Field Associate

Job Description

Title: Field Associate

Company Name: Shushilan

Vacancy: 8

Job Location: Cox's Bazar (Teknaf, Ukhia)

Employment Status: Contractual

Educational Requirements:
∎ At least Bachelor Degree or Diploma in Agriculture. Diploma in Agriculture will be given priority

Experience Requirements:
∎ At least 2 year(s)
∎ The applicants should have experience in the following business area(s): NGO

Job Responsibilities:
∎ Provide assistance to Local Service Providers (LSPs) within his/her assigned Unions.
∎ Take part in formation of Farmers group under the guidance of the Market Development Officer of Shushilan.
∎ Assist/conduct participatory Market Chain Analysis (PMCA), Sub sector analysis in collaboration with farmers' group, to develop a business plan for each group;
∎ Assist farmers group in increasing crop intensity and innovation in the following subsector;
∎ Documentation, monitoring and reporting and develop monthly report in prescribed format;
∎ Update farmers profile, production prediction, economic return of production and initiative by FFS/farmers' group;
∎ To promote farm mechanization & diversification (crop, livestock and fisheries), judicious use of water resources for irrigation, post-production activities, and Good Agronomic Practices (GAP);
∎ Promote financial inclusion for farmers' group by promoting access to agricultural credit, savings and its reinvestment in profitable activities;
∎ Facilitate farmers' groups to link with Aggregation Center and strengthen Aggregation Center Management Committee in consultation with Market Development Officer;
∎ Facilitate farmers' groups to initiate Digital Village Center(DVC) and link farmers' groups with Aggregation Center cum digital village center;
∎ Technical support to farmers on homestead vegetables gardening following different methods;
∎ Data collection on homestead vegetables gardening in the host communities and Rohingya camps;
∎ Perform any other tasks as required by the management;

Additional Requirements:
∎ Age at least 22 years
∎ At least 2-3 years working experiences with agricultural projects, livelihood projects and markets. Experiences will be flexible who have diploma in Agriculture/Fisheries/Livestock.
∎ Market literacy/leadership, agricultural production/results oriented.
∎ Effective communication and relationship building with buyer, seller and DAE/DLS/DoF
∎ Problem solving and decision making for the farmers' group.
∎ Time flexibility;
∎ Basic computer literacy on MS word and MS Excel.
∎ Practicing gender, PSEA, Safeguarding, code of conduct and cultural diversity
∎ Skill to operate virtual platform like Skype/Zoom/Team etc.
∎ Able to ride bicycle

Salary: Tk. 26000 (Monthly)

Job Source: Bdjobs.com Online Job Posting.

Application Deadline: 16 Mar 2023

Company Information:
∎ 7 Mar 2023
∎ Shushilan
∎ Address : Head Office: 155, Jalil Shorani, Commercial Cum Residential Area, Rayermohol Boyra, Khulna-9000
∎ Web : www.shushilan.org
∎ Business : Shushilan - a non-profit organization has been working in the field of Socio-economic development, Education & ICT and Health & Nutrition Program, Disaster, Climate Change and Environmental Resource Management, Human Rights and Good Governance and Sustainable Peoples Organization in Bangladesh since 1991.

Category: NGO/Development

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