Market Development Facilitator

Job Description

Title: Market Development Facilitator

Company Name: Practical Action - Bangladesh.

Vacancy: 1

Job Location: Cox's Bazar

Employment Status: Full-time, Contractual

Educational Requirements:
∎ Bachelor of Science (BSc), Bachelor of Science (BSc)
∎ Minimum Bachelor Degree is in Marketing/Agricultural Science/ Business Administration/ Social Science/ Agriculture Economics or any other relevant fields.

Experience Requirements:
∎ At least 5 year(s)

Job Responsibilities:
∎ Provide support to establish market linkage and business development on Integrated Farm Management.
∎ Develop community collection centers and connected all for selling the product on a regular basis.
∎ Provide support on product processing, grading, storage and packaging for getting a good price.
∎ Make regular field visits, identify problems, and provide a suggestion.
∎ Develop a value chain approach and apply accordingly.
∎ Prepare monthly, quarterly and annual progress report based on the plan.

Additional Requirements:
∎ At least 5 years of experience in market linkage and business development related activities
∎ Record of managing product processing, grading, storage and packaging
∎ Track record on networking and coordinating with institutional and field level value chain as well as trainer/trainee/workers and reporting to supervisor(s)
∎ Ability to manage multiple responsibilities and to set priorities
∎ Good English writing, analytical and communication skills
∎ Good ability to work with a virtual cross-functional team
∎ Willing and able to travel independently outside station

Salary: Tk. 63000 - 68569 (Monthly)

Application Deadline: November 23, 2019

Company Information:
∎ Practical Action - Bangladesh.
∎ Address : House # 28/A, Road # 5, Dhanmondi, Dhaka-1205
∎ Web : www.practicalaction.org
∎ Business : Practical Action is an international development organisation putting ingenious ideas to work so people in poverty can change their world.
We help people find solutions to some of the world’s toughest problems. Challenges made worse by catastrophic climate change and persistent gender inequality. We work with communities to develop ingenious, lasting and locally owned solutions for agriculture, water and waste management, climate resilience and clean energy. And we share what works with others, so answers that start small can grow big.
We’re a global change-making group. The group consists of a UK registered charity with community projects in Africa, Asia and Latin America, an independent development publishing company and a technical consulting service. We combine these specialisms to multiply our impact and help shape a world that works better for everyone.

Category: NGO/Development