangladesh

 Deadline for applications: 08 November 2025 (Applications will be reviewed on a rolling basis due to the urgency)

Terre des hommes (Tdh) :
Terre des hommes (Tdh) is the leading Swiss organization for children’s aid. Tdh Bangladesh has been operational in the country since 1974, delivering successful relief, recovery, and development projects, and since 2017, it has been responding to the Rohingya refugee crisis in Cox’s Bazar. In Bangladesh, Tdh focuses on supporting disadvantaged and marginalized children and youth, including those living in informal settlement, rural or remote areas, and insecure regions. Terre des hommes Bangladesh also work with children affected by migration, those in contact with the law, and those at high risk of disease with limited access to quality healthcare. Through our programmes, we engage parents, caregivers, community members, professionals, and policymakers to create lasting change and uphold the rights
of every child.

Context :
Following the massive displacement of more than 688,000 people into Bangladesh since the end of August 2017, Tdh has established a significant emergency response plan to provide relief to Rohingya refugees, focusing on nutrition, health, WASH (Water, Sanitation, and Hygiene), and child protection.
Main responsibilities:

Main responsibilities:

The HR Officer will provide essential support to the HR team in Teknaf and Ukhiya by assisting with recruitment and related administrative processes under the BPRM-funded project. This position will play a key role in ensuring that all recruitment and selection activities are conducted in a timely, transparent, and compliant manner, fully aligned with Tdh’s HR policies, procedures, and donor requirements.

To further enhance recruitment efficiency, TDH Bangladesh has recently introduced the Teamtailor HR application as part of its digital transformation initiative. With the upcoming BPRM project activities in Teknaf and ongoing recruitment needs at the Ukhiya under the UNICEF project, the HR team is facing an increased operational workload.

To effectively address these demands and ensure consistent HR support to program implementation, a HR Officer is required to assist both the HR Manager – Teknaf and the Senior HR Officer – Ukhiya. The incumbent will contribute to managing the recruitment workflow, maintaining high standards of accuracy and compliance in documentation, and supporting overall HR service delivery.

This position will be based in Teknaf and will report directly to the HR Manager – Teknaf.

Specific responsibilities:

• Assist in end-to-end recruitment processes for the BPRM and UNICEF-funded projects, including job advertisement, application screening, scheduling interviews, and communicating with candidates.
• Ensure all recruitment activities are conducted in line with Tdh’s HR policies, procedures, and donor compliance requirements.
• Support the timely onboarding of new staff by preparing recruitment files, reference checks, and necessary documentation.
• Maintain close coordination with the HR teams in Teknaf & Ukhiya to ensure smooth recruitment operations and information flow.
• Ensure all recruitment documentation is properly organized, filed, and stored in accordance with TDH data protection and audit standards.
• Assist in organizing staff orientation, induction sessions, and onboarding logistics for new hires.
• Provide administrative support to the HR team in managing short-term contracts, volunteers, and consultants as needed.
• Contribute to maintaining a professional and inclusive HR environment that promotes transparency and accountability.
• Work collaboratively with the HR Manager – Teknaf and Senior HR Officer – Ukhiya to manage workload distribution and ensure timely completion of recruitment tasks.
• Provide regular updates on recruitment progress and challenges to supervisors.
• Perform any other related duties as assigned to support HR operations and program implementation.

**The full Job Description will be shared with shortlisted candidates.**

Profile:

We are looking for an HR Officer with proven experience in recruitment

Education:

Bachelor’s degree in human resource management or a relevant discipline
 
Experience:

• Minimum 3 years of work experience in the field of Human Resources Management
• At least 1 year of experience in Human Resources Officer position
  

Skills:

• Hands-on experience in working on HR softwares will be a benefit
• Experience using payroll applications such as HOMERE is highly preferable
• Experience using recruitment applications such as Teamtailor is highly preferable
• Excellent organizational skills with the ability to manage multiple tasks efficiently
• Coordinating within the departments to address recruitment issues, propose solutions and ensure the effective implementation of the agreed steps

Languages 

• Must have good English communication skills — written, spoken, and typing

• Basic proficiency in Chittagonian language

IT knowledge :
IT knowledge (Microsoft Office, Internet, excel)

Salary:

Monthly Salary (Gross): BDT 55,800/- (Non-negotiable)

Other benefits :

• Two Festival bonuses
• Severance pay
• Life insurance for employees
• Health insurance for the employees and dependents
• Mobile bill
• Two weekly off days
• 18 days annual leave, 14 days sick leave, 10 days casual leave, along with special leave as per organizational policy.

These benefits are administered following national staff regulations and it's amendments.

Tdh General Code of Conduct and Ethical Policies :

• Commits to promoting and complying with the Global Code of Conduct, systematically reporting any violations of the Code through Tdh's formal reporting mechanisms and dealing with any violations of procedures and processes appropriately.

• Raises awareness of the Foundation of the risks of policy non-compliance, violence and abuse, and related rights, towards children, community members and our own employees.

• Undertakes to comply with key ethical policies and guidelines, including the Safeguarding Policy, the Anti-Fraud and Corruption Policy, the Conflict-of-Interest Policy and other policies related to the prevention of terrorist financing and criminal activities, as well as workplace behavior.

• Commits to putting values and principles into practice through exemplary behavior, in full compliance with the Code of Conduct, and always respecting established procedures and processes.

• Commits to developing a compliant and enlightened management culture within the organization and in our work with children and the communities in which we operate.

Procedure:

Only complete applications (CV + covering letter) posted on our official website will be processed. Additional documents (diplomas, work certificates, etc.) will be requested at a later date. We will only contact those candidates selected for further recruitment.

References :

Please note that all job offers will be subject to satisfactory references and checks (criminal record and anti-terrorism funding check). Terre des hommes will ask the Human Resources of previous organisations to provide references on any findings of sexual exploitation, sexual abuse and/or sexual harassment as well as fraud and corruption, during employment, or incidents under investigation at the time the candidate left employment.

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