Field Support Officer

2025-07-21T14:37:21+00:00

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Agriculture, Food, and Natural Resources

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Rwanda

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Field Support Officer

 

Horticultural Exporters Association of Rwanda (HEAR)

The Horticultural Exporters Association of Rwanda (HEAR), in partnership with Alliance for a Green revolution in Africa (AGRA) and Mastercard Foundation, is implementing a 36-month project titled “Enhancing Market Access and Inclusivity in Rwanda’s Horticulture Value Chain.” The project aims to accelerate Rwanda’s avocado value chain growth and global competitiveness through improved data systems, contract farming models, training, and inclusive market linkages targeting youth and women

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 https://hearwanda.org/

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1. Background

The Horticultural Exporters Association of Rwanda (HEAR), in partnership with Alliance for a Green revolution in Africa (AGRA) and Mastercard Foundation, is implementing a 36-month project titled “EnhancingMarketAccessandInclusivityinRwanda’sHorticultureValueChain.” The project aims to accelerate Rwanda’s avocado value chain growth and global competitiveness through improved data systems, contract farming models, training, and inclusive market linkages targeting youth and women.

The job description and key responsibilities are as follows

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Duty Station: Based in one of the avocado-producing districts, with extensive field travel.

Duration: One year renewable based on performance review.

Key Duties

• Mobilize and engage farmers, youth, and young women in project activities such as trainings, workshops, and awareness sessions.
• Assist in organizing field events, including logistics for training sessions, surveys, and stakeholder meetings.
• Work closely with local cooperatives and aggregators to support contract farming adoption and implementation.
• Facilitate the collection of accurate data on farmer participation, training attendance, and avocado production activities.
• Provide field-level feedback to the National Coordinator on implementation progress, risks, and community needs.
• Support the dissemination of Information, Education, and Communication (IEC) materials and ensure proper communication and visibility of the project at community level.
• Conduct regular site visits to track progress and report on activity outcomes and 

Key Responsibilities

• Support the implementation of field-level project activities in avocado-producing districts across Rwanda.
• Provide logistical and technical assistance to community mobilization, training, and data collection efforts of youth and women participants.
• Work closely as the primary liaison between HEAR’s national project team and district- level stakeholders, including extension agents, cooperatives, aggregators, and local leaders.
• Assist in ensuring that all project interventions at the district level align with the overall work plan and results framework.
• Support setup of local coordination platforms and contract farming 
• Contribute to monitoring, evaluation, and learning by collecting field data and supporting quality assurance processes.

Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree in Agriculture and Food science, Rural Development, or Extension
• At least 1-2 years of relevant experience in community mobilization or agricultural
• Ability to work with rural communities, especially Marginalized
• Good knowledge of local context and fluency in 

 

Key Responsibilities Support the implementation of field-level project activities in avocado-producing districts across Rwanda. Provide logistical and technical assistance to community mobilization, training, and data collection efforts of youth and women participants. Work closely as the primary liaison between HEAR’s national project team and district- level stakeholders, including extension agents, cooperatives, aggregators, and local leaders. Assist in ensuring that all project interventions at the district level align with the overall work plan and results framework. Support setup of local coordination platforms and contract farming  Contribute to monitoring, evaluation, and learning by collecting field data and supporting quality assurance processes.

 

Qualifications: Bachelor’s degree in Agriculture and Food science, Rural Development, or Extension At least 1-2 years of relevant experience in community mobilization or agricultural Ability to work with rural communities, especially Marginalized Good knowledge of local context and fluency in 

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