Regional Agriculture Officer - Central
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Raising The Village is hiring a Regional Agriculture Officer for central Uganda to plan, design and supervise agriculture extension interventions in partner last-mile communities. The role covers cropping, livestock, soil management, training of staff and community champions, and technical support from planting to post-harvest management. It is a full-time position open to early-career candidates with knowledge of composting, organic pesticides and crop management.
- Full-time role based in central Uganda with field-based community work
- Open to candidates with no experience or less than one year
- Focus on agriculture extension, cropping and livestock support
- Requires knowledge of composting, organic pesticides and soil management
- Involves training staff, local government officers and Agric Champions
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- Regional Agriculture Officer - Central
- Raising The Village
- Farming & Agriculture
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- Rest of Uganda
- Full Time
- Agriculture, Fishing & Forestry
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Experience
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- Length:
- No Experience/Less than 1 year
- Language Requirement:
- English
- Working Hours:
- Full Time - 8 to 5
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- Location:
- Uganda
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- in the agricultural field.
- in community development programming.
- Understanding of organic pesticide use for treatment and prevention measures.
- Understanding of soil management and crop and pest management.
- Strong facilitation skills with expertise in relaying information from a scientific/technical level to individuals with varying levels of literacy and understanding ability.
- Organizes workload effectively while remaining aware of changing priorities and competing deadlines.
- Accurately completes multiple tasks to meet deadlines while taking into consideration special assignments, frequent interruptions, available resources and multiple reporting relationships.
- Strong training and facilitation skills.
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Requirements
The Regional Agriculture Officer will ensure effective planning and design, and successful implementation and supervision of Agriculture extension interventions including cropping and livestock in Raising The Village’s partner last mile communities, as part of our core methodology. This role will involve working with our Venn team to identify and assess the key Agriculture extension needs in partner communities, supporting the Procurement team in the development and management of supply contracts in accordance with project budgets and timelines, and collaborating with program implementation staff, local authorities and communities to deliver Agriculture extension interventions. The incumbent in this role must have and demonstrate an understanding of agricultural technologies like; composting, organic pesticides, soil and crop management. The incumbent should also be able to advise partner communities on basic aspects of household health, nutrition and feeding, hygiene, breeding and care of animals. During implementation of the project’s activities, the Regional Agriculture Officer will be required to provide feedback to relevant partners and the local authorities with an aim of improving overall quality of Agriculture interventions.
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Responsibilities
Program Design and Innovation
Support Venn team to design and plan activities on Agriculture extension within the project implementation regions.
Provide new insights on agricultural program innovations especially in the context of climate resilience in the region.
Review project designs and ensure agricultural components are realistic and feasible to the respective communities based on availability, soil, water, etc. and provide feedback where required.
Technical Support
Assist to identify new methods of planting, fertilizing, harvesting and storing of crops to achieve optimum land usage and yield.
Identify microorganisms and insects, parasites, and weeds harmful to crops and advise on control measures.
Examine topographical, physical and soil characteristics to determine its most effective crop yield potential.
Provide technical support regarding emerging issues and points of concerns in the areas of agriculture from planting to use of organic fertilization and pesticide to post-harvest management.
Work with RTV staff, community champions and government officers to conduct follow-ups on community and household-based gardens where there are concerns and/or emerging agricultural issues.
Support the project team to identify the seeds to be passed on to the next beneficiary.
Provide support on all agricultural pilot initiatives from idea to implementation to evaluation, such as, keyhole gardens, backyard garden, etc.
Conduct seed verification activities to ensure good quality seeds at household levels.
Conduct soil profiling, data analysis and provide technical advisory for the best practices for increased crop production.
Work with procurement officers to guide on seed specifications and verification.
Facilitation and Training
Conduct refresher training as needed for RTV staff and local government extension officers in the designated regions, including but not limited to: RTV methodology on land preparation (community gardens, nursery beds and household gardens, compost pits, etc.); RTV methodology on post-harvest management and seed pass-on; Application of natural forms of fertilization; Natural forms of pesticide use.
Conduct in-person field training with selected Agric Champions in each cluster of operation. Trainings are to focus on but not be limited to: RTV methodology on land preparation (community gardens, nursery beds and household gardens, compost pits, etc.); RTV methodology on post-harvest management and seed pass-on; Application of natural forms of fertilization; Natural forms of pesticide use.
Participate in the development of training materials for RTV staff and extension officers.
Develop and update training materials for Agriculture champions in local languages.
Develop guides and 1-pager for community members to use in local languages.
Project Management
Demonstrate an understanding of fundamental Project Management principles and best practices.
Identify key issues and risks for clusters and provide mitigations and solutions while maintaining a risk log.
Monitor planting cycles, germination, and crop yield/harvests across clusters to ensure success based on organizational targets.
Plan, execute and update a personal monthly work plan, in-line with annual performance goals and objectives.
Collect and record key data metrics, including: crop yield, germination and community agricultural training performance metrics.
Support the Venn team with agricultural reporting and analysis, providing program adoption feedback and recommendations.
Participate in innovation and support implementation of pilot projects, from ideation to implementation and evaluation.
Administration and Coordination:
Attend district and cluster and staff meetings to discuss key agricultural issues, areas of success and areas in need of improvement to brainstorm possible solutions and next steps.
Complete weekly financial requests, submissions and reconciliations to the District Head.
Capture and document field data to the RTV data repository in line with RTV’s data protocols.
Other requirements, as might be required, by their direct supervisor and/or management.
Qualifications, Skills and Experiences:
University Degree of Science in Agriculture in both animal and crop husbandry, community development, Agriculture Extension or related fields.
Minimum 3 years of work