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1. CONTEXT
SODEICO Sarl, a company specializing in the recruitment and provision of qualified personnel, is recruiting on behalf of one of their clients for a Program funded by USAID/BHA (United States Agency for International Development/Bureau of Humanitarian Assistance) an Agriculture Lead. The client is a global humanitarian organization that works with people in poverty and distress to create justice and positive change through empowering partnerships and responsible actions. For this position Based in Kasai/DRC ; the client seeks passionate, engaged and experienced candidate who embodies values of connectedness, courage and compassion.
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3. DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES
a) In collaboration with the Purpose One Lead
The Agriculture Lead will be responsible to:
- Promote sustainable agricultural practices, nutrition sensitive agriculture and sustainable climate smart agriculture practices
- Improve availability of information on nutrition- sensitive, climate-smart production and market information through fact sheet, pictorial guides, digital tools
- Complete Farmer Field School curriculum and syllabus
- Support implementation and startup of Farmer Fields School (identification of participants, trainings, demonstration field)
- Train SNV, IPA, SENASEM staff, and agrodealers, input suppliers, local NGOs, and farmer group on Climate-Smart Agriculture practices and required inputs and tools
- Facilitate effective use of quality production inputs by farmers to improve yield
- Initiate business model to support formal seed production
- Provide support to seed multiplication groups (access to land, training and capacity building, grants to seed production organizations, grants to seed cooperatives, linkage with INERA research station in Kwilu)
- Facilitate training to SENASEM staff, SNV extension specialists, INERA and other Ministry of Agriculture staff on seed production techniques
- Establish a voucher mechanism for farmer to purchase agricultural inputs, tools, and supplies
- Conduct agricultural input fair for input suppliers and other stakeholders to demonstrate products and technologies, promote sales and linkages among actors
- Strengthen farmers knowledge on high quality agricultural inputs from agrodealers
- Promote production of nutritionally dense food aligned with DRC ‘’four-star diet’’
- Design parmagarden as year-fruit and vegetable garden production including agroforestry and small-scale household livestock
- Support the implementation of small-scale irrigation to increase agricultural dry season production
- Support implementation of Market Information System
- Train farmers to better manage soil and water resources
- Support community group to advocate for inclusive land access
b) Monitoring of activity and reporting
- Ensure monitoring (follow up) field activities and regularly provide reports to Lead 1
- Provide weekly, monthly, quarterly, and annual activity reports to Lead 1
- Provide routine oversight and analysis of delivery data to M&E Manager
- Report on incidents during follow up of activities
- Provide reports of assessments on farmers' agricultural input needs
c) Financial management
- Forecast expenses and purchases in advance
- Ensure appropriate compliance with the client rules and regulations
- Manage project resources under his/her responsibility with transparency, probity and efficiency
- Respect the budget lines and avoid budget overruns
d) Planification/Reporting
- Plan weekly and monthly activities with Lead 1
- Contribute to the development of planning for the project's annual activities
- Contribute to the quarterly and annual report of project activities
- Support monitoring and evaluation with respect to data collection, data quality, project performance and progress
- Contribute and assist in providing technical and guidance to the client
- Ensure maintenance of the project files (administrative, financial, and programmatic)
- Record lessons learned and ensure they are shared in a timely manner
e) Representation
- Participate at the food security cluster meeting
- Participate at meetings and other activities of other projects funded by the client and other donors depending on the relevance of the activities
- Establish and maintain solid and good relationships with project stakeholders (consortium, local authorities, project beneficiaries, etc.)
f) Logistics /Procurement /Quality Assurance
- Comply with established procedures by the client
- Plan purchases of agricultural inputs and other materials on time
- Support the procurement/purchase staff to ensure effective interface with suppliers’ quality systems
- Support the quality review of project documents and deliverables
- Ensure that quality of work packages and deliverables complies with the client’s quality requirement
g) Personnel Management
- Ensure that performance reviews of staff under his/her supervision are conducted fairly, accurately, and timely
- Ensure safety and security for all project staff under his/her supervision
- Comply with the client security procedures
h) Other responsibilities
- Create, foster and role model a culture of respect and zero tolerance for discrimination, abuse of responsibility, harassment, sexual harassment, sexual abuse, and sexual exploitation
- Treat all individuals with respect; respond sensitively to difference and encourage other to do the same
- Ensure accountability for actions plans, as expected by the client
- Express clearly and concisely ideas or facts
- Actively listen and share knowledge
i) Humanitarian Accountability
- Adhere and comply with humanitarian accountability principles and the client codes of conduct
- Report and denounce all abuses according to the client procedures
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4. BASIC SKILLS AND KNOWLEDGE
- Excellent written and oral communication skills, analytical, interpersonal, attention to details
- Ability to implement and support improved, sustainable agricultural practices
- Ability to support and implement effective nutrition-sensitive agriculture activities
- Ability to support implementation of small-scale irrigation for dry crop production
- Ability to support and facilitate equitable access to arable land for production
- Good knowledge of the seed system for seed producer farmers
- Ability to work with state service (INERA, SNV, SENASEM) and other actors to facilitate access to agricultural inputs (seeds)
- Ability to work in a team, communicate well, meet deadlines and make recommendations for change.
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6. LANGUAGE PROFICIENCY
- Excellent command of French, knowledge of a local language spoken in Kasai. English is an asset (Intermediate level would be accepted).
7. PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS/WORK ENVIRONMENT/SPECIFIC REQUIREMENTS
*. Travel
- Some local travel to project sites of activities
* Mental/Emotional Requirements:
- Must be able to work in a fast-paced and customer service-oriented environment; to perform duties under pressure and meet deadlines in a timely manner; to work as part of a team as well as to complete assignments independently; to take instructions from supervisors; to exercise problem-solving skills; and to interact with co-workers, supervisors, network employees, donors and the public in a professional and pleasant manner.
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