Senior Specialist, Climate Adaptive Agriculture; Climate Change Programme

Job Description

Title: Senior Specialist, Climate Adaptive Agriculture; Climate Change Programme

Company Name: BRAC

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Age: Na

Job Location: Dhaka

Salary: --

Experience:

• At least 5 years
• The applicants should have experience in the following business area(s): NGO, Healthcare/Lifestyle product, Healthcare Startup

Bachelor of Science in Agriculture and Master’s in Agriculture/Agronomy/Horticulture/Soil Science/or a related field from a recognised university.

• At least 5 years
• The applicants should have experience in the following business area(s): NGO, Healthcare/Lifestyle product, Healthcare Startup

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

• In-depth understanding of climate change impacts on agriculture and strategies for climate adaptation.

• Knowledge of climate-adaptive and climate-smart agricultural technologies and sustainable farming practices.

• Strong technical skills in climate impact assessment, risk analysis, and agricultural planning.

• Excellent documentation, reporting, and communication skills, including translating technical information into accessible language.

• Strong problem-solving, analytical, and project management skills

• Ability to work collaboratively with internal teams, partners, and government authorities.

• Strategic thinking to design and implement sustainable, context-specific agricultural interventions.

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.

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.

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.

Location: Head Office

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 is a contractual position, and the initial contract will be for one year.

Job Purpose

The Senior Specialist, Climate Adaptive Agriculture will serve as the technical lead for designing and implementing climate-adaptive agricultural interventions in the field. The role will oversee the development of farmer and agricultural profiles, identify and coordinate agro-experts to deliver climate-smart agriculture training, and provide technical assistance to farmer groups. The position will ensure quality assurance for agricultural technical staff at the field level and apply up-to-date knowledge on climate change extremes, their impacts on agriculture and food security, and adaptation technologies. This role is critical for establishing sustainable, climate-resilient agricultural practices across project areas.

Key Responsibilities

• Understanding the local climatic aspects and climate change impacts on agriculture in the project area and performing Climate Change Vulnerability Assessments (CCVA).

• Responsible for analysing 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.

• Ensure close communication with local government and administration and support activity planning with the related authorities.

• Responsible to design, implement, and evaluate climate-adaptive and climate-smart agricultural interventions based on local suitability and long-term sustainability.

• Responsible for documentation of project interventions, including technical reports, articles, and development of communication materials that are scientifically sound.

• Work collaboratively with internal teams and external partners to address implementation challenges and develop demand-driven climate-smart agriculture actions.

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.

Festival Bonus, Health and Life Insurance, and others as per policy.