Plantation Supervisor

Job Description

Title: Plantation Supervisor

Company Name: Arannayk Foundation

Vacancy: 1

Age: at least 40 years

Location: Cox's Bazar (Chakaria)

Salary: Tk. 31681 - 35597 (Monthly)

Experience:
∎ At least 3 years
∎ The applicants should have experience in the following business area(s):NGO, Development Agency

Published: 6 May 2025

Education:
∎ Bachelor of Science (BSc) in Forestry, Diploma in Forestry

Requirements:

Additional Requirements:
∎ Age at least 40 years
∎ A full-time contractual staff.
∎ The remote project site is challenging, troublesome, and isolated from the mainland.
∎ Excellent facilitation and communication skills are a must to qualify the successful candidate.
∎ Should be a good team player.
∎ Strong ability to work flexibly, managing change and competing priorities.
∎ Having non-discriminatory and gender-sensitive perceptions along with safeguarding and child protection compliances.
∎ To protect women, children, and people with disability in connection.
∎ Respectful of the safeguarding policy.
∎ Subject to fulfillment of other criteria as mentioned above, and local candidates having language skills in the local dialect of Chakaria / Cox’s Bazar areas and willing to work at the Chakaria project site will be given preference and are encouraged to apply.
∎ Name, Father’s and Mother’s Name, and address including email and mobile number.
∎ Academic Qualification (last in the first order, preferably in a table).Training received (only relevant training will be considered).
∎ Job Experience (last job in first sequences).
∎ Additional qualification, if any.Name and address of three referees having work relations, and name/address or the last line manager.
∎ Project: Plantation on Embankment at 10 Acre Shrimp, 11- & 48-Acre Shrimp Estates Chakaria, Cox’s Bazar (Under the “Sustainable Coastal and Marine Fisheries Project Managed by Department of Fisheries, Funded by World Bank)
∎ Duration: 1 year, maybe extended based on the project needs and performance.
∎ Appointment type and working environment:
∎ A full-time contractual staff.
∎ The remote project site is challenging, troublesome, and isolated from the mainland.
∎ Additional Requirements:
∎ Excellent facilitation and communication skills are a must to qualify the successful candidate.
∎ Should be a good team player.
∎ Strong ability to work flexibly, managing change and competing priorities.
∎ Having non-discriminatory and gender-sensitive perceptions along with safeguarding and child protection compliances.
∎ To protect women, children, and people with disability in connection.
∎ Respectful of the safeguarding policy.
∎ Subject to fulfillment of other criteria as mentioned above, and local candidates having language skills in the local dialect of Chakaria / Cox’s Bazar areas and willing to work at the Chakaria project site will be given preference and are encouraged to apply.
∎ Application Template:
∎ A cover letter summarizing skills and experiences relevant to this position with motivation to work with the Arannayk Foundation.
∎ A precise CV with a passport-sized photograph, following the template provided below:
∎ Name, Father’s and Mother’s Name, and address including email and mobile number.
∎ Academic Qualification (last in the first order, preferably in a table).Training received (only relevant training will be considered).
∎ Job Experience (last job in first sequences).
∎ Additional qualification, if any.Name and address of three referees having work relations, and name/address or the last line manager.
∎ Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted later. However, Arannayk Foundation reserves the right to reject any application and to modify or cancel the entire recruitment process at any point in time without any clarification.
∎ Arannayk Foundation has a non-negotiable policy of ZERO TOLERANCE towards Sexual Harassment, Exploitation, Abuse, and other safeguarding concerns (including child, person with disability, and adult abuse) and expects all employees to abide by the safeguarding policies and code of conduct of Arannayk Foundation.
∎ Apply Procedure
∎ Application for the position with a brief curriculum vitae will have to be forwarded to jobs@arannayk.org with the subject line as an application for “Plantation Supervisor”, on or before 12 May 2025 at 11.59 PM Bangladesh Time.

