SAARC Agriculture Centre (SAC)
BARC Complex, New Airport Road
Farmgate, Dhaka – 1215, Bangladesh
VACANCY ANNOUNCEMENT (2021)
Professional Position under SAARC Agriculture Centre (SAC)
- Post : Senior Program Specialist (Livestock)
Age : Not more than 55 (Fifty five) years.
Duty Station : Dhaka, Bangladesh
Closing Date : 16th August 2021
Date of Joining : Sixty (60) days from the date of issue of offer letter.
Duration : 3 years
Qualification and Experience:
PhD in Livestock Science / Veterinary discipline specialization in related areas with 10 years experience or Masters with good academic record in the above disciplines with 15 years experience.
Professional Competence:
Person should be specialized in program/project development in the area of animal production and management, Value addition, implementation, monitoring and impact analysis of the program/projects and in report preparation and presentation.
Clear understanding on the regional and global context, SPS, GMP (Good Management Practice) matters, hazard analysis and technology packaging is essential.
Proven capabilities is initiating international linkages and securing funding and collaborative projects.
Brief Job Description:
As a senior member of the divisional team, should be able to perform and initiate program/activities in the area of livestock farming in particular and broadly in other related areas to accomplish the responsibility of the division. These are, but not limited to; need analysis and prioritization of regional requirements (also country), develop collaborative programs in the area of animal production and related issues, GMP (Good Management Practices), SPS and environmental aspects, trade, R&D, conservation of resources, food and nutrition security and value addition.
Ability to translate regional priority issues into implementable programs.
Prepare program profile, work plan, status report, monitoring and evaluation report, progress report, working papers, annual report and others as and when required.
Involve in publication of necessary reports, policy input etc. on timely basis.
Provide necessary support and cooperation to other divisions of the Centre for successful implementation of the program/ activities of the Centre.
Assist the Director; and extend necessary cooperation to other divisions.
Any other responsibility relevant to the Centre programs.
- Post : Senior Program Specialist (Natural Recourse Management)
Age : Not more than 55 (Fifty five) years.
Duty Station : Dhaka, Bangladesh
Closing Date : 16th August 2021
Date of Joining : Sixty (60) days from the date of issue of offer letter
Duration : 3 years
Qualification and Experience:
Ph D in Agricultural Sciences (Natural Resource Management/ Environment/ Soil Science/Soil & Water Management/ Agricultural Engineering) with 10 years or Masters Degree with 15 years experience.
Professional Competence:
Person should be specialized in the field of Natural Resource Management program development, implementation and management aspects, coordinating and monitoring regional Soil & water Management, analyzing impact of climate change, and policy related to Natural resource Management of the region
Brief Job Description:
Initiate program/project/activities in line with set priorities in the areas of Natural Resource Management in particular and other related areas to accomplish the responsibility of the division under the guidance of Director.
Prioritize programs based on country/ regional needs in the field of Natural Resource Management along with management and risk issues in SAARC countries.
Maintain linkage with national, regional and international institutes for effective planning and implementation of the Centre’s program through networking.
Collect necessary relevant data, analyze, translate into information, document and disseminate for the end users like farmer, entrepreneurs, and policy planners.
Ensure proper implementation of divisional activities/works, their monitoring, evaluation and reporting in appropriate form, production of necessary technical reports, annual reports, policy input etc. on timely basis.
Provide necessary support and cooperation to other divisions of the Centre for successful implementation of the program/ activities of the Centre.
Assist the Director in all matters and performs tasks as assigned. Carry out the relevant assignments as given from time to time
Any other responsibility relevant to the Centre programs
Allowances, facilities and benefits:
The sending government shall protect the salary and meet the cost of transfer passages for his/her family including personal effects. In addition, he/she will receive the following allowances from SAC:
| 1. | Living Allowance | US $ 1,225.00 (US Dollar One Thousand Two Hundred Twenty five) only per month (50 % US Dollar & 50 % Taka). |
| 2. | Daily Allowance in lieu of House rent allowance | In the absence of residential accommodation on first arrival, per diem in lieu of house rent allowance @ US Dollar 150. 00 (One hundred and Fifty dollar) per day up to a maximum of 21 days for hotel accommodation. An accompanying spouse and up to two of the dependent children below the age of 21 years will get 50 per cent of Daily Allowance. The daily allowance for professional stuff at SAARC Agriculture Centre, Dhaka, Bangladesh is US Dollar 150.00 (One hundred and Fifty dollar) per day. The Regional Centers shall try to find and finalize lease deed for suitable accommodation within this period of time. In case a suitable accommodation is not available within this period, the actual cost of hotel accommodation will be reimbursed to the professional staff subject to his /her entitled rental ceiling.
