Job Description
Title: Technical Officer - High-value crops (Banana)
Company Name: Society Development Committee (SDC)
Vacancy: --
Age: at most 40 years
Location: Faridpur, Magura
Minimum Salary: Tk. 50000 (Monthly)
Experience:
∎ At least 5 years
Published: 4 Jun 2025
Education:
∎ Should have B.Sc in (Agriculture)/ Botany/Agronomy/B. Ag
∎ Candidate having M. Sc in Agriculture)/Botany/Agronomy/M. Ag will be given preference.
∎ Third class or similar grade in any level of academic career is not acceptable.
Requirements:
Additional Requirements:
∎ Age at most 40 years
∎ Minimum 5 years of working experience in relevant sector (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.
∎ Knowledge on resource efficiency, product diversification, certification, environment, climate change and vulnerability, GAP, Tissue culture will be an added advantage
∎ Practical knowledge and experiences in training modules, leaflets, case stories, etc. development.
∎ Ability to work in a team and with good communication and interpersonal skills.
∎ Good computer knowledge (MS office and relevant applications).
∎ Maximum 40 years of age on the last date of application.
∎ Working Experience
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∎ Knowledge and Skills
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∎ Age Limit
Responsibilities & Context:
∎ To adopt resource efficient, cleaner production and good agricultural practices (GAP)
∎ To adopt climate resilient technologies
∎ To promote processing and marketing of Banana
∎ To promote circular economy
∎ To increase technical knowledge and capacity of the MEs.
∎ The ‘Technical Officer High-value crops (Banana)’ 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 to identify 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 demonstration, and follow-up the MEs.
∎ Prepare training manuals, leaflets, case stories of the sub-project.
∎ Impart training on new/improved climate-resilient, resource-efficient and cleaner production Agriculture/Food processing technologies, GAP//GMP, 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 to produce monthly, quarterly, and annual progress report as per the requirement of the management.
∎ Regular field visit at project areas, tracking the MEs progress in adoption of the RECP practices and reporting.
∎ Maintain linkages with different government departments (i.e. DAE, Dept. of Horticulture, BFRI, DoE, SRDI, DAM, BADC), academicians, value-chain actors (Inputs sellers, market actors, transporter, Agro-machineries etc.), private sector companies, etc.
∎ Any other tasks, duties, or specific tasks assigned by the Project Manager and management of the organization.
∎ Background
∎ Society Development Committee (SDC) is set to implement a sub-project titled "Promotion of Value-Added Banana for Sustainable Growth and Instituting RECP Practices" as part of the Sustainable Microenterprise and Resilient Transformation (SMART) project. This sub-project aims to promote resource-efficient, resilient, and green growth among microenterprises (MEs) in the high-value crop (banana) sub-sector. The initiative is jointly financed by the World Bank, Palli Karma-Sahayak Foundation (PKSF), and the Society Development Committee (SDC).
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∎ Sub-project Objectives
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∎ Sub-project Working Areas
∎ The sub-project will be implemented across 15 Unions of 04 Upazilas (Madhukhali, Sreepur, Magura Sadar and Mohammadpur) under Faridpur and Magura districts.
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∎ Duration
∎ The employee will initially be hired for a one-year term, with the possibility of extending the contract till 30 June 2028, based on satisfactory performance.
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∎ Duties and Responsibilities
Compensation & Other Benefits:
Employment Status: Full Time
Job Location: Faridpur, Magura
Apply Procedure:
Hard Copy:
Company Information:
∎ Society Development Committee (SDC)
∎ SDC Tower , Alauddin Khan Road , Alipur , Faridpur
Address::
∎ SDC Tower , Alauddin Khan Road , Alipur , Faridpur
Read Before Apply: Please apply only who are fulfilling all the requirements of this job
Application Deadline: 20 Jun 2025
Category: NGO/Development
