Job Specific Responsibilities
1. Implement TOV project interventions:
§ Participate actively in client selection
§ At the field level, doing continuous follow-up and technical support to the women groups, youths and individual farmers to ensure adoption of new technologies by the farmers to increase the horticulture production;
§ Provide technical support on post-harvest handling of vegetables to reduce product loss;
§ Facilitate market linkage to the producers;
§ Providing technical support to SMEs that includes Farmers cooperatives, Unions and other business organizations engaged in horticulture input supply, marketing and other related activities.
§ Working with woreda experts and Development Agents (DAs) and private actors to implement the project activities effectively.
§ Facilitating roundtables and collaborative problem solving meetings with a range of market system actors at the field and woreda levels;
§ Negotiating with potential private sector or other implementing partners; Persuade market system players of the business benefits and means to adopt more inclusive business models;
2. Provide/facilitate capacity building activities
§ Ensure all training materials reach on time
§ Deliver trainings to cooperatives on business plans, financial management, good governance, post-harvest handling and quality;
§ Facilitate and support farmers’ cooperatives, group of farmers, women group, youths and individual farmers access to credit;
§ Deliver capacity building trainings to Small and Micro Enterprises.
§ Check attendance of trainees for reporting and follow-up practical implementation of the training.
3. Planning and management of demonstration plots
§ Submit BA weekly work plan
§ Participate in site selection, design and implementation process
§ Facilitate timely delivery of new technologies to the sites.
§ Follow-up farm activities and application of new technologies,
§ Follow-up demo plots activities regularly,
§ Check demo plot status, complete form and give feedback
4. Stakeholder Management
§ Create a good working relationship with stakeholders.
§ Holding meeting with Agriculture and administration offices of the respective Weredas once every month/quarter.
§ Meet with Cooperatives, unions, SMEs to give progress report every quarter.
§ Perform other duties as assigned by the Project manager.
5. Planning and Reporting
§ Working with MEL staff and facilitate the data collection at the field level;
§ Plan weekly and monthly activities and submit to the Project manager
§ Deliver weekly updates to project manager
§ Participate in regular team meeting and training activities to build own training skills;
§ Bachelor’s Degree in Horticulture, Irrigation, Agronomy, Plant science, Crop sciences, Agricultural Science etc.
§ Experience in drip irrigation installation and management is a must
§ At least two to four years’ professional experience – ideally private sector – in one or more of the following areas: horticulture, irrigation, agronomy, cooperative management or agriculture.
§ Strong planning skills and experience working to strict time-guidelines
§ Strong interpersonal and cross-cultural skills
§ Willingness to spend significant time in rural areas
§ Excellent communication skills, written and oral, in both English and local language
§ Computer literacy, Business Acumen
Preferred Skills:
§ Knowledge of second local language is an advantage.
§ Legal license to drive a motorbike is advantageous. (Please attach copy of valid motorbike license.)
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