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Summary

Vacancy: —
Location: Cox’s Bazar (Ukhia)
Maximum Salary: Negotiable
Experience: At least 2 years
Published: 17 Feb 2025

Requirements

Education

Bachelor’s degree in forestry/ Environment/ Agriculture from any reputed university/institute

Experience

At least 2 years
The applicants should have experience in the following business area(s):
NGO, Development Agency

Additional Requirements

BRAC’s values and mission, development sector, global development scenario to identify funding trends, financial and grants management, donor agencies, Basic computer knowledge on MS office applications, conservation and sustainable management of forests in Bangladesh including change processes related to protected areas including forests, wetlands and other ecosystems: management, financing, capacity building; managing information systems and monitoring including the Spatial Monitoring and Reporting Tool (SMART); eco-tourism, ecosystem services; governance of protected areas and buffer zone development, landscape approach including the nexus of biodiversity and climate change (nature-based solutions), creating synergies with a broad range of stakeholders in the working area to advance objectives
Budgeting, communication, writing, monitoring, and evaluating, auditing, project management, project implementation
Facilitating group meetings, managing timelines, oral and written fluency in both Bangla and English, handling critical issues with relevant stakeholders

Responsibilities & Context

This position is responsible to plan, implement, supervise, and monitor environmental activities (forestry and bio-diversity management activities) closely with WFP’s and BRAC’s DRR unit including supervision of CFW beneficiaries.

Conduct reforestation activities in selected areas, ensuring compliance with plantation guidelines.
Ensure maintenance of existing plantation/vegetation efforts so that project meets its ultimate goals
Ensure collection of plantation data and prepare project reports
Support the daily operational implementation of biodiversity conservation and sustainable natural resource management, including forest, environment, and biodiversity-related initiatives. This may involve managing protected areas (both inland and marine), promoting sustainable financing, capacity building, and applying landscape approaches, including nature-based solutions addressing the nexus of biodiversity and climate change.
Ensure compliance with environmental and social safeguarding policies, including risk assessments and mitigation strategies in project implementation.
Promote inclusive and ethical practices by safeguarding vulnerable groups, preventing exploitation, and ensuring community participation in decision-making.
Monitor environmental and social impacts, implement grievance redress mechanisms, and report safeguarding concerns to relevant authorities.
Conduct training and awareness sessions for staff and communities on environmental sustainability, social protection, and safeguarding best practices.
Contributes to knowledge management for the working area, incl. analysing, summarising and presenting information on protected and conserved areas.
Safeguarding:
Ensure the safety of Programme Participants, people who come into contact with the organisation and team members from any harm, abuse, neglect, harassment and exploitation including sexual exploitation and abuse (SEA) to achieve the programme’s goals of safeguarding implementation. Act as a key source of support, guidance and expertise on safeguarding for establishing a safe working environment.
Practice, promote and endorse the issues of safeguarding policy among team members and ensure the implementation of safeguarding standards in every course of action.
Follow the safeguarding reporting procedure in case any reportable incident takes place and encourage others to do so.

Compensation & Other Benefits

Festival Bonus, Health & Life Insurance, Paternity/ Maternity leave and others as per Organisation policy.

Workplace

Work at office

Employment Status

Contractual

Job Location

Cox’s Bazar (Ukhia)

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