Junior Forestry and Biodiversity Advisor
Job Description
Title: Junior Forestry and Biodiversity Advisor
Company Name: GIZ
Vacancy: 1
Job Location: Anywhere in Bangladesh
Employment Status: Contractual
Educational Requirements:
∎ Bachelor's degree in environmental studies, social or natural science, public administration or other relevant field, completion of Master's degree is preferred.
Experience Requirements:
∎ At least 2 year(s)
Job Context:
∎ GIZ has been working as a development partner of Bangladesh since 1972 under bilateral agreement. Currently, we are working in the areas of renewable energy, adaptation to climate change, textile and leather sector, biodiversity, as well as good governance, displacement, and migration.
∎ For the team of our "Integrated Management of the Sundarbans and the Marine Protected Area Swatch of No Ground, Bangladesh (SoNG)", we seek applications for the position of "Junior Forestry and Biodiversity Advisor".
∎ Contract Duration: 1 year from the signing of contract (possibility to extend further)
∎ Band: 3
∎ Integrated Management of the Sundarbans and the Marine Protected Area Swatch of No Ground, Bangladesh (SoNG) aims to develop the capacity of Bangladesh Forest Department (BFD) and Department of Fisheries (DoF) as well as other stakeholder to coordinate for a better management of Marine Protected Areas (MPA) and land-based PAs. Location of assignment is Dhaka (GIZ office and BFD). The geographic focus of the SoNG project is on the Sundarbans and the Swatch of No Ground (SoNG). However, since Biodiversity conservation was recently elevated to a core area of German-Bangladesh development cooperation, on-site activities in the context of portfolio development might be conducted in other areas, too.
Job Responsibilities:
∎ The position holder is responsible for:
∎ perform the specified commercial, organisational and administrative tasks correctly and on schedule in collaboration and consultation with your line manager
∎ organise all types of events that are planned in the project /programme, in accordance with GIZ's rules and regulations, and are the contact person for all internal and external actors.
∎ managing and updating the required files and data for your work area.
∎ cooperate constructively with all internal and external stakeholders in your area of responsibility and help work on the issues and tasks that arise in the project/ programme
∎ assist supervisor to identify day to day problems and suggesting appropriate solutions
∎ In this context, the position holder fulfils the following tasks:
∎ 1. General Tasks
∎ The position holder
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∎ communicates with government partner coherently as discussed and agreed among the team members of the project,
∎ coordinates with the other team members of the project whose working focus lies on aspects different from this position,
∎ supports to formulate job descriptions and terms of references for third party consultants and NGO's
∎ monitors third parties in the course of carrying out project activities and evaluates their performance,
∎ makes sure to get the consent of the AV before taking any strategically relevant initiative. This is to ensure the consistency of the project advisory approach.
∎ 2. Event management
∎ The position holder
∎ provides support to other staff as well as partners to organise large events and independently organises smaller events (e.g. training, workshop, field visit),
∎ supports in making travel arrangements for staff and partners.
∎ 3. Technical support
∎ The position holder
∎ supports other staff in the preparation of concept notes, terms of reference, papers and other project documents,
∎ supports in organising and updating the monitoring and evaluation records of the project,
∎ supports the strategic planning and development of the project.
∎ supports activities for women empowerment and youth mentoring in the context of SoNG and other projects in the biodiversity portfolio.
∎ assists team and third party consultants on GIS enabled mapping and client-tailored maps.
∎ 4. Communication
∎ The position holder
∎ prepares and updates communication materials for the project including factsheets, articles, PR items, news updates for internal and external audiences,
∎ maintain liaison with the responsible person/s for public relations to make sure that project-level communication materials are prepared and published in a timely fashion ensuring quality.
∎ 5. Organizational support
∎ The position holder
∎ supports AV in overall project management,
∎ contributes to a good flow of communication, especially with government officials and development partners,
∎ assists or organises procurement processes and contracts for the project.assists process of new project development in the context of the biodiversity portfolio
∎ assists project evaluation
∎ assists ProDoc and MoA process for projects within the portfolio.
∎ 6. Other duties/additional tasks
∎ further specific tasks may be discussed and agreed upon with the AV,
∎ gathers updated information on climate change adaptation regularly,
∎ participates in working groups on cluster lever and on the country level.
Additional Requirements:
∎ ability to work well under pressure and dealing with deadlines
∎ certain interest in biodiversity conservation, social forestry and fisheries
∎ experience in youth work is appreciated
∎ fluency in English is very important,
∎ documented trainings in GIS is a big plus
∎ familiarity with development cooperation,
∎ ability to work in an intercultural, open and gender-sensitive environment,
∎ very good working knowledge on ICT (phone, email, the internet and computer applications e.g. MS Office), data management skills will be an advantage,
∎ able to handle and process large data bases,
∎ sensitive, patient, discrete and flexible to respond to changing needs.
Job Source: Bdjobs.com Online Job Posting.
Application Deadline: 7 Jun 2023
Company Information:
∎ 1 Jun 2023
∎ GIZ
∎ Address : Road # 90, House # 10/C, Gulshan-2, Dhaka-1212, Bangladesh
∎ Web : www.gtz.de/bangladesh
∎ Business : As a service provider with worldwide operations in the field of international cooperation for sustainable development, Deutsche Gesellschaft fur Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH works together with its partners to develop effective solutions that offer people better prospects and sustainably improve their living conditions. GIZ is a public-benefit federal enterprise and supports the German Government as well as many public and private sector clients in a wide variety of areas, including economic development and employment, energy and the environment, and peace and security.
Category: NGO/Development
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Source: bdjobs.com
Deadline Expired on 7th Jun 2023
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