Md. Rashedul Islam

Experience

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  Sancred Welfare Foundation (SWF)

  Apr 2005 - May 2007

  Program Officer-Agriculture, Nutrition and WASH. ICDP Project, Financed by Normijon Board, Norway

  • Developed training manual, operation manual & curriculum on skill development issues like as homestead production (Vegetables, Fish, Poultry), livestock rearing & integrated cultivation (Fish & Duck).• Provide accompaniment support to make the field staffs more confident to facilitate different events at the community level and identify constraint/challenges to implement project activities in the field & assist field staffs to address them and update the concern personnel.• Conducted training on different issues to increase skill of community people & field staffs & facilitate the field staffs to internalize different conceptual & methodological documents as well as the implementation process.• Conducted the performance appraisal process with the field staffs & support in building dynamism and enabling working environment within the team as well as within the organization.• Produced progress report, case study & other reports in a regular basis, document the key learning & findings and maintain close contact & communication for project planning, strategy formulation and other issues with supervisor & counterparts, service providers, public sectors, private sectors & project participants.• Assist field staffs to form enterprise groups/individuals & link with the proper input/output market actors for the betterment of the enterprise as well as its proper growth/development.• Organized different matchmaking workshop with entrepreneur, farmers & financial institute & maintain liaise with the Govt. bodies, NGOs, research organization, financial institute or other relevant institutes at the district & Upazilla level to have technical assistance & exchange resources.• Facilitated community nutrition facilitator (CNF) to identify & select under two (U2) years child, pregnant women, adolescent, SAM and MAM child for participating to diversified activities of Nutrition & WASH intervention. Show less

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  Helvetas

  Jun 2007 - Oct 2010

  Team Leader, LEAF & SAAKTI Project, Financed by Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation

  • Developed operational plan (Yearly, Quarterly & Monthly) based on output matrix & participants need and guide field staffs for implementation of project activities and develop capacity of field staffs by organizing training, meeting, workshop and counseling.• Facilitate implementation guideline, activities strategy & operational plan of field office & CBO's (Community Based Organization) for implementing livelihood capital building activities & other activities in the rural areas within extreme poor people. Monitor the overall implementation process, document learning & generate report for the management and donor agencies and prepare budget for field office & monitor expenses trend.• Coordinated & liaise with public & private sector (GOB, NGO, INGO, service provider, service provider association, Company, input market actors, output market actors) as and when necessary and assist to strengthen linkage among input output market players, target beneficiaries as well as develop new service providers.• Conducted value chain/subsector study to identify constraint & opportunities within vegetables, pond fish & off farm (Dry fish, bamboo crafts, cane crafts) and facilitate field staffs to form micro & small enterprise groups by the appropriate community people for strengthen their existing and new business.• Developed operation guideline, activities strategies & orient field staffs for facilitation on the business planning session, market extension, value chain approach, participatory gender analysis, Annual plan of operation of CBOs & cluster platform and micro & small enterprise among farmers, target community people and different market actors.• Facilitated public-private collaboration for providing technical training for small producers/entrepreneurs and develop staffs’ capacity to perform as market facilitator to create linkages between farmers & private sector service providers including market actors and company representatives through establishing MoU. Show less

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  Save the Children International

  Nov 2010 - Oct 2014

  Technical Officer, Livelihood. Nobo Jibon Project, Financed by USAID

  • Overall responsibilities are to work in close partnership with technical partner (TP) & implementing partner (IP) and provide support to field staffs & enterprise groups. Assist beneficiaries & market actors building their capacities and serving as mentors on technical practice and also working relations & linkages with GOB (BARI, DAE, DoF, DLS, BADC UNO, UP representatives) department and private sector (Agricultural inputs supplying company, Local service providers, Association, Institute) in production, quality services & product marketing and facilitate value chain approaches on selected value chains of horticulture, pond fish, poultry & non farm. • Assist IP staffs & make them understand the concept of program very well particularly market based production, market development & value chain approach and conduct training on various topics including value chain analysis, business planning and marketing, improved production technology of selected sub sectors and preseason planning to increase capacities of field staffs and beneficiaries.• Worked closely with input output market actors, throughput, local service providers, public & private sectors specially to select value chain to ensure farmers’ access to quality inputs, services & output market. Gather knowledge & information on services available from public and private sector in relation to production & product marketing and transfer that knowledge to field staffs & producer groups..• Conducted market survey & value chain sub sector analysis to find out market opportunities in the project area with a view to identifying suitable income generating opportunities/enterprises for groups & individuals and also identifying training needs & design training program for project community & field staff in aspects of rural Agro enterprise development & market system development.• Identified & established suitable collection point for produces of farmers & farmer groups and facilitate the sale of their produces. Show less

