Job
Title: Agriculture Officer
Title: Agriculture Officer
Organisation: Finnish
Refugee Council (FRC)
Refugee Council (FRC)
Duty
Station: Uganda
Station: Uganda
About
FRC:
FRC:
Finnish Refugee
Council (FRC) is an international NGO promoting adult education and community
development among refugees and has been active in Uganda since 1997 as an
operational partner to OPM and UNHCR.
Council (FRC) is an international NGO promoting adult education and community
development among refugees and has been active in Uganda since 1997 as an
operational partner to OPM and UNHCR.
Key Duties and Responsibilities:
·
The incumbent will plan and coordinate agriculture
related income generating activities and seek opportunities for agribusiness
among refugees.
The incumbent will plan and coordinate agriculture
related income generating activities and seek opportunities for agribusiness
among refugees.
·
Offer professional mentorship, training and support
to agriculture related refugee groups.
Offer professional mentorship, training and support
to agriculture related refugee groups.
·
In charge of designing training materials related to
agriculture, agribusiness, environmental issues.
In charge of designing training materials related to
agriculture, agribusiness, environmental issues.
Qualifications, Skills and
Experience:
Experience:
·
The candidates should hold Bachelor’s degrees in
Agriculture with specialisation / experience in agribusiness.
The candidates should hold Bachelor’s degrees in
Agriculture with specialisation / experience in agribusiness.
·
Two years’ professional experience in agriculture as
business, community development.
Two years’ professional experience in agriculture as
business, community development.
·
Practical exposure and experience in participatory
methods of training farmers, developing agribusiness.
Practical exposure and experience in participatory
methods of training farmers, developing agribusiness.
·
Language competence in Swahili or French.
Language competence in Swahili or French.
How to Apply:
All suitably
qualified and interested candidates should send their applications including salary
request and updated CVs with contacts of 3 work / academic reference persons
and send to: [email protected].
qualified and interested candidates should send their applications including salary
request and updated CVs with contacts of 3 work / academic reference persons
and send to: [email protected].
NB: Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted. Please
do not send copies of academic certificates.
do not send copies of academic certificates.
Deadline:
25th September 2015
25th September 2015
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