Programme Officer
Job Description
Title: Programme Officer
Company Name: IUCN
Vacancy: Not specific
Job Location: Dhaka
Employment Status: Contractual
Educational Requirements:
∎ MSc in Botany/Zoology/Forestry/ Environmental Science. Experience in the Red List process will be preferred.
Experience Requirements:
∎ At least 5 year(s)
Job Context:
∎ Unit: Bangladesh Programme Coordination
∎ Organisation: International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN)
∎ Location: Bangladesh Country Office, Dhaka, Bangladesh
∎ Reporting to: Project Manager
∎ Work percentage: 100%
∎ Grade: P1
∎ Expected start date: 01 November 2022
∎ Type of contract: Fixed-term (7 months with possibility of renewal)
Job Responsibilities:
∎ International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) is a membership Union uniquely composed of both government and civil society organisations. It provides public, private and non-governmental organisations with the knowledge and tools that enable human progress, economic development, and nature conservation to take place together.
∎ IUCN, represented by its Bangladesh Country Office, is implementing a project entitled "Developing Bangladesh National Red List of Plants and 'Developing Management Strategy of Invasive Alien Species (IAS) of plants in Selected Protected Areas (PAs) Project" funded by the SUFAL Project of Bangladesh Forest Department (BFD) and supported by the Bangladesh National Herbarium (BNH). The project looks to assess 1000 plants species of Bangladesh and prepare a Red List of Plants of Bangladesh following the latest Guideline for Application of the IUCN Red List Criteria. The project will also prepare a set of Invasive Alien Species (IAS) of Plant management strategy for the selected Protected Areas to reduce their impact on local forest biodiversity. In this context IUCN Bangladesh seeks a suitable candidate for the position of Programme Officer to support the project management and development.
Additional Requirements:
∎ 5 years' professional experience, of which at least 3 years are in the managerial position and relevant to the terms of reference.
∎ Excellent presentation, writing and spoken communication skills in English are essential.
∎ International experience will be an advantage.
∎ Fluency in written and spoken English, computer literacy essential.
Salary:
∎ The minimum gross annual salary for this position is BDT 1,242,464. While this is an indicative amount effective as of the current date, changes may occur as per IUCN`s compensation practices without prior notice. The same applies to other organisations hosted by IUCN.
Job Source: Bdjobs.com Online Job Posting.
Application Deadline: 24 Oct 2022
Company Information:
∎ 12 Oct 2022
∎ IUCN
∎ Business : IUCN, the International Union for Conservation of Nature, helps the world find pragmatic solutions to our most pressing environment and development challenges by supporting scientific research; managing field projects all over the world; and bringing governments, NGOs, the UN, international conventions and companies together to develop policy, laws and best practice.
IUCN is the world’s oldest and largest global environmental network. IUCN is a democratic union with more than 1,000 government and NGO member organizations, and some 10,000 volunteer scientists in more than 150 countries. IUCN’s work is supported by 1,100 professional staff in 62 countries and hundreds of partners in public, NGO and private sectors around the world.
Category: NGO/Development
