Deputy Manager, Climate Adaptive Agriculture (Contractual), Climate Change Programme

Job Description

Title: Deputy Manager, Climate Adaptive Agriculture (Contractual), Climate Change Programme

Company Name: BRAC

Vacancy: Not specific

Job Location: Anywhere in Bangladesh

Employment Status: Contractual

Educational Requirements:
∎ Post Graduation preferably in Agriculture (Agronomy/ Horticulture/ Plant Pathology/ Entomology / Soil Science etc.) or any other relevant discipline from any recognised institute.

Experience Requirements:
∎ At least 5 year(s)

Job Context:
∎ The BRAC Climate Change Programme (CCP) supports communities to develop their capacity to adapt to climate change and improve their resilience to climate change, as well as supporting communities and organisations to reduce their climate change impact. Eager to make a difference and help communities to tackle climate change? Work with us to protect resources, improving quality of life and raise awareness, while providing people with access to the tools and knowledge to adapt and respond to adverse climatic impacts and adopt sustainable practices. Working at brac is not like any other job. It is a platform where you can bring about real change for people who need it the most. We are not just dreaming of a better world, we are building it. Join us to find the way.
∎ JOB PURPOSE: Managing Adaptation Clinic of the Programme to provide technical solutions to the farmers and contribute to increase farmer`s crop production and income, through extending climate adaptive agriculture to the farmer`s field.
∎ SAFEGUARDING RESPONSIBILITIES
∎ Ensure the safety of team members from any harm, abuse, neglect, harassment and exploitation to achieve the programme`s goals on safeguarding implementation. Act as a key source of support, guidance and expertise on safeguarding for establishing a safe working environment.
∎ Practice, promote and endorse the issues of safeguarding policy among team members and ensure the implementation of safeguarding standards in every course of action.
∎ Follow the safeguarding reporting procedure in case any reportable incident takes place, encourage others to do so.

Job Responsibilities:
∎ Plan, Executing and Manage the adaptation clinic component of the programme to address technical solutions for the farmer's immediate problems and long-term climatic challenges.
∎ Provide necessary technical support on crop management including cropping plan, disease, pest and fertilizer management at farmer's field.
∎ Prepare technical training module on crop production technologies and provide training and orientation to the programme participants.
∎ Support programme development team in designing climate adaptive agriculture interventions for the smallholder farmers to increase yield, income and resilience.
∎ Promote agri- mechanisation and improved storage facilities both in community and household level.
∎ Participatory, site-specific mapping, beneficiary selection, and mobilization of community-based management structures for climate-adaptive agricultural solutions.
∎ Strengthen climate resilient value chains and market linkages for alternative, resilient livelihoods.
∎ Establish and maintain a quality liaison and coordinate with local, regional and national level stakeholders.
∎ Supervise and Monitor the project activities related to the project outputs and outcomes.
∎ Bring innovations to the farmers' field to make them resilient to climate change impacts.
∎ Conduct socio-economic study on adoption of best practices and evaluation of climate smart technology at farmers' field.

Additional Requirements:
∎ Ability to work under minimal supervision and have impact on input on program indicators.
∎ Excellent organization, coordination, report writing and team management skills.
∎ Strong and effective communication and presentation skills.
∎ Advocacy skill with local and national stakeholders.
∎ Minimum 5 years of experience in relevant field

Salary: Negotiable

Compensation & Other Benefits:
∎ Festival Bonus, Health & Life Insurance and others

Job Source: Bdjobs.com Online Job Posting.

Application Deadline: 28 Aug 2023

Company Information:
∎ 22 Aug 2023
∎ BRAC

Category: NGO/Development

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