Field Officer at Cereal Growers Association (CGA)

Terms of employment: Contract

Location: Homabay County

CGA seeks to fill the position of a Field Officer in the above county.

Job Summary

Reporting to the Project Officer, the Field Officer will take lead role in the co-ordination of all field activities in the assigned County. S/he will mobilize smallholder farmers into business-oriented groups for collective action towards training, input access, credit access and produce aggregation to select off-takers. The FO will prepare and submit field progress reports as may be directed by their supervisor.

Key roles and responsibilities

• Coordinate all field activities in the assigned county including farmer profiling to create a database;
• Facilitate partnerships with other actors such as county governments, input suppliers, insurance service providers, buyers and financial institutions in the implementation of field activities;
• Coordinate the establishment of crop demonstrations and facilitation of farmer field days/market linkage meetings;
• Facilitate and coordinate grass root farmer training on group management practices, good agricultural practices (GAP) and Post-Harvest Handling and Storage (PHHS) among others;Enhance the visibility of CGA through field activities implemented at the county level;
• Any other duties as assigned by the Project Officer.
• Bachelor’s Degree or Diploma in an Agriculture, Agribusiness Management or Rural Development related field;
• At least 3 years working experience;Ability to work with minimum supervision and meet strict deadlines;
• Experience working with smallholder farmers, food security interventions and community development.