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• Sensitise communities on
  what the project will do, including project methodologies and approach.
• Build good relationship
  with local leaders and opinion leaders in the area.
• Coordinate mobilization
  and scheduling of community and/or group meetings.
• Facilitate participatory
  needs identification and problem analysis and planning exercises.
• Make follow-ups to review
  progress on implementation of the plans.
• Prepare reports on group
  and/or community planning processes in accordance with the project
  implementation plan.

• Promote linkages and
  cordial relationship with government officials and other NGOs
• Identify public and
  private sector service providers within the project area whose services
  and activities may be useful to the project beneficiaries
• Provide information to the
  beneficiary communities and groups on existing service providers and
  businesses in the area.
• Support the PM in creating
  awareness on project activities and approach to government officials,
  businesses and NGOs in the project area.
• Perform any other
  assignment that may be given to you regarding linkages and liaison with
  other NGOs, private sector and government. • Effective linkages with local
  government officials, CBOs/NGOs, and private sector.

• Support groups formation
  and organisational development processes, including registration and
  development of constitutions and/or group rules
• Training group members and
  leaders in group dynamics, leadership and other aspects of organisational
  development.
• Facilitate access to and
  dissemination of information on agricultural technologies and related
  business opportunities
• Support the identification
  and access to appropriate agricultural technologies for enhance production
  and value addition
• Promote the production of
  extension materials to promote the dissemination of technologies within
  the communities.
• Provide training in VSLAs
  and other pro-poor financial services to project beneficiaries
• 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.

• Sensitise communities on
  gender related issues.
• Undertake diagnostic
  studies to understand women’s constraints to full participation in project
  activities
• Using appropriate
  participatory tools, identify community criteria for wellbeing and how its
  distributed among the community by gender and other dimensions
• Identify and promote
  measures to enhance the participation of women and other marginalised
  groups in project activities
• Work in liaison with the
  M&E coordinator to ensure gender concerns are manifested in the
  project M&E reports
• Do any other duties
  assigned to you by your supervisor concerning the maximisation of women’s
  and other marginalised groups’ involvement in project activities,

• Implement project M&E
  plans with support from PM and M&E coordinator
• Participate in data
  collection based on agreed M&E tools and processes as advised PM and
  M&E coordinator
• Facilitate learning,
  promote peer-learning between staff and partners, participate in relevant
  national networks and actively engage in organization level focal groups.
• Explore opportunities for
  positioning, innovation, upscaling and potential follow up projects

• The prospective employee
  for the Self Help Africa (SHA) Project Field Officer job must hold a
  Diploma in any field (preferably agriculture, extension, social sciences,
  agribusiness, business administration or related disciplines)
• Demonstrated knowledge of
  community facilitation skills
• Experience in
  participatory market system programming and value chain analysis/Development
  of different agricultural commodities
• Broad knowledge and
  understanding of key aspects of SHA development work; including food,
  nutrition and livelihood security and cross-cutting themes (e.g. youth,
  social inclusion, environment, HIV and AIDS);
• Skills in training and
  facilitation of community processes, including organization and
  mobilization of communities and networking among different development
  partners such as youth groups, community-based organisations, government
  officers and SHA staff;
• Outstanding communication,
  interpersonal and presentation skills management and organizational
  skills, including proficiency in computer packages especially with
  MSOffice and other related packages;
• Show commitment to
  international and humanitarian NGO codes, standards and practices;
• High level of integrity
  and high standards of personal conduct
• Excellent communication
  skills
• Ability to work as part of
  team across different cultures
• Ability to work with
  minimum supervision and take initiative
• Ability to solve problems
  and take corrective action

• Experience working in
  project geographical region
• Experience working with
  farmer groups and private sector actors

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