(Not applicable for professionals from Bangladesh). |
| 3. | Residential Accommodation | Professional Staff of the Regional Centre’s are presently entitled to unfurnished accommodation within the rental ceiling of US $ 637.00 (US Dollar Six Hundred and Thirty-seven) only in equivalent local currency of Taka per month. |
| 4. | Furniture Grant | The Professional Staff shall be entitled for one time lump-sum furnishing/settlement grant of US $ 2,000.00 (US Dollar Two Thousand) only. |
| 5. | Children’s Education Allowance | Professional Staff shall be entitled to reimbursement of 90% of school Tuition Fees including admission, registration and other compulsory charges subject to an annual ceiling of US$ 1,500.00 per child for a maximum of two children between the age of 5 to 21 years i.e., children up to Grade XII / A-Level on presentation of actual receipt. |
| 6. | Medical Allowance | Professional staff shall be entitled to reimbursement of actual expenses on medical treatment for self, spouse and dependent children subject to an annual ceiling of US $ 1,500.00 including 80% reimbursement of hospitalization charges. No reimbursement shall be made for medicines purchased without doctor’s prescription and on optical frames/glasses/lenses, dental treatments like- dentures, scaling, and surgeries for the purposes of beautification, health care products and health foods. |
| 7. | Home Leave Allowance | Professional Staff shall be entitled to Home Leave Passage for Economy class for self, spouse and two dependent children once in their tenure and only after completing 18 months of continuous service. No daily allowance or any expenditure on account of stop – over and transfer charges from and to airport shall be entitled. |
| 8. | Other(s) | All other entitlements will be born as per SAARC Harmonize rules. |
Common requirements:
- Clear understanding on the regional and global context is essential.
- Should be able to work in a mixed culture and in a team.
- Should have proven background and proficiency in written as well as communicative English.
- Competence in computer use is required and to be able to work independently and to produce result-oriented quality output.
- Assist the Director in all activities and carry out assignments.
- Any other responsibility assigned by the Director.
General Information:
Preference will be given to persons having work experience in related field as well as in the National Agricultural Research System (NARS)/ Extension service/donor agencies.
Must obtain minimum 2nd class/ division in all stages of academic records.
Age and qualification may be relaxed for highly deserving candidates.
Application in prescribed form (available at the SAARC Division of Foreign / External Affairs, Ministry of SAARC Member Countries and also at the SAC web site: www.sac.org.bd) duly filled in by the applicant with recommendation by the competent authorities should reach to the Director, SAARC Agriculture Centre (SAC), BARC Complex, Farmgate, Dhaka – 1215.
The closing date for receipt of applications (hard/soft copy) at SAARC Agriculture Centre (SAC) shall be 1st August 2021 for advance copy and 16th August 2021 for proper channel copy. The application(s) not received in SAC by the above prescribed closing date(s) shall be summarily rejected, without any notice. A candidate, who anticipates delay in forwarding of his /her application by his/her employer, may send ‘Advance Copy’ of application(s) to the SAC by the said closing date. However, while sending the ‘Advance Copy’ of application(s) directly to the SAC by the closing date, the candidate should append a certificate in his/her advance copy of application indicating clearly therein that he/she has intimated his/her controlling authority/employer of the same and has also simultaneously submitted original application for the said post to his/her controlling authority/employer with a request to forward the same as application “Through Proper Channel” so as to reach SAC office positively within 15 days after the closing date, i.e., by 16th August 2021, otherwise it would be summarily rejected without any notice.
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