Senior Program Officer (Publication)

Job Description

Title: Senior Program Officer (Publication)

Company Name: SAARC Agriculture Centre (SAC)

Vacancy: Not specific

Job Location: Dhaka

Employment Status: Contractual

Educational Requirements:
∎ An advanced university degree in Agriculture (e.g. Agricultural Extension) / Mass Communication / Library Science / English with at least 10 years of progressive work experience in the relevant field. Preference will be given to persons having work experience in related field in the National Agricultural Research/Extension System (NAR/ES. Persons having work experience in international/regional agencies would be an additional advantage.
∎ Candidates should have a clear understanding of the contemporary regional and global context of agricultural and food systems and should be able to work independently in a mixed culture, team-work environment.

Job Context:
∎ Date of Joining: Thirty (30) days from the date of issue of offer letter.
∎ Duration: Full time after satisfactory completion of the probationary period (One year)

Job Responsibilities:
∎ The Senior Program Officer (SPO)- Publication, should undertake activities in close association with the Knowledge Management Division of the Centre, and primarily should focus on building strong regional network and linkages among relevant stakeholders of the South Asia region for smooth and effective sharing of information.
∎ This requires regular collection, synthesis, appropriately packaging, and dissemination of information on wide range of issues of the agriculture and allied sectors from the entire region as well as management of information repositories in the Centre.
∎ The SPO is responsible for producing quality information materials in English medium in the forms of publication, audio-visual or webpages. The candidates thus require to effectively handle editing and quality assurance works. This include but not limited to,
∎ pre-publication evaluation of the manuscripts, administrative and financial approval for the materials to be published.
∎ prepare cost estimates; arrange to invite tenders; process, examine and scrutinize tender papers. maintain liaison with the printing presses and ensure quality printing works.
∎ make arrangement for payment of the printing bills,
∎ determine appropriate audiences of the information materials and arrange for dissemination
∎ On top of these, SPO should be ready for any other relevant jobs assigned by the Director, when required.

Additional Requirements:
∎ Age at most 45 years

Salary:
∎ Salary Scale: US $ 241-6x5-271 (EB) 9x5-316(EB) US $ 348-12x5-408 (EB) 14x5-478(EB) US $ 526-16x5-606 (EB) 18x5-696

Compensation & Other Benefits:
∎ House Rent Allowance: 50% of basic salary per month.
∎ Conveyance Allowance: US $ 50.00 per month.
∎ Medical Allowance: US $ 50.00 per month.
∎ Children Education Assistance: 90% reimbursable of school Tuition Fees. US $ 500.00 per year per child (Max. 2 child).
∎ Festival Allowance: Equivalent to one month's basic per annum.
∎ Other: As per SAARC Harmonized Rules.

Job Source: Bdjobs.com Online Job Posting.

Application Deadline: 16 Jul 2023

Company Information:
∎ 4 Jul 2023
∎ SAARC Agriculture Centre (SAC)

Category: Agro (Plant/Animal/Fisheries)

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