Program Officer – Agronomist at National Council of Churches of Kenya (NCCK)

Job Description

Job Purpose:

To provide agronomic knowledge and skills to growers in their assigned market while performing job duties such as field scouting, integrated fertility soil management, market analysis, pests, and disease control.

Key Duties and Responsibilities

Planning, implementing and reporting of program activities on a weekly, monthly, and quarterly basis;
Coordinating program meetings between Community Resource Persons (CRPs) and other stakeholders at the grassroots level;
Reporting of the activities implemented in the duty station;
Organizing and presenting training, and demonstrations to lead farmers, principal farmers, and farmers in field schools;
Carrying out monitoring and evaluation data collection in the target wards using questionnaires, and taking success stories. The data collated helps to build reports from the accomplished field activities;
Coordinating the agricultural extension officers and Community extension design at ward and County levels;
Conducting situation assessment, end-of-project evaluation, and writing of concept notes;
Recruiting and training farmers in farmer’s field schools on conservation agriculture and ensuring they receive quality extension services;
Conducting follow-ups and farm visits to farmers to advise on good agronomic practices, post-harvest management, agroforestry, and farming as a business;
Collecting household data of farmers in assigned stations to be compiled in a database system for ease of procurement and accountability.

Key Qualifications / Skills / Competencies / Experience Required

Bachelor’s Degree in Agriculture or a relevant field from a recognized university;
Minimum of (3) three years’ demonstrable working experience in the field of Agriculture and Agronomy;
Excellent ICT skills;
Excellent communication skills;
Ability to ride a motorbike with a valid driving license endorsed for riding a motorbike.