1. Cover Letter /Summary Profile
Date: 14/12/15
To: Pic: Md. Muksedur Rahman
The Advertiser
Winrock International
Dhaka, Bangladesh
Subject: Prayer for the post of “Agricultural Specialist”
Dear Sir,
In response to your recent advertisement in the internet ‘bdjobs.com’ for the above position in your organization, I would like
to apply for the same. Currently, I quit my job for global fund crisis with World Vision Bangladesh as an Agriculture Officer
in Nutrition - Agricultural and Non-Farm IGA activities (Under Livelihood Security Project), funded by World Vision
USA and implemented in Mymensingh district. The goal of the Livelihood Security Project is to reduce malnutrition,
enhance Food & Nutrition Security, Economic Growth & Micro Enterprise Development of poorest HH by empowering
them through Crops, livestock, Fisheries, forestry & nutrition initiatives, thereby contributing to the sustained well-being of
children and their families in the targeted communities.
I wish to be considered for this position based on the following qualifications & competencies:
• Have University Degree of Masters in Business Administration (MBA) from University Of Central California, at
Mymensingh Campus.
• Have M.Sc (Agronomy) & B.Sc (Ag) Hon’s from Bangladesh Agricultural University, Mymensingh.
• 20 plus years progressive working experience (8 years in Senior Agricultural Specialist,8 years as Agriculture
officer & 4 years as project manager) with NGOs in the areas of Food & Nutrition Security, Designing Business
Plan (agribusiness), Products marketing, Climate & Ecological Smart technologies, behavior change in child care
and nutrition practices and disaster risk reduction in order to increasing high value crop(Field & Horticultural)
production & reducing male nutrition.
• Capacity building of Community Based Organizations (CBO) and targeted beneficiaries, modern technologies
dissemination, quality inputs distribution & designing,creating &delivering product marketing to increase
economic opportunities.
• Facilitated Staffs & producer group members capacity development & technical assistance through effective
training / workshop/orientation/seminar/awareness session in the area of Crops (Field, Horticulture& home
gardening), fruits trees, Livestock’s & fisheries and nutrition along with Agro- business to sustain natural
resources & protect environment.
• 5 years’ experience with Graduation approach, Pro-Poor Value Chain , Market system & Business Development
for the poor (M4P) for increasing long term productivity & fair price ensuring to the poor.
• Skilled in facilitation, Social Mobilization, Project management, CBO development,quality reporting(monthly,
quarterly, Half yearly & annually) and establish linkage & communication with DAE/MoA/GO/NGOs/Local
Govt. bodies and private sector for input procurement, training & technical assistance.
• Have clear concepts on Right Based Approach, Lead, manage and implement program interventions with private
sector companies and ensure their effective running, BDS approach, Local Service Provider& Disaster risk
reduction & resources management.
• Have 4 years managerial experiencee(livelihood Project Manager) in budgeting, planning, controlling ,managing
, coordinating, monitoring & reviewing and forcasting all interventions at field level.
• Have computer literacy on MS Word, MS Excel and MS Power Point & valid motorbike driving license.
• Excellent communication & influencing skill with English & Bangla & committed to extensive travel.
I am articulating hereby detailed CV and a photograph (scanned) for your kind consideration. I feel that my educational
qualifications, competencies and experiences give me a good opportunity for this position.
I, therefore request you to allow me for the interview so that I can have a chance to show my intellectuality and competencies.
