Aquaculture & Nutrition Coordinator

Job Description

Title: Aquaculture & Nutrition Coordinator

Company Name: Tahzingdong

Vacancy: 01

Job Location: Bandarban

Employment Status: Contractual

Educational Requirements:
∎ Master's degree in Fisheries/Marine sciences or relevant discipline from any reputed university.

Experience Requirements:
∎ At least 5 year(s)

Job Context:
∎ Job Summary: TAHZINDONG an environmental and socio-economic development organization has been responding to implement project in the host community of Lama and Alikadom Upazila from October 2019. Since 2018, WorldFish is implementing "Feed the Future Bangladesh Aquaculture and Nutrition Activity (BANA)`` Project Funded by USAID. This is under the United States Government`s global hunger and food security initiative, Feed the Future, and has the goal of achieving inclusive aquaculture sector growth through a market systems approach in the Feed the Future Zone of Influence (ZOI) and Zone of Resilience (ZOR).
∎ Reporting: Aquaculture and Nutrition Coordinator will report to Executive Director/Program Director, Manager Admin &HR, Finance Manager of Tahzingdong. S/he has to maintain functional relationship with his/her peers, project teams and organization`s other priority teams. S/he must be able to communicate with other teams and units both program and operational of the organization.
∎ Location of posting: At any sub-district of Bandarban district.
∎ Contract Duration: Initially 6 month.

Job Responsibilities:
∎ Provide support and monitor the implementingaquaculture activities according to the work plan and scheduled timeline.
∎ Maintain liaison with the funding partners and head office of the Tahzingdong for successfully implementation of the project activities.
∎ Supervise Upazila Aquaculture and Nutrition Officers, Finance and Admin Officer, Union Facilitators directly while his/her supervisor will be project focal in Tahzingdong head office.
∎ Maintain communication with different stakeholders such as local government at the district and Upazila level (District/ upazila fisheries department, District/ upazila department of women and child affairs, District/ upazila health complex etc).
∎ Prepare monthly progress report with the cooperation of Upazila Aquaculture and Nutrition officer and Union Facilitators.
∎ Assist finance and admin officer to prepare monthly financial report through matching activities implemented.
∎ Monitor project activities through regular visit in the field to ensure quality of the project deliverables and mobilize the field staffs.
∎ Arrange regular meetings and workshops with the different stakeholders, funding partners and Tahzingdong to inform about the progress of the project activities.
∎ Attend various meetings at the district/upazila level and presenting the project activities before government authorities regularly.
∎ Provide technical support to the direct beneficiaries in case of arising any complication in the field.
∎ Collect data from the Union Facilitators through KOBO monitoring tool, analyze and submitting to the central monitoring team.
∎ Collect field level evidence/case studies of project activities through photographs and send it to the central monitoring team.
∎ Planning, initiating and reviewing external communication to promote project activities on various platforms. Document of all events, program learning, process, and impacts of project should be sent to the central project team.
∎ Attending various meetings at the District/ upazila level and presenting the project activities before government authorities.
∎ Preparing presentation for the meetings and issues for the various levels of coordination meetings and workshops.
∎ Nurturing relationship with the press to mobilize it as and designing content for proactive media campaign as well as for publishing in local and national media.
∎ Coordinate with central/regional focal person/s, donor/funding agency for monthly report or regular communication
∎ Develop field reports as well as the back to office report.
∎ Have to be travelling extensively throughout the three Upazilas for smoother implementation of the project activities.

Additional Requirements:
∎ At least 05 years of professional experience including 02 years project management level experience in maintaining aquaculture and nutrition projects.
∎ Skill of photography
∎ Must have professional writing and speaking capacity in English and Bangla, i.e. monitoring report, field visit report, event report, case study/story, press release, content writing, etc.
∎ Proficient with MS office suite
∎ Able to take decision in a timely manner, priorities and multi-task work seamlessly
∎ Having valid driving license and able to drive motorcycle for long distances.

Salary:
∎ Monthly Gross Salary will be Seventy Five thousand (75,000.00 BDT) with other admissible benefits such as festival bonus according to project and organizational policy.

Application Deadline: May 28, 2020

Company Information:
∎ Tahzingdong
∎ Address : Old Rajbari Road,Uzani Para, Bandarban Hill District.
∎ Business : The TAHZINGDONG-Organization for Environmental and Socio-economic Development –began its journey in 2001 with it headquarter in Bandarban Hill District.

Category: NGO/Development