Senior Specialist, Climate Adaptative Agriculture

Job Description

Title: Senior Specialist, Climate Adaptative Agriculture

Company Name: BRAC

Vacancy: --

Age: Na

Job Location: Dhaka

Salary: Negotiable

Experience:

• 5 to 7 years
• The applicants should have experience in the following business area(s): NGO

• Master of Science (MSc) in Agriculture

• Master’s degree in Agriculture, Agronomy, Horticulture, Soil Science, Climate Change, Environmental Science, or a related field from a recognized university.

• 5 to 7 years
• The applicants should have experience in the following business area(s): NGO

• Minimum 5–7 years of professional experience in agriculture, climate change adaptation, or related fields, with hands-on experience in climate-adaptive and climate-smart agricultural interventions.

• Experience in conducting climate impact assessments, training agricultural staff and farmers, and collaborating with stakeholders to implement sustainable agricultural practices is essential.

• Prior experience in reporting, documentation, and project monitoring is highly desirable.

Job Location : Head Office

BRAC is an international development organisation founded in Bangladesh that partners with over 100 million people living with inequality and poverty globally to create sustainable opportunities to realise potential. Working at BRAC is not like any other job. It is a platform where you can bring about real change for people who need it the most. We are not just dreaming of a better world; we are building it. Join us to find the way.

The BRAC Climate Change Programme (CCP) supports communities to develop their capacity to adapt to climate change and improve their resilience to climate change, as well as supporting communities and organisations to reduce their climate change impact. Eager to make a difference and help communities to tackle climate change? Work with us to protect resources, improving quality of life and raise awareness, while providing people with access to the tools and knowledge to adapt and respond to adverse climatic impacts and adopt sustainable practices. Working at BRAC is not like any other job. It is a platform where you can bring about real change for people who need it the most. We are not just dreaming of a better world; we are building it. Join us to find the way.

About the Project:

The "Rain for Life" initiative draws on insights from BRAC's Danish International Development Agency (DANIDA)-funded rainwater collection project in Mongla and responds to the needs of local populations. By the end of 2027, it is anticipated that 30% of the climate-affected population in Assasuni, Mongla, and Patharghata upazilas will achieve improved resilience through this initiative. The project primarily addresses the drinking water crisis faced by communities in climate-vulnerable coastal areas. It also aims to empower farmers to adopt climate-resilient methods for crop cultivation, fisheries, and livestock production. Additionally, the initiative will strengthen environmental resilience through biodiversity and nature conservation efforts, while raising awareness at local, national, and international levels about water accessibility challenges faced by communities at risk from climate change.

“Rain for Life” exemplifies the enduring bilateral partnership between Denmark and Bangladesh in tackling climate change challenges. The initiative seeks to build a sustainable and resilient future for vulnerable communities. This position is Contractual.

Position: Senior Specialist, Climate Adaptative Agriculture

Job Purpose: The Senior Specialist, Climate Adaptative Agriculture will be the technical lead for the designing and implementing the climate adaptive agricultural interventions in the field. The expert will oversee the development of the farmers and agricultural profiles, identify the agro-experts who will deliver aspects of the climate-adaptive and climate-smart agriculture training, and provide technical assistance to the farmers' groups. S/he will provide quality assurance to the Agricultural technical persons at the field level. The Expert, Climate Adaptative Agriculture is expected to have up-to-date knowledge of climate change extremes, their impact on agriculture & agricultural production, food security and climate change adaptation in agriculture, and suitable agricultural technologies to transform agri-food systems towards climate-resilient practices. The Expert, Climate Adaptative Agriculture will be the key strategic position to establish adaptive agricultural practices to gain sustainability in the project areas

Job Description:

• Understanding the local climatic aspects and climate change impacts on agriculture

in the project area and performing CCVA.

• Responsible for analyzing the local climatic and agricultural information required by

the project to identify the local climate change challenges on agriculture.

• Ensure documenting the current and past agricultural practices of the project areas and

local community approaches and practices to deal with the climate change impacts

• Responsible for climatic impact assessment and climate risk analysis on agriculture and

framing.

• Responsible for providing the latest climate adaptive and smart agricultural knowledge and

technology information to the project team and to the project participants.

• Providing periodic and need-based ToT to the project agricultural specialists.

• Responsible for disseminating the climate adaptive and smart framing information to the team

and community in an easily understandable language.

• Ensure close communication with local government and administration and support activity

planning with the related authorities.

• Designing and implementing different climate adaptive and smart agricultural

interventions in the project area based on local suitability and evaluation of the intervention in contrast to climate adaptive agricultural point of view and future sustainability.

• Responsible for Documentation of the project interventions & initiatives, reporting, Article writing which is technically & scientifically viable, and development of communication tools.

• Work closely and collaboratively with internal and external colleagues and partners to discuss operational and implementation issues, provide solutions, and recommendations and develop demand-focused climate-smart agricultural actions.

SAFEGUARDING RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Ensure the safety of team members from any harm, abuse, neglect, harassment and exploitation to achieve the programme’s goals on 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, encourage others to do so.

• Festival Bonus and others as per policy