Job Description

Title: Project Officer

Company Name: The Right Kind

Vacancy: 02

Job Location: Barishal, Satkhira

Employment Status: Full-time, Contractual

Educational Requirements:
∎ Bachelor degree in any discipline, Masters degree in any discipline

Experience Requirements:
∎ At least 5 year(s)

Job Context:
∎ ‘The Right Kind’, a boutique organization with years of experience in the development field will support Bank Asia Limited, a public limited bank to implement a 12 month-long project to introduce a formal financial package for smallholders involved in fish farming and aquaculture market actors with support from Bangladesh Aquaculture and Nutrition Activity (BANA), managed by the WorldFish Center and funded by USAID. The year-long project will reach out to 600 fish-farmers with a formal financial product of the bank through 100 input retailers/dealers/ hatcheries and other market actors in Jashore, Satkhira and Barisal.
∎ The Project Officer will closely work with aquaculture market actors such as dealers, retailers, hatchery owners and staff, nurseries and fish farmers. Each Project Officer will be responsible for his/her district and ensure field implementation and uptake of technology and loan. The Project Officer will also support Bank Asia staff to help with the process of loan provision, transaction and repayment. The Project Officer will report to Project Coordinator based in Jashore. The entire team of non-bank staff will be guided by the Project Advisor.
∎ Contractual till September 30, 2020 (possibility of an extension if successful)

Job Responsibilities:
∎ Coordinate with Bank Asia and donor representatives, as well as with relevant stakeholders such as dealers, retailers, hatcheries to smoothly conduct the activities set forth in the project design
∎ Support the project in capturing data for monitoring purpose and follow-up regularly to ensure behavioral change
∎ Build capacity of the dealers, retailers and other market actors so they can facilitate the loan provision and repayment process
∎ Support the farmers in understanding the process and details about the loan and payment system
∎ Maintain good rapport with government staff, local administration, Bank Asia field staff and other development partners working in similar areas for better coordination and optimum outcome
∎ Support the Project Advisor and Project Focal Point wherever necessary

Salary:
∎ Negotiable
∎ Please mention your expectation in the cover letter. Expected salary must be a logical transition from the current salary. (Documents need to be provided if shortlisted)

Application Deadline: October 31, 2019

Company Information:
∎ The Right Kind

Category: NGO/Development

Source: bdjobs.com

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