Job Description

Title: Head - Agriculture & Environment

Company Name: RDRS Bangladesh

Vacancy: 01

Job Location: Rangpur

Employment Status: Full-time

Educational Requirements:
∎ Masters/ PhD in Agriculture, Food Security, Poverty Alleviation.

Experience Requirements:
∎ At least 10 year(s)

Job Context:
∎ The Head-Agriculture & Environment is a senior staff of RDRS Bangladesh and works under direct supervision and guidance of the Director-Development Programs. The position holder is expected to have an in-depth knowledge about agriculture, food security, livelihood, climate change issues of Bangladesh and have demonstrated technical & managerial skills.
∎ This position is responsible for strengthening and promoting agricultural and climate change related programs within RDRS Bangladesh. The position is to provide technical support & leadership to the team under this sector. This position is based at Rangpur with need for frequent field visit. As unit head s/he is responsible for effective functioning of the sector unit in conformity with RDRS policy strategy and manuals.

Job Responsibilities:
∎ 1. Program Development:
∎ Lead the development of the strategy for the Agriculture & Environment program, ensuring processes that incorporate input from field teams, other sectors and key external partners.
∎ Lead to the development and implementation of the overall RDRS agriculture & environment sectoral plan & projects
∎ Undertake continued assessment of external context to inform and update strategy and program.
∎ In coordination with funding team, lead proposal development activities (narrative and budget) through planning and program design with relevant field-based staff, to ensure technical standards are taken into considering before submission.
∎ Identify strategic partners for potential collaboration.
∎ 2. Program Implementation Support:
∎ Take part in regular Project Cycle Meetings, including inception meeting, lesson learnt meetings etc. for technical oversight.
∎ Monitoring the training, demonstrations, action research under Agricultural Coordination Unit and ensure that concerned staff performed their tasks effectively
∎ Develop & implement yearly plan of operation with detailed budget under Agriculture and Environment sector
∎ Supervise, coordinate, and check the annual/quarterly/monthly planning/progress of field activities; ensure timely flow of information to Project Unit and Sectoral Head as well as to M&E Unit
∎ Plan and conduct regular/special meeting with concerned staff and other sectors and maintaining follow-up for the implementation of the planned activities agreed in the meeting
∎ Monitor, follow-up and supervise the agricultural project activities to keep the activities in right track and ensure quality program implementation
∎ Ensure that the implementation team is fully oriented on the project design, activities, LFA, budget and other pertinent details.
∎ Coach, train, and mentor staff with the aim of strengthening their technical capacity, exchanging knowledge within the team, and providing professional development guidance
∎ Work closely with the implementation team to produce analytical donor reports, give technical input and necessary feedback on the donor reports.
∎ 3. Technical Oversight & Support:
∎ Provide technical oversight, advice, and guidance on, all aspects of the Agriculture and Environment programming, ensuring high quality in-line with standard methodologies and international standards
∎ In coordination with the M&E team, ensure that ethical and sound data collection and information management systems are in place for appropriate GBV analysis, planning, evaluation, and advocacy
∎ Ensure regular collaboration and communication with other units and functions including Health, Education, and Protection to ensure integrated programming components are highly functional and grounded on standard methodologies across sectors
∎ Lead the process to develop program implementation guidelines, SOPs, training materials, etc. to ensure program quality.
∎ 4. Coordination, Representation and Advocacy:
∎ Dedicatedly participate in, and contribute to, coordination meetings and working groups, sectors, clusters at regional and national level
∎ Dedicatedly build strong working alliances with other international and national actors/organizations
∎ Dedicatedly develop and maintain effective working relationships with other key partners, including donors, government actors, UN agencies, international and local NGOs, and other relevant actors, maintaining RDRS as a key leader in agriculture, environment & food security sector of the country
∎ Dedicatedly seek to establish and develop partnerships and collaborate with the Bangladeshi poverty alleviation movement, agriculture, food security and environmental protection centered organizations and initiatives to strengthen the response
∎ Ensure RDRS's active contribution in all coordination forums at local level (sub districts, districts and at national level))
∎ Lead the process to generate evidence and document best practice practices, case studies
∎ Conduct GBV assessment, technical study, and participate in humanitarian needs assessment by GBV sector.
∎ 5. Developing RDRS Enterprise in Agriculture Sector
∎ Develop & implement a viable business plan for RDRS by utilizing its lands and technologies
∎ Guiding, facilitating, and supervising the activities of sectoral managers towards developing/managing extension services, demonstration, action research and viable income generating activities under Agricultural Coordination Unit
∎ Assess the activities related to crop production, management, marketing and knowledge of different officials and program participants to determine the training needs.

Additional Requirements:
∎ At least 10 years of experience in relevant field of which 5 years in managerial role;
∎ Sound knowledge on Agriculture, food security, climate change, poverty alleviation, agricultural entrepreneurship, research;
∎ Excellent proposal development, concept note writing, budgeting skills;
∎ Liaison capacity with different donors and GO/ NGO;
∎ Excellent presentation skill.

Salary: Negotiable

Compensation & Other Benefits:
∎ Mobile bill, Provident fund, Weekly 2 holidays, Gratuity
∎ Festival Bonus: 2

Job Source: Bdjobs.com Online Job Posting.

Application Deadline: 5 Sep 2022

Company Information:
∎ 29 Aug 2022
∎ RDRS Bangladesh
∎ Address : RDRS Bangladesh, House no.43, Road no. 10, Sector 6, Uttara, Dhaka
∎ Web : www.rdrsbangladesh.org
∎ Business : RDRS Bangladesh is a national humanitarian and development organization works for rural development by empowering the rural poor in northwest Bangladesh. RDRS was formally established as the Bangladesh field program of the Geneva-based Lutheran World Federation/Department for World Service (LWF/DWS) on 8 February 1972. Its development aim is to achieve sustainable increases in their living standards. With this aim, RDRS enables those who participate in its program to gain the necessary skills, understanding, confidence, institutions and services; and ensure that the rural communities have the necessary economic, social and environmental resources. RDRS employees approximate 3,700 staff and works with a further approximately 1,000 volunteers and daily paid workers. The vast majority of staff are in field positions, with specialist sectoral and support units in Rangpur and Dhaka.

Category: NGO/Development

: Qualified women are strongly encouraged to apply. Only short listed candidates will be invited for interview.RDRS believes that all people have a right to live their lives free from sexual violence and any abuse of power, regardless of age, gender, sexuality, sexual orientation, disability, religion, ethnic origin or other status.RDRS will make every effort to create and maintain a safe environment, free from Sexual Exploitation Abuse and Harassment (SEAH), and shall take appropriate measures for this purpose in the communities where it operates.