Project Officer - Agriculture Expert

Overview

Implement agricultural project activities and training

You have:

• Three years of working experience in livelihood and economic development programs.
• Higher education in a relevant field such as Animal Science, Agriculture, Horticulture, or equivalent.
• Fluency in local languages.
• Fluency in English.
• Ability and willingness to travel domestically up to 80% of the time.
• Proven ability to develop and communicate a common vision among diverse partners.
• Strong interpersonal skills and ability to establish relationships with the community.
• Excellent organizational and time management skills.
• Experience communicating with government and non-government organizations.

With over 70 years of experience, our focus is on helping the most vulnerable children overcome poverty and experience fullness of life. We help children of all backgrounds, even in the most dangerous places, inspired by our Christian faith.

Come join our 34,000+ staff working in nearly 100 countries and share the joy of transforming vulnerable children’s life stories!

Employee Contract Type:

Local - Fixed Term Employee (Fixed Term)Job Description:

PURPOSE OF POSITION****:

This position falls under the project Supporting a Resilient Economic Recovery by Strengthening the Agriculture and SME Sector in Saqlawia and Faluja District, Anbar Governorate- Iraq.

The Agriculture and Agribusiness expert will devote 100% of their time to the project for a total of 5 months. This position supports daily implementation of the Vocational and On Job Training, advising on the training’s qualification, selection of participants, guiding the trainers and coaches responsible for mentorship while ensuring that the project team implementing as per the project design.

MAJOR RESPONSIBILITIES:

Quality Project Implementation

• Implement project activities in accordance with the project guidelines and targets and work closely with the other partners and coordinator to mitigate the project management and implementation challenges faced, carry out the daily field activities including but not limited to household assessment supervision, beneficiary selection, FGDs with communities, vendor selection and contracting, etc.

Coordination and Capacity Building of Beneficiaries:

• Facilitate beneficiary training on economic development modules/models
• Coordinate with line ministries or private sector to conduct training to project beneficiaries and identify market linkages.

Monitoring and Reporting

• Regularly track project activities in coordination with MEAL
• Submit weekly/monthly report to the project manager/coordinator
• Based on the donor requirement, support project manager/coordinator to submit required donor report.

Planning and Budgeting

• Support project manager to administer project budget to ensure accurate and timely budget spending
• Follow up and coordination with other departments e.g. Procurement, Security, Finance, Fleet, PDQA etc.

Perform other duties as required

KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS AND ABILITIES:

• Three (3) years of experience working experience in livelihood and economic development programs,
• Field experience working with communities and liaising with government departments.
• Higher education – Bachelors degree in Animal Science, Agriculture, Horticulture, Agriculture Economics, Natural Resource Management, Agribusiness, Agriculture Extension, Agriculture Education or any other relevant and equivalent qualification from a recognized institution
• Proven ability to develop and communicate a common vision among diverse partners
• Excellent organizational, analytical and report writing
• Strong interpersonal skills
• Proven ability to manage stakeholders
• Fluency in local languages.
• Knowledge of the displaced population profile in Anbar & Salah Al-Din.
• Ability and willingness to learn new things and support new initiatives
• Ability to manage multiple tasks and work under pressure, efficient task prioritization and time management
• Ability to establish and maintain relationships with the community
• Use reflective practice and promote its use for learning, Use critical thinking and analysis
• Strategic, creative, and innovative thinking
• Ability to establish and maintain relationships with partners
• Understanding of community mobilization and empowerment principles and approaches
• Excellent coordination skills
• Ability to engage in personal learning and development
• Practice in community development
• Training experience
• Experience of communicating with Government, Non-Government, organizations and other related area stakeholders.

Language Requirements:

• Fluency in local and English languages.

Travel and/or Work Environment Requirement:

• The position requires ability and willingness to travel domestically up to 80% of the time.
• Be prepared to travel to implementation sites and regional, global meetings as required.

Applicant Types Accepted:

Local Applicants Only

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