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 [email protected] with [email protected] in copy
Deadline: 16th March 2025.
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