FSL Officer-Agriculture/Agronomist at Save the Children

Role

KEY AREAS OF ACCOUNTABILITY :
The main areas of accountability and responsibility of this position are, to support the implementation of the Agriculture component under SC-NI grant over the target province/s.

Key Responsibilities:
 Support the project team in terms of community mobilization and sensitization.
 Conduct and support beneficiary selection through a household selection proper method.
 Lead the planning and implementation of climate-smart agriculture interventions, including the distribution of drought-resistant seeds, tools, and inputs to farmers.
 Provide technical training and capacity-building to farmers in climate-smart agricultural practices, food processing, handling, storage, and marketing.
 Support the establishment of small and medium-scale food processing businesses, improving their access to markets and increasing food production and income.
 Monitor agricultural activities to ensure increased productivity and the adoption of climate-resilient practices among target communities.
 Collaborate with community leaders, agricultural cooperatives, and other stakeholders to ensure the success of agronomy-related interventions.
 Conduct participatory assessments and surveys to identify agricultural needs and opportunities for improvement within the targeted communities.
 Ensure that all agronomy interventions are aligned with gender-sensitive approaches, encouraging active participation of women and youth in agricultural activities.
 Provide regular updates and reports on the progress of agronomy-related activities.

Monitoring, Evaluation, Accountability, and Learning
 Prepare and implement action plan for quality monitoring
 Mobilizing and Making communities aware of project objectives, outputs and activities and MEAL systems and SCI Child Safeguarding Policies.
 Facilitate project and activities information at all events such as training and workshops
BEHAVIOURS (Values in Practice)
Accountability:
 holds self-accountable for making decisions, managing resources efficiently, achieving and role modeling Save the Children values
 holds the team and partners accountable to deliver on their responsibilities - giving them the freedom to deliver in the best way they see fit, providing the necessary development to improve performance and applying appropriate consequences when results are not achieved.
Ambition:
 sets ambitious and challenging goals for themselves and their team, take responsibility for their own personal development and encourage their team to do the same
 widely shares their personal vision for Save the Children, engages and motivates others
 future orientated, thinks strategically and on a global scale.
Collaboration:
 builds and maintains effective relationships, with their team, colleagues, Members, and external partners, and supporters
 Values diversity, and sees it as a source of competitive strength
 approachable, good listener, easy to talk to.
Creativity:
 develops and encourages new and innovative solutions
 willing to take disciplined risks.
Integrity:
 honest, encourages openness and transparency; demonstrates highest levels of integrity
QUALIFICATIONS
14th grade (Agriculture institute) (preferred to Bachelor's degree in the field of Agriculture.)
EXPERIENCE AND SKILLS
Essential
 Minimum of 3 years of experience in agronomy, climate-smart agriculture, or related livelihood interventions.
 Strong understanding of climate change impacts on agriculture and sustainable farming practices.
 Experience working in rural and vulnerable communities, including returnees and pastoral populations.
 Excellent training and facilitation skills with experience in building capacity in rural agricultural contexts.
Strong organizational and reporting skills.
Additional job responsibilities
The duties and responsibilities as set out above are not exhaustive and the role holder may be required to carry out additional duties within reasonableness of their level of skills and experience.
Equal Opportunities
The role holder is required to carry out the duties in accordance with the SCI Equal Opportunities and Diversity policies and procedures.
Child Safeguarding:
We need to keep children safe, so our selection process, which includes rigorous background checks, reflects our commitment to the protection of children from abuse.
Health and Safety
The role holder is required to carry out the duties in accordance with SCI Health and Safety policies and procedures.

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