Field Workers (2)
Eastern Uganda * Full-time
IFDC
This role requires a strong background in agricultural development and community engagement. The Field Workers will organize smallholder farmers into groups (Project Villages) located in Bulambuli and Bukwo, and Kween Districts in the Elgon Region. Each extension worker will be responsible for at least five (5) project villages.
Category: Administration
Total Positions:
Location: Eastern Uganda
Full-time
Salary: Not mentioned
Posted 1 year ago
KEY DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES
• Identify and on-board farmers into organized groups called project villages and take them through sessions of Participatory Integrated Planning (PIP);
• Register farmers and support the cascading of training to generation 1 and 2 households;
• Implement farmer support programs, including agronomy and nutrition trainings, farm visits, management of demo plots and input plus out-market support;
• Identify potential risks and develop action plans;
• Collect and enter data for the BRIGHT M&E system;
• Build and maintain effective working relationships with staff, local partners, and stakeholders;
• Provide technical backstopping to farmer innovators and other project support personnel at ground level
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QUALIFICATIONS / SKILLS
• Diploma or certificate in either agriculture, agribusiness, forestry, or related qualification with competence and passion in extension work, farmer/group mobilization and training;
• Being a resident, understanding the local language and local knowledge of the area of operation is a must;
• Proven experience with conducting farmer training;
• Willingness and ability to work extensively in rural areas with farmers.
HOW TO APPLY
The Field Extension workers report to the Project Field Officers based in Mbale field office.
Location
Recruitment services
This is a national recruitment with a duty station at the IFDC office based in Elgon Region.
Consultancy Duration and Fees
The contract is a 2 month assignment with the possibility of extension. The contract assignment is anticipated to be effective from the 1st of June 2025, through to 30th July 2025 unless amended in writing and agreed upon by both Parties. A total of UGS 3,280,000 is budgeted for the above assigned for 2 Field Extension Workers.
Terms of payment
Based on the monthly targets set out for each month, a FEW will be paid upon submission of a detailed report of activities done, targets set for that month and data entered into the MIS;
FEWS will be paid Ug. Shs 600,000 (Six hundred thousand Uganda Shillings only) monthly subject to 6% withholding tax and to completing the targets set for that month. This will be inclusive of Housing Allowance and Meals;
The monthly activity report should be submitted on the 25th of every month for review and approval;
A monthly payment for the Transport of Ug. Shs 150,000 (One hundred fifty thousand Uganda Shillings only), Airtime of 70,000 (Seventy thousand Uganda Shillings only) will be provided to each FEW.
Building Resilience and Inclusive Growth of Highland farming systems for rural Transformation (BRIGHT) is a four-year project, funded by the Embassy of the Kingdom of the Netherlands (EKN) through the Dutch Ministry of Foreign Affairs under Dutch development policy. The project is being implemented by IFDC, in collaboration with Agriterra.
The vision of the BRIGHT project is to promote inclusive economic growth and rural transformation through equitable integration into value chains. BRIGHT aims to build the resilience of 106,560 highland farm households in Kigezi, Mt. Elgon, and Rwenzori regions by supporting Uganda to recover from external shocks in an ever-changing context through absorption, adaptation, and transformation. In so doing, the project will improve the food and nutrition security and incomes of farmers, transition subsistence-oriented farm households into more of a market orientation by supporting them in integrated farm planning and inclusive decision-making, introducing appropriate climate-smart agriculture (CSA) technologies to strengthen local farming systems, ensuring natural resource conservation, and developing strategic value chains.
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