Field Supervisor

Responsibilities & Context

Facilitate the BNFs to execute the IGA and GIGA related activities

Organize the meeting, savings, saving utilization of SHG and Capacity strengthening events among Self Help Groups.

Follow up climate and nutrition sensitive agriculture related demonstration, IGA, Group activities, Off-farm skill development and others.

Become familiar with the social, gender and marketing context and constraints of the area by collecting and analyzing information from the community and other relevant sources

Facilitate the formation of SHGs and Apex and participants based on their interest followed by participatory way

Maintain a positive and respectful relationship with the community and SHGs group, value indigenous knowledge and experiences of the people at all times without imposing an expert attitude

Provide orientation of the SHGs and the Apex groups on Project approach and their roles

Establish effective linkages with relevant service providers and private sectors so that more effective services can be provided, particularly quality embedded extension services and input supply provision. FS plays catalyst role in this regard.

Plan, arrange and facilitate training and support sessions with the active participation of capacity building for market and business development.

Conduct different survey, assessment in field level when required

Empower the participating SHG, Apex members to establish democratic decision-making processes in respect of participation group management and leadership, business development and equal distribution of benefit for SHG/Apex group members especially for extreme poor women.

Facilitate SHG management committee formation process and encourage them to apply democratic mechanism in committee formation providing emphasis on women participation.

Conduct field-tests of different framework/questionnaires; identify areas to need re-articulation or change for making them more user-friendly and clear for collecting information meeting the objectives.

Actively participate, through sharing field experience in reviewing and finalizing different survey framework/questionnaires.

Conduct FGD on different framework in a participatory manner, assist participants in providing authentic data, analyzing data. Share lessons learned with SHG group members, community people, inputs-outputs suppliers and other colleagues and encourage them to use the learning.

Assist SHG member to select, develop, and suitable intervention of entrepreneurship.

Prepare and submit monthly activity plan.

Experience Requirements

At least 4 year(s)

The applicants should have experience in the following business area(s):

NGO

Educational Requirements

Bachelor in any discipline

Additional Requirements

Age at least 25 years

At least 4 years of NGO working experience in Local/INGO, especially in Cox's Bazar District on livelihood development, SHG capacity building, IGA promotional activities implementation at field level. Team building capacity Written and oral communications skills in English and Bengali Computer literacy, including the ability to use Microsoft Word, Excel and PowerPoint Practicing gender, PSEA, Safeguarding, code of conduct and cultural diversity Able to drive a motorbike with valid motorbike driving license Able to operate virtual platform like Skype/Zoom/Team etc.