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• Provide
  extension services to project using Farmer Field School (FFS) methodology
  and the local facilitators in recommended agricultural practices.
• Identify
  lead/ potential project participants for planting materials multiplication
  and standard maintenance.
• Organize
  Child Nutritional and farmers field days as well as farmers exchange
  visits.
• Create
  awareness of child protection in the community and among local institutions/
  CBOs.
• Organize
  and conduct voucher support for participants to access and utilize
  agriculture production technologies.
• Facilitate
  local value chain development in the community.
• Actively
  facilitate the use the saving groups methodology and linkages to ensure
  participants have access to financial service.

• In
  charge of  conducting trainings to
  build capacities on; group management, financial literacy, basic market
  skills, value chain innovation, NRM, production skills and savings
  methodology
• Recruitment,
  training, coaching and supervision of local facilitators
• Offer
  ongoing training of producer groups and saving groups in identified
  technical gaps.
• Actively
  monitor multiplication plots for adherence to improved agricultural
  techniques.
• Conduct
  weekly support visits to the groups to ensure that the groups are saving

• Responsible
  for the mobilization of producers into functional producer and saving
  groups.
• Mobilization
  and awareness raising with local leadership.
• Mobilize
  and sensitize local famers, local and regional traders for voucher
  distribution.
• Mobilization
  of participants to participate in financial institution, buyers and input
  dealers outreach meetings.

• Identify
  and build strategic linkages, relations, collaborations and networks with
  partners and other stakeholders in implementation.
• Link
  the project participants to technology inputs, saving tool kits and
  survives.
• Facilitate
  project review meetings with key stakeholders (local facilitators) in the
  community.
• Ensure
  that LIFE project activities are integrated or synchronized with ongoing
  ADP interventions in order to ensure sustainability and avoid duplication

• Send
  timely, accurate, compliant and quality reports to the direct supervisors.
  
• Document
  and report initial market assessment findings
• Conduct
  monitoring and savings data collection, verification and submission of the
  accurate savings data.

• The
  ideal candidate should hold a Bachelor Degree in Agriculture or related
  fields; specialization in crop science or extension is preferred with
  strong experience of agriculture production processes and value chain
  development.
• At
  least three years’ experience in value chain development, agribusiness,
  seed multiplication, market led agriculture or holistic livelihood project
  implementation.
• Specialized
  training value chain development, farming as a business, seed
  multiplication, VSLA methodology and or collective marketing is an added
  advantage.
• Strong
  experience in networking, community mobilization and facilitation
• Report
  writing experience,
• Commitment
  to implementing WVs vision and mission at all levels and in all aspects of
  the project is necessary,
• Relevant
  teamwork experience and good interpersonal skills
• Ability
  to work sensitively with people from a variety of social backgrounds is
  required.
• Working
  knowledge of the local language will be an added advantage.
• Mature
  Christian, able to stand above denominational diversities.

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