Job Description

Title: Head of Research (Senior Research Officer)

Company Name: Bangladesh Knitwear Manufacturers & Exporters Association (BKMEA)

Vacancy: 1

Job Location: Dhaka

Employment Status: Full-time

Educational Requirements:
∎ Master's degree in relevant subject from a reputed University with excellent academic results along with thesis papers. Degree from a reputed foreign university will be given preference.

Experience Requirements:
∎ At least 5 year(s)

Job Context:
∎ Bangladesh Knitwear Manufacturers and Exporters Association (BKMEA) is looking for talented individual for the position of Head of Research/Senior Research Associate.
∎ Job Location: BKMEA Dhaka Office

Job Responsibilities:
∎ To lead the R&D cell in effective and efficient manner and guide the team in achieving the desired goal of the Association.
∎ To carry out both Qualitative and Quantitative Research Studies;
∎ Write up articles, prepare speech on the issues of trade, business, and other sustainability issues associated with RMG or Knitwear sector;
∎ Contribute to or prepare the annual publication of Apparel Statistics book and annual report of the Association;
∎ To Maintain regular communication with BKMEA Board of directors, CEO for performing any assigned tasks;
∎ To write up project proposal on burning issues in the Knitwear or RMG sector.
∎ To Analyze potential market for the Bangladesh knitwear or RMG sector or Analysis Bilateral trade between Bangladesh and other Major exporting and importing economies;
∎ Contribute to give policy inputs to formulate policies / strategies by the Government of Bangladesh with regards to the emerging issues of the sector;
∎ To prepare conference papers, policy brief, and reports on various issues associated with the sector; Maintain liaison with several stakeholders e.g., Govt. ministries and bodies (Ministry of Commerce, Ministry of Finance, National revenue board, Export promotion bureau, Bangladesh Bank, planning commission), International donor agencies and Development partners, different Embassy and High Commission based in Dhaka;
∎ To attend meetings, seminars, workshops, expos, webinars, etc., for giving policy inputs and maintaining records of them for the future references;
∎ Other duties as deemed necessary by the association.

Additional Requirements:
∎ At least 05 years' experience in working with reputed Trade Association/Chamber of commerce/ Government agency /Development partners on Business, trade or economics research and relevant activities;
∎ Strong administrative, organizational and financial management skills;
∎ Excellent working skills (writing, speaking) in both English and Bangla;
∎ Good econometric and statistical analysis ability for conducting both qualitative and quantitative research;
∎ Excellent data mining ability from EPB, Bangladesh Bank, ITC trade Map, WITS, EURO STAT, UNSTAT, ILO, etc.
∎ Advance computer literacy and Statistical Software skills such as MS Excel, MS Power Point, Microsoft outlook, SPSS, STATA, and KoBo tool box, etc.
∎ Sound knowledge about WTO and EU policy, rules, regulations,
∎ At least two academic journals publication in a reputed peer-reviewed journal (indexed in Scopus, DOAJ) at abroad will get preference.
∎ Ability to work independently and work under pressure;
∎ Age: Right experienced candidate will get preference.

Salary: Negotiable

Job Source: Bdjobs.com Online Job Posting.

Application Deadline: 10 Aug 2022

Company Information:
∎ 2 Aug 2022
∎ Bangladesh Knitwear Manufacturers & Exporters Association (BKMEA)
∎ Business : BKMEA represents the largest export-earning sector of Bangladesh. It is driven, every day, by a mission to align the most promising sector, the knitwear sector with groundbreaking scientific advancements. In order to accelerate the sustainable growth of the sector and to support garment factories develop top-notch manufacturing capability, BKMEA is going to run a training institute at Narayanganj.

Category: Research/Consultancy

Source: bdjobs.com

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