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Agronomist job Post
Location: Jobs in Uganda 2024 - 2025
Work Hours: Full-time, 08 hours per day
Salary:
UGX
No. of vacancies: 01
Deadline: 24 March 2024
Hiring Organization: HarvestPlus
Job Details:
Duties
• Train and follow up seed/vine producers and support establishment of multiplication gardens for OSP and HIB Support promotion and marketing of seed and ensure data collection on quantities marketed.
• Develop training package and strengthen capacity of field extension workers in agronomy for the 3 different biofortified crops in order to increase yield, area under production for the crops; and productivity of biofortified crops.
• Monitor field performance and support uptake of recommended management practices.
• Work closely with marketing team to ensure staggered production to ensure continuous supply of biofortified crops on the market.
• Participate in regular planning and review meetings to enable participatory monitoring evaluation and learning of partners to improve performance.
• Participate in report writing.
Qualifications and Experience
• A degree in agriculture with 5+ years relevant experience in agricultural extension
• Knowledge and experience in seed systems for both seed and vegetatively propagated crops
• Collaborative, self-motivated and able to work well within a multi-disciplinary team.
• Very good oral and written English communication skills;
• fluency in some local languages.
• Very good interpersonal and organizational skills
• Willingness to undertake regular travel.
• Familiarity with research and scientific data collection methods
• Experience in working with/contacts in the NGO community.
• Knowledge of pro-poor strategies; gender-sensitive approaches
Application procedure
Application Process: Applicants who meet the requirements should send a one-page application letter and CV of not more than 3 pages,
including names, phone number and email contact of 3 professional referees.
Applications should be emailed to: IFPRI-KampalaRecruitment@cgiar.org and copied to M.Adrabo@cgiar.org c/o IFPRIP.O Box 28565, Kampala by 5:00 pm on 24th March 2024.
Date Posted: 2024-03-23
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