The Project resilience/ Agronomist Officer is responsible for the overall management and implementation of the Agro activities and resources within the area of responsibilities s/he analyses the agricultural situation of the region. Assessments and plans agro interventions in consultation with the respective field management, technical supervisor team in Gedo. S/He implements the Agro activities according to delegation objectives, agreed budget frame and plan of action (PoA) and reports on the progress of the programme as required.

This is a national/resident position based in Luuq, Somalia.

Project resilience/ Agronomist Officer Responsibilities:

• Developing better planting, cultivation and harvesting techniques, improving crop yield and solving problems for farmers
• Visiting fields to collect seed, plant, and soil samples.
• Testing samples for nutritional deficiencies, diseases, or other changes.
• Conducting training on products and techniques through educational presentations.
• Developing planting and irrigation schedules, budgets, and timelines.
• Researching, and promoting agricultural strategies to counter the effect of changes in soil, climate, and weather and pest damage.
• Assisting with the plant sourcing, testing, and selection.
• Keeping detailed records regarding fields, beneficiaries, crops, and samples.
• Generating reports and presenting findings to SHRA/Trocaire organization and other project stakeholders.
• Conducting training for farmers on good agricultural practices and techniques
• Organizing and conducting field visit and other technical work
• Responsible for beneficiaries selection process ,registration and verification
• Identify project direct beneficiaries in collaboration with the local community representative and stakeholders from the local authority.
• Identify the needs of farmers and farming practices used and formulation of an available achievable strategy to improve agricultural production within the project life cycle.
• Preparation and facilitation of training materials and training of the project target beneficiaries on agricultural techniques.
• Monitoring food security situation across Gedo using different food security indicators, such as rainfall, market and price, crop and livestock, and humanitarian reports,
• Preparation and submission of weekly, monthly activities plans and monthly narrative reports of the project
• Conduct field assessment and collect data for analysis for decision making.
• Attending food security and livelihood cluster coordination meeting s and share the findings and recommendations.
• Conduct community mobilization, sensitization, plan and implement distribution of agricultural inputs
• Identify appropriate agricultural seeds and small scale agricultural tools relevant to the locally and target community in collaboration with local authority
• Conduct regular field visits to project site and update Area project manager with the progress of project activities in the field
• Work closely with the project M&E officer on project designing and implementation. Participate in Project monitoring and evaluation process throughout the project period
• Ensure that all the seeds are adhered to in order to guarantee diseases free seed with the right generic quality.
• Follow up, track crop and variety activities and address any bottlenecks and de-bottleneck accordingly avoid project hiccups.
• Demonstrate strong commitment to be accountable to beneficiaries as it is a key SHRA commitment to beneficiaries.
• Organize learning sessions as well as sharing best practices on resilience farming project in Luuq district

Additional job responsibilities

• Assisting Inter-cluster multi-sectoral assessments during critical situations
• Producing Case studies and success stories of the project beneficiaries
• Any other work assigned by the supervisor

 Project resilience/ Agronomist Assistant responsibilities

• Assist the project Resilience officer in developing and regularly updating a detailed project work plan guiding the project implementation plan.
• Be involved in community mobilization, sensitization and plan and implement distribution of agricultural inputs.
• Support in Beneficiary selections process, registration and verifications
• Identify direct project beneficiaries in collaboration with the local community representatives and stakeholders from the government.
• Identification of the needs of farmers and the farming practices used and formulation of an available achievable strategy to improve agricultural production within the limited resources to farmers.
• Collaborating with project team organizing field days and exposure visits to project sites.
• support training of project beneficiaries and prepare training reports
• Prepare and submit weekly, monthly, quarterly activity plans and narrative reports of the project, and Submit to Project resilience/ Agronomist officer
• Documenting and archiving project documents, taking minutes during project meetings.
• Filing project information and photo bank, documenting complain feedback mechanism
• Participate assessments and collect data from the field and analyses to feed planning and project proposals
• Conduct regular field visits to project site with Project resilience/ Agronomist officer and update project with the progress of project activities in the field
• Participate in Project monitoring and evaluation process throughout the project period
• Attend food security and livelihood cluster meetings with partners and stakeholders in the field and attend clusters when assigned to attend
• Demonstrate strong commitment to be accountable to beneficiaries as it is a key SHRA commitment to beneficiaries.
• Support the Project Resilience/ Agronomist officer in regular preparation of comprehensive project progress reports (monthly, Quarter and final reports).
• Perform other functions as requested by the immediate supervisor

• Bachelor's degree in Agronomy, Agriculture, Crop production, soil and water conservation, and climatology, or related field , agronomy, ,
• 4 years’ experience in a similar field of activity
• Excellent knowledge of political, security, social and cultural of the assigned environment
• Excellent, reporting, presentation, analytical and networking skills
• Ability to make quick, sound decisions when faced with highly challenging and sensitive matters
• Good understanding of SHRA operations and mandate is an asset
• Excellent command of English and Somali language
• Computer proficiency especially in MS Office suite

SKILLS AND BEHAVIOURS

• Strictly follow on organizational polices and procedure’s, and respect organizational principles at all times and keep organizational confidentiality
• Demonstrate capacities to establish and maintain strong, collaborative working relationships with government officials, local organizations, communities and other stakeholder

Qualified persons with the required skills are invited to submit their applications (most updated CV, cover letter, Academic Qualifications with 3 referees from your previous/or current employer to the email - [email protected]