Number of Post: 05

Location of Posting: Ukhiya, Cox’s Bazar

Contract Duration: Initially for 05 month with possibility of further extension depending on the performance and funding availability.

Job Summary

Reporting

Key Responsibilities

The field Facilitator will be responsible for the following tasks:

• Organize and coordinate different events in the community like meetings, training, day observation, learning visits, etc.
• Ensure farmers are properly participated and trained and prepared for all relevant aspects of program monitoring.
• Practical experience in farmer capacity building and market development activities
• Support in the distribution of agricultural inputs like seeds and good agricultural practice items like composts, sex-pheromone traps, net, etc., and organize relevant training for the farmer groups.
• Organize training on agricultural interventions including market development for both host community and Rohingya community beneficiary farmers through nearer location and field learning sessions practically.
• Promote Good Agricultural Practices (GAP-IPM) like vegetable production in an organic way to the beneficiaries.
• Visit farmer communities and local markets to monitor and collect real-time data on supply chains, and productions as well as identify potential opportunities and scopes.
• Support potential farmers in establishing Demonstration plots and nurseries at feasible project locations.
• Visit farmer communities and local markets to monitor and collect real-time data on crop productions as well as identify potential opportunities and scopes.
• Contribute to implementing gender mainstreaming in the program areas
• Contribute to establishing a good governance system at the farmers’ level to ensure transparency and accountability.
• Support camp and host community-level activities.
• Close coordination among camp authorities, UDMC, WDMC, Union Parishad, and other relevant stakeholders.
• Provide support at the community level for organizing events, work-related activities, and training when required and data collection as per direction of the Project Manager or Project officer.
• Collect good case studies from the field
• Excellent training and facilitation skills including experience in skill development, and market linkage.
• Contribute to reviewing and adjusting the planning methodologies.
• Accompany and contribute to other thematic domains in Agriculture.
• Conduct cash for work activities
• Internalizing different monitoring tools and providing accompaniment support to the community
• Develop and maintain program monitoring and reporting system.
• Take note of evolving changes in seasonal, socio-economic, and agricultural conditions in the program area.
• Contribute to the preparation of the quarterly, semi-annual, and yearly reports.
• Ensure quality monitoring data collection from the field for PDM and help to develop assessment reports.
• Organize community to provide support for different need assessments for project activities
• Process documentation, collection, and compilation of required information from the entrepreneurs and stakeholders and deliver to the responsible subsector officer.

Organizational values and norms towards Safeguarding and PSEA

Prottyashi is committed to preventing any type of unwanted behaviour at work including sexual harassment, exploitation and abuse, lack of integrity and financial misconduct and expects staff to promote the welfare of children, young people and adults at all times.  Prottyashi expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment through our Code of Conduct.  We place a high priority on ensuring that only those who share and demonstrate this commitment are recruited to work with us.

Required Educational Qualification and Experience

• Diploma in Agriculture or Bachelor’s in social science
• At least 02 years of professional experience in national or international organizations in implementing similar projects.
• Experience & knowledge in agricultural/DRR/Marketing activities. 

Technical Skills

• Skill of photography
• Proficient with MS office suite
• Able to take decision in a timely manner, priorities and multi-task work seamlessly

Other Required Competencies

Salary and benefits: Monthly Gross Salary will be 30,895 BDT with contributory provident fund 1,413, festival bonus monthly 2,692 and regular traveling and communication bill.

Candidates need to be highly motivated and committed to Prottyashi’s vision, mission, and long-term development work to significantly improve the lives of the most vulnerable and marginalized. Candidates must be capable of displaying great learning agility, support and encourage knowledge sharing across projects, for the ultimate benefit of all of Prottyashi mission wide initiatives.

Last date of application is 16/04/2023

Application instructions

Only those who meet the above requirements are requested to apply following these instructions. Female candidates are encouraged to apply.

Or

Interested applicants with relevant background have to apply with a Cover Letter, Curriculum Vitae (CV) along with a recent photograph to career.prottyashi@gmail.com

Note:

• Prottyashi aims to attract and select a diverse workforce ensuring equal opportunity to everyone, irrespective of race, age, gender, HIV status, class, ethnicity, disability, location and religion.
• Women are particularly encouraged to apply.
• Any personal persuasion/phone-call will result in disqualification of candidature. We guarantee an interview to disabled candidates who meet the essential criteria.
• Prottyashi has a non-negotiable policy of ZERO TOLERANCE towards discrimination, harassment and abuse. All employees are expected to abide by the Protection from Sexual Exploitation and Abuse & Child Protection Policy of Prottyashi.
• Internal and external applicants shall be treated equally in the entire selection process.
• To ensure transparent processes during recruitment, internal candidates should discuss potential applications with their Line Managers to ensure endorsement of their applications by respective Line Managers.
• There is no cost involved with applying for positions with Prottyashi. Any solicitation of job application costs should be regarded as fraudulent.