Vacancy title:
Technical Specialist/Youths Skills Development & Community Engagement

Jobs at:
Regional Universities Forum for Capacity Building in Agriculture (RUFORUM)

Deadline of this Job:
30 September 2018.

Duty Station:
Uganda

JOB DETAILS:

We are retained by the Regional Universities Forum for Capacity Building in Agriculture (RUFORUM) to identify competent individuals to fill the following posts: Deputy Executive Secretary, Programme Development & Implementation (DES PD&I); Technical Specialist, Youth Services Development & Community Engagement (TS YSD & CE); Technical Specialist, Policy Analysis (TS-PA); Technical Specialist, Research and Development (TS-R&D); Internal Auditor (IA); and Systems Accountant (SA). All the positions are based at the RUFORUM Secretariat in Kampala, Uganda.
RUFORUM operation is guided by its Vision 2030 Strategy (The African Universities’ Agenda for Agricultural Higher Education, Science, Technology and Innovation - AHESTI), which is being implemented through four Flagship Programmes. Visit RUFORUM website. Prospective applicants are advised to review the RUFORUM Vision 2030 Strategy and the Five Year Operational Plan (2018-2022). The job roles and requirements of the posts are detailed below

Post: Technical Specialist/Youths Skills Development & Community Engagement (YSD&CE)

Job Role
Reporting to the Manager/Training and Community Engagement, the Technical Specialist, YSD&CE will perform the following roles:

• Liaise with member universities, partner institutions and networks to develop programme/project proposals that are attractive and develop agricultural skills for the youth that engender employability and entrepreneurship.
• Support initiatives for curricular reforms for teaching/ training, learning and research methodologies and practices that are relevant to the skills demand and create valuable and attractive opportunities for economic empowerment of the youth.
• Develop programmes and support initiatives for strengthening agri-business, entrepreneurship and community engagement.
• Develop programmes/ projects that promote engagement and solid networks between agricultural training, learning and research institutions, industry and the farming community that are mutually beneficial and address existing challenges.
• Monitor and assess the quality and impact of agricultural skills development programmes for the youth in liaison with the Planning, Monitoring and Evaluation Unit.
• Advocate for support that propels youth participation in the areas of agricultural science, technology and innovation for skills enhancement.
• Facilitate agricultural institutions to profile investment opportunities to guide youth engagement in agri-business, entrepreneurship and innovation.
• Develop programmes/ projects that link tertiary agricultural training institutions to scale out innovative farming models to the farming communities.
• Develop programmes/ projects for agricultural tertiary institutions that support community action research plans, community engagement and strengthening commodity value chains that benefit the farming community.
•  Develop programmes/projects to optimize community uptake of beneficial research outputs and outcomes.

Job Requirements

• At least MSc degree in relevant field of science including agriculture, biological or environmental/ natural resources sciences.
• Post Graduate Diploma in Education Management or Project Management.
• Five years in university/ research or training institution.
• Ability to prioritise work and work under minimum supervision towards the desired results.
• Ability to analyse divergent views objectively.

Terms and Conditions
These are regionally recruited positions which offer attractive remuneration packages. The positions are open only to Nationals of Member States where RUFORUM operates (See Map showing RUFORUM Footprint). The initial contract period will be for 3 years, subject to probationary period of six months. .

Job application procedure

Applications with detailed curriculum vitae (in pdf form), copies of certificates, transcripts, names of three referees and the applicant’s Skype Address; daytime telephone contact should be sent online to our E-mail with the subject Appointment in RUFORUM followed by the Job title. For example “Appointment in RUFORUM: Systems Accountant”
Email address: damaconsultantsltd@gmail.com 
Any form of canvassing will lead to disqualification. Only short listed applicants will be contacted.
Closing date: 30 September 2018.
Note: Applications will continue to be received and considered until the right candidates are identified