Technical Officer (Food Processing and Marketing)

Resource Integration Centre (RIC)

Resource Integration Centre (RIC)

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Summary

• Vacancy: 1
• Age: at most 40 years
• Location: Munshiganj
• Maximum Salary: Tk. 50000 (Monthly)
• Experience: At least 5 years
• Published: 2 Oct 2024

Requirements

Experience

• At least 5 years
• The applicants should have experience in the following business area(s):
  NGO, Development Agency

Additional Requirements

• Age at most 40 years

6.0 Academic Qualifications

Should have B.Sc in (Relevant subject of Food Engineering/Food Processing Engineering/Food Engineering & Tea Technology/Food Technology degree) from a UGC-approved university.

Candidate having Master’s degree in (Relevant subject of Food Engineering/Food Processing Engineering/Food Engineering & Tea Technology/Food Technology degree) will be given preference. 

7.0 Working Experience·      

Minimum 5 years of working experience in the relevant sector (only full-time work experience after graduation will be considered).

●      Relevant working experience with PKSF or any project funded by multi-lateral development partners would be preferred.

●      Working experience in enterprise development-related projects will be given preference. 

8.0 Knowledge and Skills

Knowledge of resource-efficient and cleaner production (RECP), Food Safety, ISO certifications, HACCP, dairy product diversification, relevant sectoral certification, product marketing, environment, climate change, and vulnerability will be an added advantage

Practical knowledge and experience in training modules, leaflets, case stories, etc. development.

Ability to work in a team and with good communication and interpersonal skills.Good computer knowledge (MS Office and relevant applications). 

9.0 Age Limit

● Maximum 40 years of age on the last date of application. 

10.0 Salary and Allowances

● Monthly consolidated salary is BDT 50,000/- per Month & Yearly 5% Increment.

●Other admissible benefits (Festival Bonus, Bangla Noboborsho allowance, Mobile allowance, etc.) as per Project 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.

Responsibilities & Context

1.0 Background

Resource Integration Center (RIC) is going to implement a sub-project titled “Promoting resilient green growth in dairy sub-sector through ensuring RECP”. 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 the “Cattle and Buffalo” sub-sector. The project is jointly financed by the World Bank, the Palli Karma-Sahayak Foundation (PKSF), and Resource Integration Center (RIC). 

2.0 Sub-project Objectives

1.To adopt resource-efficient, cleaner production, and good farming practices.

2.To adopt climate-resilient technologies.

3.To promote a circular economy.

4.To increase the technical knowledge and capacity of the MEs.

5.To assist entrepreneurs in expanding the market for dairy products. 

3.0 Sub-project Working Areas

The sub-project will be implemented across Sreenagar, Sirajdikhan, Lohajang & Munshigonj Sadar Upazila Under Munshiganj district.

4.0 Duration

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.  

5.0 Duties and Responsibilities

The ‘Technical Officer (Food Processing and Marketing)’ 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. BSTI, BFSA, DoE), academicians, value-chain actors (Dairy-based product/food processor, inputs sellers, market actors, transporters, etc.), private dairy/food processor-related sectoral companies, etc.

Any other tasks, duties, or specific tasks assigned by the Project Manager and management of the RIC and SMART PMU, PKSF.

Workplace

Work at office

Employment Status

Contractual

Job Location

Munshiganj

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