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  Winrock International

  Nov 2014 - Feb 2020

  • Worked closely with implementing partners & consortium partners through proper coordination & integration (World vision, Winrock International & WFP) and assist partner organization to form different groups through selection & validation of appropriate beneficiaries.• Developed training manual, project implementation & strategic guideline and activities operation manual. Arrange & provide different training to staffs of partner organization to increase capacity and smooth operation of activities.• Keep beneficiaries profile & record of all services in online based MIS. Regular check MIS for rectifying & validating the data which put in MIS by the respective staffs of partner organization.• Working relationships with government line agencies (DAE, DOF, BARI, BADC, DYD, DLS, UNO, UP Chairman) and private sectors (Different company, service provider association, local service providers, input output market actors) to tap their services for the target beneficiaries, lead farmers & sub lead farmers through producing & establishing a systemic MOU; • I worked on 24 months Ultra Poor Graduation model through implementation of diversified IGA by following business plan, Literacy & Numeracy activities and Activities on Village Savings & Loan Association.• Developed capacity of input output market actors, collection point management committee, local service providers, service provider association through providing training, meeting and session to access quality inputs, services & for sustainable linkage under value chain and market system development intervention.• Established demonstration on climate smart agriculture, improved technologies and nutrition sensitive agriculture, good agricultural practices, natural resources management by using SUAP & environmental compliance through lead & sub lead farmer approach. Assist lead & sub lead farmers to disseminate these technologies to another producer through farmer to farmer and farmer field & business school approaches. Show less • Coordinated & liaise with public & private sector (DAE, BADC, BARI, NGO, INGO, Local service provider, Service provider association, Company, Input output market actors) as and when necessary and assist to strengthen linkage between beneficiaries & public private sectors and access to service, market & quality inputs of target people through producing MoU.• Formulated detail implementation plan, output matrix for partner organization, project implementation guideline, training module, activities operation manual, budget & financial operation for smooth implementation of all sorts of activities in the field without any kind of malpractice.• Assess the capacity of the partner organization by maintaining a systematic tool & provide monitoring, supportive supervision & follow up to all types of activities which were launching in field by the respective field staffs. Arrange & conduct meeting with field staffs of partner organization to know the progress of project and relevant issues.• Conducted value chain study to identify constraint & opportunities within vegetables, poultry & livestock and facilitate field staffs to form micro & small enterprise groups by the appropriate community people for strengthening their existing & new business.• Provided skill development training to partner organization's staffs for facilitation of the business planning session, market extension, value chain approach, participatory gender analysis, Annual plan of operation of farmers' group and micro & small enterprise to farmers, community people and different market actors.• Assist partner organization for conducting appraisal & recruitment of field staffs and provide counseling, coaching, training & accompaniment support to the said staffs for increasing their skill & potentiality as well as for the betterment of project and intervention Show less

  • Livelihoods and Market Development Coordinator, Jobo Jatra Project, Financed by USAID

    Jun 2016 - Feb 2020

  • Field Coordinator, Winrock Int. Cold Chain Bangladesh Alliance (CCBA) Project, Financed by USAID

    Nov 2014 - May 2016
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  FAO

  Mar 2020 - Jun 2020

  Programm Associate, Agro Business. SAFE PLUS Project, Financed by Kingdom of the Netherland)

