AMAL Technical Assistant – Agriculture -Tuz

[Tuzkhurmatu,Iraq ]

Specific responsibilities:

• Data collection for household-level assessments and market assessments.
• Assist the Project officer in organizing and delivering safe and secure distribution events, training and community events.
• Assess training needs for project beneficiaries in all areas of targeted agriculture/horticulture value chains development such as agro-business development, agricultural livelihoods and quality management through regular consultations with relevant institutions and stakeholders.
• Provide implementation support to AMAL project activities including training sessions, distributions, monitoring and support to incentive staff in line with NRC quality standards.
• Document technical issues and feedback from beneficiaries and channels to the relevant AMAL project Officer and Coordinator.
• Regularly travel to the field to support and monitor different activities such as farmer field schools, extension services, producer groups throughout the seasonal calendar.
• Liaise with support departments including Logistics, Finance and other departments as appropriate.
• Organize and facilitate to conduct Focus Group Discussions, household surveys, and Key Informant Interviews with project beneficiaries.
• Provide technical guidance and backstopping to all actors involved with AMAL’s identified plant-based value chain development activities (incl. horticulture).
• Establish a strong working relationship with targeted communities including local leaders and identification of community focal points, relevant government departments as well as other agricultural actors in the operational areas.
• Contribute to data collection, documentation and reporting.
• Any other tasks required by the line manager.

Specific responsibilities:

• Data collection for household-level assessments and market assessments.
• Assist the Project officer in organizing and delivering safe and secure distribution events, training and community events.
• Assess training needs for project beneficiaries in all areas of targeted agriculture/horticulture value chains development such as agro-business development, agricultural livelihoods and quality management through regular consultations with relevant institutions and stakeholders.
• Provide implementation support to AMAL project activities including training sessions, distributions, monitoring and support to incentive staff in line with NRC quality standards.
• Document technical issues and feedback from beneficiaries and channels to the relevant AMAL project Officer and Coordinator.
• Regularly travel to the field to support and monitor different activities such as farmer field schools, extension services, producer groups throughout the seasonal calendar.
• Liaise with support departments including Logistics, Finance and other departments as appropriate.
• Organize and facilitate to conduct Focus Group Discussions, household surveys, and Key Informant Interviews with project beneficiaries.
• Provide technical guidance and backstopping to all actors involved with AMAL’s identified plant-based value chain development activities (incl. horticulture).
• Establish a strong working relationship with targeted communities including local leaders and identification of community focal points, relevant government departments as well as other agricultural actors in the operational areas.
• Contribute to data collection, documentation and reporting.
• Any other tasks required by the line manager.

 Our Ideal Candidate:

• Sound technical knowledge in the fields of:

1.  Agriculture/farming/horticulture/livestock
2. Business economics/business development and
3. Developing and overseeing training

• Strong communication, interpersonal, analytical and negotiation skills.
• Overall good knowledge of geography, local population and local language in the areas of operational interests.
• Ability to show leadership in a multi-cultural team.
• Fluency in Arabic both spoken and writing and medium-level in English.
• Competencies in all computer-related tasks including Word, Excel, PowerPoint and Outlook.
• Good understanding of community participation, and very good ability to communicate with beneficiaries.
• Ability to manage (sometimes) high workloads for a limited time and meet deadlines.

AMAL Project Technical Assistant Iraq Kirkuk-Tuz – NRC and NORCAP Careers Careers (oraclecloud.com)