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| Horticulture Extension officer | |||
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| Country | Afghanistan | Province | Balkh, Ghazni, Helmand, Kandahar, Kunduz, Logar, Wardak, Zabul, |
| Categories | Agriculture, | Type | Full Time |
| Post Date | 2022-02-13 | Close Date | 2022-02-23 |
| Vacancy No | 115 | Gender | male female |
| No Of Jobs | 19 | Contract Duration | End of 2022 (with possibility for extension) |
| Education | University degree in Agriculture specially in Horticulture is required | Experience | Minimum of 3 years of progressively responsible working experience in the field of Agriculture |
| Organization | Opportunities for you | Salary | As Per NTA (Grade-D) |
About Company
About Roots of Peace: Roots of Peace is a humanitarian organization whose mission is to rid the world of landmines and other remnants of war by transforming toxic minefields into thriving farmland and communities, through a focus on sustainable, organic farming practices. Roots of Peace is implementing the 3-year, USAID-funded Agriculture Marketing Program. The Agriculture Marketing Program (AMP) builds on the successes of Roots of Peace’s 10-year Commercial Horticulture & Agriculture Marketing Program (CHAMP), and aims over the 3-year period of implementation to increase export volumes and values, introduce new agricultural products to the market, diversify export markets and increase value-added processing. The increased exports will create additional demand for agricultural products that will drive job growth in rural areas. Key objectives/targets include increases in exports by US$450 million, domestics sales by US$50 million and jobs by 4,500. Activities will include: researching new market opportunities for Afghan products; operating trade offices in key markets; organizing or participating in international B2B events, trade missions and trade shows; organizing promotional activities in key markets; providing incentives for businesses exporting new products or to new markets; training in new markets, food safety, access to finance, etc.; facilitating access to trade credit; and mitigating trade impediments.
Job Description
POSITION SUMMARY:
Horticulture Extension officer will work under the overall supervision of the Regional/provincial coordinator. He will also provide support to provide the overall organizational planning process and design of an efficient planning system on district level.
He/She will work to select the potential farmers for orchard establishment, green house, quality improvement and processing activities in the light of developed technical and social criteria in close synergy with district and village elders. He/She will also be responsible to implement their activities in the close coordination of DAIL district offices for the smooth implementation
S/he will ensure that all activities are undertaken in compliance with USAID and ROP regulations, policies and procedures, and AMP objectives. S/he will undertake both administrative and technical tasks.
STRATEGIC ROLES:
The Horticulture extension officer will work in close synergy with the targeted province’s coordinator and the team for obtaining the project deliverables within the given timeframe and resources.
Tasks to Support Role:
- Provide the overall Organizational Planning process and design of an efficient Planning system on district level.
- Coordinate sound and efficient management and administration system in the target districts.
- Assist the regional/provincial coordinator for implementation of planned horticultural activities in the targeted district.
- Selection of farmers for orchard establishment, green house, quality improvement and processing activities in light of developed technical and social criteria in close coordination with village and districts elders.
- Attend the regular district meetings with district governor and MAIL-district Agriculture extension manager.
- Training of farmers on orchard layout, planting, irrigation, nutrition management, pruning, fruit thinning, dormant spray application, IPM, green house management, Post-harvest management and storage management.
- Organize and facilitate Farmer field schools on technical as well as extension methodology and extension management related issues according to Training Plan for capacity development of target farmers.
- Facilitate linkage meetings between lead farmers and potential exporters for income increase of farmers and boosting export from the respective district.
- Conduct daily visits of target farmers orchard and crops and provide technical assistance.
- Keep the regional/provincial coordinator with update information regarding program components in the district.
- Resolution of the problems raised in the field and be responsive for any questions coming from field or seek advice for better solution from regional coordinator/provincial coordinator.
- Work closely with the regional coordinator/provincial and business development and export facilitation team in order to ensure that all components of the program are running well and supported.
- Participate in all-related events (meeting, workshops, and conferences) and keep network with the national and International organizations in order to stay informed about orchard establishment and other horticultural-related developments in the district.
- Assist in all other operational and administrative tasks as required by the respective line manager
ADMINISTRATIVE
- Provide inputs (text and photos) for AMP monthly and quarterly reports.
- Provide data and information to the AMP M&E personnel, as required.
Job Requirement
Education:
- University degree in Agriculture specially in Horticulture is required.
- Good knowledge of Management, practical horticultural concepts, analyses, report writing, evaluations, assessment and presentation.
Work Experience:
- Minimum of 3 years of progressively responsible working experience in the field of Agriculture, particularly high value crops, FFS facilitation, offseason vegetable production, root cellar management and/or project management experience preferably in an international development setting.
Skills:
- Must have demonstrated understanding of coordination and project management skills with diverse team and large flow of information and activities.
- Must be able to work independently and prioritize, show initiative experience in an NGO setting.
- Ability and flexibility to work under stress and understanding to address sensitive social and/or political issues.
- Fluency in both spoken and written local languages Dari and Pashto and understanding of English.
- Demonstrated planning, analytical and problem-solving skills.
- Ability to set priorities and manage time effectively.
- Ability to think and communicate clearly with others
- Advance computer skills specially in Micro soft Office
- Strong analytical and communication, report writing and presentation skills
Submission Guideline
Qualified applicants are encouraged to send their Applications with clearly mentioning the job title and duty station of the vacancy in the subject line. Emails without duty station is sunject line will not be considered.