Summary
Date Posted: Monday, June 19 2023, Base Salary: Not Disclosed

JOB DETAILS:
Knowledge, Skills & Competences
• In depth knowledge about Agroecological Pest Management, Fall Armyworm.
• Local or regional work experience in the area of integrated Pest Management.
• Strong interpersonal skills and the ability to work within a team and independently.
• Flexibility and ability to multi-task and work in an international team.
• Excellent writing and communication skills.
• Proven administrative, organisational and management skills.
• Proficiency in English, knowledge of Luo.
• Very good knowledge of the Northern region of Uganda

Responsibilities
Key Responsibilities
The Rural Development Advisor will be in charge of:
• Implementation of all activities (Planning, Preparation, Implementation, Reporting) with regards to agroecological pest management and a special focus on Fall Armyworm implemented by GIZ.
• Regular and close engagement and collaboration with ICIPE regarding their implementation in Northern Uganda.
• Regular and close working relationship with GIZ Zambia as the DV of the project.
• Providing technical advisory services and capacity development support to the counterparts in selected districts in Northern Uganda, with a specific focus on agroecological pest management.
• Advice and support selected farmer groups in identifying business opportunities with regards to agroecological pest management; support linkage with private sector.
• Identification and preparation of potential public-private Partnerships (IEPW).
• Ensure linkages between policy advice on district level and implementation of Integrated Pest Management with farming communities; sharing of experiences and lesson learnt on national level.
• Regular advocacy and awareness raising with MAAIF.

The Rural Development Advisor performs the following tasks:
Specific Tasks
Coordination / Advisory Services
• Coordinate relevant project activities at local level in cooperation with the partners, both as regards implementation and preparing organisational aspects.
• Close linkages with farmer cooperatives on implementation; Technical Backstopping to Community-based Trainers and their training to farmers.
• Provide advice to district counterparts, support knowledge building and promote increased awareness on Fall Armyworm (FAW) and IPM.
• Advice and support selected farmer groups in identifying business opportunities with regards to agroecological pest management; support linkage with private sector.
• Facilitation of policy dialogues and exchanges on district level (Agricultural officer, extension staff).
• Ensure regular communication and engagement on FAW with MAAIF on national level.
• Awareness raising about agroecological pest management and FAW on national level with relevant stakeholders (MAAIF, MoLG).
• Develop and organise quality assurance measures and suggests necessary changes, improvements and initiatives to the services providers/consultants.

Networking and cooperation
• Support cooperation, regular contact and dialogue with relevant organisations, non-governmental agencies and private sector actors on FAW and IPM; create linkages for ICIPE with relevant stakeholders (e.g. Ngetta Zardi).
• Facilitate experience-sharing and knowledge exchange between relevant actors on district and regional level.
• Close linkage with DV Zambia and relevant colleagues.
• Knowledge management
• Development of knowledge and communication material; information dissemination on FAW and agro-ecological pest management practices.
• Prepare appropriate inputs for various project reports including annual reports, and contributes to the other reports required by the DV Zamibia, GIZ Head Office.

Other Duties/Additional Tasks
• Performs other duties and tasks at the request of management.

Qualifications
• Master’s in Agriculture, Agricultural Economics, Environmental Governance, Agroecology or related field.

Details of experience
• 6 years’ professional experience in a comparable position in the area of agriculture, pest management and or related areas
• Local or regional work experience in the area of integrated pest Management.
• In depth knowledge about Agroecological Pest Management, Fall Armyworm.


Work Hours: 8

Experience in Months: 72

Level of Education: Postgraduate Degree

Job application procedure
All interested and qualified persons are encouraged to apply to the Head of Human Resources by email to vacancy@futureoptions.org Applications and CVs should be in one document and a maximum of 5 pages only and sent electronically, quoting the position and reference number.

Please include name and contact of three references in the CVs, one official reference from your current workplace is a MUST. Applications should be received by 5.00 pm on 2nd July 2023. Please note: This is a national position. Only the shortlisted candidates will be contacted.

Disclaimer: GIZ DOES NOT charge any kind of FEE(s) at whichever stage of the recruitment process.
This recruitment is ONLY through Future Options Consulting Ltd.
Application deadline: 2023-07-02

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