Administration Officer
Job Description
Title: Administration Officer
Company Name: Swisscontact Bangladesh
Vacancy: Not specific
Job Location: Dhaka
Employment Status: Contractual
Educational Requirements:
∎ Bachelor's degree in Management, HR or Business Administration
Experience Requirements:
∎ 3 to 4 year(s)
Job Context:
∎ Swisscontact is the business-oriented independent foundation for international development cooperation. Represented in 37 countries with over 1,400 employees, it promotes - since 1959 - economic, social and environmental development.
∎ The Phase I of BMMDP aims at improving farmers` well-being, specifically smallholders, through enhanced agricultural productivity and resilience to natural disasters.
∎ Smallholder farmers in Bangladesh are extremely vulnerable to weather related risks, the intensity of which increases because of climate change issues. Due to their limited savings and access to social protection and agriculture insurance, smallholder farmers often face catastrophic losses including damage to a season`s crop or livestock diseases. The overall insurance sector in Bangladesh is underdeveloped and the agriculture and disaster insurance mechanism are non-existent. Without access to insurance, smallholders` only available strategy for reducing exposure to weather risks is to limit their investment in high-value inputs and diversifying into off-farm activities. Low investment in inputs and services means they cannot lose much in the event of a disaster. It also means that productivity and returns on their investment remain low. These "low investment - low returns" risk reduction strategies condemn smallholders to remain in poverty or lead a life perpetually on the brink.
∎ BMMDP is currently looking for an Administration Officer. Details of duties, responsibilities and competencies are outlined in the Job Description below
∎ Location: Dhaka with frequent visits to field locations
∎ Reports to: Coordinator, Finance & Admin, BMMDP
Additional Requirements:
∎ Preferably 3-4 years' experience in HR/Administration
∎ Proven excellent proficiency in MS Office, especially word, excel and PowerPoint
∎ Excellent communication in English and Bangla.
∎ Strong analytical and organizational skills, and proven reporting skills.
Application Deadline: June 30, 2019
Company Information:
∎ Swisscontact Bangladesh
∎ Business : Swisscontact, Swiss Foundation for Technical Cooperation, is headquartered in Zurich and was founded in 1959 by leading figures from the Swiss private sector and Swiss universities. It is exclusively involved in international co-operation and since 1961 has carried out its own and mandated projects. In Bangladesh, Swisscontact is registered as an international non-governmental organisation (INGO) under NGO Affairs Bureau, Government of the People`s Republic of Bangladesh.
Category: NGO/Development
