7 Fresher Field Officer Job Vacancies – UGACOF Limited



Organisation: UGACOF Limited 
Duty Station: Mukono,
Masaka, Kayunga, Iganga, Kamuli, Buikwe, , Kalungu and Gomba, Uganda
About US:
UGACOF Limited is a leading coffee exporter in Uganda which works with
smallholder coffee farmers countrywide. While Ugacof core business is buying,
processing and exporting of coffee to international buyers and roasters, they
work in partnership with local/national and international organizations to
support smallholder coffee farmers with the aim of increasing the productivity
and quality of coffee produced contributing to improved livelihoods of these
smallholders.
Job Summary: The Field
Officers will primarily streamline the upstream supply chain, increase the
quality and quantity of sustainable coffee. The jobholder will strengthen the
capacity of Producer Organizations and Farmer Groups in coffee farming business
through good agronomic practices (GAP), community mobilization, quality
improvement, value addition and marketing.
Key Duties and
Responsibilities:  
  • Guide the producer organization (PO) and
    the farmer groups through the Farmer Field School (FFS) formalization
    process, i.e. establishing the FFS, leadership structure, constitutions,
    bye-laws, registration with the community development office.
  • As the key resident resource person,
    conduct the regular FFS sessions on a weekly basis following the season
    long schedule.
  • Carry-out ground working activities in
    preparation for the formation and registration of new and existing farmer
    groups and/ or producer organizations.
  • Carry out trainings in good agronomic
    practices (GAP), PHH and collective marketing techniques, Village Savings
    and Loan Association (VSLA) methodology, Coffee Certification, Farming as
    a Family Business (FAAFB) and/or entrepreneurship.
  • Conducting field demonstrations for
    learning to include good quality coffee nurseries, coffee fields and tree
    nurseries.
  • Training and mentoring gender change
    agents on joint planning and gender mainstreaming to ensure greater
    participation of women and the youth in the coffee chain.
  • Work closely with the Field Supervisor in
    preparing the appropriate training content and any other necessary
    backstopping requirements and maintain a regular exchange of information
    with them.
  • Guide the Farmer groups and/or producer
    organizations to put in place and regularly monitor and update the
    appropriate records and reporting formats where necessary.
  • Organize the field days as an integral
    component of the FFS learning process
  • Training PO leadership and depot
    committees on their roles and responsibilities to have strong PO that are
    legally recognized self sustaining and independent.
  • Ensuring that farmer groups carryout their
    business in a transparent and accountable manner.
  • Prepare weekly, monthly and quarterly
    activity reports on the progress, challenges and status of the project
    implementation to the Field Supervisor.
  • Perform other duties as may emerge from
    the project implementation
     
Key Performance Indicators:
  • Number of potential farmers identified to
    participate in the project area responding to set criteria.
  • Awareness of the farmer groups, the
    community and other stakeholders about the project, quality principles,
    practices and standards required.
  • Accurate registration of formers and
    inspection of the project guidelines
  • Coverage of training topics to farmer
    groups
  • Accurate documentation and filing of data
    required for the project
  • On-time and accurate submission of weekly
    and monthly reports
  • Farmers actively participating in VSLA’s
  • Gender Mainstreaming in Project Areas
  • Work within agreed Project standards.
  • Manage tasks and be responsible for
    reporting through project structures.
  • Duties are carried out in a professional
    manner to a high standard with due care and attention to detail.
Qualifications, Skills and
Experience: 
  • The ideal candidate should preferably hold
    a Degree/Diploma in Agriculture, Forestry or a related field.
  • Possession of a Post graduate
    qualification in a relevant discipline is an added advantage.
  • At least two to three years’ experience in
    Agribusiness Company.
How to Apply:
All suitably qualified and interested candidates are encouraged to send
their E-mail applications to recruitment@ugacof.com
Deadline: 27th January 2017

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