AMAL Livelihoods – Agronomy Officer

Role and responsibilities:

• Provide extension services to targeted small holder producers in production technologies, collection and harvest, products handling, packing, processing and access to market through linkages to the value chains using market intelligence.
• Take the lead on planning agricultural extension services targeting small holder farmers within key agri-food value chains and local partners including extension services ecosystem.
• Participate in the selection process of input beneficiaries including active involvement in the applications’ evaluation committees and conducting the assessment field visits of possible beneficiaries.
• Take a lead in the establishment and running of farmer field schools in coordination with relevant stakeholders to ensure sustainability of the approaches.
• Facilitate the establishment and strengthening of small scale on-farm processing, establishment and strengthening of short value chains and promoting innovative market linkages for agricultural products between producer groups and market actors.
• Establish and maintain strong working relationships with targeted communities, including local leaders, Project committees and business dealers ensuring that they are informed and participate in project activities through implementation of NRC Community Engagement Approach.
• Conduct market assessments and mapping to understand how local agriculture markets works and are linked to enable appropriate programming. Engage agricultural inputs and output market players to understand how they operate and involve them for the AMAL project.
• Plan and conduct in kind and cash based distributions as per the agreed SOP and guidelines.
• Conduct regular project monitoring and updating the Project Coordinator with the progress of project activities in the field.
• Ensure protection mainstreaming in implementation of Cash and Livelihood activities.
• Any other tasks required by the line manager

Competencies

• Strong communication, interpersonal, analytical and negotiation skills.
• Overall good knowledge of geography, local population and local language in the areas of operational interests.
• Previous experience working in cash and Livelihood Programme at a non-governmental organization (NGO).
• Ability to show leadership in a multi-cultural team.
• Fluency in Arabic both spoken and writing.
• Fluency in English is an advantage.
• Competencies in all computer related tasks including Word, Excel, and Outlook.
• Good understanding of community participation, and very good ability to communicate with beneficiaries.
• Ability to manage high/low workload depending on emergencies.
• Ability to work under pressure and with limited supervision in a challenging environment.

Other information:

Contract Duration: 12 months ( with the possibility of extension).
Duty Station: Anbar (Ramadi)
Health Insurance is provided.
Salary: G5/S1, According to NRC’s Iraq salary scale and terms and conditions.
Female candidates are strongly encouraged to apply.
NRC is an equal opportunity employer and aims to have staffing diversity in terms of age, gender, ethnicity, nationality, and physical ability.

For more information please read Job Description

The Norwegian Refugee Council (NRC) is an independent humanitarian organisation helping people forced to flee. We work in crises across 31 countries, providing emergencies and long-term assistance to millions of people every year. We stand up for people forced to flee, advocating their rights. NORCAP, our global provider of expertise, helps improve international and local ability to prevent, prepare for, respond to and recover from crises. NRC also runs the Internal Displacement Monitoring Centre in Geneva, a global leader in reporting on and advocating for people displaced within their own country.

Employment with NRC may lead to employment in or deployment to Regions, Countries, Areas or Offices that may be host to considerable health, safety and security risks. NRC takes this very seriously and we have procedures in place to reduce known risks, but will never be able to take away all risks. NRC requires staff members who travel on an international contract to the field to undergo an medical examination with our medical provider. Employees must produce a Health Clearance Certificate before departure stating that there are no relevant health concerns. If staff are unable to provide this, NRC reserves the right to terminate the Contract of Employment.