Sector Specialist, Adaptation Clinic, Rain for Life, Climate Change Programme (CCP), BRAC (Project Staff)

Job Description

Title: Sector Specialist, Adaptation Clinic, Rain for Life, Climate Change Programme (CCP), BRAC (Project Staff)

Company Name: BRAC

Vacancy: --

Location: Bagerhat, Patuakhali

Salary: Negotiable

Experience:
∎ At least 2 years

Published: 11 Feb 2025

Education:
∎ Bachelor/Honors, Masters
∎ Bachelor or Master’s Degree in any subject related on Agriculture (Agronomy/Horticulture/Agro-Forestry/Plant Pathology and others) or any relevant subject.

Requirements:

Additional Requirements:
∎ Minimum 2 years of overall experiences in development sector including Agriculture, livelihood and climate change. Working experiences in the area of climate change adaptation, Agriculture sector will get preference.
∎ Knowledge on Agriculture, disaster management, environment and climate change is preferred
∎ Good oral and written communication skills in Bangla is a must and English has to be satisfactory
∎ Capacity to work independently at the field level with minimum guidance
∎ Maintain effectiveness, integrity, honesty and inclusiveness
∎ Competence in IT (MS Word, Excel, Power Point, internet etc.)
∎ Climate change adaptation
∎ Resilient livelihood
∎ Social, gender and environmental compliance
∎ Proactive, highly motivated and able to use initiative to a significant degree
∎ Ability to communicate verbally and in written to both programme and non- programme staff
∎ Demonstrated ability to work in a team and to develop networks and collaborations and Willing to work for vulnerable and people in need
∎ Experience Requirement:
∎ Minimum 2 years of overall experiences in development sector including Agriculture, livelihood and climate change. Working experiences in the area of climate change adaptation, Agriculture sector will get preference.
∎ Additional Job Requirements:
∎ Knowledge on Agriculture, disaster management, environment and climate change is preferred
∎ Good oral and written communication skills in Bangla is a must and English has to be satisfactory
∎ Capacity to work independently at the field level with minimum guidance
∎ Maintain effectiveness, integrity, honesty and inclusiveness
∎ Competence in IT (MS Word, Excel, Power Point, internet etc.)
∎ Climate change adaptation
∎ Resilient livelihood
∎ Social, gender and environmental compliance
∎ Proactive, highly motivated and able to use initiative to a significant degree
∎ Ability to communicate verbally and in written to both programme and non- programme staff
∎ Demonstrated ability to work in a team and to develop networks and collaborations and Willing to work for vulnerable and people in need

Responsibilities & Context:
∎ Ensure technical support to the standing crops, regular field visit and follow-up the activities.
∎ Providing Training/Orientation/Refreshers to the programme participants.
∎ Dissemination of agricultural technologies to the farmer’s field.
∎ Programme participants selection according to the criteria. Preparation of crop cut and cost benefit reports and other project reports.
∎ Perform awareness raising and capacity building activities
∎ Distribution of agriculture inputs and materials for climate adaptive agricultural activities
∎ Managing relationships with farmers, partners, and other stakeholders to ensure delivery of the programme outputs at field level
∎ Develop strategic partnership and networks with the relevant stakeholders at field level.
∎ Provide support in overall implementation, monitoring and reporting of field level programme activities
∎ Ensure the safety of Programme Participants, people who come into contact with the organisation and team members from any harm, abuse, neglect, harassment and exploitation including sexual exploitation and abuse (SEA) to achieve the programme's goals of safeguarding implementation. Act as a key source of support, guidance and expertise on safeguarding for establishing a safe working environment.
∎ Practice, promote and endorse the issues of safeguarding policy among team members and ensure the implementation of safeguarding standards in every course of action.
∎ Follow the safeguarding reporting procedure in case any reportable incident takes place and encourage others to do so.
∎ JOB PURPOSE:
∎ Responsible to ensure technical support in the field level implementation to contribute in increasing productivity through extending climate resilient agriculture technologies to the farmer’s field
∎ KEY RESPONSIBILITIES:
∎ Ensure technical support to the standing crops, regular field visit and follow-up the activities.
∎ Providing Training/Orientation/Refreshers to the programme participants.
∎ Dissemination of agricultural technologies to the farmer’s field.
∎ Programme participants selection according to the criteria. Preparation of crop cut and cost benefit reports and other project reports.
∎ Perform awareness raising and capacity building activities
∎ Distribution of agriculture inputs and materials for climate adaptive agricultural activities
∎ Managing relationships with farmers, partners, and other stakeholders to ensure delivery of the programme outputs at field level
∎ Develop strategic partnership and networks with the relevant stakeholders at field level.
∎ Provide support in overall implementation, monitoring and reporting of field level programme activities
∎ SAFEGUARDING RESPONSIBILITIES:
∎ Ensure the safety of Programme Participants, people who come into contact with the organisation and team members from any harm, abuse, neglect, harassment and exploitation including sexual exploitation and abuse (SEA) to achieve the programme's goals of safeguarding implementation. Act as a key source of support, guidance and expertise on safeguarding for establishing a safe working environment.
∎ Practice, promote and endorse the issues of safeguarding policy among team members and ensure the implementation of safeguarding standards in every course of action.
∎ Follow the safeguarding reporting procedure in case any reportable incident takes place and encourage others to do so.

Compensation & Other Benefits:
∎ Other Benefits: Festival Bonus and others as per policy

Employment Status: Full Time

Job Location: Bagerhat, Patuakhali

Read Before Apply:

BRAC believes that everyone we work with including our staff, programme participants, partners, and the communities have the right to be protected from all forms of harm, abuse, neglect, harassment, and exploitation including sexual exploitation and abuse (SEA). We uphold human dignity and inclusion for all, regardless of age, race, religion, gender, disability, ethnic origin, or socio-economic condition. As an equal-opportunity employer, we actively encourage applications from gender-diverse individuals and people with disabilities.

Selected candidates will have to go through a rigorous reference and background checking process which may include police verification.