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• The incumbent will also mobilise producer
  organisations to contribute resources for production, post-harvest
  reduction and marketing selected commodities including maize, beans,
  sorghum.
• Prepare and conduct producer organization
  and association profiling and capacity assessment to identify needs
  including training and input needs.
• Formulate and /or improve comprehensive
  training materials for effective delivery of training to the producer
  organisations and associations.
• Implement timely participatory and
  pragmatic training in farming as a business, postharvest handling, VSLA
  and value addition and in accordance with the training curriculum agreed
  and validated with the producer organisations and associations.
• Support producer organisations and
  associations to establish strong formal legal, governance and operational
  committees to improve their performance and institutional capacity.
• Support and/or facilitate producer
  organisations and associations to develop and implement comprehensive
  business and store plans to improve their business operations.
• The Project Field Officer will also link
  farmers to strategic stakeholders including input providers including
  post-harvest equipment, financial institutions, market information
  providers, and produce markets.
• Support and strengthen bulking and
  collective marketing, including training on bulking and collective
  marketing, support to SCP lending schemes.
• Monitor, follow up and mentor group
  performance with support from the Monitoring and Evaluation coordinator.
• Support and train producer groups and
  networks in market information systems, market data collection,
  analysis  and  dissemination,  price 
  determination  and  setting, 
  and accessing and utilising market information through different
  channels. Ensure the provision of weekly commodity market price information.
• Contribute to the planning and carrying
  out exchange visits, conferences and farmer exhibitions on produce
  marketing.
• Conduct regular crop performance
  monitoring and provide technical production advice to producer groups.
• Participate in regular monitoring and data
  collection on the SCP utilisation (deposits and sales) and training
  activities, and regular data entry into both internal and WFP databases,
  data analysis and reporting on trends and changes.
• Actively contribute to the development of
  weekly, monthly, quarterly and yearly workplans and reports 

• The applicants for the Project Field
  Officer job opportunities should hold Diplomas in agriculture,
  agribusiness or marketing. Other qualification will be considered if
  complemented by extensive practical experience.
• A minimum of two years’ experience in the
  field of agribusiness/agricultural production, agricultural produce
  marketing, market information and linkages.
• Extensive knowledge of the specific context,
  issues and challenges related to agricultural production and marketing in
  Northern Uganda.
• Previous experience of working in the
  region essential.
• Experience in community mobilisation and
  sensitisation/training in the fields of agriculture and marketing and
  strong technical knowledge in agricultural production with an emphasis on
  enhancing produce quality.
• Proven knowledge of and experience in
  support and training of small-scale farmers in enhancement of produce
  quality, post-harvest handling, and produce bulking, collective marketing
  and market information.
• Good writing and reporting skills with
  attention to detail and data accuracy. Experience in working with data and
  databases highly valued.
• Competence in Microsoft office (MS Word,
  MS Excel, MS Powerpoint).
• Fluent command of English and at least one
  of the following languages-Madi/Luo/Runyoro.
• Good motorcycle riding skills and valid
  riding permit and willingness to ride motorcycles.

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