SayPro Agricultural Advisory- Consulting Service

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   Role and responsibilities  The purpose of the Agricultural Advisor position is to provide technical support in the implementation of agricultural activities in the assigned locations.  The following is a brief description of the role:  Generic responsibilities  These responsibilities shall be the same for all positions with the same title. The responsibilities shall be short and essential. Details belong in the Work and Development plan.  Adherence to NRC policies, guidance and procedures Contribute to the development of Country, Area and CC strategies, initiate and participate in the development of relevant CC projects Provide technical support to field staff and ensure high technical quality of projects Provide regular progress reports to the Programme Manager and the Livelihoods Specialist Ensure that projects target beneficiaries most in need of protection, explore and asses new and better ways to assist Ensure capacity building of project staff and transfer key skills Liaise and collaborate with relevant local authorities and other key stakeholders Promote the rights of IDPs/returnees in line with the advocacy strategy Specific responsibilities  Provide technical support in the assessment, design, implementation and monitoring of the NRC’s agricultural activities Facilitate training of farmers using participatory methodologies and modern agricultural extension/technology transfer concepts including the Farmer Field School (FFS) approach and Integrated Production and Pest Management (IPPM) Guide project staff to identify and train local community-based Farmer Field School (FFS) facilitators for the day-to-day facilitation of FFSs in their local areas. (Facilitators can be selected from government extension workers, NGO social mobilisers, community leaders, unemployed graduates and master farmers) Leads in the development of tailored guidelines, curricula, training manuals and extension materials for the training of FFS facilitators and establishment and implementation of FFSs. Provide technical support in beneficiary selection process for agricultural activities by following the criteria attributed to a project, while minimizing the risks of conflict situations with target population and other stakeholders Ensure that agricultural projects implementation is carried out in line with the set objectives, timeframe and standard operating procedures (SOPs) Conduct field visits to farms to conduct analyses and collect data, such as crop yield, measuring, analysing and interpreting data. Represent NRC in external meetings as needed, primarily with DOA, and any governorate level coordination mechanisms on agriculture and food security. Contribute to the technical and normative development of tools and protocols for productivity analysis, as well as quality and compliance assurance tasks Contribute in the collection and dissemination of relevant data and information related to agricultural and markets, agribusiness, food value chains and systems, including for example, trends and developments, approaches, impacts, lessons learnt and good practices; support organizational learning and exchange of information. Cooperate closely with counterparts from NRC core competencies to identify opportunities for integration/synergy of NRC services alongside livelihoods/infrastructure; Critical interfaces  By interfaces, NRC means processes and projects that are interlinked with other departments/units or persons. Relevant interfaces for this position are:  Strategy and project planning: Core Competency Specialists Area operations: Field Office Managers and Coordinators Staff capacity building: Core Competency Specialists Implementation: Core Competency Specialists; AO&CO CC teams; AO&CO Support teams Scale and scope of position  Staff:  Approximately 1-2 Coordinator/s, 2 Officers, 4 Assistants, and casual worker enumerators.  Stakeholders:  INGOs, UN agencies, local NGOs, civil society actors, Donors, governmental bodies including the DoA  Budgets: -  Information:  Responsible for overseeing use of Kobo data collection platform by Livelihoods team; use of Atlas or MarketSight for filtering and analyzing qualitative data; comfortable with using/learning to use Agresso financial management system  Legal or compliance:  Must adhere to NRC internal and donor compliance requirements.  Competencies  Competencies are important in order for the employee and the organisation to deliver SayPro results. They are relevant for all staff and are divided into the following two categories:  Professional competencies These are skills, knowledge and  that are important for effective performance.  Generic professional competencies:  Minimum 3 years of  from a senior level project implementation position in humanitarian/recovery context Experience from working in complex and volatile contexts Proven  of working within livelihoods and business development programmes.  Documented results related to the position’s responsibilities Knowledge about own leadership skills/profile Fluency in English, both written and verbal Context/ Specific skills, knowledge and :  Bachelor's degree in Agronomy, Agriculture, Horticulture, Animal Science, Soil Science required Versed in market and value chain assessments and analysis approaches Experience with farmer training/capacity building  Demonstrated results with conflict-sensitive and adaptive livelihoods activities Previous  and contextual knowledge within Iraq is an  Behavioural Competencies: These are personal qualities that influence how successful people are in their job. NRC’s Competency Framework states 12 behavioural competencies and the following are essential for this position:  Managing resources to optimize results Managing performance and development Empowering and building trust Handling insecure environments Performance Management  The employee will be accountable for the responsibilities and the competencies, in accordance with the NRC Performance Management Manual. The following documents will be used for performance reviews:  The Job Description The Work and Development Plan The Mid-term/End-of-trial Period Performance Review Template The End-term Performance Review Template The NRC Competency Framework What we can Offer  Contract period: 9 months full time Salary/benefits: According to NRC’s salary scale and terms and conditions The role is a national position Duty station: Iraq, Kirkuk Travel :60%