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Job Title:  Agroforestry Specialist  

Organisation: Latek Stay Alliance Uganda

Duty Station: Kampala, Uganda

About Organisation:

Latek Stay Alliance Uganda is an umbrella organization of social entrepreneurs, with the primary objective of reducing extreme poverty through a social enterprise approach that promotes sustainability and impact.

Job Summary:   The Agroforestry Specialist will guide and support Latek Stay Alliance Uganda’s implementing partners in designing, testing and scaling the sustainable agroforestry project.

Key Duties and Responsibilities:

• Establish and maintain strong partnerships with implementing partners, institutions, government agencies, and private sector actors to promote and sustain the sustainable agroforestry interventions in the target communities.
• Work closely and support partners to plan, implement, monitor, and evaluate sustainable agroforestry interventions, ensuring alignment with project goals and timelines.
• Provide expert guidance on sustainable agroforestry practices that are resilient to climate change, adaptable to local conditions, and applicable in the target project districts.
• Oversee the planning and execution of activities for partners and project beneficiaries, while offering technical advice to ensure the successful rollout.
• Ensure sustainable agroforestry interventions are timely integrated into Latek’s overall programming and planning processes and effectively delivered to project beneficiaries.
• Evaluate the participation capacity of partners and farmers in the target areas in sustainable agroforestry initiatives and propose tailored measures, designs, and interventions.
• Ensure quality and timely periodic and ad-hoc reports on sustainable agroforestry intervention activities, ensuring accuracy and alignment with project objectives.
• Research sustainable agroforestry crops, varieties, techniques, innovations and collaborate with research centres and specialists in the sustainable agroforestry space.

Qualifications, Skills and Experience:

• University Degree in Agroforestry, Forestry, or sustainable agriculture or related area. Postgraduate qualifications in a relevant field are an added advantage
• At least five years of relevant experience in Agro-forestry or related field
• Proven ability to guide and support partners in implementing medium to large scale projects.
• Experience working with smallholder farmers and rural communities in Uganda.

Skills

• Deep understanding of intercropping, carbon sequestration, and agroforestry practices.
• Strong training, facilitation, and capacity-building skills.
• Proficiency in monitoring and evaluation frameworks and tools.
• Excellent communication, coordination, and analytical skills.

Core Competencies

• Results Focus, Teamwork, Communication, Building Effective Relationships, Knowledge Sharing and Continuous Improvement

How to Apply:

All qualified and interested candidates are encouraged to submit their applications, including a curriculum vitae, copies of academic qualifications, and contact details of three referees, via email to info@stay-alliance-uganda.org with ernest.namanya@stay-alliance-uganda.org in copy

Deadline: 16th March 2025.

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