Sincerely yours
(Md. Muksedur Rahman)
2. Curriculum Vitae
Personal Information:
Name : Md. Muksedur Rahman
Father's Name : Late Mazibur Rahman
Mother's Name : Most. Momena Begum
Present Address : Nutun High School More, College Road, jamalpur
Permanent Address: Village: Kasima, PO: Gilabari, Upazila: Islampur, District: Jamalpur
Religion: : Islam(Sunni)
Marital status: : Married
Blood Group: : A+(Positive)
Date of Birth : 01-07-1965
Mobile number : 01755-599078 or 01712628453
Email address : m.rahman99@live.com or muksedur.rahman87@gmail.com
EDUCATION:
ACADEMIC QUALIFICATION:
Course Details Name of institute CGPA/Class/Division Year
Master’s in Business
Administration
Central California University,
Bangladesh Chapter, Mymensingh
3.50 ( out of 4) 2006
M.Sc in Agronomy Bangladesh Agricultural
University,Mymensingh
2nd 1988(Held in 1993)
B.Sc(Ag)Hon’s Bangladesh Agricultural
University,Mymensingh
2nd 1987(Held in 1990)
HSC (Science) Ashek Mahmud Govt. College,
Jamalpur
Ist 1983
SCC(Science) Guthail High School,Isampur,
Jamalpur
Ist 1981
SPECIALIZATION
- Project Management (Livelihoods, Capacity Building and Technology improvement) & Monitoring & evaluation skills.
- Development of Community Based Organization/Federation
- Technical session (Training/workshop/Meeting) facilitation on vegetables, fruit, trees and cereal crops & livestock and
Fisheries
- Good Governance and Partnership Management
- Pro Poor Value Chain Development & M4C development
-Good Motivator & strong communication skill.
- Computer literacy on MS Word, MS Excel & Power Point
-Fluent Speaking & Spoken English
-Expert in preparing Agro- Business plan & design to ecological smart technologies.
- Strong networking ability with GOB, Private Sector/Civil Society & DAE/MoA
-Proven management & leadership and motivating ability to the staffs.
-Good Plannining, budgeting & forecasting.
-Ability to work with multiple deadline & high demands.
SERVICE DETAILS
Current Position: Agriculture Officer -(Livelihood Security Project)-quit on 30 September,2015
Previous Position; Project Officer-Agriculture, & Agriculture Officer (FSEI Project)
Servicing Years in WV BD: 14 Years plus.
Work Experience: I have been working for a total number of 20 years in development Sectors as an Agricultural Specialist
& Technical Manager like Brac, Proshika, Poribesh including WV Bangladesh.
3. PROFESSIONAL HISTORY:
Name of Organization Program/Project & intervention area Designation Length
World Vision Bangladesh
FSEI(Food Security Enhancement Initiatives),
USAID Project
Agriculture Specialist 2001-2005
World Vision Bangladesh ADP (Area Development Program)
Project Officer-
Agriculture 2006-2011
World Vision Bangladesh ADP (Area Development Program)
Project Manger 2012-2015, 30
Septeber
Brac RDP(Rural Development Program)
Regional sector
Specialist-Agriculture
1996-2000
Proshika Organic Agriculture/Ecological Agriculture
Sector Specialist-
Agriculture
1995-1996
Poribesh Agriculture Development Program Agriculture Coordinator 1994-1995
Major Responsibilities as Agriculture Officer / Project Officer-Agriculture & Project Manager : 5 October,
2001 to till 30 September, 2015 (USAID-Project & USA Fund):
• Implement the project intervention strategies and activities efficiently in accordance with the design documents
• Build capacities of Agriculture Facilitators (staffs) & PG and CBO members effective project implementation, and
reporting and documentation.
• Coordinating & Networking with ADP different sect oral staffs, Stakeholders, relevant GOs, NGOs & communities
For quality project Implementation, monitoring, review, reporting and documentation.
• Participatory monitoring, review, quality assessment and reporting of progress in regular basis.
• Conduct case study, documents and shared lesson learned and best practice.
• Preparing monthly, quarterly, yearly report as per requirement.
• Preparing annual budget & monitoring and implement as per world vision standard.
• Maintain strong networking and communication with DAE, DLS, DoF, Cooperative department & DRR
department.
• Participation at Agricultural fair, Trade fair, Tree fair, GO/NGO coordination meeting, special day observing
programs in working area to highlight project activities.
• Assist to establish Agricultural demonstration (Crops, Livestock, and Fisheries, Orchard) to motivate the farmers
towards modern technologies. Facilitated training/workshop/orientation/seminar on technical aspects such as
homestead vegetables /gardening, livestock and poultry, fisheries etc.
Assist in developing and preparing project concept note and project proposal in relative fields.
• Quality inputs distribution & technology dissemination with technical support to the farmers.
