Vacancy title:
Field Officers

Jobs at:
UGACOF Limited

Deadline of this Job:
not later than 27th January 2017

Duty Station:
Mukono

Job details:
Key Responsibilities:

• Guide the producer organization (PO) and the tamer groups through the Farmer Field School (FFS) formalization process, i.e. establishing the FFS, leadership structure, constitutions, bye-laws, registration with the community development office.
  
• As the key resident resource person, conduct the regular FFS sessions on a weekly basis following the season long schedule.
  
• Carry-out ground working activities in preparation for the formation and registration of new and existing farmer groups and or producer organizations.
  
• Conduct trainings in good agronomic practices (GAP), PHH and collective marketing techniques, Village Savings and Loan Association (VSLA) methodology, Coffee Certification, Farming as a Family Business (FAAFB) and/or entrepreneurship.
  
• Conducting field demonstrations for learning to include good quality coffee nurseries, coffee fields and tree nurseries.
  
• Training and mentoring gender change agents on joint planning and gender mainstreaming to ensure greater participation of women and the youth in the coffee chain.
  
• Liaise with the Field Supervisor in preparing appropriate training content and any other necessary backstopping requirements and maintain a regular exchange of information with them.
  
• Guide the Farmer groups and/or producer organizations to put in place and regularly monitor and update the appropriate records and reporting formats where necessary.
  
• Organize the field days as an integral component of the FFS learning process
  
• Training P0 leadership and depot committees on their roles and responsibilities to have strong PO that are legally recognized self-sustaining and independent. ‘
  
• Ensuring that farmer groups carryout their business in a transparent and accountable manner.
  
• Prepare weekly, monthly and quarterly activity reports on the progress, challenges and status of the project implementation to the Field Supervisor.
  
• Perform other duties as may emerge from the project implementation

Qualification:

• Degree/Diploma in Agriculture, Forestry or a related field.
  
• A Post graduate qualification in a relevant discipline is an added advantage.

Experience: 2-3 years demonstrable experience in Agribusiness Company. Key Performance indicators:

• Number of potential farmers identified to participate in the project area responding to set criteria.
  
• Awareness of the farmer groups. the community and other stakeholders about the project, quality principles, practices and standards required.
  
• Accurate registration of farmers and inspection of the project guidelines
  
• Coverage of training topics to farmer groups Accurate documentation and filing of data required for the project On-time and accurate submission of weekly and monthly reports Farmers actively participating in VSLA’s Gender Mainstreaming in Project Areas
  
• Work within agreed Project standards.
  
• Manage tasks and be responsible for reporting through project structures.
  
• Duties are carried out in a professional manner to a high standard with due care and attention to a high standard with due care and attention to detail.

Job application procedure
if you feel you meet the above job requirements, send your applications to recruItment@ugacof.com not later than 27th January 2017. Hand delivered applications will not be accepted