Field Technical Specialist
Job Description
Title: Field Technical Specialist
Company Name: International Development Enterprises (iDE)
Vacancy: 6
Job Location: Barishal, Chattogram, Khulna, Rajshahi, Rangpur, Sylhet
Employment Status: Contractual
Educational Requirements:
∎ Bachelor's in Business Administration/ Masters in Management, Economics or Development Studie
Experience Requirements:
∎ At least 5 year(s)
Job Context:
∎ The Field Technical Specialist (FTS) is responsible to manage day to day coaching, capacity development and monitoring activities. Responsibilities may include but are not limited to stakeholder engagement, monitoring of activity process and impact, and supervision of data enumerators. The FTS will be supported by Dhaka based staff with tools and methodologies to support in decision making and course corrections for greater activity effectiveness. FTS will be responsible for stakeholder engagement at the Upazilla level and District level and will supervise market facilitator for coaching and data collection. This position is contingent upon award.
∎ Job Location: Barishal, Chattogram, Khulna, Rajshahi, Rangpur and Sylhet Divisions
∎ Reporting Line: Field Team Leader
Job Responsibilities:
∎ Design and Planning
∎ Function as Field Technical Specialist on all project activities within an assigned district, under the supervision of the Field Team Leader
∎ Regularly check-in with all stakeholders for whom the FTS is a primary point of contact (PCO) for rapport building and market strengthening
∎ Function as the point of contact for inclusion and resilience within the district for the project
∎ Advocacy
∎ Function as the key point of contact on advocacy related to DPHE, LGED, NGOs and other relevant civil society engagements
∎ Advocate for smart subsidies, improved products and supply chain strengthening
∎ Assess, strategize, coach and support the private public development platforms bringing together private and public sector partners for better sector coordination and the development of guidelines and relevant standards at both the Upazilla and district levels
∎ Monitoring, Evaluation and Learning
∎ Support all project staff to monitor ongoing event implementation, sales tracking, and activity progress
∎ Maintain and clean monitoring databases with brief analysis
∎ Activity/event tracking
∎ Sales tracking
∎ Stakeholder tracking
∎ Spot check data collection quarterly through process monitoring to ensure quality data in collaboration with the E&A Expert t and Field Team Leader
∎ Supervise assessments/survey as per project requirements
∎ Complete quarterly research projects in collaboration with the E&A expert
∎ Compile and submit one case study per month
∎ Participate in the development of hub specific assessment plans (e.g., monitoring, evaluation data collection and analysis tools and guidelines) to relevant field staff and external consultants
∎ Actively engage in initiating best practices, key learnings, unique cases and other relevant documentation to share with the wider team
∎ Coordination and Support
∎ Based on guidance from the Program Manager and Field Coordinator, support cross-program activities
∎ including:
∎ Product innovation
∎ Technology commercialization
∎ Best practices documentation
∎ Cross-project learning activities
∎ Innovation and Quality Management (iQ)
∎ Maintain close contact and communication for project planning, strategy formulation and other issues with supervisor, technical specialists and institutional support teams
∎ Harmonize approach with other MASs in the program through best practice sharing
∎ and feedback loops
∎ Other Responsibilities
∎ Actively follow and engage with Global WASH initiatives in other countries and other Bangladesh programs for stronger network connections
∎ Actively learn and develop skills related to online platforms used by iDE including but not limited to: Salesforce, Smartsheets, Google Drive, Google Docs, Google Sheets
∎ Maintain use of online platforms for sharing reports, documents and data
∎ Represent iDE at external events and meetings as agreed with supervisor
∎ Participate in all relevant meetings and workshops
∎ Undertake additional tasks subject to workload and skill sets such as photography, cross-project trainings and evaluations
Additional Requirements:
∎ Work Experience
∎ At least 5 years of experience working on market system development in sanitation or another relevant field
∎ Familiarity and experience with project management concepts such as Logical
∎ Frameworks, Impact Logic or Results Chains
∎ Considerable understanding and knowledge of rural markets, trading relationships and rural service provision
∎ Personal Skills
∎
∎ Ability to successfully supervise a limited number of staff
∎ Ability to plan and implement iterative field level activities for market systems
∎ change (looking beyond the DIP)
∎ Understands the facilitative role and local market development approach
∎ Experience of value chain approaches, market development and deep dive research
∎ Physical and Language Skills
∎ Ability to travel and undertake fieldwork in rural contexts
∎ Strong written and oral communication skills in English and Bangla, including ability to present coherent and convincing messages to different audiences
∎ Strong computer skills in Microsoft Office Suite, e-mail and the internet
∎ Familiarity with internet based software systems such as Google App
∎ Other Information and Conditions
∎ The Field Technical Specialist must agree to be a regular staff of iDE
∎ The remuneration package and deliverables might be change based on negotiation among iDE management and the contract
∎ iDE reserve rights to terminate this agreement at any time with the consultation of the employee as per HR policy.
Application Deadline: January 21, 2020
Company Information:
∎ International Development Enterprises (iDE)
∎ Business : iDE is an International Non-Governmental Organization (INGO) headquartered in Denver, Colorado USA and operating in 11 countries around the world, including Bangladesh. In Bangladesh, iDE has been working since 1984, registered with the NGO Affairs Bureau (NGO AB), registration number 173 dated 27th April, 1984. iDE is currently working in 27 Districts and 123 Upazilas on a wide variety of thematic areas including Food Security, Nutrition, WASH, Agriculture, Market Systems Development, Women Economic Empowerment. iDE Bangladesh is supported by USAID, SIDA, Unicef, DFID, the European Commission and other multilateral donors working in in the country.
Category: NGO/Development
Source: bdjobs.com
Deadline Expired on 21st Jan 2020
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