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Senior Programme Officer - Agriculture Expert

  • Junagadh
  • 0-0L/Annual

Position: Senior Programme Officer - Agriculture Expert

Organization: RAF Global

Location: Junagadh District, Gujarat

ESSENTIAL CRITERIA FOR THE ROLE

  1. Minimum Bachelor's degree in Agriculture or Agribusiness Management
  2. At least 4-5 years of experience in the field of sustainable agriculture with civil society organization
  3. Well versed with the operational structures and the relevant schemes of the Central and State Department of Agriculture and other allied departments/institution both in state as well as district level.
  4. Excellent communication and public relationship skills with a temperament to handle the multiple tasks within the system.
  5. Excellent written and verbal communication skills in Hindi and Gujarati is a must. Working knowledge of English language will be an asset.
  6. A Candidate with a driving license of two-wheeler will be preferred.
  7. Experience of working on Excel, PowerPoint and other basic IT tools will be an added advantage.
  8. Demonstrated experience of cultural awareness, understanding and sensitivity.

CORE RESPONSIBILITIES, DUTIES & TASKS

 

Project co-ordination:

  • Lead the interventions as planned under Climate Smart Agriculture theme in Junagadh.
  • Identify & address gaps to fulfil program objectives and deliverables.
  • Organize farmers’ meetings to promote organic farming.
  • Provide technical training and capacity building support to farmers around chemical free/organic farming and agricultural innovations.
  • Familiarity with popular techniques like FFS (farmer field school), PTD ( participatory technology development), SRI (Systems of Rice Intensification), CA ( conservation agriculture), etc
  • Create knowledge products, training modules and relevant tool kits.
  • Promote and nurture FPO at the block.
  • Ability to prioritize assignments as per requirement and multitask as needed.
  • Building and maintaining rapport with community, CBOs and other relevant stakeholders.

Management:

  • Ensuring logistic support for key internal and external stakeholders, as and when required.
  • Undertake any other task assigned by supervisor(s).

Planning:

  • Support in preparing action plan for the proper implementation of the activities.

Monitoring:

  • Ensuring quality of the programme through regular field visits.
  • Ensure proper selection of the beneficiaries of the program as per the prescribed criteria.
  • Willingness to travel extensively in order to ensure smooth implementation of project and quality output.

Documentation and knowledge management:

  • Developing case studies, success stories for learning and development.
  • Support innovative approaches/processes including executing pilot projects and deriving new learning insights.
  • Submit monthly report on the interventions and the outcome.

Stakeholder Management:

  • Cultivate and nurture effective relationships with key stakeholders.
  • Liaise with district and block level government official for convergence and leveraging resources for effective implementation of the programme.

 

REMUNERATION

Remuneration will be in line with the market rates and based on evaluation of skills, with enormous opportunities for individual career growth.

Short Description
  • Job Experience:

    0-1 Years
  • Posted On:

    06 Aug,2023
  • CTC:

    0-0L/Annual
  • Organisation:

    RAF Global