Technical Officer (Fisheries)

Job Description

Title: Technical Officer (Fisheries)

Company Name: Centre for Community Development Assistance (CCDA)

Vacancy: 1

Age: At most 40 years

Job Location: Brahmanbaria, Cumilla, Habiganj

Salary: Tk. 50000 (Monthly)

Experience:

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

• Should have a minimum B.Sc. in Fisheries degree from a UGC-approved university.

• Candidates having a Master’s degree in Aquaculture/Fisheries Management/ Fisheries Biology and Genetics/ Fisheries technology will be given preference.

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

• Age At most 40 years

• Minimum five (5) years of working experience in project management (only full-time work experience after graduation will be considered).

• Relevant working experience with PKSF or any project funded by multi-lateral development partners would be preferred.

• Working experience in enterprise development-related projects will be given preference.

• Good interpersonal skill.

• Excellent verbal and written communication skills both in English and Bangla.

• High pro-activeness and ability to work with a diverse team.

• Good computer knowledge (MS Office suite, typing both English and Bangla).

• Understanding of gender and diversity issues

Contexts:

The Centre for Community Development Assistance (CCDA) is going to implement a sub-project titled ‘Adopting technologies and practices for resilient green growth in Fisheries sub-sector’ as a part of the ‘Sustainable Microenterprise and Resilient Transformation (SMART)’ project. This sub-project aims to increase resource-efficient and resilient green growth of microenterprises (MEs) under the Pisciculture sub-sector. The project is jointly financed by the World Bank, Palli Karma-Sahayak Foundation (PKSF), and Centre for Community Development Assistance (CCDA). The sub-project will be implemented across Cumilla, Brahmanbaria, and Habigonj districts.

Sub-project Objectives:

• To adopt resource-efficient, cleaner production, and good aquaculture practices

• To adopt climate-resilient technologies

• To promote circular economy 

• To increase the technical knowledge and capacity of the MEs

• To improve market accessibility

Responsibilities:

The ‘Technical Officer (Fisheries)’ will work under the direct supervision of the Project Manager and will undertake the following duties and responsibilities, which are essential but not limited to:

• Assist the Project Manager in planning, monitoring, and supervising the implementation of project activities.

• Assist in identifying potential microenterprises (MEs), select appropriate climate-resilient and resource-efficient cleaner production (RECP) practices for MEs and motivate them to adopt those practices.

• Provide technical support to MEs at cluster level.

• Select MEs for demonstration, set up a demonstration, and follow up with the MEs.

• Prepare training manuals, leaflets, and case stories of the sub-project.

• Impart training on new/improved climate-resilient, resource-efficient and cleaner production aquaculture technologies, Good Aquaculture Practices (GAqP), climate change vulnerability, etc.

• Assist in organizing field days, exposure visits, meetings, workshops, seminars, fairs, Environment Club meetings, etc.

• Explore circular economy, value-added product diversification, and new market potentiality.

• Assist in producing monthly, quarterly, and annual progress reports as per the requirement of the management.

• Regular field visits at project areas, tracking the ME`s progress in the adoption of the RECP practices and reporting.

• Maintain linkages with different government departments (i.e. DoF, DoE, BFRI), academicians, value-chain actors (hatchery owners, inputs sellers, market actors, transporter etc.), private sector companies, etc.

• Any other tasks, duties, or specific tasks assigned by the Project Manager and management of the organization.

• The monthly consolidated salary is BDT 50,000/-.

• Other admissible benefits (Festival Bonus, Bangla Noboborsho allowance, Mobile allowance, etc.) as per the organization`s policy.

• Salary and other admissible benefits (if any) are inclusive of all taxes as imposed by the government of Bangladesh.

• Taxes will be deducted at sources as per government rules.