Requirements

Additional Requirements

• Age at most 40 years

Working Experience

• 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 and Skills

• 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).

Age Limit

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

Responsibilities & Context

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).

Sub-project Objectives

• 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.

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.

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.

Duties and Responsibilities

• 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.