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• With guidance from the Economic Strengthening Officer, the AEW will be responsible
  for providing extension services to BETTER OUTCOME supported youth and
  caregivers engaged in market oriented production of maize, beans, hot
  pepper, chilli and indigenous poultry in their respective sub counties.
  S/he will be responsible for relevant agronomic trainings, provision of
  embedded services like establishing demonstration gardens, organizing
  field days and facilitating market linkages to enhance the productivity
  and profitability of the selected enterprises.
• Work closely with BETTER OUTCOME community
  based structures like Community Based Trainers (CBTs), District Based
  Trainers (DBTs), Para-Social Workers (PSWs) and Field Assistants (FAs) to
  ensure integrated approach to program implementation
• Establish and maintain productive working relationships
  with local government officials and line departments, soliciting their participation in all
  activities where possible.
• In addition, she must establish and maintain
  good working relationships
  and coordination with Sub County, Parish and village leaders and the local
  government extension workers, other development agencies, private sector
  partners and beneficiaries
• Establish linkages and partnerships with local
  stakeholders – input
  dealers, buyers, government extension workers and create viable business
  linkage e.g support input agents to support the expansion of their village
  agent network
• Actively participate in the developing
  quarterly work plan, ensure execution and timely reporting on agreed deliverables
• Participate in all trainings and meetings
  facilitated by the consortium and private sector partners
• Register new and existing youth and caregivers’
  household engaged in BETTER OUTCOME supported market base initiatives
  using the market linkage
  tool and later using a mobile phone. S/he will be responsible for basic
  data/information collection e.g. the size of the plot, top cross and
  animals, pricing, topics of interest and other project indicators
  developed by the M&E Team
• Produce written reports on the program capturing deliverable outcomes and
  impacts related to all activities.

• The
  ideal candidate for the Mercy Corps Agriculture-Extension Worker (AEW) job
  opportunity should hold a diploma or certificate in agriculture or
  related field like forestry or environment.
• Certificate
  holders must have at least a minimum of 2-year field experience in
  agriculture extension services, farmers training, community mobilization
  targeting youth and women
• Should be a youth or caregiver preferably from
  a BETTER OUTCOMES supported household
• Should be a resident in the community with no
  other job
• Should be able to read and write in English and
  speak local language
• Should be eager to learn new things and able to
  use a smartphone
• Must be willing to attend relevant trainings like use of smart phones to disseminate
  agriculture advisory services, HIV messages and also to collect data
• Candidate must be willing to live within the
  sub county of operation and be able to travel extensively throughout the
  parishes within the sub county or program sites.
• Good computer skills i.e. MS office, MS Excel
  and ability to ride a bicycle is required.

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