Project Officer

Job Description

Title: Project Officer

Company Name: Practical Action - Bangladesh.

Vacancy: 1

Job Location: Dhaka

Employment Status: Contractual

Educational Requirements:
∎ Master of Business Administration (MBA)
∎ Bachelor’s/Master’s degree in any discipline from any reputed private/public university (Marketing /BBA/ Science/ Engineering background preferred)
∎ Good English writing, analytical, communication, facilitation and knowledge sharing skills.
∎ Excellent knowledge in MS Office, Outlook, and other software.
∎ He/she should have experience on report preparation, documentation, and powerpoint presentations.

Experience Requirements:
∎ 3 to 7 year(s)

Job Responsibilities:
∎ The Project Officer will lead the field implementation of projects on electric and other higher tier cooking options.
∎ S/he has to assist in conducting different survey/assessments of E-cooking market system.
∎ S/he will assist in understanding the E-cooking business environment, identify challenges and barriers faced by actors, and taking actions in the field following prescribed possible solutions to expand E-cooking market and reaching targeted results.
∎ S/he will actively participate in identification of appropriate SMEs/MSMEs following set of criterions and establish a good rapport with them as per project needs.
∎ S/he will facilitate field level different interventions for developing the capacity of selected E-Cooking SMEs/MSMEs to improve their ideas around increasing sales in the target market and ensure better after sales support.
∎ Actively participate in the session with Energy Enterprise Coach and other consultants and will facilitate the same with targeted E-Cooking SMEs/MSMEs.
∎ S/he will be responsible for strengthening the supply-side of HTCC market in the targeted locations through facilitating tailored capacity development activities, ensure access to financial services and other project interventions.
∎ S/he have to follow up and ensure effective implementation of performance-based financing/ result based financing for the private sector to strengthen the market of HTCC for ensuring project targeted MECA appliances.
∎ S/he has to coordinate with E-Cooking business agencies, partner organization, sector actors of clean cooking, and relevant other stakeholders in regular basis
∎ S/he has to promote and explore opportunities of Gender respect in the E-Coking market.
∎ S/he will organize events with local stakeholders including MECA businessmen, community and business organisations, local government representatives etc.
∎ S/he will provide critical inputs and opinions to the senior management in determining the strategic positioning and work plan of the organization in that region.
∎ S/he will prepare reports of ongoing field level activities with appropriate information in line with the reporting requirement of the project.
∎ S/he will produce and share event reports, & meeting minutes.
∎ S/he will need to attend different workshops/meetings/seminars as required.
∎ S/he will actively work in project documentation related activities.
∎ Endorse and practice all the policies of Practical Action and ensure the implementation of project interventions following standards and complying with all the relevant policies.

Additional Requirements:
∎ Age 18 to 65 years
∎ At least three years of proven knowledge and experience on clean or modern cooking / electric cooking technologies and local market development
∎ Working experience in working with urban, peri urban and rural communities and local stakeholders will be preferred
∎ Having good expertise on marketing, market mapping, market analysis, E-cooking value/supply chain and market system is mandatory
∎ Have good experience in ICS, MECA, and having good knowledge on E-Cooking will be preferred
∎ Experience of working with different actors in private sectors, local Government institutions and maintaining good coordination
∎ Good interpersonal skills, including the ability to build rapport with government and a broad range of public & private sector and relevant other stakeholders especially in energy sector.
∎ Ability to manage multiple responsibilities and to set priorities.
∎ Good ability to work with a virtual cross-functional team.
∎ Willing and able to travel independently outside station.

Salary: Tk. 55000 - 65000 (Monthly)

Compensation & Other Benefits:
∎ T/A, Mobile bill, Provident fund, Weekly 2 holidays, Insurance, Gratuity
∎ Salary Review: Yearly
∎ Festival Bonus: 2

Job Source: Bdjobs.com Online Job Posting.

Application Deadline: 10 Oct 2023

Company Information:
∎ 26 Sep 2023
∎ Practical Action - Bangladesh.
∎ Address : House # 28/A, Road # 5, Dhanmondi, Dhaka-1205
∎ Business : Practical Action is an international development organisation putting ingenious ideas to work so people in poverty can change their world.
We help people find solutions to some of the world’s toughest problems. Challenges made worse by catastrophic climate change and persistent gender inequality. We work with communities to develop ingenious, lasting and locally owned solutions for agriculture, water and waste management, climate resilience and clean energy. And we share what works with others, so answers that start small can grow big.
We’re a global change-making group. The group consists of a UK registered charity with community projects in Africa, Asia and Latin America, an independent development publishing company and a technical consulting service. We combine these specialisms to multiply our impact and help shape a world that works better for everyone.

Category: NGO/Development

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