Assistant Technical Officer

Job Description

Title: Assistant Technical Officer

Company Name: Society Development Committee (SDC)

Vacancy: --

Age: At most 35 years

Job Location: Faridpur, Magura

Salary: --

Experience:

• At least 2 years

• The candidate should have at least a Diploma in Agriculture.

• At least 2 years

• Age At most 35 years

7.0 Working Experience and Skills

• Minimum 2 years of working experience in Agriculture sector.

• Relevant working experience with PKSF or any project funded by multi-lateral development partners would be preferred.

• Good computer knowledge (MS Office).

  8.0 Age Limit

• Maximum 35 years of age on the last date of application. The age limit will be relaxed for applicants with extensive experience.

1.0 Background

Society Development Committee (SDC) is going to implement a sub-project titled ‘Promotion of value added vegetables for sustainable growth and instituting RECP practices’ as part of the ‘Sustainable Microenterprise and Resilient Transformation (SMART)’ Project. This sub-project aims to increase resource-efficient and resilient green growth of microenterprises (MEs) under “High Value Crops (Vegetable)” sub-sector. The project is jointly financed by the World Bank, Palli Karma-Sahayak Foundation (PKSF), and SDC.

2.0 Sub-project Objectives

1. Increase the income of vegetable producers through high-value crop selection and market access.

2. Promote sustainable and resource-efficient vegetable production practices.

3. Reduce the environmental impact of vegetable production.

4. Empower farmers with knowledge and tools (existing mobile applications for farm management) for improved decision-making.

3.0 Sub-project Working Areas

The sub-project will cover Faridpur (Faridpur Sadar, Modhukhali, Sadarpur upazilas) and Magura (Sadar upazila) districts.

4.0 Duration

The employee will initially be hired for a one-year term, with possibility of extending the contract till 30 June 2028, based on satisfactory performance.

5.0 Duties and Responsibilities

The ‘Assistant Technical Officer (Vegetable)’ will work under the direct supervision of the Project Manager and will undertake following duties and responsibilities, which are essential but not limited to:

• Assist the Project Manager in implementing project activities.

• Assist to identify potential microenterprises (MEs), select appropriate climate-resilient and resource-efficient cleaner production (RECP) practices for MEs and motivate them to adopt those practices.

• Provide technical support to MEs at cluster level.

• Select MEs for demonstration, set-up demonstration, and follow-up the MEs.

• Assist the Technical Officer to prepare training manuals, leaflets, case stories of the sub-project, etc.

• Arrange trainings, field days, meetings, workshops, seminars, fairs, environment club meetings as per the project plan.

• Explore circular economy, value-added product diversification, new market potentiality.

• Assist to produce monthly, quarterly and annual progress report as per the requirement of the management.

• Regular field visit at project site, tracking the MEs’ progress in adoption of the RECP practices and reporting;

• Maintain linkages with different stakeholders, such as-Government departments (i.e. DAE & DoE), academicians, value-chain actors, private sector companies, etc.

• Any other tasks, duties, or specific tasks assigned by the Project Manager and management of the organization.

• Monthly consolidated salary is BDT 30,000/-

• Other admissible benefits (Festival Bonus, Bangla Noboborsho allowance, Mobile allowance, etc.) as per the organization`s policy.

• Salary and other admissible benefits (if any) are inclusive of all taxes as imposed by the government of Bangladesh. Taxes will be deducted at sources as per government rules.