Livelihood Officer - Crop at Plan International

Role Purpose

• The purpose of this role is to have an experienced Livelihoods Officer in agronomy and food production for the WFP livelihood project located in Pulka, Borno state.
• The officer will be in charge of crop production aspect of the project and all that is related to plant, crop, environmental management and marketing of farm produce.

Dimension of Role

• The Livelihood officer-crop will be responsible for the kitchen garden intervention of the project, grassing of Pulka dam and other plant related aspects of the project.

Key Roles/Responsibilities

• Oversee the beneficiary selection for crop production
• Supervise the NFI on crop production
• Train the beneficiaries on crop production and water storage
• Collate all data on the crop production
• Collect information on government units and partners that are into agricultural development and share with the project coordinator
• Supervise the Livelihood assistants that work on crop production
• Report all areas of crop production to the project coordinators and link up with livelihood specialist through the coordinator for any support.
• Design the techniques of improving project delivery on crop production.
• Develop the capacity of the team on crop production.
• Contribute to overall reports of livelihood project.
• Follow up a local value chain on crop production especially vegetable production in Pulka and environment and see how the project beneficiary will benefit from it.
• Support market development on crop production of the beneficiaries in the target area.
• Any other assignment from the livelihood coordinators or his/her delegate.

Technical Expertise, Skills and Knowledge
Qualifications and Technical Competencies:

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent in Agronomy, Agriculture with specialisation in crop science
• Experience in working in deep field location
• Good knowledge of kitchen garden, water harvesting, seed management, pest control and post harvesting management of crops.
• Knowledge and experience in M&E.
• Experience with participatory learning approaches.
• Experience of conducting assessments in emergency contexts.
• Experience of training on relevant crop production.
• Fluency in English and Hausa, written and spoken

Skills & Knowledge:

• Ability to work independently and as a team player who demonstrates leadership and is able to support and train local and international staff and also able to work with disaster affected communities in a sensitive and participatory manner.
• Excellent negotiation, representation, skills and the ability to work comfortably with an ethnically diverse staff in a very sensitive environment.
• Strong organizational and work prioritization skills and attention to detail
• Demonstrated attention to detail, ability to follow procedures, meet deadlines and work cooperatively.
• Proven ability to solve problems independently without direct supervision.
• Good facilitation skills and ability to deliver induction briefing/training.
• Excellent interpersonal skills, the ability to communicate clearly and effectively at all levels, and to maintain this under pressure.
• Ability to work with limited supervision from line manager.

 Behaviours:

• Commitment and adherence to humanitarian values and standards
• Focussed and striving for the delivery of programme
• Cross-culturally agile
• Aware of own strengths, weaknesses and pro-active in using feedback and self-development
• Aware of impact on others and uses impact to create positive climate at work
• Works with trustworthiness and integrity and has a clear commitment to Plan International’s core values and humanitarian principles
• Resilience/Adaptability and flexibility: ability to operate effectively under extreme circumstances including stress, high security risks and harsh living conditions. Works and lives with a flexible, adaptable and resilient manner.
• Awareness and sensitivity of self and others: demonstrates awareness and sensitivity to gender and diversity. Have experience and the ability to live and work in diverse cultural contexts in a culturally appropriate manner. Has a capacity to make accurate self-assessment particularly in high stress and high security contexts.
• Patient, adaptable, flexible, able to improvise and remain responsive under pressure.
• Preparedness to live and work in uncertain security environments.
• Experience working in conflict or emergency-affected areas (or other situations where insecurity and corruption can be big issues)