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Job Title ⇒ Agriculture/Horticulture Officer
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Organization ⇒ Rwenzori Center for Research and Advocacy
Duty Station ⇒ Uganda
About US
Rwenzori Center for Research and Advocacy is beginning a new initiative called
“1,000 Gardens for Health and Nutrition” to improve the health, nutritional
status and livelihoods of families in Kasese District, Uganda. The
implementation theme will be “a sustainably grown vegetable garden as the
entry point to improving the household’s well-being”.
Job Summary ⇒ The Agriculture/Horticulture Officer will be responsible for
developing and implementing the 1,000 Gardens for Health and Nutrition
initiative under the supervision and with the inputs of RCRA Executive
Director, Senior Technical Advisor, and local RCRA staff. Using a phased and
integrated approach, the Officer will ensure that all participating women
gardeners ‘graduate’ with knowledge and means to sustain successful vegetable
gardens to improve household welfare through collective and individual
supports.
Key Duties and Responsibilities ⇒
⇗ Training 1,000 households, using a phased approach, in
agroecological/sustainable methods in horticulture, including soil fertility,
integrated pest management, and water conservation.
⇗ Ensure supervision and maintenance of health of vegetable gardens &
linkages system, as a core part in Case Management processes, thereby ensure
proper documentation of beneficiaries reached to access cores services.
⇗ Preparing and submitting timely and informative project periodic activity
reports.
⇗ Document best practices at community level and within the referral and
linkage network in form of case studies, success stories and share at various
forums at district level, project and national level.
⇗ Organizing agricultural demonstrations and awards to best performing
gardens on a quarterly basis, or as deemed appropriate intervals.
⇗ Undertake from time to time any other tasks/responsibilities relating to
project implementation and achievement of results.
Qualifications, Skills and Experience ⇒
⇗ The applicant must hold a university diploma or higher in agriculture, with
a specialty in horticulture preferred.
⇗ Good technical knowledge of agroecological methods related to non-chemical
pest management and soil fertility.
⇗ Prior experience providing technical assistance for small-scale
horticulture/vegetable gardens in field placements, internships or other
means.
⇗ She/he should have demonstrated ability and experience to work at
community/village level.
⇗ Able to develop periodic work plans and timely reports
⇗ Technical competence, planning, budgeting, monitoring and evaluation skills
⇗ She/he should have demonstrated skills to work in project teams.
⇗ She/he should have computer skills including MS Word, Excel, PowerPoint,
data entry etc….
⇗ Demonstrable good communication skills in both English and Lukonzo
⇗ Skills and experience in coordination and network building.
Desirable
⇗ Driving permit class A- Motorcycles
⇗ Additional training in M& E shall be an added advantage.
⇗ Knowledge of human nutrition and ability to design nutrition-oriented
gardens.
How to Apply ⇒
All candidates should send an application to rcra@rcra-uganda.org or Hand
deliver it together with a detailed C.V and copies of academic transcripts to
our Office located in addressed to
Plot 5, Koro Road, Kamaiba, Kasese
P.O. Box 599, Kasese. Uganda
Deadline 15 th November 2020
Note Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted for interviews. Rwenzori
Center for Research and Advocacy is an Equal Opportunity Employer.
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