POSITION SUMMARY:

The Agriculture Assistant is responsible for coordination, implementation, monitoring and reporting of all agricultural activities within his/her respective assigned areas in accordance with the best practices of the project. The agricultural activities mainly focus is to increase vulnerable households’ resilience to food and nutrition insecurity by strengthening food systems in Grand Bassa. The Agriculture Assistant is also responsible to provide technical support to project beneficiaries, including the provision of agricultural related trainings at the field level.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES

• Serve as primary liaison of SHED to government representatives, line ministries and communities, including attending meetings at the field office level;
• Shall set up, maintain, monitor and report on a series of best vegetables management practices and field demonstrations with participating farmers with in the county.
• Engage in the mobilization, awareness raising, and supervision of farmers for project implementation;
• Engage in aspects of the production, processing, value addition, transportation or marketing of farm product;
• Conduct farmer-training program in Food productions, including prevention, control, and treatment;
• Monitor farmers’ implementation from planting/ rearing to harvesting of products;
• Provides technical advice for the advancement of vegetables production\
• Provides monthly update/reports of the poultry component of the project;
• Make follow-up and report new cases affecting vegetable farmers to SHED’s Demonstration Farm for possible solutions;
• Establish an enabling environment for the farmers, where they can share their farming problems and seek collective solution (Farm Field School);
• Ensure that Farmers adopt Climate SMART Agriculture in the field;
• Supervises and coordinates activities of farmers engaged in vegetables, maintaining equipment facilities in their coop.

EDUCATION/ EXPERIENCE/ CREDENTIALS

• Bachelor’s degree in Agriculture, Agri-Business or related fields. Associate (AA) degree or its equivalent in any of the above/similar discipline fields may be considered;
• At least 5 years of experience working with farmers in vegetables and marketing;
• Experience with community mobilization and working with INGOs/NGOs;
• Capacity and willingness to learn new skills, research methods, and work routines under the mentorship of Team/Project Leader;
• Knowledgeable of Village Saving Loan Association (VSLA) and Farmer School Field Approach;
• Computer literate with proficiency in MS Office;
• Report writing;
• Ability to ride bike

How to Apply:

A letter explaining your suitability for the role of no more than one page, and CV, as well as contact details for three referees (including latest, or current employer) should be addressed to the Human Resources Department and sent by email only to the following address: jobs@shed-liberia.org

All applications must be received on or before 17:00, Saturday November 9, 2024. Kindly indicate the position you are applying for in the “subject” section of your email and your letter of motivation as well. Only short-listed candidates will be contacted. Kindly note that, due to the high volume of responses, only short-listed candidates will be invited to an interview, which will also include proficiency tests. Women are highly encouraged to apply.