Job Description

Title: Training Officer

Company Name: Uttaran

Vacancy: 01

Job Location: Satkhira (Tala)

Employment Status: Full-time

Educational Requirements:
∎ Bachelor degree in Agriculture/Agriculture Engineering/Water management or in the relevant subjects.

Experience Requirements:
∎ At least 3 year(s)

Job Context:
∎ Uttaran is an NGO working in Bangladesh since 1985 to uphold rights and entitlements and to improve the socio-economic condition of the poor and disadvantaged community people. Uttaran is a people-centered organization using a rights-based approach to alleviate poverty, diversify livelihood opportunities and empower poor communities of Bangladesh.
∎ Supported by the Dutch Government, Solidaridad, in partnership with Uttaran, is planning to implement the project `SAFAL for Integrated Water Resources Management (SAFAL for IWRM)` put forward a community-based water management model for enhancing sustainable use, protection and restoration of Watersheds for resilient agriculture through operationalization of IWRM in Southwest Bangladesh. It will improve and diversify coastal agriculture of Bangladesh through innovative ecosystem-based water and land use planning that would provide greater climate resiliency and economic return for the coastal communities. The project outlined following three pathways to achieve the overall goal-
∎ Pathway 1: Climate Smart and Regenerative Agriculture Production System to improve water use efficiency and soil fertility
∎ Pathway 2: Watershed Protection to ensure sustainable harness of ground and surface water for irrigation
∎ Pathway 3: Watershed management and governance to ensure equitable access to water use for irrigation.
∎ Training Officer
∎ The Training Officer is overall responsible for planning, developing, organizing, implementing and evaluating a wide range of capacity development activities for the staff and targeted beneficiaries of SAFAL for IWRM project. S/he also responsible for capturing and documenting the project learning and sharing with the relevant stakeholders. The Training Officer is accountable for identifying skill and knowledge gap of the staff and project beneficiaries, developing required training materials, organizing and facilitating capacity building activities. The position will be based at Khulna/Jashore and is reportable to the Project Manager of SAFAL for IWRM project. S/he also needs to work closely with the Solidaridad Project Team to plan and implement appropriate capacity building and learning initiatives to achieve the outputs and outcomes of the programme. The position requires intensive field visit with at least 60% time in the field.
∎ SAFAL for Integrated Water Resource Management Project

Job Responsibilities:
∎ Assessment of knowledge and skill gap of project staff and target beneficiaries and development of capacity building plan for project staff and target beneficiaries.
∎ Development of training materials on Climate Smart Agriculture/Regenerative Agriculture, efficient use of water in agriculture, micro watershed assessment and selection for restoration, governance in the Watershed committee and executive committee of Local Water Users Group based on identified knowledge and skill gap of project staff and targeted beneficiaries.
∎ Development of capacity building plan for project staff and project beneficiaries and implementation of the plan through organizing and facilitating capacity building activities.
∎ Develop and implement a system of evaluation of trainings and monitoring of capacity building and learning initiatives;
∎ In coordination with programme staff, contribute to achieving set indicators of the result chain
∎ Work with the Monitoring and Evaluation team to develop appropriate data collection system.
∎ Review, evaluate, and modify training curricula available within the project or from other public-private sources where appropriate.
∎ Identify technical expertise required, procure and seek inputs from Project implementation team as needed.
∎ Maintain necessary liaison with the local, national and international knowledge institutes for exploring CSA/RA and water use efficiency technologies.
∎ Support field staff in designing demonstration and trial plots on the above-mentioned technologies, provide backstopping support and guidance to the field staff for establishing and monitoring the demo and trial plots.
∎ Monitor the quality of training inputs and provide support as required. Monitor training costs, ensure costs are reasonable, allowable and within the budget.
∎ Analyze performance feedback and results. Modify/improve training materials as required.
∎ Document and disseminate the package of learning interventions and their outcomes.
∎ Prepare the training report, capture learning and develop learning document.
∎ Support Project Manager for enhancing team spirit and creating enabling environment within the team.
∎ Engage with the activities as would be assign by the supervisor
∎ Required qualifications and experience:
∎ Bachelor degree in Agriculture/Agriculture Engineering/Water management or in the relevant subjects.
∎ Working experience as trainer in the relevant field at least 3 years.
∎ Demonstrated knowledge of and experience in learning and instructional design and the measurement of training effects.
∎ Good command over written and spoken in English and Bangla
∎ Demonstrated ability to create accurate, well written training materials.
∎ Able to drive motorbike with valid driving license.
∎ Good computer skill.

Additional Requirements:
∎ Ability to work effectively with remote area.
∎ Proven ability to work in a intercultural environment
∎ Willingness to travel extensively across the country
∎ Willing to drive motorcycle with valid driving license
∎ Employment Type: Project based fixed term

Salary:
∎ BDT 45,000 including everything.

Job Source: Bdjobs.com Online Job Posting.

Application Deadline: 10 Sep 2023

Company Information:
∎ 30 Aug 2023
∎ Uttaran
∎ Address : Uttaran Dhaka Office: Flat-B1, House-32, Road-10/A, Dhanmondi, Dhaka- 1209
∎ Business : Uttaran is a national development organization working in the southwest Bangladesh since 1985 to uphold rights and entitlements and to improve the socio-economic condition of the poor and disadvantaged. Uttaran facilitates in getting access to and control over resources by the poor and disadvantaged to improve agricultural productivity and economic empowerment.

Category: NGO/Development

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Source: bdjobs.com

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