  • Understand & analyses farm productivity, appropriate crop diversification for the farmers’ group and business model to enhance farmers’ access to market• Determine the cost benefit analysis of the exiting Agricultural commodities (Vegetables, Fish & Livestock) produced by farmers’ groups to promote their business in rural market• Facilitate PNGO’s staff to organize business linkage meeting & training for farmers’ groups, local service providers, market actors & private sector’s representatives at union/sub district level• Develop tools on Rapid Market Assessment (RMA) and conduct RMA, Produce RMA report and analysis demand & supply of agricultural commodities (Fish, Livestock & vegetables).• Provided accompaniment support to 42 no. of field staffs to implement activities appropriately in 04 no. of Upazilas (Ramu, Ukhiya, Teknaf & Cox’s Bazar Sadar), supervise & monitoring different field activities which conduct by the field staffs, provide support to M & E team to develop different tools, to conduct annual survey, beneficiary-based sample survey (BBSS), population based sample survey (PBSS), midterm evaluation (MTE), impact assessment. • Monitor the field level activities of PNGO’s staffs to ensure their capacities in exploring the market opportunities for the farmers’ groups and value chain actors• Contribute to establishing collection point & market outlets to explore market opportunities for potential & high value commodities of farmers’ groups.• Facilitate farmers’ groups to increase their access to higher market in maximizing their profit with potential & high value commodities• Developed a resource pool which consists of representatives of DAE, DoF, DLS, Traders Association, Service Provider Association, Company representatives, Local Service Providers are involved to facilitate different activities in the field. Show less

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  Concern Worldwide

  Jul 2020 - Sept 2020

  Livelihood and Private Sector Expert, CRAAIN Project, Financed by European Union

  • Timely planning, designing and implementation of climate smart agriculture activities with quality technical standards.• Analyze the information, identify opportunities and constraints of local food, WASH market system, and formulate strategies for inclusive business environment.• Ensure that implemented activities are in line with project budgets and value for money.• Ensure that high quality case studies are collected and best practices at project level are documented to share with the Consortium Manager, Nutrition Advisor and partner colleagues.• Participate actively in team planning and other meetings in the projects, and work towards common objectives and strive to ensure that these are successfully achieved.• Provided accompaniment support to 35 no. of field staffs to implement activities appropriately in 04 no. of Upazilas (Kachua, Sarankhola, Mongla & Mollahat), supervise & monitoring different field activities which conduct by the field staffs, provide support to M & E team to develop different tools, to conduct annual survey, beneficiary based sample survey (BBSS), population based sample survey (PBSS), midterm evaluation (MTE), impact assessment. • Ensure that the consortium team and partners fully understand the outcomes that are expected of them and that they are aware of the success criteria which pertain to their work.• Monitor performance of partner staffs and, in particular, hold partner staffs accountable for meeting the success criteria and delivering any improvement goals which have been identified; and giving corrective feedback where required.• Responsible for ensuring the delivery of livelihood activities, designing the home gardening activities, local business development, development of training curriculum, partner’s capacity building and private sector engagement and lead the process of local WASH and nutrition market system development. Show less

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  UNDP

  Oct 2020 - Oct 2024

  Market and Private Sector Development Specialist , GCA Project, Financed by GCF and GoB

  • Responsible for the design and implementation of market facilitation strategies and interventions that impact the competitiveness, inclusiveness etc. and enhance networking with stakeholders within the project area.• Responsible to design the activities and field implementation on contact firming, financial inclusion and cooperative by the participation of women livelihood group members and community producers. Coordinate with GoB’s District and sub District cooperative department to form cooperative of community people and integrate with relevant financial institute and private sectors for financial access and access to contact firming of women livelihood groups. • Provide technical support in identifying market development opportunities, understanding evolving market trends, conducting targeted research on new /potential market channels, and business models.• Closely Work with the concerned staff of the project management unit in particular the adaptive livelihood expert to formulate and design the market development plan and ensure effective implementation of the plan through facilitation to responsible partner (Implementing Partner).• Facilitate financial institute for financial inclusion to women livelihood groups and formation of PPI (Public Private Initiative) platform to strengthen market linkages between community groups and market actors and relevant stakeholders.• Support and review the ongoing market development activities as per GCA’s annual plan and preparing the implementation plan by coordinating with respective department (DAE, DWA, DoF, BFRI and BFD) for implementation.• Generate ideas on climate resilient livelihood options (Beyond of Maladaptive and Nonadaptive Livelihoods), training components, concept etc. based on the market survey findings and skills in demand in the market. Show less

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  Solidaridad Network

  Oct 2024 - now

  Program Manager-P2P Project, SFHF Project and HSBC