Livelihood, Market Linkage and Resilience Officer

Job Description

Title: Livelihood, Market Linkage and Resilience Officer

Company Name: Protibondhi Community Centre (PCC)

Vacancy: 01

Age: at most 45 years

Location: Bhola (Bhola Sadar)

Minimum Salary: Tk. 40000 (Monthly)

Experience:
∎ At least 5 years
∎ The applicants should have experience in the following business area(s):NGO

Published: 3 Jun 2025

Education:
∎ Masters
∎ Masters in Agriculture / Animal Husbandry.
∎ Masters in Agriculture / Animal Husbandry.

Requirements:

Additional Requirements:
∎ Age at most 45 years
∎ Minimum 5 years of development working experiences in Disability/ Livelihoods/SME/Market Development/Entrepreneurship Development/Climate Change Adaptation/DRR.
∎ Proven track record with reputed national NGO/INGO institutions.
∎ Excellent skills in community mobilization and understand team approach.
∎ Experience in profit analysis and business planning with marginalized group members.
∎ Excellent training facilitation, coordination, negotiation and documentation skills.
∎ Understand the roles of different actors in market development and private sector engagement.
∎ Prior experience working in the context of various donor-funded livelihood/ Climate Change and other development projects.
∎ Self-reliant, ability to work independently and effectively in a multi-talents environment and willing to work under pressure in remote areas.
∎ Good analytical and problem-solving skills; ability to think creatively and encourage colleagues to take initiatives.
∎ Willing to frequent field visits and door to door service (Minimum – 75%).
∎ Respectful to human dignity, organizational goals, mission, vision and objectives.
∎ Excellent analytical and conceptual skills.
∎ Excellent written and verbal knowledge in both Bangla and English.
∎ Excellent communication, representation and networking skills.
∎ Experience in the use of computers as MS Word, MS Excel and PowerPoint.
∎ Professional, cooperative, efficient and effective working attitude.
∎ Willing to frequent field visit including remotest project working area.
∎ Professional, cooperative, efficient and effective working attitude.
∎ Skilled in motorbike driving and having valid driving license.
∎ Core Competencies:
∎ Minimum 5 years of development working experiences in Disability/ Livelihoods/SME/Market Development/Entrepreneurship Development/Climate Change Adaptation/DRR.
∎ Proven track record with reputed national NGO/INGO institutions.
∎ Excellent skills in community mobilization and understand team approach.
∎ Experience in profit analysis and business planning with marginalized group members.
∎ Excellent training facilitation, coordination, negotiation and documentation skills.
∎ Understand the roles of different actors in market development and private sector engagement.
∎ Prior experience working in the context of various donor-funded livelihood/ Climate Change and other development projects.
∎ Self-reliant, ability to work independently and effectively in a multi-talents environment and willing to work under pressure in remote areas.
∎ Key Assets:
∎ Good analytical and problem-solving skills; ability to think creatively and encourage colleagues to take initiatives.
∎ Willing to frequent field visits and door to door service (Minimum – 75%).
∎ Respectful to human dignity, organizational goals, mission, vision and objectives.
∎ Excellent analytical and conceptual skills.
∎ Excellent written and verbal knowledge in both Bangla and English.
∎ Excellent communication, representation and networking skills.
∎ Experience in the use of computers as MS Word, MS Excel and PowerPoint.
∎ Professional, cooperative, efficient and effective working attitude.
∎ Willing to frequent field visit including remotest project working area.
∎ Professional, cooperative, efficient and effective working attitude.
∎ Skilled in motorbike driving and having valid driving license.

