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• Promote
  the use of modern farming practice and techniques through training,
  advising farmers, farm visits and demonstrations so as to transform
  targeted families from subsistence to commercial farmers in line with GoU
  policy.
• Promote
  Resilience and Livelihoods programme model for faster adoption of improved
  farming technologies towards building secure livelihoods for the marginal
  poor.
• Participate
  in Resilience and Livelihood planning, budgeting, implementation and
  monitoring of progress.
• Mobilize
  and facilitate the engagements of stakeholders during planning and
  development meetings, workshops and other fora.

• Identify
  project beneficiaries in collaboration with Local structures and in
  accordance with the laid down guidelines/rules and timeframe.
• Coordinate
  project activities with sub-county authorities, government extension
  agents and other partners at community level.
• Ensure
  Small holder farmers’ groups are mobilized, organized and strengthened
  into strong business groups/cooperatives (rural producer cooperatives,
  marketing cooperatives, Savings groups/Savings and Credit Cooperatives)
  for bulk purchase of inputs, value addition, bulking and collective
  marketing of produce
• Develop
  the farmer’s capacity to improve production and productivity of selected
  enterprises of desired quality by the market through demonstrations to
  farmer’s
• Establish
  and follow up demonstrations to facilitate production and productivity
  among the farmers

• Document
  and maintain records pertaining to training, production activities forward
  issues to management for decisions and appropriate action in line with WVU
  policies.
• The
  incumbent will also write up accurate and timely reports pertaining to all
  planned activities in the required format and submit to the Project
  Coordinator Livelihood
• Ensure
  Care givers/Foster parents of unaccompanied Refugee children are members
  of farmer business groups/cooperatives and are accessing business
  developments services.
• Participate
  in monthly / quarterly reflection meetings with Child Monitors and
  guardians/parents and child protection committees to address findings from
  monitoring.

• Monitor
  the wellbeing and child abuse cases and report any incidents in line with
  child protection policy and guidelines.
• Work
  closely with local leaders to protect children from child violations and
  abuses
• Sensitize
  children including most vulnerable, guardians/parents and other
  stakeholders about children’s rights and responsibilities.

• The
  ideal candidate for the World Vision Community Development Assistant
  Resilience and Livelihood job opportunity should hold a diploma in
  agriculture or agribusiness or forestry or any other relevant discipline.
  Experience in community work and engagement Agricultural, Economic
  Development and Livelihood is and added advantage
• Entrepreneurship,
  micro finance and strong agribusiness skills
• Computer
  literate
• Writing
  and reporting skills
• Networking
  and influencing skills
• Ability
  to communicate in applicable local language(s) is and added advantage
• Passion
  for children.
• Track
  record demonstrating high integrity, reliability and dependable
• Ability
  to work with minimal supervision

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