6 Fresher Project Field Officer NGO Job Opportunities – Self Help Africa

Organization: Self Help
Africa
Project Name: Agriculture
and Market Support (AMS) Project
Funding Source: World Food
Programme (WFP)
Duty Station: Uganda
Reports to: Project
Coordinator-Agriculture & Market Support
About US:
Self Help Africa (SHA) is an International Non–Governmental
Organisation implementing rural development, sustainable food and livelihoods
security programmes in nine countries in Africa. SHA’s vision is an
economically thriving and resilient rural Africa with a mission to support
sustainable livelihoods for Uganda’s smallholder farmers.
About WFP AMS Project:
 Self Help Africa Uganda, in
partnership with World Food Programme (WFP), will implement Agriculture and
Market Support (AMS) Project in the Districts of Masindi, Kiryandongo and
Adjumani, from June 2017 to May 2018. The project will offer training and other
capacity building services intended to improve livelihoods for 3,000 farmers.
Job Summary: The Project
Field Officer will support the effective planning, implementation, monitoring
and reporting of the AMS project in their respective districts. S/he will
provide technical backstopping to producer organisations and associations in
order to promote and expand capacity in agro-marketing. The Project Field
Officer-Agricultural Market support will support the effective planning and
implementation, monitoring and reporting of the WFP-Agriculture and Market
support project in Masindi, Kiryandongo and Adjumani. S/he will provide
technical backstopping and support to producer organisations and associations
to promote and expand capacity in agro-marketing. Based in Kiryandongo or
Adjumani, this position will nevertheless require a continuous presence in the
targeted communities.
Key Duties and
Responsibilities:  
  • The incumbent will also mobilise producer
    organisations to contribute resources for production, post-harvest
    reduction and marketing selected commodities including maize, beans,
    sorghum.
  • Prepare and conduct producer organization
    and association profiling and capacity assessment to identify needs
    including training and input needs.
  • Formulate and /or improve comprehensive
    training materials for effective delivery of training to the producer
    organisations and associations.
  • Implement timely participatory and
    pragmatic training in farming as a business, postharvest handling, VSLA
    and value addition and in accordance with the training curriculum agreed
    and validated with the producer organisations and associations.
  • Support producer organisations and
    associations to establish strong formal legal, governance and operational
    committees to improve their performance and institutional capacity.
  • Support and/or facilitate producer
    organisations and associations to develop and implement comprehensive
    business and store plans to improve their business operations.
  • The Project Field Officer will also link
    farmers to strategic stakeholders including input providers including
    post-harvest equipment, financial institutions, market information
    providers, and produce markets.
  • Support and strengthen bulking and
    collective marketing, including training on bulking and collective
    marketing, support to SCP lending schemes.
  • Monitor, follow up and mentor group
    performance with support from the Monitoring and Evaluation coordinator.
  • Support and train producer groups and
    networks in market information systems, market data collection,
    analysis  and  dissemination,  price 
    determination  and  setting, 
    and accessing and utilising market information through different
    channels. Ensure the provision of weekly commodity market price information.
  • Contribute to the planning and carrying
    out exchange visits, conferences and farmer exhibitions on produce
    marketing.
  • Conduct regular crop performance
    monitoring and provide technical production advice to producer groups.
  • Participate in regular monitoring and data
    collection on the SCP utilisation (deposits and sales) and training
    activities, and regular data entry into both internal and WFP databases,
    data analysis and reporting on trends and changes.
  • Actively contribute to the development of
    weekly, monthly, quarterly and yearly workplans and reports
     



Qualifications, Skills and
Experience: 
  • The applicants for the Project Field
    Officer job opportunities should hold Diplomas in agriculture,
    agribusiness or marketing. Other qualification will be considered if
    complemented by extensive practical experience.
  • A minimum of two years’ experience in the
    field of agribusiness/agricultural production, agricultural produce
    marketing, market information and linkages.
  • Extensive knowledge of the specific context,
    issues and challenges related to agricultural production and marketing in
    Northern Uganda.
  • Previous experience of working in the
    region essential.
  • Experience in community mobilisation and
    sensitisation/training in the fields of agriculture and marketing and
    strong technical knowledge in agricultural production with an emphasis on
    enhancing produce quality.
  • Proven knowledge of and experience in
    support and training of small-scale farmers in enhancement of produce
    quality, post-harvest handling, and produce bulking, collective marketing
    and market information.
  • Good writing and reporting skills with
    attention to detail and data accuracy. Experience in working with data and
    databases highly valued.
  • Competence in Microsoft office (MS Word,
    MS Excel, MS Powerpoint).
  • Fluent command of English and at least one
    of the following languages-Madi/Luo/Runyoro.
  • Good motorcycle riding skills and valid
    riding permit and willingness to ride motorcycles.
How to Apply:
All suitably qualified and interested candidates are encouraged to send
a filled application form, download
here
, with a cover letter indicating 3 referees, two of whom should
have been direct supervisors to uganda@selfhelpafrica.net including your name
and the job being applied for in the Subject Line.
Deadline: 26th June 2017

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