Requirements

Additional Requirements

• Age at most 45 years

§   Experienced in community mobilization and facilitation of Climate Smart/Regenerative agriculture technologies.§   Experienced in facilitating Integrated Water Resource Management (IWRM) intervention will get preference.§   Experienced in working with SaFaL project will get added value.§   Experienced in M&E data collection, compilation, and progress report preparation.§   Excellent motivational and community mobilization skills.§   Good training facilitation skills with the ability to provide technical support to farmers.§   Skill in developing and maintaining effective liaison with the local level stakeholders including government officials and private sectors.§   Good negotiation and conflict resolution skills.§   Proactive and able to take challenges.§   A good team player and contribute to enhancing team spirit.§   Able to collect project-relevant information and report preparation.§   Able to drive a motorbike and must have a valid driving license.

Responsibilities & Context

Jagorani Chakra Foundation (JCF) is a national voluntary social welfare organization. JCF is implementing SAFAL for Integrated Water Resources Management (SAFAL for IWRM) project supported by Solidaridad. To ensure the quality implementation of the project, JCF intends to recruit project staff from qualified candidates of Bangladeshi nationals.§   Conduct the assessment of micro watersheds and select suitable micro watersheds for rejuvenation according to Micro watershed assessment and selection guidelines.§   Appropriately facilitate the entire process of micro watershed assessment, selection, and documentation ensuring participation of all relevant stakeholders (Farmers, officials of DAE, DOF, DLS, BWDB, LEGE, Union Parishad, etc)§   Appropriately demark the catchment areas of selected micro watersheds, collect all required information of the catchment areas and collectivize farmers of catchment areas into Local Water User Groups (LWUG) according to LWUG formation and facilitation guidelines.§   Facilitate the formation of the Watershed Committee for each of the selected micro watersheds ensuring women and youth representation as stated in the guideline.§   Support the Watershed committee to remain effectively functional with proper governance.§   Provide organization and facilitation support to the watershed committee and LWUG for developing the design for micro watershed rejuvenation and water reservoir, improvement of the design in consultation with relevant government departments and implementation of the rejuvenation/excavation works.§   Ensure participation and contributions of farmers of the catchment areas, relevant government departments, Union Parishad, and other stakeholders in micro watershed rejuvenation and development of water reservoirs.§   Organize and facilitate capacity-building training for the farmers for adoption of Climate Smart Agricultural (CSA) and Regenerative Agricultural technologies with focus on the efficient use of water in agriculture.§   Select suitable farmers and provide support to establish demonstration and pilot plots on CSA/Regenerative agriculture, water use efficiency, and soil health improvement technologies.§   Provide technical and backstopping support to farmers of watershed catchment areas for adopting the most suitable cropping pattern, CSA/Regenerative Agricultural technologies, and water use efficient technologies considering local ecosystem and market demands§   Facilitate the development of ‘catchment area cropping plan’ and provide follow-up support to LWUG and Watershed Committee for implementation of the plan§   Provide necessary support to develop Digital Advisory Services and promote the use of digital advisory services by the farmers.§   Provide planning and technical support to the farmers of LWUG for the improvement of farm structures that support the efficient use of water.§   Collect M& E data, compile the data, and prepare the reports according to SAFAL-IWRM M& E Framework.§   Support to organize training, meeting, workshop, and other project events with guidance from the supervisors.§   Maintain effective liaison with the local representatives of private sectors, local extension officials, Union Parishad, and community leaders to ensure their support in project implementation.§   Engage and participate in other activities as will be deemed necessary for project implementation and will be assigned by your supervisors.§   Follow the organization’s Child Safeguarding, PSEA, Gender, and WB Policy.