2 Agricultural Extension Supervisor Job Placements – Northern Uganda Resilience Initiative (NURI)
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: recruitment@nuri.ag
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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