Summary
Date Posted: Thursday, October 05 2023, Base Salary: Not Disclosed

JOB DETAILS:
Vacant Position
• FXB Rwanda is starting to implement Agriculture and Nutrition project in the districts of Gakenke and Nyabihu. The organisation seeks to recruit 2 Agriculture and Nutrition Officers to deliver the project interventions to the targeted beneficiaries.
• Starting Time: As soon as possible

Major Responsibilities
The Agriculture and Nutrition Officer will be in charge of helping the agricultural cooperatives with the project’s interventions. The following are the key major responsibilities.
• Provide planned project interventions to targeted agriculture cooperatives;
• Keeping beneficiaries’ database and update it continuously;
• Facilitate the trainings of the cooperatives’ committees and cooperatives’ members on regenerative agricultural practices, climatic resilient farming, post-harvest management, cooperative management and entrepreneurship;
• Helping the cooperatives to exercise the agriculture applying the techniques and practices that were taught throughout the trainings;
• Contribute to data collection, monitoring and evaluation of the project;
• Prepare the action plans, concept notes, reports, budgets among other documents required during the project implementation;
• Represent FXB Rwanda and the project in the assigned area’s concerned events and meetings;
• Mapping the stakeholders to work with and ensure the continuous collaboration for project’s success;
• Avail daily support in proper running of the model farms to equip the target cooperative members with the skills that are to be replicated in their other farming areas;
• Support the process of post-harvest infrastructure availing and management;
• Work with the concerned stakeholders to ensure regular and successful use of climatic tools in place to inform the farming activities;
• Ensure that the proper distribution of the agricultural kits is done as planned;
• Ensure proper collaboration with the other agriculture stakeholders to link the cooperatives for any support that is beyond project;
• Perform any other duties/ responsibilities assigned by the supervisor.

Desired Competences
• Bachelor's degree in Agronomy, Nutrition, Rural Development, Forestry, Crop Production or other related field;
• At least 3 years of experience in nutrition or agricultural value chain project;
• Experience working with the grassroot small scale farmers is an advantage;
• Very experienced in working with local officials and other community level stakeholders;
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills in English and Kinyarwanda;
• Computer literacy, especially in Microsoft suite, outlook and Google suite;
• Driving licence Category A is a must, and has to be included in the application file.

Work Hours: 8

Experience in Months: 36

Level of Education: Bachelor Degree

Job application procedure
• Interested candidates with required skills and competences are requested to submit their application documents at info@fxbrwanda.org. 
• The application is made of these files: motivation letter addressed to FXB Rwanda Executive Director, CV, and well completed FXB application form (found here: http://www.mediafire.com/download/68hw76cw49ch06q/Job_Application_Form_-__FXB.pdf  ).
• All the application files have to be merged into one pdf document.
• The application pdf document should be have a minimized size as possible, not exceeding 5 Megabytes.
• The applicants should be willing to work and be based in the districts of project’s implementation. The applications will be accepted not later than Tuesday, October 17, 2023 at 5:00 P.M. (Local time). Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.
• Done at Ruyenzi, on October 04, 2023

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