Technical Assistant, PDS (BRAC Seed and Agro Enterprise) (Contractual)

BDT(Tk)  Negotiable Full time on site
Technical Assistant, PDS (BRAC Seed and Agro Enterprise) (Contractual)
Job Description

Requirements

Education
  • The candidate must be a diploma in Agriculture with minimum CGPA 2.50 or 2nd division/ class or equivalent result in all academic examinations from any recognized institution
Additional Requirements
  • Age, education and experience will be relaxed for the potential candidate

  • Must have knowledge about market survey and any other responsibilities as assigned

  • Must have communication skill, analytical ability, problem-solving and reporting

  • Must have skill on relationship building, prioritizing and planning

  • Must have knowledge on documentation in register properly as per provided formats

  • Must have knowledge of MS word, excel and internet browsing

  • Have to work under pressure


Responsibilities & Context

  • Select progressive farmer and make arrangements for conducting farm evaluation trial according to the given protocol and demonstration of the supplied varieties

  • Conduct survey for selecting suitable plots for evaluation trial and setting up demonstration plots

  • Provide technical knowhow and supply inputs to the respective farmers

  • Ensure regular monitoring of the evaluation and demonstration plotsEnsure field-based data collection, taking photographs, preliminary data analysis and report preparation

  • Participate the dealer workshop and build relationship with seed dealers along with concerned stake holders

  • Share and promote key characteristics of promising varieties products to the dealers and extended channel partners

  • Participate ‘field day’s and ‘crop cutting’ functions organised by marketing and sales division

  • Participate the training program and liaison with experts of public organizationsBuild relations with sales people and conduct regular market survey and find out hot spots of the source of variety

  • Collect update information about the competitive products of the market

  • Ensure the safety of team members from any harm, abuse, neglect, harassment and exploitation to achieve the programme's goals on safeguarding implementation. Act as a key source of support, guidance and expertise on safeguarding for establishing a safe working environment.

  • Practice, promote and endorse the issues of safeguarding policy among team members and ensure the implementation of safeguarding standards in every course of action.

  • Follow the safeguarding reporting procedure in case any reportable incident takes place, encourage others to do so

  • Perform any other duties as and when assigned by the respective authority


Compensation & Other Benefits

  • Health and Life Insurance, Festival Bonuses and others as per policy

Employment Status

Contractual

Job Location

Anywhere in Bangladesh

Job Highlights

GO4IMPact Programme supporting local democratic governance and climate resilient public service provision in Bangladesh at Naogaon District.