Team Leader, Agriculture Insurance Project, Microfinance Programme (Contractual)
Job Description
Title: Team Leader, Agriculture Insurance Project, Microfinance Programme (Contractual)
Company Name: BRAC
Vacancy: Not specific
Job Location: Dhaka
Employment Status: Contractual
Educational Requirements:
∎ Post Graduate Degree, preferably in Agriculture, Agribusiness, Economics, Business, Insurance or Risk Management in any recognised educational institute
Job Responsibilities:
∎ Lead the project team, and manage the implementation of agriculture insurance project activities, work plan and initiatives. Ensure project implementation is on time and aligned with project goals.
∎ Provide technical support and guidance to the team in planning, implementation, and monitoring and evaluation of the project through communication and regular field visit;
∎ Drive market assessment, awareness creation campaigns among smallholders, capacity building of the staff for the promotion of agriculture insurance;
∎ Co-designing innovative index insurance products with stakeholders and run pilot tests with the view of devising a scalable solution to mitigate risks of smallholder farmers;
∎ Maintain strong coordination with diverse stakeholders (e.g. donors, insurers, regulators, development & financial institutions, technical partners, etc.) and clients;
∎ Assist management in planning, designing, reviewing various initiatives, and providing technical input for achieving project goals and taking new initiatives
Additional Requirements:
∎ Proven track record of leading development programmes/projects in the field of agriculture (e.g. crop life, production, agribusiness, etc.), agriculture insurance, agro-industries, and/or value chain management, agrifinance with 10+ years of experience
∎ Demonstrated knowledge, understanding and commitment to agriculture sector, value chain & market development, agriculture risk mitigation;
∎ Ability to follow project management plan and deliver task orders in a timely manner.
∎ Must be a Bangladeshi national with strong understanding of agricultural sector and prepared to work with smallholders in Bangladesh.
∎ Excellent oral and written communication skills (in Bangla and English)
∎ Sound understanding on agriculture sector and financial sector including insurance and the role of government and regulators.
Salary: Negotiable
Compensation & Other Benefits:
∎ Festival Bonus, Health Insurance and others
Application Deadline: February 5, 2020
Company Information:
∎ BRAC
Category: NGO/Development
Read Before Apply: Interested candidates who fulfill the requirements may apply by followed instruction mentioning the position name in the subject line to: [email protected]
