Technical Officer (High Value Crops Vegetables)

Job Description

Title: Technical Officer (High Value Crops Vegetables)

Company Name: DESHA Shechsashebi Artho-Samajik Unnayan O Manobik Kallyan Sangstha

Vacancy: 1

Age: At most 40 years

Job Location: Kushtia

Salary: Tk. 50000 (Monthly)

Experience:

Published: 2024-10-16

Application Deadline: 2024-10-22

Education:

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

• Age At most 40 years

• Maximum 40 years of age on the last date of application.

• Candidate having Master’s degree in Agriculture will be given preference..

• Knowledge on resource efficiency, HACCP, product diversification, certification, environment, climate change and vulnerability 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).

• 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.

DESHA Shechsashebi Artho-Samajik Unnayan O Manobik Kallayan Sangstha

DESHA Tower, Upazila More, Kushtia-Jhenaidah Highway, Kushtia

Web: www.desha.org.bd

DESHA Shechsashebi Artho-Samajik Unnayan O Manobik Kallayan Sangstha is going to implement a sub-project titled ‘Promotion of Value added Vegetables for sustainable growth and instituting RECP practices.’ as 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 High-value crops (Vegetables) sub-sector. The project is jointly financed by the World Bank, Palli Karma-Sahayak Foundation (PKSF), and DESHA Shechsashebi Artho-Samajik Unnayan O Manobik Kallayan Sangstha. DESHA is seeking competent project management professionals under the project. The detailed Terms of Reference (ToR) of the positions are given below.

Work Station: DESHA’s Working Area; extensive field visit is required.

Assignment 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.

Responsibilities:

The ‘Technical Officer (High-value crops _Vegetables)’ 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 technologies, GAP/ GAqP/ GLP/ 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, DoE), academicians, value-chain actors (Nursery 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.

• 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.