Social Development Officer vacancy at Ministry of Agriculture

Job Description

CLIMATE SMART IRRIGATED AGRICULTURE PROJECT (CSIAP) MINISTRY OF AGRICULTURE Recruitment of Project Staff

The Climate Smart Irrigated Agriculture Project (CSIAP)implemented by the Ministry of Agriculture is World Bank for a period of 5 years (2019 to 2024). The objective of the Project is to improve the agriculture productivity via improving climate resilience of agriculture in Climatically vulnerable hotspot areas identified in six provinces namely North Western Province (Kurunegala, Puttalam), North Central Province (Anuradhapura, Polonnaruwa), Eastern Province (Trincomalee, Ampara, & Batticaloa), Northern Province (Kilinochchi, Mullaitivu), Southern Province (Hambantota) and Uva Province (Monaragala). The revised estimated cost of the project is USD 125 Mn. 

Applications are invited from citizens of Sri Lanka for following posts in project on contract basis.  The applicants should possess the following qualifications and experience given under each category.

Social Development Officer (PS 6) 04 positions, Project Management Unit (PMU), Southern, Northern and North Central Provincial Deputy Project Directors (DPD) Offices
 

a)  A Bachelor’s degree in the field of Sociology, Social work, Economics,, Geography which is recognized by the University  Grants commission. 

or 

A qualification recognized by the University Grants Commission as an equivalent qualification to the degree in the above or relevant field

or

An associate membership/ A similar professional qualification obtained from a recognized professional institution in the relevant field

or

Having obtained a certificate of proficiency not below than the National Vocational Qualification Level 7 issued by a Technical Institute accepted by the Tertiary and Vocational Education Commission for a post related to technical field

and

At least 3 years’ experience in the required area of specialization.

b)  Having obtained a certificate of proficiency not below than the National Vocational Qualification Level 6 issued by a Technical Institute accepted by the Tertiary and    Vocational Education Commission for a post related to technical field         and  At least 8 years’ experience in the required area of specialization.

c)   Having obtained a certificate of proficiency not below than the National Vocational Qualification Level 5 issued by a Technical Institute accepted by the Tertiary and Vocational Education Commission for a post related to technical field         and  At least 13 years’ experience in the required area of specialization.

Brief job Description:

To assist the Social and Environmental safeguard Specialist and Deputy Project Directors for design of the social development framework and assessing the social impacts due to project interventions  in order to make sure that the developmental outcomes are positive and to identify the social impact variables and appropriate qualitative and quantitative indicators for measuring the social changes and ensure the availability of a high quality of tailored data to analyse them.

Additional Requirements for all above posts

1. Able to withstand long working hours  

2.  Working experience in foreign funded projects is preferable. 3. Computer literacy 4. Proficiency in English & Tamil languages

General Conditions :

a. Age limit : Candidates above 64 years of age on the closing date of application are not eligible to apply.

b. Conditions of Employment.   Officers belonging to the Government services will be recruited on secondment basis and persons outside the Government Service will be recruited on contract basis. All appointments will be initially for a period of one year and extension of service will be based on successful performance. Employees are required to travel to project sites depending on the need. 

c. Salary:   Salary for each position will be based on the Management Services Circular No. 01/2019 dated 05.03.2019 

d. Interview:   Shortlisted applicants based on their qualifications and experience will be called for the interview.