Program Officer

Job Description

Title: Program Officer

Company Name: Water Management Technology and Policy

Vacancy: --

Location: Dhaka

Experience:
∎ At least 5 years

Published: 30 Sep 2024

Education:
∎ Master’s degree in information engineering, civil work engineering, water resource management, or similar subjects.
∎ Master’s degree in information engineering, civil work engineering, water resource management, or similar subjects.

Requirements:

Additional Requirements:
∎ At least 5 years’ professional experience undertaking coordination and analytical work, preferably in civil engineering and water resource management.
∎ Profound understanding of the water resource management in Bangladesh is required.
∎ Excellent written and oral communication skills in English & Bangla with official English certificates, such as TOEFL, IELTS, and Cambridge English Exam, are preferable.
∎ Strong analytical, interpersonal, and coordination skills are required.
∎ Competency in Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint) and Python programming language are required.
∎ Experience working in multi-cultural/national teams is desirable.
∎ Experience working with JICA, BWDB, and/or International Development Partners is an asset.
∎ At least 5 years’ professional experience undertaking coordination and analytical work, preferably in civil engineering and water resource management.
∎ Profound understanding of the water resource management in Bangladesh is required.
∎ Excellent written and oral communication skills in English & Bangla with official English certificates, such as TOEFL, IELTS, and Cambridge English Exam, are preferable.
∎ Strong analytical, interpersonal, and coordination skills are required.
∎ Competency in Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint) and Python programming language are required.
∎ Experience working in multi-cultural/national teams is desirable.
∎ Experience working with JICA, BWDB, and/or International Development Partners is an asset.

Responsibilities & Context:
∎ Invitation for Consulting Services on “Project Officer for assisting JICA Advisor to Bangladesh Water Development Board”
∎ Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) is an implementing agency of Japanese Official Development Assistance (ODA) in Bangladesh since 1974. With our vision “Leading the world with trust”, JICA with its partners, aims to provide effective support to promote development that will result in sustainable socioeconomic growth and poverty reduction.
∎ JICA has long term cooperation in Bangladesh Water Development Board (BWDB) under the Ministry of Water Resources (MoWR). Since 1989 JICA has supported BWDB for implementation of Flood Action Plan (FAP) and several financial and technical cooperation projects so far. Currently JICA is assisting the BWDB through Advisor on Water Technology and Policy (the Expert) since June 2024. The Expert has provided substantial advice/recommendation to the BWDB such as water resources management, flood forecasting, embankment engineering, erosion control, drainage improvement, operation and maintenance etc. For effective and efficient implementation of JICA assistance in BWDB, JICA is recruiting a “Program Officer” (hereinafter referred to as PO) to assist the Expert.
∎ The consultant (Program Officer) will be deployed based on individual capacity:
∎ Duration: The initial period of contract is 16 months, up to March 2026.

Employment Status: Contractual

Job Location: Dhaka

Apply Procedure:

Hard Copy:
∎ JICA invites eligible applicants to indicate their interest in providing the services. Applicants are requested to submit their request as per JICA instruction mentioned in the "Request for Proposal"
∎ Interested applicants are requested to collect the "Request for Proposal" by sending a formal request to the e-mail address ([email protected]) by 04:00 pm, 17 October 2024 with the email subject of "Request for Proposal (JICA BWDB advisor assistant)".
∎ The proposal must be submitted through email ([email protected] and other email address in the RFP) and mail or by hand by 21 October 2024 up to 4:30 pm during office hours (Sunday-Thursday: 8:30-16:30. The subject of the email shall be titled as "Application for the post of consultant (JICA BWDB advisor assistant)". Any application received after the deadline will not be considered for the position and discarded.
∎ Only short listed candidates will be contacted. Those who passed the primary selection will be invited to 2nd selection. 1-hour examination will be held at JICA Bangladesh Office. Examination date will be informed to the shortlisted candidates.
∎ JICA Bangladesh address
∎ JICA Bangladesh Office, 3rd Floor, Bay`s Galleria, 57 Gulshan Avenue (CWS-A19), Gulshan-1, Dhaka-1212, Bangladesh
∎ Tel:02-9891897,02-9891899,
∎ Fax: 02-9891689
∎ Email: [email protected], [email protected], [email protected]

Company Information:
∎ Water Management Technology and Policy
∎ Pani Bhaban, Level-7 (#710), 72 Green road, Dhaka-1205, Bangladesh

Address::
∎ Pani Bhaban, Level-7 (#710), 72 Green road, Dhaka-1205, Bangladesh

Read Before Apply: Please apply only who are fulfilling all the requirements of this job

Application Deadline: 21 Oct 2024

Category: NGO/Development