Agriculture Officer
Job Description
Title: Agriculture Officer
Company Name: Solidarites International
Vacancy: 01
Job Location: Cox's Bazar (Teknaf)
Employment Status: Contractual
Educational Requirements:
∎ Degree/ Diploma/ Bachelor of Science in Agriculture/ Environmental Science or others.
Experience Requirements:
∎ At least 2 year(s)
Job Context:
∎ The Agriculture Officer is in charge of implementing and monitoring the agriculture-related activities defined in the project proposal and any other activities and assessments.
∎ (s)he is directly involved in selection, training and follow-up of targeted farmers
Job Responsibilities:
∎ ASSESSMENT
∎ Collect accurate data's at field level and participate in data analysis
∎ Conduct assessment, baseline and impact surveys
∎ Help in assessment in other topics in order to develop new projects
∎ Help in designing and setting up criteria for selecting targeted communities and beneficiaries
∎ IMPLEMENTATION AND OPERATIONAL MONITORING
∎ Implement activities in accordance with Solidarités International's and donors' financial, logistics and technical requirements
∎ Plan the activities for which s/he is responsible under the supervision of her/his line manager and in accordance with the deadlines and technical specificities that have been set
∎ Help in designing methods and tools for the implementation of the activities and participate to the definition of the strategy for the distribution of the kits
∎ Organize community consultancy meetings, conduct households and/or individual assessments and assist MEAL team for CRM issues
∎ Pay a specific attention to and participate to the selection of the beneficiaries following closely the criteria previously defined
∎ Organize technical trainings to beneficiaries in collaboration with the agriculture supervisor
∎ Ensure a regular monitoring, follow-up and evaluation of the activities with the beneficiaries by regular field visit using designed monitoring tools and post-monitoring distribution survey
∎ Assist in creating groups/committees, training and monitoring them
∎ Provide necessary technical support to the selected beneficiaries
∎ Pre-empt any difficulties linked to carrying out the activities and facilitate problem solving
∎ Provide support to the IGA team when needed (IGA support related to agriculture)
∎ Apply safety and security procedures in field operations
∎ REPORTING / COMMUNICATION
∎ Ensure a good coordination and communication with other teams of the projects
∎ Pass on to the Agriculture Supervisor any information on the security context, humanitarian needs, activities, logistics, administrative issues or any event that occurred at field level and that may have potential consequences on Solidarités International activities and team security
∎ Participate to the general program meetings (weekly, monthly, ...etc)
∎ Participate in the preparation of the regular program reports (weekly, monthly, annual) and archive his/her monitoring tools and files in Solidarités International office, where they can be accessed by the line manager
∎ Keep implementation and monitoring files archived at Solidarites International office accessible to the line manager
∎ On request, participate in meetings and workshops related to his/her field of activity and write up minutes for them, if necessary
∎ Fill out and update the activity sheet provided in the Tool box
∎ Facilitate communication between Solidarités International and communities, authorities, beneficiaries and other parties in the area
∎ Present to the population and local authorities the nature of field operations and create awareness about the program activities
∎ Remain in touch with the population and local authorities to understand needs, complaints, and major events that may have an impact on the activities of Solidarités International.
∎ Mitigate problems between communities when it arises and inform his/her line managers.
Additional Requirements:
∎ Both males and females are allowed to apply
∎ 2 years of experience at NGO/INGO or other organization at same level
∎ Excellent in local language of Chittagoong
∎ Work experience with local community and local government
∎ Proficiency in MS Office
Salary:
∎ 45,700 BDT (Monthly)
Application Deadline: October 8, 2019
Company Information:
∎ Solidarites International
∎ Address : House # 15/A, Rd # front 8, Block # F, Banani, Dhaka – 1213, Bangladesh
∎ Web : www.solidarites.org
∎ Business : SOLIDARITES INTERNATIONAL is an international humanitarian organization based in Paris, France, which provides aid and assistance to victims of war and natural disasters. For the past 35 years, the organization`s vocation has been to meet the three vital needs - drinking, eating and sheltering - of vulnerable populations around the world. Our programs mainly focus on emergency relief actions related to water and sanitation but also related to food security as well as shelter and infrastructure rehabilitation and reconstruction.
Category: NGO/Development
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