vacancy announcement

1) Finance and Administrative Officer

    (Proposed to be renamed as ‘Executive Secretary’/Executive Director)

International Jute Study Group (IJSG), an intergovernmental organization on jute, kenaf and allied fibres and the only International Commodity Body (ICB) for global promotion of jute is looking for a suitable person with leadership qualities as well as strategic vision to enhance the global profile of the organization by reinforcing the existing and developing new international linkages;  help in getting new member countries and associate members in the organization apart from supervising general administrative and financial responsibilities. Accordingly applications for the vacancy situated at IJSG headquarter at Dhaka, Bangladesh is invited:

Job Title         : Finance and Administrative Officer

                      (Executive Secretary/Executive Director)

Duty Station   : Dhaka

Eligibility         :   a) Preference in selection will be given to officers of Bangladesh foreign service or the Bangladesh administrative service officers. In the case of later at least 2 years experience of working in some international organization on appropriate position will be desirable.

                             b) New applicants from the private sector/NGO’s having such international working experience for at least 3 years may also apply. Candidates who had applied earlier and not called for screening interview in the past need not apply.

1. Activities regarding increasing the country membership and international development linkages and global partnerships of the IJSG

a)  Interact with potential and prospective member countries, as an effort for increasing the country membership of the IJSG;

b)  Make efforts to increase the associate membership of the organization in various countries;

c)  Inculcate and develop relationship with various embassies in Dhaka in order to forge trade links with those countries;

d)  Oversee the existing development partnerships’ of IJSG with international bodies like UNCTAD, FAO, ESCAP, SAARC etc. and develop new partnerships;

e)  Working closely with EU countries and EU headquarters in Brussels in order to ensure continued support to IJSG;

f)   Co-ordinate with the External Affairs Ministries of Bangladesh, India, Morocco and other member countries and prospective member countries;

g)  Co-ordinate with the jute, textile and agriculture Ministries in member countries.

h)  All other issues related to continuation and expansion of the organization.

2. Supervise all the matter relating to IJSG Council.

a)  All work regarding the smooth conduct of the Council Meetings;

b)  Finalization of the Records of Decisions and the Reports of the Sessions of the Council; Ensuring time bound compliance of council decisions.

c)  Any other matter related to the implementation of the Rules of Procedure of the International Jute Study Group.

3. Supervise the administrative, establishment and protocol related issues of IJSG.

4. Supervise the Financial and budgetary matters of IJSG.

5. Any other responsibility entrusted by the Secretary General of IJSG.

2)  Service conditions and benefits offered to the F&AO.

i) Salary: NO A/B as per UN Salary structure.

Note: In case the present gross salary and benefits received by the selected Officer is higher than this level, the benefits may be protected by providing a placement at a higher step.

ii) Provident Fund:   

15.8 % of the salary will be the Organization’s contribution to

the Provident Fund.  

iii) Medical & Health:

Medical facility USD 1000 per year, per person (husband/ wife, and children) on submission of Medical bills.

iv) Insurance:

In case of death of insured person, resulting from any cause what so ever, the insurer shall pay a Capital Sum of equal to  three times of the insured’s annual salary.

v) Other benefits:

-   Education cost of children Tk. 2231 per child up to maximum six children;

-   Availability of conveyance for official responsibilities and opportunity to travel abroad.

vi)  The nature of job:  

The nature of job is purely contractual. However, on satisfactory performance, the contact may be renewed up to maximum of three years.

3)  How to apply:

Application with recent CV mentioning required references along with certified scanned copies of degrees, diplomas and other academic certificates and a passport size photograph should be forwarded IJSG mail account applyijsg@gmail.com to the Secretary General, International Jute Study Group, 145 Monipuripara, Dhaka on or before March 31, 2012. Submission of hard copy is not necessary.