• Lead,guide,Supervise, managing, controlling the project staffs for optimization of resources.
Major Responsibilities as Regional Sector Specialist-Agriculture (1997-2000)
• Provide strategic planning & Technical Support for Agricultural inputs distribution.
• Provide direction, oversight and leadership to project staffs to disseminate the technical know-how.
• Support program staff in the planning of project activities and the establishment of high quality of performance
• Assess performance appraisal and staff development in the project area.
• Administration and personal management in the project arena
• Coordination and communication with project stakeholders, GOs, NGOs & Management staffs.
• Organize and conduction of meeting, seminar and workshop with project stakeholders, GOs and internal project
staffs
• Budgeting and review the project activities based on demand and situation of project arena
• Quantitative and qualitative report writing (monthly, quarterly, annually and program completion)
• Introduce & performance test of a new variety to the farmers through demonstration
Major Responsibilities as a Program Officer- Ecological Agriculture: (1996-1997)
*Facilitate the Village Organization (VO) to develop the Annual Plan of Operation (APO) related project intervention.
4. • Technical session facilitation on Organic Agriculture (Organic Manure & Pesticides) provided for (horticultural
crops- vegetables & fruits) the CBOs (Community Based Organization) & Community farmers on the basis of
needs.
• Technical support to Lead Farmer (RF) & Local Service Provider (LSP) to increase practices environmentally sound
Agriculture.
• Networking & coordinating the project activities among the govt. employees (UAO, AEO, UFO, SWO, UNO etc)
& all concerned NGOs.
• Organize meeting, training, workshop & visit of participants to program areas as required.
• Development of sustainable agricultural practices or farming system using ecological & organic methods &
dissemination the proven knowledge among the farmers.
• Monitoring & evaluation of self & group’s activities using several formats in need basis.
Responsibilities as a Agriculture Coordinator-(1995-1996)
• Coordinates & assist the project staffs to accomplish the duties as per organization standard.
• Networking with internal Staffs, GO, NGO & other stakeholders..
• Staff management & development through technical training provide, monitoring & evaluation.
• Assist to organize meeting, training, workshop & visit of participant to program areas as required.
• Program planning, managing, controlling & coordination the whole process.
TRAINING RECEIVED :( I received different trainings from different Organizations in the field of
Agriculture Management. Some are acceptable trainings given below).
SL Name of course/title
Duration
(days)
Organized by
1 Report Writing 3 WV BD
2 DPA(Development Program Approach) 3 WV BD
3 Pro Poor Value Chain & Market development for
Community(M4C)
7
WV BD
4 Training on Disaster Risk Reduction 3 WV BD
5 TOT On Post-Harvest Technology in Fruit Tree
Management
7
FTIP, BAU, Mymensingh
6 Rice Seed Production 6 BRRI, Gazipur
7 Organizational Development & Management (ODM) 5 Proshika
8 Training on Business Promotion 3 ITDG,Dhaka
9 Training On PRA-PLA 6 WV BD
10 Training On Communication & Facilitation Skill 5 WV BD
11 TOT on Organization Operation 5 BARD,Comilla
12 Training on Livestock Production 7 Winrock,Int
13 Training On Monitoring & Evaluation 3 WV BD
14 Orientation On PDD & RDD 2 WV BD
15 Credit Management & Development 7 Brac
16 Agro- Business & Food Processing 15 Practical Action
EXTRA CURRICULA
• Have valid Motorbike driving license
• Successfully completed an elementary English language course for 03 Months organized by World Vision.
REFERENCES:
Makhan L Dutta PhD
National Food Security & Economic
Coordinator
World Vision Bangladesh
Banani , Dhaka
Cell; 01711-802321
E-Mail: makhan_l_dutta@wvi.org
Dominic Ranjan Purification
National Strategic Director
5,Abedin Tower,
Kamal Ataturk Avenue
Banani , Dhaka-1213
Mobil:01711-543506
Email: dominic_purification@wvi.org
Mohammad Sayed Shibly
Project Management Specialist
USAID,U.S Embasy
Baridhara, Dhaka,
Cell: 02-55662339
Mobile: 01755-629771
Email: mshibly@usaid.gov
