Assistant Technical Officer (Agriculture)

Job Description

Title: Assistant Technical Officer (Agriculture)

Company Name: Ahead Social Organization (ASO)

Vacancy: --

Location: Bogura, Joypurhat

Minimum Salary: Tk. 30000 (Monthly)

Published: 20 May 2025

Education:
∎ Diploma in Agriculture
∎ The candidate should have at least a Diploma in Agriculture
∎ Academic Qualifications
∎ The candidate should have at least a Diploma in Agriculture

Requirements:

Additional Requirements:
∎ Minimum 2 years of working experience in Agriculture sector.
∎ Relevant working experience with PKSF or any project funded by multi-lateral development partners would be preferred.
∎ Good computer knowledge (MS Office).
∎ Maximum 35 years of age on the last date of application.
∎ Working Experience and Skills
∎ Age Limit

Responsibilities & Context:
∎ To adopt resource efficient, cleaner production and good agricultural practices (GAP)
∎ To adopt climate resilient technologies
∎ To promote processing and marketing of vegetables and fruits
∎ To promote circular economy
∎ To increase technical knowledge and capacity of the MEs.
∎ The sub-project will be implemented across Joypurhat and Bogura districts
∎ 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.
∎ The ‘Assistant Technical Officer (Agriculture)’ will work under the direct supervision of the Project Manager and will undertake following duties and responsibilities, which are essential but not limited to:
∎ Assist the Project Manager in implementing 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.
∎ Assist the Technical Officer to prepare training manuals, leaflets, case stories of the sub-project, etc.
∎ Arrange training, field days, meetings, workshops, seminars, fairs, Environment Club meetings as per the project plan.
∎ Explore circular economy, value-added product diversification, new market potentiality.
∎ Assist to produce monthly, quarterly and annual progress report as per the requirement of the management.
∎ Regular field visit at project site, tracking the MEs’ progress in adoption of the RECP practices and reporting;
∎ Maintain linkages with different government departments (i.e. DAE), academicians, value-chain actors (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.
∎ Background
∎ Ahead Social Organization (ASO) is going to implement a sub-project titled ‘High-value crops (Vegetables & Fruits)’ as a 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 & Fruits)’ sub-sector. The project is jointly financed by the World Bank, Palli Karma-Sahayak Foundation (PKSF), and Ahead Social Organization (ASO).
∎ Sub-project Objectives
∎ Sub-project Working Areas
∎ Duration
∎ Duties and Responsibilities

Skills & Expertise:

Compensation & Other Benefits:
∎ Monthly consolidated salary is BDT 30,000/-
∎ 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.
∎ Salary and Allowances
∎ Monthly consolidated salary is BDT 30,000/-
∎ 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.

Workplace:
∎ Work at office

Employment Status: Full Time

Job Location: Bogura, Joypurhat

Company Information:
∎ Ahead Social Organization (ASO)
∎ Madrasa Road, Joypurhat - 5900.

Address::
∎ Madrasa Road, Joypurhat - 5900.

Read Before Apply: Please apply only who are fulfilling all the requirements of this job

Application Deadline: 26 May 2025

Category: NGO/Development