Crop Production - Agronomy Officer at CARE

Details:

Location: Yunusari & Yusufari, Borno
Position Type: Regular
Supervisor: Project Manager Livelihood

Job Summary for Crop Production/Agronomy Officer

• The Crop Production/Agronomy Officer will be responsible for planning, implementing and monitoring of the 2019 Rainy Season component (crop production of the FAO funded project in Yobe state.
• She/he will be responsible for managing the crop and vegetable production component effectively and efficiently according to CARE and FAO systems and procedures.

Specific Responsibilities and Tasks
Responsibility No: 1 Management of the crop and vegetable production component according to contractual requirements, operating priorities:

• Develop work plan in collaboration with project team members according to the proposal
• Make sure that specific project components are implemented according to contractual requirements, both in relation to project implementation and financial management
• Conduct periodic assessments to ensure project implementation is happening according to the agreed upon work plans and budgets
• Liaise closely with government other agencies working in the same geographic regions and/or sectors to ensure coordination and avoid overlap.

Responsibility No: 2 - Program quality of the project is ensured during each phase of the project implementation process:

• Conduct regular progress review meetings with field teams and stakeholders to ensure quality is maintained and address any problems
• Make sure collection of relevant information on outputs, outcomes and impact, in both qualitative and quantitative form, based on reporting formats

Responsibility No: 3 Provide technical inputs:

• Provide technical input on agricultural practices to the beneficiaries together with government Agricultural personnel
• Conduct technical trainings to the beneficiaries to implement crop and vegetable interventions
• Visit field locations frequently to monitor crop and vegetable production activities of the beneficiaries

Minimum Qualification and Experience

• Basic University Degree in Agriculture (Crop and horticultural)
• Minimum 3 years work experience in the development or humanitarian sector particularly food security, agricultural interventions, income generation or/ and livelihood projects
• Training skills particularly training of community
• Fluent in English (written and verbal) essential and fluency in at least one of the local languages, preferably Hausa
• Excellent community mobilization/ sensitization and communication skills

Skills:

• Advanced computers skills at least intermediate skills in windows based word processing, spreadsheet
• Ability to establish priorities, plan, coordinate and organize own work plan.
• Excellent analytical, conceptual, communication and public speaking skills
• Ability to establish and maintain good working relations with people of different national and cultural backgrounds.
• Ability to exercise independent judgment and work without direction;
• Excellent training skills

Conditions

By submitting your Application for this position you agreed to CARE’s ZERO Tolerance to:

• Fraud
• Sexual Harassment, Exploitation, Abuse and Child Abuse