Job details

• Level:3.VI
• Posts:4
• Under Contract
• Exams to be conducted
  • 1:PsychometricTest
  • 2:Written
  • 3:Oral

Reports To

Howard G. Buffet Foundation Conservation Agriculture Project Manager

Job responsibilities

• Leading and overseeing the implementation of project field activities at province level.
• Coordinating all CA extension activities and services provided by different organizations within the province.
• Organizing CA training for extension agents within the area assigned to him or her.
• Ensuring that the CA messaging and good agricultural practices promoted by different organizations at the FoBaSis within their assigned areas is harmonized and consistent.
• Providing technical backstopping to district and sector agronomists, farmer promoters on CA and good agriculture practices.
• Supervising CA Focal Persons deployed in the FoBaSis and conducting regular follow-up visits to assess performance.
• Leading the establishment on-farm CA demonstration plots and model farms.
• Organizing CA farmer field days and exchange visits.
• Planing provincial field activity schedules in line with the project timeframes and organizing the logistics needed to conduct field activities.
• Collecting and consolidating field data on CA adoption, ensuring data quality at field level, and submitting regular field reports.
• Supporting farmer feedback mechanisms and the documenting lessons learned, and flagging field-level risks or challenges to the Project Manager.

• Leading and overseeing the implementation of project field activities at province level.
• Coordinating all CA extension activities and services provided by different organizations within the province.
• Organizing CA training for extension agents within the area assigned to him or her.
• Ensuring that the CA messaging and good agricultural practices promoted by different organizations at the FoBaSis within their assigned areas is harmonized and consistent.
• Providing technical backstopping to district and sector agronomists, farmer promoters on CA and good agriculture practices.
• Supervising CA Focal Persons deployed in the FoBaSis and conducting regular follow-up visits to assess performance.
• Leading the establishment on-farm CA demonstration plots and model farms.
• Organizing CA farmer field days and exchange visits.
• Planing provincial field activity schedules in line with the project timeframes and organizing the logistics needed to conduct field activities.
• Collecting and consolidating field data on CA adoption, ensuring data quality at field level, and submitting regular field reports.
• Supporting farmer feedback mechanisms and the documenting lessons learned, and flagging field-level risks or challenges to the Project Manager.

• Conservation agriculture extension and training
• Agricultural project field coordination
• Technical support for agronomists and farmer promoters
• Supervision and performance follow-up
• Demonstration plot and model farm establishment
• Field activity planning and logistics coordination
• Field data collection, consolidation, and quality assurance
• Field reporting and documentation
• Farmer feedback and risk identification