Title: Production Manager
Company Name: Integrated Development Foundation (IDF)
Vacancy: 01
Job Location: Cox's Bazar
Employment Status: Full-time
Educational Requirements:
∎ • Master’s Degree in Agriculture or relevant subject from any reputed university;
∎ • More than one 3rd Division/Class in examinations will not be accepted;
∎ • Candidates with agronomy or any relevant professional degree/certificate will get preferences;
Experience Requirements:
∎ At least 5 year(s)
Job Context:
∎ The Integrated Development Foundation (IDF) is a non-profit, non-government organization established in 1992. In a short span of almost 30 years, IDF has the distinction of being one of the leading NGOs in Bangladesh, which is just the right place that offers opportunities for growth, progress, and developing a successful career. IDF is certified by the Microcredit Regulatory Authority (Certificate No. 01920-01872-00249) and a reputed partner of the Palli Karma-Sahayak Foundation (PKSF). IDF works for the poor, the landless, the destitute women and children, small farmers, and disabled persons in order to enable them to gain access to resources and undertake various income - generating and other activities for poverty alleviation and to enhance their quality of life in terms of health, nutrition, sanitation, education, safe water, housing, power, and the environment through building effective institutions of their own, which they can understand and operate and can find socio-economic strength in through mutual support.
∎ The Integrated Development Foundation (IDF) is implementing a project titled ‘Facilitate access to crop-based finance to enhance vegetable production by 2,500 farmers in Cox’s Bazar and Bandarban District’ financed by USAID/Chemonics International Inc. The goal of the project is to strengthen the vegetable sector and increase cash flow in Cox’s Bazar and Bandarban district by facilitating capacity building training on production and technology, linkage-building workshops, exposure visit etc. to the low-income population of the target area.
Job Responsibilities:
∎ The Production Manager will be responsible for overseeing the detailed implementation of the activity, staff supervision, and communication with relevant stakeholders. He/she will work at the field level and be responsible for the overall implementation of project activities in line with the project document and budget. The duties and responsibilities of the Production Manager are as follows:
∎ • Planning, organizing and implementing project as per plan & budget.
∎ • Determining resource requirements & ensuring efficiency in resource utilization.
∎ • Estimating costs and prepares budgets.
∎ • Conducting training for capacity building on vegetable production modern technology, postharvest, GAP and traceability.
∎ • Arranging linkage building workshop with vegetable farmers, arotdars and retailers.
∎ • Arranging exposure visit for farmers.
∎ • Organizing workflow to meet specifications and deadlines as delineated in the signed agreement and budget.
∎ • Supervising and evaluating performance of extension officers.
∎ • Maintaining liaison with project stakeholders including Chemonics/USAID.
∎ • Managing meetings, workshops, exposure visits etc.
∎ • Ensuring quality implementation of the project so that output meets quality standards.
∎ • Overseeing agricultural production of the target beneficiaries.
∎ • Reporting to senior management.
∎ • Performing other related duties as assigned by the supervisor /Executive Director of the IDF.
Additional Requirements:
∎ Age at most 40 years
∎ Both males and females are allowed to apply
∎ • At least 5 years of experience in agriculture-related work in any reputed organization
∎ Or
∎ • At least 1 year of management experience in an agricultural project is required.
∎ - Have experience working with agricultural project.
∎ - Good operating skills of Microsoft Office package; and
∎ - Required to have excellent communication skills (written and verbal) in English & Bangla;
∎ - Understanding and speaking the local language of the project area is an advantage.
Salary: Negotiable
Compensation & Other Benefits:
∎ Mobile bill, Tour allowance
Job Source: Bdjobs.com Online Job Posting.
Application Deadline: 13 Feb 2023
Company Information:
∎ 3 Feb 2023
∎ Integrated Development Foundation (IDF)
∎ Address : House-20,Avenue-02, Block-D, Section-2, Mirpur, Dhaka-1216
∎ Web : www.idfbd.org
Category: Agro (Plant/Animal/Fisheries)
: Any form of persuasion will disqualify the candidature before or after the final selection. IDF is an equal opportunity employer. The authority reserves the right to cancel one or any applications at any stage of the recruitment process. Qualified women are strongly encouraged to apply.
Source: bdjobs.com