Job
Title: Agricultural
Extension Supervisor (2 Job Placements)
Organisation: Northern
Uganda Resilience Initiative (NURI)
Duty Station: Uganda
Reports to:
RAU Coordinator
About US:
Northern Uganda
Resilience Imitative (NURI) is a DANIDA-funded programme, is to be implemented
in the districts of Moyo and Adjumani in the West Nile sub-region from 2019 to
2022. Activities on Climate Smart Agriculture (GSA) will be implemented by
Resilience Agricultural Units (RAUs). The main activity under the intervention
is to build resilience in communities in the face of a changing climate.
Key Duties and Responsibilities:
- Supervise the selection of farmer groups
- Performance manage Agricultural Extension Officers (AEOs)
- Lead in planning monthly extension activities with clearly set
targets - Review training reports from the AEOs
- Prepare monthly, quarterly and annual progress reports on
agricultural training - Review and collate all data collected by AEOs
- Plan and participate in farmer’s open days
- Plan and participate in capacity building activities for
organization staff - Initiate agricultural training activity related procurement.
- Coordinate farmer training with the district and sub-county
production departments - Support the Coordinator in organizing quarterly monitoring by DEC
and LLG . - Plan and participate in weekly radio programs
Qualifications, Skills and Experience:
- The applicant should preferably hold a university degree in
Agriculture or Crop Production. - At least three years of work experience in agricultural extension.
- Experience in supervision of extension staff
- Technical skills in program planning and implementation.
- Fluency in English and a relevant local language (specifically Madi)
- Basic computer skills; i e. MS Office.
- A valid motorcycle riding permit is a must.
How to Apply:
All candidates are
encouraged to send your cover letter and updated CV with 3 work related
referees as one PDF document to the email or address below for hand deliveries:
Email:
[email protected]
OR
Hand deliver at
Address:
NURI Coordination
Function Office- Arua
C/o Danish Refugee
Office (DRC) -Arua
To the Attention:
Regional Coordinator Moyo and Adjumani
Kind note:
Specify your
preferred choice of duty station (i.e. Moyo or Adjumani but not both in the
subject area of your email)
Do not attach copies
of academic documents. Emails that exceed 2MB will not be considered.
No applicant is
allowed to apply for more than two positions.
Deadline: 6th June 2019 by 5:00pm
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