Title: Technical Officer (Agriculture)
Company Name: LEDARS (Local Environment Development and Agricultural Research Society)
Vacancy: 2
Job Location: Satkhira
Employment Status: Full-time
Educational Requirements:
∎ Minimum bachelor's degree in Agriculture, Botany, Zoology, Social Science, Plant Pathology, etc. from reputed universities.
Experience Requirements:
∎ At least 2 year(s)
Job Context:
∎ LEDARS is NGO Affairs Bureau-affiliated NGO working in the southwest coastal region of Bangladesh since 1998. The southwest coastal region is one of the climate-vulnerable areas of the country and people are suffering so much. In this context, LEDARS is implementing different projects in the Sundarbans region with the financial support of a German-based donor agency and recently awarded money. LEDARS is going to hire the Technical Officer (Agriculture) for the smooth operation of the projects and activities. Following are the major job requirements of this post.
∎ Job Location : Shyamnagar, Satkhira
Job Responsibilities:
∎ Organization: LEDARS (Local Environment Development and Agricultural Research Society)
∎ The Technical Officer (Agriculture) is a member of the senior management team of LEDARS. S/he is the key person of the organization who is responsible to provide technical support on resilient agriculture, livelihoods, and small-scale livestock activities.
∎ S/he is responsible for the development of the agriculture-related business of beneficiaries.
∎ S/he has to spend at least 60% of the time on field-level intervention to provide technical support for field staff, beneficiaries, and other stakeholders.
∎ Provide technical assistance/support to the field-level staff and beneficiaries to identify and implement innovative agriculture practices.
∎ Monitor the daily field activities and provide necessary guidelines/technical assistance to the project staff, beneficiaries, and other stakeholders to establish resilient agriculture and agri-business.
∎ Develop different technical training materials, and handouts on resilient agriculture, livelihoods, small-scale livestock, agri-business, and other topics as necessary.
∎ Provide training for the capacity building of the field-level staff and beneficiaries and other stakeholders.
∎ Assist the management team in preparing different need-based work plans (weekly/monthly/quarterly etc.), project reports, success stories, etc.
∎ Maintain liaison with different agencies/stakeholders/government departments at the upazila and district level.
Additional Requirements:
∎ At least 2 years in agriculture-related projects or activities.
∎ Good in field mobilization, facilitation, and training conduction.
∎ Have experience in participatory program planning, management, monitoring, evaluation, and PRA tools.
∎ Excellent interpersonal communication skills and fluency in spoken and written English.
∎ Interested to drive a motorbike, traveling in rural areas with having a valid motorcycle driving license.
∎ Familiar with MS Word, Excel, and PowerPoint, photography, and videography.
Salary:
∎ Tk. 30000 - 33000 (Monthly)
∎ Salary : Starting 30,000.00 Taka. After confirmation 33.000.00 Taka.
Compensation & Other Benefits:
∎ Yearly increment, festival bonus, and provident funds
∎ Job Location : Shyamnagar Upazila under Satkhira District.
∎ Duration : Long-term ongoing project.
Job Source: Bdjobs.com Online Job Posting.
Application Deadline: 27 Jul 2023
Company Information:
∎ 16 Jul 2023
∎ LEDARS (Local Environment Development and Agricultural Research Society)
∎ Address : Village: Munshigonj, Post: Kadomtala, Upazila: Shyamnagar, District: Satkhira.
∎ Web : www.ledars.org
∎ Business : LEDARS (Local Environment Development and Agricultural Research Society) Village: Munshigonj, Post: Kadamtala, Upazila: Shyamnagar, District: Satkhira. Web: www.ledars.org Business: LEDARS (Local Environment Development and Agricultural Research Society) is a NGO working in the southwest Bangladesh since 1996. LEDARS is working for improving condition of life of the vulnerable population in coastal area. By this time LEDARS obtain several international recognitions for its work in global level. LEDARS obtain special consultative status of UN ECOSOC.
Category: Agro (Plant/Animal/Fisheries)
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Source: bdjobs.com