Sr. Technical Advisor- PS & RE (Project Manager for iDE)

Job Description

Title: Sr. Technical Advisor- PS & RE (Project Manager for iDE)

Company Name: International Development Enterprises (iDE)

Vacancy: 1

Age: Na

Job Location: Dhaka

Salary: --

Experience:

• At least 12 years
• The applicants should have experience in the following business area(s): NGO

• Master of Business Administration (MBA)

• Advanced degree (MBA or Master’s) in Business Administration, Economics, Agriculture, Social Sciences, Development Studies, or a relevant technical field from a recognized institution.

• At least 12 years
• The applicants should have experience in the following business area(s): NGO

• iDE is an international NGO with over 40 years of experience in designing and delivering market based anti-poverty programs in 12 countries. We are a world leader in making markets work for the poor as well as the longest-established market development specialist NGO in Bangladesh. iDE believes that markets can be a powerful force for improving smallholder prosperity by creating income and livelihood opportunities for poor rural households. iDE Bangladesh currently has eight projects in Agricultural Markets, Water Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH), and Climate and Environment focusing on rural entrepreneurship and private sector engagement.

• iDE Bangladesh is currently seeking a qualified Technical Advisor- private sector & renewable energy position for the project titled “Nature Based Adaptation towards Prosperous and Adept Lives & Livelihoods in Bangladesh (NABAPALLAB/ নবপল্লব)” funded by UK Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO). CARE Bangladesh-led consortium has been selected to implement the project in two Ecologically Critical Areas (ECA) – Sundarbans and Hakaluki Haor. The other consortium members are CNRS, CordAid, C3ER-BRAC University, Dushtha Shasthya Kendra (DSK), Friendship, Humanity & Inclusion (HI), iDE, and Practical Action. It is a key component of the Bangladesh-UK Accord on Climate Change and will deliver the adaptation outcome of the FCDO’s flagship Bangladesh Climate and Environment Programme (BCEP). The programme will make a significant contribution in Bangladesh to progress against GoB’s policies and priorities, e.g., National Adaptation Plan (NAP), Nationally Determined Contribution (NDC), commitments to biodiversity conservation, ongoing 8th Five-Year Plan, etc. And it will also contribute to UK’s commitment to International Climate Finance (ICF).

• The Sundarbans, the largest mangrove forest in the world, and Hakaluki Haor, a complex wetland system of the Meghna-Surma River basin, play a crucial role in protecting lives and livelihoods in the southwest coast and northeast Bangladesh, respectively. With a population of over 4 million and a rich habitat with rare species, including tigers, the Sundarbans` inhabitants are threatened by climate change due to rising sea levels and frequent cyclones. Over-extraction of forest resources by locals and industrial development in the nearby areas is currently threatening this World Heritage Site. Hakaluki Haor is one of the most extensive marsh wetlands in the country, inhabited by over 200,000 people and 558 animal and bird species, and is a breeding ground for fisheries. Due to environmental sensitivity and high anthropogenic pressures such as overharvesting, overfishing, pollution, and illegal logging, the Sundarbans mangrove and the Hakaluki Hoar wetland are at a vulnerable stage, with climate change exacerbating the current situation.

• FCDO’s NABAPALLAB aims to engage biodiversity and natural resource-dependent communities to strengthen the climate resilience of the ECAs, conserve biodiversity, and at the same time, diversify and improve people`s livelihoods through innovative nature-based (NBS) and locally led adaptation solutions. It will primarily target communities within the 10 km buffer zone of the ECAs, which are critically exposed and vulnerable to climate change impacts and have a lesser capacity to adapt to such changes. It will increase the climate resilience of more than 250,000 vulnerable households and ecosystem-based protection and restoration of 5,000 km2 area in, especially in the districts of Bagerhat, Satkhira, and Khulna in the Sundarbans ECA, and Maulvibazar and Sylhet in Hakaluki Haor. The project will consider the most marginalized communities, involving stakeholders from multiple strata and ensuring ownership of provided interventions. It will also enhance the capacity of the local government bodies to manage and conserve the ECAs effectively and create an enabling environment to implement relevant government plans and policies related to Eco-System-based Adaptation (EBA).

• Job Location: Dhaka with frequent field visits

• Reporting Line: AD Programs

• Job Duration: Regular, 01 year, with possibilities of extension;

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