Project Officer

Job Description

Title: Project Officer

Company Name: HarvestPlus

Vacancy: Not specific

Job Location: Jamalpur, Sherpur

Employment Status: Full-time, Contractual

Educational Requirements:
∎ Bachelor's degree in Agriculture or a related field
∎ Preferred: Post Graduate degree in Agriculture.

Experience Requirements:
∎ At least 2 year(s)

Job Context:
∎ LOCATION : JAMALPUR AND SHERPUR, BANGLADESH
∎ REPORTS TO : PROJECT COORDINATOR
∎ GRADE : 17PM
∎ POSTING DATE : TBD

Job Responsibilities:
∎ Project Officer's responsibilities include working closely with the BIeNGS Project Coordinator to prepare comprehensive action plans, including resource requirements, timeframes and budgets for projects activities at sub-district (Upazila) level.
∎ S/he will perform various supervision tasks, like scheduling and risk management, along with administrative duties, like maintaining project documentation and handling financial queries at activity level.
∎ S/he should have excellent time management and communication skills.
∎ Collaboration with clients and internal teams is required to deliver results on deadlines.
∎ S/he will directly supervise community facilitators. Ultimately, the Project Officer's duties are to ensure that all project activities in his/her working area are completed on time, within budget and meet quality standards.
∎ Assist in partnership building with a wide range clientele including: farmers, NGOs, private and public sector organizations.
∎ Conduct practical demonstrations/field days, trainings, and other events for popularizing biofortified crops.
∎ Provide technical inputs and knowledge to partners, farmers, and other beneficiaries.
∎ Conduct focus group discussions and meetings with organized farmers groups on biofortified crop production.
∎ Assist in the identification of training needs for clients viz. farmers, technicians, seed producer, miller, and other stakeholders.
∎ Contribute to the development of training manuals.
∎ Assist with farmer meetings to ensure biofortified crop production.
∎ Liaise with value chain actors for marketing Biofortified products.
∎ Assign tasks to Community Extension Facilitator (CEF) and assist with schedule management.
∎ Maintain and monitor activity budgets according to compliance policy.
∎ Monitor day-to-day project progress and provide updates to Project Coordinator.
∎ Assist in the monitoring and evaluation of project activities through collection of project data in a regular basis.
∎ Perform other duties as assigned by supervisor.

Additional Requirements:
∎ A minimum of two years of professional experience as a Project Officer or similar role with an agricultural/nutrition project.
∎ Excellent organizational skills and demonstrated ability to set priorities and to meet deadlines.
∎ Excellent time management skills and ability to work effectively under pressure during peak seasonal periods.
∎ Ability to work independently, be self-motivated, show initiative, and work productively as part of a team.
∎ Excellent oral and written English language skills.
∎ Demonstrated affinity for working with farmers.
∎ Good oral and written communication, organization, and interpersonal skills.
∎ Computer literate in MS Office and experience in report writing.
∎ Experience with monitoring and documentation of fields activities.
∎ Experienced in motorcycle driving with a valid driving license.

Application Deadline: 9 Sep 2020

Company Information:
∎ 26 Aug 2020
∎ HarvestPlus
∎ Business : IFPRI is one of the international agricultural research institutes organized under the umbrella of the Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research (CGIAR). The mandate of IFPRI is to identify and analyze alternative national and international strategies and policies for meeting world food needs in ways that conserve the natural resource base, with emphasis on low income and on the poorer groups in the countries.

Category: NGO/Development