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• Actively participate in developing
  messages, structures and systems to continually improve SNR Agricultural
  Extension Services to improve the productivity of poor farmers and help
  them turn that productivity into improved food security and livelihoods.
• Directly take lead in SNR Agricultural
  Extension Work and supervise field activities to ensure effective use of
  resources and successful targeting of services to the most vulnerable
  beneficiaries’ farmers in northern Karamoja.
• Actively participate in community
  mobilization and sensitization for adoption of best agronomic practices.
• Identify training needs, production
  constraints and devise solutions to address the problems at hand.
• Carry out training of SNR beneficiaries on
  selected topics in the extension curriculum and ensure training is in
  accordance with the guidelines.
• Identify technologies, practices, tools,
  equipment, varieties and partners that have the greatest potential to
  improve the agricultural productivity of Northern Karamoja and food
  security of the area’s most vulnerable, and engage/introduce them into
  SNR.
• Collect, compile, verify, enter and keep
  data on SNR program beneficiaries to inform programming, this will involve
  collecting all Agricultural Extension Workers monthly reports from the
  field.
• Work closely with the Crop sector to guide
  and link farmers to access genuine agro-input implements from agro-input
  dealers, retailers, agents or stockiest.
• Coordinate and work closely with district
  production department/sub county authorities to ensure that they are
  informed about the program activities through curtsey visits to the Sub
  county headquarters of program operation and at the production department
  at the district.
• Prepare timely monthly progress reports by
  providing data to support evidence of tasks accomplished by all AEWs and
  other work plan activities accomplished and submit to Agronomist.
• Represent the Agronomist and the agronomy
  sector in any SNR agricultural extension and advisory services in northern
  Karamoja.
• Carryout ground field verification of AEWs
  reports to capture the face and rate of farmer adoption to new
  technologies and better farming practices. Participate in organizing and
  conducting of monthly sector review meetings.
• Provide technical support and ground
  supervision of AEWs to ensure implementation of quality demonstration
  plots, farmer field days, farmer exchange visits, and community seed
  multiplication, perma-gardening and seed nurseries bed that may be
  supported by SNR program
• Coordinate with other SNR teams and
  partners.
• Incorporate gender mainstreaming into
  program activities, considering the specific needs of women farmers and
  their constraints to farming (time, land ownership, money, decision making
  etc.)
• Actively participate in the program
  reviews, assessments, monitoring activities, learning and evaluations.
• Assist the Agronomist with overall
  implementation of agriculture activities; develop future follow-on
  activity and any task as required.

• The ideal candidate for the Mercy Corps
  Agronomist job opportunity should hold a Bachelor of Science in Agronomy
  or related field within Agriculture.
• At least five years of field experience in
  agricultural extension services, agricultural programming, farmer training
  and community mobilization, project planning, activities with women, and
  similar relevant activities can apply.
• Be a self-starter, motivated, be able to
  work independently and take initiative.
• Excellent English language, verbal and
  written communication skills; proficiency in Ng’akarimojong or Lepthur is
  also preferable.
• Willingness to travel extensively
  throughout northern Karamoja districts or program sites.
• Good computer skills i.e. MS Office, MS
  excel
• Possess a valid motorcycle riding permit
  is an added advantage.

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