Responsibilities & Context:
∎ Supervise planting operations such as preparation of planting sites, staking process, pit making, collecting of fertile foreign soil, soil preparation and filling, planting the seedlings, fastening the stake and fence water source, and watering and other relevant preparations.
∎ Supervise the post-planting activities, including weeding and climber cutting, gap filling, manuring, mulching, watering, re-filling the pit with fertile foreign soil, and repairing the fence.
∎ Oversee plantation management and protection.
∎ Labor and watcher management for planting operations and post-planting activities.
∎ Keep close collaboration with the different stakeholders, including local administration, shrimp estate owners, farmers, and the Union Parishad chairman/members.
∎ Collaborate with program, finance, and administrative staff to ensure systems are following donor and Arannayk Foundation Management Systems.
∎ Update and maintain relevant electronic/hardcopy formats and Arannayk Foundation databases as required.
∎ Keep administrative and financial records, including documents, vouchers, registers, receipts, master roll etc., related to your activities in your safe custody for submission to Arannayk Foundation and to comply with the audit requirements.
∎ Assist Project Coordinator in developing plantation journal.
∎ Assist Project Coordinator in developing project quarterly, monthly, and other reports. and
∎ Perform any other duties/tasks as assigned by the Supervisor.
∎ Job Context:
∎ Arannayk Foundation stands at the forefront of environmental conservation in Bangladesh, leveraging two decades of expertise in forest and biodiversity conservation, sustainable livelihoods, and climate resilience. Arannayk Foundation envisions a Bangladesh where natural ecosystems are conserved by empowered communities toward green growth. Guided by its mission to foster collaborative forest governance toward sustainable management of forests and other natural ecosystems, Arannayk Foundation collaborates with government agencies, NGOs, and the private sector to drive impactful, science-based solutions that benefit both nature and people.
∎ Established in 2003, through a landmark bilateral agreement between the Governments of Bangladesh and the United States, Arannayk Foundation operates as a specialized, and community-centered organization dedicated to fostering collaborative forest governance and nature-based solutions.
∎ With a strong track record of implementing over 100 projects in partnership with World’s renowned development organizations, Arannayk Foundation integrates science, policy, and grassroots engagement to address critical environmental challenges. Its strategic interventions span co-management of protected areas, wildlife habitat restoration, emission reduction initiatives, carbon credit programs and climate adaptation through locally led solutions. Arannayk Foundation also engages the private sector in conservation and strengthens institutional capacity to combat environmental crime.
∎ For smooth planting operation and ensuring pre-planting and post-planting activities in plantation management and other relevant activities of Arannayk Foundation’s World Bank-supported “Plantation on Embankment at 10 Acre Shrimp, 11- & 48-Acre Shrimp Estates Chakaria, Cox's Bazar” project, a ‘Plantation Supervisor’ will be hired for the project duration.
∎ Major Job responsibilities:
∎ The main tasks for this position would be, but not necessarily limited to, the following:
∎ Supervise planting operations such as preparation of planting sites, staking process, pit making, collecting of fertile foreign soil, soil preparation and filling, planting the seedlings, fastening the stake and fence water source, and watering and other relevant preparations.
∎ Supervise the post-planting activities, including weeding and climber cutting, gap filling, manuring, mulching, watering, re-filling the pit with fertile foreign soil, and repairing the fence.
∎ Oversee plantation management and protection.
∎ Labor and watcher management for planting operations and post-planting activities.
∎ Keep close collaboration with the different stakeholders, including local administration, shrimp estate owners, farmers, and the Union Parishad chairman/members.
∎ Collaborate with program, finance, and administrative staff to ensure systems are following donor and Arannayk Foundation Management Systems.
∎ Update and maintain relevant electronic/hardcopy formats and Arannayk Foundation databases as required.
∎ Keep administrative and financial records, including documents, vouchers, registers, receipts, master roll etc., related to your activities in your safe custody for submission to Arannayk Foundation and to comply with the audit requirements.
∎ Assist Project Coordinator in developing plantation journal.
∎ Assist Project Coordinator in developing project quarterly, monthly, and other reports. and
∎ Perform any other duties/tasks as assigned by the Supervisor.

Workplace:
∎ Work at office

Employment Status: Contractual

Job Location: Cox's Bazar (Chakaria)

Apply Procedure:

Email your CV:
∎ Send your CV to the given email jobs@arannayk.org

Company Information:
∎ Arannayk Foundation
∎ Wasi Tower (6th Floor) 572/K Matikata (ECB Chattor) Dhaka Cantonment Dhaka 1206 Bangladesh
∎ Non-Profit Organization

Address::
∎ Wasi Tower (6th Floor) 572/K Matikata (ECB Chattor) Dhaka Cantonment Dhaka 1206 Bangladesh
∎ Non-Profit Organization

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

Application Deadline: 12 May 2025

Category: NGO/Development