The Field Facilitator (FF) is the primary field-level representative responsible for implementing the CCSU Project in assigned areas. The FF will identify, digitally profile and enroll eligible Clean Energy Technology (CET) community sales agents, support facilitating skill training on CET sales and promotion, provide continuous technical support, provide on the job training, monitor the progress, collect and manage project data through the digital MRV system, and maintain accurate documentation. The FF will also support project monitoring visit, SBCC event (Road Show/Miking, School Campaign, Group Sales Meeting, Cooking Competition etc.) facilitation, Demo Kits and IEC material distributions activities to ensure compliance with the project technical and contractual requirements while contributing to promote the sales and utilization of 51,000 eCook stoves in Bangladesh through an inclusive business model which will result in 100,000 tCO2-equivalent GHG emissions reduction per year and improves the livelihoods of 2,000 women and youth engaged in the Clean Energy Technology (CET) sector.
In collaboration with Senior Officer-Skill and Enterprise Development and Market Development Officer (MDO), the FF will connect with local CET market actors, partners, sales agents, and govt. officials to collect information and integration, data collection, and agent engagement to achieve tCO2-equivalent GHG emission reductions and generate verifiable carbon credits.
Additionally, the FF is responsible for supporting all sorts of field activities, conducting scheduled field monitoring to increase CET users and uses, ensuring timely and accurate data collection and reporting through the digital MRV system, maintaining project documentation, facilitating monitoring and audit activities, and strengthening CET supply chain compliance with project requirements.

Key Roles, Responsibilities, and Deliverables

Key Roles:

• Community Sales Agent Identification and Onboarding
• Target Achievement: Responsible for onboarding new CET community sales agents and supporting agents' grooming in boosting sales performance.
• Profiling and Onboarding: Support and facilitate partners and CET agents onboarding, ensure all participants meet project screening criteria.
• Digital Literacy and Mapping: Conduct digital geotagging profiles of CET community sales agents, provide on-the-job support on digital literacy and solutions.
• Technical Training and Capacity Building
• Hands-on Instruction: Organize and conduct hands-on training sessions for CET community sales agents on e-cooking demonstrations.
• Training Logistics: Manage and support training logistics and conduct on-the-job sessions at the community level.
• Material Utilization: Use project manuals, SBCC materials, and communication documents to deliver standardized messages to CET community sales agents and local stakeholders.

3. Market Facilitation and Stakeholder Engagement

• Private Sector Linkages: Map and engage local market actors (CET entrepreneurs and community sales agents) to ensure rural households have access to the technologies needed for Clean Cooking Scale Up (CCSU) Bangladesh.
• Governance: Engage Local Government Institutions (LGIs) and Union Parishads to integrate Clean Cooking Scale Up (CCSU) into local development plans
• Data Collection, Monitoring, and MEL
• Field Visits: Perform field visits to collect data for SBCC events, Household visits for motivation and increase CET uses, Monitor Promotion to Earn (P2E) activities, agent follow-up and grooming, and needful communication as per the project requirements.
• Reporting: Submit timely event reports for all field activities and provide comprehensive monthly program reports detailing achievements, challenges, and implementation insights.

Based on the field context, the Field facilitator is expected to deliver the following:

• Work plan for the execution of the assignment
• Monthly progress report
• Timesheet and movement log
• Event participant list, bill voucher (if any), and other record-keeping/compliance documents
• Clear and well-written documents in English/Bengali (as needed) from the data collected in the field, as per the prescribed format
• MRV data submitted accurately and on time.
• Clean Cooking Demonstration
• Target CET sales agents identified and enrolled in the profile

Education

At least a Diploma degree in Social Science, or Development Studies, or HSC with experience in relevant fields is preferred.

Work Experience

• Minimum 1-2 years of experience in renewable energy field facilitation, extension services, or market system development
• Experience working with local CET entrepreneurs and/or NGO/CBO/Company in rural communities
• Experience in digital data collection and monitoring systems (preferred)
• Strong understanding of Clean Energy Technology (CET) in the rural context of Bangladesh
• Familiarity with clean cooking, specifically electric cooking or similar CET technologies (preferred)
• Proficiency in digital data collection tools, mobile applications
• Knowledge of GPS/geotagging technology and digital mapping tools
• Fresh Graduates are also encouraged to apply with appropriate motivation and skills

Required Skills

Technical Skills

• Skills in community sales agent mobilization, training, and community engagement.
• Ability to conduct field SBCC events, monitoring, data collection, and maintain accurate documentation.
•  Experience using mobile applications for digital data collection
• Good understanding of clean energy technology, clean cooking, e-cooking, GHG emission reduction technologies.
• Strong communication, facilitation, and interpersonal skills.
• Good organizational and problem-solving skills with attention to detail.
• Ability to work independently in remote rural areas and undertake frequent field travel.
•  Results-oriented and a team player;

Soft skills

• A good user of the MS Office Suite (Word, Excel, and PowerPoint);
• Familiarity and usage of Email, mobile apps (Kobo, Google Form, Survey, CTO etc.) Software and Windows OS.

Financial Benefits and Conditions

• S/he will get BDT1,100/day as daily wage for her/his service including all subsistence allowance e.g. costs of food, lodging and communication (mobile allowance) upon submission of monthly time sheet and 100% satisfactory deliverables. The contract will be for 6 months, and, in any single month, the number of working days cannot exceed 20 days.
• S/he will get  the local transportation cost maximum number of days not to exceed 20 days/month (no other per-diem and other benefits), but on an actual basis related to program implementation purposes endorsed by her/his supervisor.
• The payment will be made in installments as follows: 100% payment upon completion and submission of acceptable deliverables, including an approved timesheet in each month, with consideration of the ‘No Work No Pay’ modality.
• No minimum number of working days guaranteed. The number and timing of assignments will depend on the approved workplan, field requirements, and satisfactory performance.
• The following terms and conditions will apply:
• The payment will be made through an account payee cheque/ wire transfer (account name, number, type, bank name, and branch name are required for wire transfer)
• Government VAT and tax regulations will be applied, and iDE Bangladesh will deduct all relevant VAT and Tax at source as per the GoB rule if applicable

Terms & Conditions

• Ready to undertake frequent and extensive field travel using local transport
• Willing to follow iDE rules and regulations
• Available for agreed-upon dates and assignments
• Candidates from project areas (Cox’s Bazar, Cumilla and Chattogram District) will get preference.
• Candidates must have their smartphones to use in the project activity.
• Candidates having their own personal motorbike/bike with a valid driving license and a personal laptop/desktop will get preference.

Other Information

• The period for conducting the assignment might be affected if unfavorable or unavoidable conditions arise during the period of the assignment. Under such circumstances, the facilitator is expected to be able to accommodate these changes without additional cost. A final detailed work schedule will be determined during the orientation meeting.
• The daily wage package, workdays, and deliverables may change based on negotiations with the iDE management.
• iDE reserves the right to terminate this agreement at any time with the consultation of the Field facilitator as per the institutional policy.