Technical Sector Officer- Livelihood (Agriculture) Zwedru Region (Liberia Nationals Only)

  • Location:
  • Salary:
    negotiable
  • Job type:
    Full time fix term
  • Posted:
    12 hours ago
  • Category:
    Agriculture & Farming
  • Deadline:
    September 18, 2026

BRAC is a global leader in developing and implementing cost-effective, evidence-based programs to empower the most marginalized in extremely poor, conflict-affected, and post-conflict states. Founded in Bangladesh in 1972, BRAC now works in more than 20 countries in Asia and Africa and takes a holistic approach to alleviating poverty, running programs in education, healthcare, microfinance, women and girls’ empowerment, agriculture, food security, and human and legal rights. Together, the initiative will result in systemic change that creates a positive and measurable impact for 1.2 million adolescent girls and young women, 1.9 million households, and 9.5 million people in 7 countries in Africa by 2027.

Purpose

Provide overall technical leadership and guidance to, Program Assistants, Branch Managers, and Regional Managers to ensure quality and timely implementation of agriculture and AIM activities. Routinely supervise PAs, BMs, CALPs on agriculture interventions while strengthening staff capacity and service delivery. Support the development and facilitation of technical training modules and provide field-level support during cost-sharing, group visits, and home visits. Coordinate with MIS/IT teams to ensure accurate and timely BInsight reporting and support preparation of budgets, concept notes, reports, and program documents. Coordinate with government institutions, technical agencies, and service providers to strengthen program implementation and technical partnerships.

Key Responsibilities:

  • Demonstrates strong commitment to planning and facilitating quality livelihood capacity building training, ensuring participants acquire practical knowledge, skills, and confidence to successfully implement and sustain their selected livelihood activities.
  • Effectively supports the establishment, capacity building, monitoring, and supervision of VSLAs, strengthening participants’ financial literacy, savings culture, access to internal lending, and collective economic empowerment.
  • Proactively identifies suitable TVET institutions and provides effective participant orientation and enrolment support, ensuring participants are appropriately guided and connected to relevant skills-development opportunities.
  • Maintains regular home and VSLA group visits to monitor participant progress, provide technical guidance, address challenges, and facilitate timely and transparent cost-sharing collection in line with program requirements.
  • Provides effective guidance to participants in developing household plans that promote asset diversification, multiplication, and sustainable livelihood growth, while ensuring timely and accurate quarterly review and reporting to the RM and Technical Livelihood Specialist on progress
  • Demonstrates effective coordination with partners, government institutions, YDCs, and communities to facilitate smooth program implementation, strengthen collaboration, resolve implementation challenges, and promote sustainable results.
  • Effectively supports the transparent and timely distribution of agriculture seeds, tools, livestock, and cash for income generation, enabling participants to establish and strengthen livelihoods, improve financial resilience, enhance dignity, and mitigate household-level economic shocks.
  • Provides timely and practical technical support and guidance to participants in selecting appropriate livelihood options based on their interests, capacities, resources, and local market opportunities, thereby promoting informed decisions and sustainable livelihood outcomes
  • Consistently promotes safeguarding awareness among participants and partners and supports the establishment of safe spaces, contributing to a respectful, inclusive, accountable, and safe environment for program implementation.

Qualifications, Experience & Competencies

Experience: At least 3 years relevant field experience in agriculture/livelihood programming, extension services, farmer group development, or youth-focused development programs.

Strong skills in training, community mobilization, monitoring, reporting, and stakeholder coordination are required.

  • Education: Bachelor’s Degree in General Agriculture, Agronomy, Agricultural Economics, Agribusiness, or a related field.

Knowledge & Skills:

  • Achievement of agriculture activities and targets as per the AOP/workplan.
  • Quality and timeliness of agriculture training, input distribution, and technical support.
  • Increased participant agricultural production, employment, and household income.
  • Effective establishment and functionality of VSLA saving groups/ home and group visits and linkages to markets and service providers.
  • Timely and accurate reporting and documentation.
  • Effective monitoring, follow-up, of group and home visit, safeguarding, and accountability.

Employment type: Regular/Fixed-Term

Salary: Negotiable

About BRAC International:

BRAC International (BI), a leading non-profit organization, is on a mission to empower people and communities facing poverty, illiteracy, disease, and social injustice. Our vision is to create a world free from exploitation and discrimination, where everyone has the opportunity to realize their potential. We design proven, scalable solutions that equip people with the support and confidence they need to achieve their potential.

BRAC was founded in Bangladesh in 1972 and over the last five decades has grown to become one of the world’s largest non-governmental organisations (NGOs), reaching over 100 million people. We started our first international operation by venturing into Afghanistan in 2002, building on lessons from our work in Bangladesh to support a nation devastated by war. Currently operating in 16 countries across Asia and Africa. Born, proven and led in the Global South, BRAC International brings a unique Southern perspective and commitment to continuous learning, providing a depth of insight, experience and evidence to meet the needs of diverse communities with humility and courage across Asia and Africa. To learn more about BRAC International, please visit (www.bracinternational.org.com)

Our Core Values:

Integrity: We approach our work with honesty and integrity.

Innovation: We innovate and iterate to improve our impact.

Inclusiveness: We foster inclusion to reach those who need it most Effectiveness: We strive for effectiveness to better serve people in poverty

If you feel you are the right match for the above-mentioned position, please follow the application process to grab your dream opportunity!

Candidates are recommended to email their Resume and Cover Letter to bimcf.liberia@brac.net

Application deadline: 18th September, 2026

BRAC is committed to safeguarding children, young people and adults, and expects all employees and volunteers to share the same commitment. We believe every stakeholder and every member of the communities we work with has the right to be protected from all forms of harm, abuse, neglect, harassment, and exploitation – regardless of age, race, religion, and gender, status as an individual with a disability or ethnic origin. Therefore, our recruitment policy and procedure include extensive background checks and disclosure of criminal records in order to ensure safeguarding to the fullest extent.

“BRAC International is an equal opportunities employer” Nationals are encouraged to apply!

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