Project Officer

Job Description

Title: Project Officer

Company Name: The International Food Policy Research Institute

Vacancy: Not specific

Job Location: Jamalpur

Employment Status: Full-time

Educational Requirements:
∎ Bachelor's degree in Agriculture or a related field

Experience Requirements:
∎ At least 2 year(s)

Job Context:
∎ REPORTS TO : PROJECT COORDINATOR
∎ GRADE : 17R
∎ POSTING DATE : TBD
∎ CLOSING DATE : 10 DAYS OR OPEN UNTIL FILLED

Job Responsibilities:
∎ 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:
∎ 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: May 20, 2019

Company Information:
∎ The International Food Policy Research Institute

Category: NGO/Development

Read Before Apply: For more information about HarvestPlus and/or IFPRI, please visit our websites at www.HarvestPlus.org and www.ifpri.org. EOE.

Source: bdjobs.com

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