Agriculturist

Job Description

Title: Agriculturist

Company Name: BARCIK

Vacancy: 2

Age: At most 45 years

Job Location: Netrokona (Atpara), Satkhira (Shyamnagar)

Salary: Tk. 40000 - 45000 (Monthly)

Experience:

• At least 5 years
• The applicants should have experience in the following business area(s): NGO, Research Organization

• Masters

Master of Science (MS) in Agriculture from a reputed university in Bangladesh.

• At least 5 years
• The applicants should have experience in the following business area(s): NGO, Research Organization

• Age At most 45 years

Experience and Job responsibility: At least 5 years working experiences with proven skill and competencies in sustainable agriculture/agroecology, agrobiodiversity conservation, farmers led research, climate change and resilience. Responsible for working with farming communities, need based assistance, participatory research and communicating with department of agricultural extension, educational institutions and other government and non-governmental research institutions.

Other job requirements:

• Have good listening capacities and understanding farming, indigenous and local communities’ struggle;
• Have to respect farming communities as a source of practical experiences, indigenous knowledge and associated local technologies.
• Able to conduct on-farm research with farming communities on climate change adaptation, grounded in indigenous knowledge and local practices, including collecting field data and preparing research reports.
• Demonstrate collaboration experience, and willingness to work jointly with farming communities in exploring and resolving agriculture related problems.
• Good in communication and writing skills both in Bangla and English.
• Have responsive, good personnel skill and gender sensitive.
• Good in operating MS Word, Excel, Power Point etc.
• The candidate should have motor bike driving license. The candidate should have the will to stay at Shyamnagar Upazila and or Atpara upazila level with frequent visit to the remote areas in Satkhira or Netrakona districts. Candidates should have good knowledge on safe grading (Child Protection, Gender & Anti sexual harassment). Only experienced candidates are requested to apply.

Job Context

BARCIK(Bangladesh Resource Center for Indigenous Knowledge) is a non-governmental non-profitable development organization. A group of development practitioners, researchers and social workers established BARCIK in 1997. BARCIK has been working in the fields of environment, agroecology, climate justice and food sovereignty and development exploring the potentiality of indigenous knowledge with utmost commitment and purpose since its inception. BARCIK is looking for well-qualified male/female candidate for the immediate appointment of Agriculturist to be posted in Shyamnagar upazila in Satkhira district and Atpara upazila in Netrakona district.

Job Nature: Full-time initially for 1 (one) year and opportunity to extend based on performance.

Job Location: Shyamnagar upazila in Satkhira district and Atpara upazila in Netrakona district .

Other benefit: 1 festival bonus equivalent to 1 month gross salary.