Program Officer - US Forest Service Bangladesh Program

Experience:

• At least three (3) years of working experience with minimum 1-years research and professional experience in work with forestry or relevant project preferably with NGOs or government project in the same field.
• Prior experience of working with USAID/USG or other donor-funded programs/projects is preferred.
• Good track record of establishing and developing relationships with key people in external stakeholder organizations.
• Experience in program coordination, planning, management, and monitoring of NRM projects including field experience.
• Familiarity with issues related to forestry, natural resource management, climate change, sustainable landscapes/livelihoods, biodiversity conservation, international cooperation, alternative livelihoods, and protected area management will be a plus.
• Experience in event organization and management such as international seminars, conferences, exchange programs.
• Experience in assisting development of NRM/forestry/community training materials.
• Ability to mentor junior team members, students, urban/rural community youth etc.
• Able to manipulate databases with critical thinking and attention to detail for monitoring purposes.

Skills/Competencies:

• Ability to collaborate effectively with co-workers and actively participate in team's planning, design and implementation.
• Experience in GIS, leveraging data-driven pages or other methods for automated map production will be preferred.
• Proven record of outstanding quantitative skills.
• Possesses basic knowledge of organizational policies and procedures relating to the position and applies them consistently in work/tasks.

Computer literate – skilled and confident user in office applications such as MS Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Publisher, and email; familiarity with relevant information technology, including photoshop, Facebook, and website content management.

Language Ability: The incumbent must be proficient in spoken and written English at Level IV (fluent) and must likewise be fully fluent in spoken and written Bangla. English language skills will be tested.