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• Participate in projects and experiments in
  the field of agronomy.
• Discus the orientation and technical
  demands of agronomic activities and assumes responsibility for the
  technical aspects in the execution of the same.
• Carry out a variety of specialized
  technical tasks such as assessing field site characteristics and selecting
  field locations, and determining requirements for fertilizers and
  pesticides.
• Participate in the production, harvest,
  storage of seeds and crops.
• Organize schedule of land and equipment
  use. Assess needs and coordinates provision of equipment and materials.
• Offer technical guidance and extension
  support concerning best agronomic methods
• Organize, prepare and facilitate
  trainings, as required, to selected community members on specific
  sustainable and environmentally appropriate agronomic techniques
• Work closely with the District extension
  officers; provide support and mentoring post-training to ensure knowledge
  is appropriately cascaded to the project sub clusters, and regularly
  monitoring same in keeping with project requirements throughout the
  project lifetime.
• Offer appropriate extension services in
  crop production and management, focusing on diversification and
  intensification of agricultural production, and promoting integration into
  value chain activities.
• Take part in designing, planning, and
  implementing innovative approaches to agricultural and value chain
  activities.
• Promote best practice technologies,
  appropriate for the environments of identified project livelihood zones,
  to encourage production of agricultural products having potential to
  increase household income
• Work closely with M&E officer, develop
  and administer pre- and post- knowledge questionnaires to measure impact
  of knowledge sharing, and other materials related to project training and
  advocacy.
• Participate in project trainings, surveys,
  monitoring exercises, and donor, country and head office visits, as
  required.
• Compile clear and accurate reports on
  project trainings and other activities, as required.
• Participate in project planning and review
  meetings, as required.
• Support the M&E Officer in preparing
  weekly internal progress reports and quarterly/annual donor reports.
• Extract lesson learning from project
  implementation, and compile and share case studies with the organization
  and other project stakeholders as required.
• Offer regular and timely communication to
  supervisor and field colleagues on progress during project implementation,
  highlighting successes; delays; risks; challenges; irregularities and
  opportunities encountered during your work.
• Perform any other duties assigned by the
  supervisor.

• The applicants must hold a B.Sc. in
  Agronomy or a related area, such as soil conservation, agriculture
  education, or general agriculture
• Past experience in a related field
• Past exposure and experience in baseline
  data collection using GIS tools
• Posses a background in cereals, pulses or
  horticultural promotion projects
• Excellent interpersonal skills, proven
  networking, team-building, organizational and communication skills
• Computer literacy skills are essential.

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