Job Specific Responsibilities

1.         Implement TOV project interventions:

§  Participate actively in client selection

§  At the field level, doing continuous follow-up and technical support to the women groups, youths and individual farmers to ensure adoption of new technologies by the farmers to increase the horticulture production;

§  Provide technical support on post-harvest handling of vegetables to reduce product loss;

§  Facilitate market linkage to the producers;

§  Providing technical support to SMEs that includes Farmers cooperatives, Unions and other business organizations engaged in horticulture input supply, marketing and other related activities.

§  Working with woreda experts and Development Agents (DAs) and private actors to implement the project activities effectively.

§  Facilitating roundtables and collaborative problem solving meetings with a range of market system actors at the field and woreda levels;

§  Negotiating with potential private sector or other implementing partners; Persuade market system players of the business benefits and means to adopt more inclusive business models;

2.         Provide/facilitate capacity building activities

§  Ensure all training materials reach on time

§  Deliver trainings to cooperatives on business plans, financial management, good governance, post-harvest handling and quality;

§  Facilitate and support farmers’ cooperatives, group of farmers, women group, youths and individual farmers access to credit;

§  Deliver capacity building trainings to Small and Micro Enterprises.

§   Check attendance of trainees for reporting and follow-up practical implementation of the training.

3.         Planning and management of demonstration plots

§  Submit BA weekly work plan

§  Participate in site selection, design and implementation process

§  Facilitate timely delivery of new technologies to the sites.

§  Follow-up farm activities and application of new technologies,

§  Follow-up demo plots activities regularly,

§  Check demo plot status, complete form and give feedback

4.         Stakeholder Management

§  Create a good working relationship with stakeholders.

§  Holding meeting with Agriculture and administration offices of the respective Weredas once every month/quarter.

§  Meet with Cooperatives, unions, SMEs to give progress report every quarter.

§  Perform other duties as assigned by the Project manager.

5.         Planning and Reporting

§  Working with MEL staff and facilitate the data collection at the field level;

§  Plan weekly and monthly activities and submit to the Project manager

§  Deliver weekly updates to project manager

§  Participate in regular team meeting and training activities to build own training skills;

§  Bachelor’s Degree in Horticulture, Irrigation, Agronomy, Plant science, Crop sciences, Agricultural Science etc.

§  Experience in drip irrigation installation and management is a must

§  At least two to four years’ professional experience – ideally private sector – in one or more of the following areas: horticulture, irrigation, agronomy, cooperative management or agriculture.

§  Strong planning skills and experience working to strict time-guidelines

§  Strong interpersonal and cross-cultural skills

§  Willingness to spend significant time in rural areas

§  Excellent communication skills, written and oral, in both English and local language

§  Computer literacy, Business Acumen

 Preferred Skills:

§  Knowledge of second local language is an advantage.

§  Legal license to drive a motorbike is advantageous. (Please attach copy of valid motorbike license.)