Regional Agriculture Officer
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Raising The Village (RTV), a Canadian non-profit working to end extreme poverty in last-mile Ugandan villages, is recruiting 4 Regional Agriculture Officers based in Arua. The role provides technical leadership for agriculture extension (cropping and livestock) across multiple districts, coordinating harmonization trainings for Government Extension Officers and building the capacity of RTV implementation staff. Applications close on 23 October.
- 4 positions available, based in Arua with coverage across multiple districts
- Technical leadership for cropping and livestock extension work
- Coordinates harmonization trainings for Government Extension Officers via Master Trainers
- Runs virtual harmonization trainings on the full agriculture methodology region-wide
- Works with Venn, Procurement, local authorities and extension partners
- Applications close 23 Oct
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Raising The Village
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Job Title:
Regional Agriculture Officer (4 Positions)
Organisation:
Raising The Village
Duty Station:
Arua, Uganda
About Organisation:
Raising The Village International (RTV) is a Canadian non-profit organization focused on ending extreme poverty by eliminating immediate barriers of scarcity, nurturing income-generation activities and building local capacity, while moving communities toward economic self-sufficiency. Raising The Village is a fast-growing organization on an accelerated growth path. Our East Africa and North American teams work together to lift communities out of ultra-poverty in last-mile villages. We operate at the intersection of direct implementation and advanced data analytics to inform progress, decision-making, and impact.
Job Summary:
The Regional Agriculture Officer provides technical leadership and coordination for Agriculture extension work – including cropping and livestock – across multiple districts within their region, as part of RTV’s core methodology. The role has a strong training and cascade-capacity-building focus: coordinating harmonization trainings for Government Extension Officers through identified Master Trainers, building the agricultural capacity of RTV implementation staff, and running virtual harmonization trainings on the full agriculture methodology for extension staff region-wide.
The Regional Agriculture Officer works closely with the Venn team to identify and assess Agriculture extension needs, with Procurement on the development and management of input/seed contracts, and with program staff, local authorities, Master Trainers and Government Extension partners to ensure Agriculture interventions are technically sound and consistently applied. The incumbent technically supports the design of regional adaptive clusters, introduces relevant agriculture innovations, oversees agricultural project pilots, and strengthens teams in maintaining standard demonstration gardens as reference models across the region.
Key Duties and Responsibilities:
Program Design and Innovation
Support the Venn team to design and plan Agriculture extension activities across the region.
Provide new insights on agricultural program innovations, especially in the context of climate resilience.
Review project designs and ensure agricultural components are realistic and feasible for communities across the region, based on availability, soil, water, etc., and provide feedback where required.
Technically support the design of regional adaptive clusters, tailoring RTV’s methodology to local district context.
Introduce relevant agriculture innovations across the region’s clusters.
Technical Support
Assist in identifying new methods of planting, fertilizing, harvesting and storing crops to achieve optimum land usage and yield;
Identify micro-organisms, insects, parasites and weeds harmful to crops and advise on control measures;
Examine topographical, physical and soil characteristics to determine the most effective crop yield potential;
Provide technical support on emerging agriculture issues, from planting to organic fertilization, pesticide use and post-harvest management;
Work with RTV staff and government officers to follow up on community and household gardens with concerns or emerging agricultural issues;
Support the project team in identifying seeds to be passed on to the next beneficiary;
Work with Procurement officers to guide seed specifications and verification.
Training, Capacity Building & Harmonisation
Conduct Harmonisation Trainings for Government Extension Officers through identified Master Trainers, ensuring consistent, region-wide application of RTV’s agriculture methodology.
Conduct Capacity Building of Implementation staff (Project Assistants, Project Officers, etc.) in agricultural practices across the region.
Conduct refresher training as needed for RTV staff and local government extension officers, including but not limited to:
o RTV methodology on land preparation (community gardens, nursery beds, household gardens, compost pits, etc.);
o RTV methodology on post-harvest management and seed pass-on;
o Application of natural forms of fertilization;
o Natural forms of pesticide use.
Conduct practical trainings and refreshers with selected Community Champions in each cluster of operation.
Develop and update training materials for RTV staff, extension officers and Community Champions, including in local languages.
Develop guides and 1-pagers for community members’ use in local languages.
Project Management & Pilot Oversight
Identify key issues and risks for clusters and provide mitigations and solutions while maintaining a risk log;
Ensure successful planting, germination and harvests across clusters, based on organizational targets;
Oversee agricultural project pilots from idea to implementation to evaluation, such as keyhole gardens and backyard gardens;
Strengthen teams in ensuring standard demonstration gardens are established and maintained within their region, as reference models for champions and communities;
Plan, execute and update a regional monthly work plan;
Conduct data collection on key metrics, including yield, germination and trained Community Champions;
Support the Venn team with agricultural reporting and analysis, providing feedback and recommendations;
Create and introduce new ideas, initiatives and pilot projects, taking them from idea to implementation and evaluation.
Administration and Coordination
Attend district, regional and staff meetings in person and/or virtually to discuss key agricultural issues, areas of success and areas needing improvement, and to brainstorm solutions and next steps;
Complete weekly financial requests, submissions and reconciliations to the District Head;
Take photographs to share and for the data repository;
Other requirements as might be required by the direct supervisor and/or management.
Qualifications, Skills and Experience:
University Degree of Science in Agriculture in both animal and crop husbandry, Agricultural Production, Agribusiness Management, Agricultural Technology or related fields;
A postgraduate diploma in the related field shall be an added advantage.
Minimum 3-5 years of work experience in the agricultural field, including experience coordinating or training across multiple sites/districts;
Experience in community development programming;
Understanding of organic pesticide use for treatment and prevention measures;
Understanding of soil management and crop and pest management;
Demonstrated ability to design and deliver trainings to multiple stakeholder groups – RTV staff, Government Extension Officers and community trainees – including virtual training delivery;
Strong facilitation skills with expertise in relaying information from a scientific/technical level to individuals with varying levels of literacy and understanding;
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 & facilitation skills;
Strong communication skills, both verbal and written English;
Fluent in local languages where RTV works in the region;
Proficient in Microsoft Suite;
Energetic and physically able to hike on high terrain, with ability to travel 80% of the time;
Can work independently but is also a strong team player;
Able to think outside of the box to provide plausible solutions to issues and challenges.
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Level of Education: bachelor degree
Work Hours: 8
Experience in Months: 36
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