Vacancy: Agricultural Field Officer X3

Farm Community Trust of Zimbabwe (FCTZ), a local NGO Registered PVO: 3/99 seeks to recruit three (3) suitably qualified and interested Agricultural Field Officers for a Big Lottery Funded market led agriculture project: “Promoting Smallholder Market Engagement (PSME)” based in Mutare and working in the districts mentioned above. The project will be implemented together with local micro-finance institution, Zambuko Trust and an international technology development organization Practical Action. Women candidates are strongly encouraged to apply.

Reporting to the Sustainable Livelihoods Programme Advisor, the incumbents’ Key performance areas will include inter alia:
- Mobilize communities and beneficiaries in the irrigation schemes
- Facilitate training of communities and project beneficiaries in Community Based approaches
- Beneficiary targeting, registration and verification
- Selection, registration and verification of lead farmers and the Marketing Committees
- Coordinate and liaise with Agritex and Irrigation Development Officers for training of farmers and offering of extension services
- Facilitate training of Marketing Committees, farmers and extension staff in Participatory Market Systems Development
- Organize market led input supply to farmers
- Organize field days at irrigation schemes
- Organize annual district stakeholder information sharing meetings for the project
- Produce project weekly, monthly and half yearly reports to be submitted to the national office
- Monitoring and evaluation of project activities and progress
- Presentation of best practices at RDDC meetings and other forums.

Person Specifications
- A degree in Agriculture or Equivalent
- At least three years’ experience in a similar position
- Previous NGO experience will be a distinct advantage
- Excellent computer skills
- Good communication skills – both written and verbal; experience of writing reports
- Good organisational and personal management skills, with ability to prioritise work issues to meet deadlines with minimal supervision
- Excellent personal skills in training, presentations and facilitation
- Class 3 drivers’ licence

Apply
Applications should reach the Human Resources Officer, Farm Community Trust of Zimbabwe, 9A William Gale Close, P.O Box WGT 1049, Westgate, Harare or email: silas.matenda1n@gmail.com
Application deadline: 29 April 2013

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