Responsibilities & Context:
∎ PCC- ILPWDVD Project
∎ Reportable to: Project Manager (ILPWDVD Project)
∎ Language Required: Both English and Bengali
∎ Duration: Initially 12 Months (Subject to renewal based on performance and availability of fund) with 06 months’ probation period.
∎ Employment Status: Contractual (Yearly Renewal): Depends on performance evaluation and funding availability.
∎ Linkage with different stakeholders as Livestock’s, Agriculture, Fisheries, Youth Development, Social Welfare, Women & Child Affaires, NGOs, Local Administration, project participants, project staff and smooth implementation of project’s livelihood interventions.
∎ Facilitate to overall operation and management of Chilling Point/Plant and Dairy Product marketing for benefit of the project participants as well as organization.
∎ Facilitate to operation and management of social business for the benefit of project participants.
∎ Develop training module on multiple Income Generating Projects and facilitate IGA training sessions for project participants.
∎ Facilitate to develop market linkage and value chain between producer and buyers.
∎ Facilitate to project participants for Small Enterprise Development and Livelihoods for person with disability, Market Linkage and Value chain development.
∎ Generate applicable IGA for family with disability & vulnerable poor family and facilitate to implement for their source of livelihoods.
∎ Facilitate to implement climate resilience relevant project intervention.
∎ Facilitate to project team for selection profitable IGA and its implementation for project participants.
∎ Facilitate to establish milk collection and aggregation point and its management.
∎ Select IGA beneficiary, distribution inputs and technical support for smooth implementation of their IGA.
∎ Regular visit to project participant’s houses and provide technical support to project participants.
∎ Present in group meeting, ensure group savings, transfer technology and technical skill for smooth Income Generation Project (IGA) interventions.
∎ Facilitate to project budget development especially relevant to IGA and livelihoods and its incorporation.
∎ Facilitate to ensure different livelihood support from different sources as GO, NGOs for beneficiary through linkage development with different stakeholders.
∎ Facilitate to conduct project survey, project phase evaluation and new project development.
∎ Facilitate to establish livelihood demonstration as Agriculture, Fisheries, Livestock’s and Off Firms activities.
∎ Facilitate to ensure vaccination for livestock of the project participants through linkage development with local service providers.
∎ Facilitate to develop monthly, quarterly, half yearly, yearly financial plan and monthly, quarterly half yearly & yearly financial report and submission.
∎ IGA and livelihood relevant data collection, analysis, explore and provide technical support to project and project participants as per required.
∎ Implement livelihood activities for target project participants through building effective coordination among internal staffs and external stakeholders.
∎ Develop sustainable livelihoods sources for the project participants through effective Income Generating Projects development and technology transfer.
∎ Facilitate to conduct climate resilience training and capacity building of local volunteers.
∎ Facilitate to evacuation, assessment, relief and rehabilitation intervention (if require).
∎ Job Context:
∎ PCC- ILPWDVD Project
∎ Reportable to: Project Manager (ILPWDVD Project)
∎ Language Required: Both English and Bengali
∎ Duration: Initially 12 Months (Subject to renewal based on performance and availability of fund) with 06 months’ probation period.
∎ Employment Status: Contractual (Yearly Renewal): Depends on performance evaluation and funding availability.
∎ Job Responsibilities:
∎ Linkage with different stakeholders as Livestock’s, Agriculture, Fisheries, Youth Development, Social Welfare, Women & Child Affaires, NGOs, Local Administration, project participants, project staff and smooth implementation of project’s livelihood interventions.
∎ Facilitate to overall operation and management of Chilling Point/Plant and Dairy Product marketing for benefit of the project participants as well as organization.
∎ Facilitate to operation and management of social business for the benefit of project participants.
∎ Develop training module on multiple Income Generating Projects and facilitate IGA training sessions for project participants.
∎ Facilitate to develop market linkage and value chain between producer and buyers.
∎ Facilitate to project participants for Small Enterprise Development and Livelihoods for person with disability, Market Linkage and Value chain development.
∎ Generate applicable IGA for family with disability & vulnerable poor family and facilitate to implement for their source of livelihoods.
∎ Facilitate to implement climate resilience relevant project intervention.
∎ Facilitate to project team for selection profitable IGA and its implementation for project participants.
∎ Facilitate to establish milk collection and aggregation point and its management.
∎ Select IGA beneficiary, distribution inputs and technical support for smooth implementation of their IGA.
∎ Regular visit to project participant’s houses and provide technical support to project participants.
∎ Present in group meeting, ensure group savings, transfer technology and technical skill for smooth Income Generation Project (IGA) interventions.
∎ Facilitate to project budget development especially relevant to IGA and livelihoods and its incorporation.
∎ Facilitate to ensure different livelihood support from different sources as GO, NGOs for beneficiary through linkage development with different stakeholders.
∎ Facilitate to conduct project survey, project phase evaluation and new project development.
∎ Facilitate to establish livelihood demonstration as Agriculture, Fisheries, Livestock’s and Off Firms activities.
∎ Facilitate to ensure vaccination for livestock of the project participants through linkage development with local service providers.
∎ Facilitate to develop monthly, quarterly, half yearly, yearly financial plan and monthly, quarterly half yearly & yearly financial report and submission.
∎ IGA and livelihood relevant data collection, analysis, explore and provide technical support to project and project participants as per required.
∎ Implement livelihood activities for target project participants through building effective coordination among internal staffs and external stakeholders.
∎ Develop sustainable livelihoods sources for the project participants through effective Income Generating Projects development and technology transfer.
∎ Facilitate to conduct climate resilience training and capacity building of local volunteers.
∎ Facilitate to evacuation, assessment, relief and rehabilitation intervention (if require).

Skills & Expertise:

Compensation & Other Benefits:
∎ According to organizational policy.
∎ According to organizational policy.

Workplace:
∎ Work at office

Employment Status: Full Time

Job Location: Bhola (Bhola Sadar)

Read Before Apply:

Interested candidates are requested to submit their complete CV and Cover letter to the PCC Organizational email: [email protected] Subject must be marked with the title of the assignment. PCC is an equal opportunity employer and also encourages applications from qualified People with Disabilities & female candidates. Only short-listed candidates shall be contacted. References will be taken and background and Anti-terrorism checks will be carried out in conformity with PCC's Safeguarding policy of Children and Adults and Anti-Money Laundering Policy & Prevention of Terrorist Financing All Rights Reserved by the Authority.