Project Officer-NABAPALLAB Project

Job Description

Title: Project Officer-NABAPALLAB Project

Company Name: Cordaid

Vacancy: 02

Age: Na

Job Location: Satkhira (Shyamnagar)

Salary: --

Experience:

• At least 4 years
• The applicants should have experience in the following business area(s): NGO

• Bachelor of Science (BSc) in Agriculture

• At least 4 years
• The applicants should have experience in the following business area(s): NGO

• Minimum bachelor’s degree in Agricultural Science/Fisheries/ Animal Husbandry/Disaster Management or any other relevant subject.

• At least 4 years of experience working with development organizations, with a strong preference for experience in livelihoods development activities of Agriculture, Aquaculture and Poultry-Livestock through Locally led adaptation in hard-to-reach areas of Bangladesh.

• Proven experience in asset-based livelihoods development for vulnerable households.

• Demonstrated ability to facilitate training and organize workshops at community, union, and upazila levels.

• Prior experience in implementing climate-smart agriculture, aquaculture, poultry-livestock, natural resource management, and market development approaches. 

• Must have valid driving license and strong willingness to ride motorbike for field visit.

• Effective team player with strong team management and coordination skills, especially with government and disaster-related stakeholders.

• Experience working with local governance structures and government stakeholders.

• Hands-on experience working in field-level NGO operations.  

• Excellent communication skills in English and Bangla (including typing), with the ability to present ideas clearly to diverse audiences.

• Proficiency in MS Office applications (Excel, Access, Word, PowerPoint, Outlook).

• Female candidates are highly encouraged to apply.

• This position recruitment will be depended on fund availability.

Community Engagement and Orientation:

• Conduct induction meetings at community, union, and upazila levels to orient stakeholders on project activities.

• Ensure that beneficiaries/project participants are selected appropriately following the agreed selection criteria for Agriculture, Aquaculture and Poultry-Livestock interventions.

• Verify selected households/participants sample basis and approve the survey data in MIS.

• Mobilize target communities and beneficiaries for active participation.

• Assist and guide Community Supervisors in selecting target beneficiaries as per project guidelines ensuring disability, inclusion and gender transformative approach.

• Ensure the service and data entry at CARE Track software accurately like Survey data, Survey data check, enrollment, Group Formation, service entry, event report etc.

Program Implementation:

• Ensure smooth and speedy distribution input supports among the project participants for income-generating and livelihoods activities to target households.

• Plan and implement field activities according to Detailed Implementation Plans (DIP) ensuring quality and quantity within the agreed timeframe complying with Gender transformative approach.

• Assist and guide Community Supervisors to conduct capacity building events at field level.

• Plan and organize vaccination programs for Poultry-livestock at project area following the SOP.

• Regular field visit and provide follow-up support for the project participants and identify implementation challenges and make necessary adjustment or raise concern to appropriate channel.

• Ensure the household level livelihood activities like Adaptive Kitchen Garden, Small Scale Farming, Poultry rearing, Goat/Sheep rearing, Pond aquaculture, Crab culture are being implemented in accordance with the SOPs and making the project goals and objectives achieved.        

• Assist/support/implement any other activities assigned by the line manager in coordination with Senior Technical Officers.

• Implement several high value crop demo and piloting at field level.

• Assist and guide for VSLA and entrepreneur level activities.

  Staff Supervision and Capacity Building:

• Enroll Community Supervisors (Volunteer), build their capacity and day to day supervision.

• Provide day to day onsite supportive supervision to Community Supervisors through regular field visits, coaching, monitoring, and feedback.

• Guide and build capacity of Community Supervisors on climate-smart agriculture, aquaculture, and Poultry-livestock intervention activities.

• Assist Senior technical officers-Livelihoods to conduct participatory action plan development for sustainable and alternative livelihoods.

• Assist Senior Technical Officer-Early Warning in implementing Climate Weather and Information Services related activities

• Print and provide training modules and materials (festoon, Business plan & other formats) to Community Supervisors.

• Mentor and coach field teams to ensure quality implementation and adaptive learning.

  Linkage, Coordination, Networking and advocacy:

• Establish and maintain linkages with NGOs working on saline agriculture, Aquaculture, Poultry-livestock and alternative livelihoods at Shyamnagar and Assasuni Upazila.

• Represent Cordaid and NABAPALLAB in local forums, stakeholder meetings at Union and Upazila level.

• Advocate for nature-based and locally led adaptation solutions in relevant networks.

• May need to participate in Upazila NGO coordination meeting, submit progress report monthly and get UNO certificate.

• Active engagement of Union level staff of relevant GoB departments (DAE, DLO, DoF etc.)

• Effective collaboration and rapport with UP bodies, religious leaders, CBO leaders etc.

• Maintain strong coordination with other colleagues of consortium members like CARE, Friendship, CNRS, DSK.

Reporting, Documentation and knowledge management:

• Review and endorse the report submitted by Community Supervisors and dispatch to PMEL officer.

• Prepare and submit process and follow up monitoring reports, event reports, Demo reports etc.

• Write article/report, case stories, fact sheet for Newsletter and other reports and communication materials and support PMEL teams in documentation and capturing learnings.

• Regularly track the progress report according to DIP.

• Assist PMEL department in several study, FGD, data collection etc

• Ensure the assigned Community Supervisors are opening and collecting papers from FAM box.

Diversity, Inclusion and cross cutting issue:

• Promote inclusive livelihood strategies that engage women, persons with disabilities, and marginalized groups.

• Ensure gender equity and social inclusion are integrated into all aspects of livelihood planning and implementation.

• Apply climate-smart, disaster-resilient, and environmentally sustainable practices in all interventions.

Integrity:                                           

• Showcases integrity standards as outlined in Cordaid’s integrity policies. Fulfills integrity responsibilities as outlined in Cordaid’s Integrity Framework and Standard Operating Procedures.

• Actively contributes to a safe environment within their scope of influence by encouraging dialogue, trust, as well as understanding and adherence to Cordaid’s integrity standards and procedures. 

• Establish complaint and feedback mechanisms to ensure project accountability and transparency.

• Maintain professional relationships with stakeholders to foster team harmony.

Other duties/additional tasks:

• Support supervisor in modifications of work plan and implementation modality to achieve the results of the project.

• Support her/his supervisor and Finance & Admin Officer to as per need. 

• Mobile bill,Weekly 2 holidays