Summary
Date Posted: Tuesday, December 19 2023, Base Salary: Not Disclosed

JOB DETAILS:
Position Overview:
• We are seeking dynamic and dedicated individuals to join our team as Field Officers. As a Field Officer, you will play a pivotal role in working directly with farmers, serving as the primary contact point to ensure the successful implementation of projects aimed at establishing long-term community resilience against climate change and enhancing farmers' livelihoods. Operating on motorbikes, you will be at the forefront of community engagement, recruitment, and project execution.

Task and responsibilities
• To recruit farmers and mobilize farmer groups:
Actively recruit farmers and mobilize them into cohesive groups in villages and foster community engagement and cultivate strong relationships with farmers.
• Responsible for Training farmers:
Conduct comprehensive training sessions for farmers on agroforestry tree husbandry, sustainable agricultural practices and climate-resilient techniques and collaborate with tea agronomists to ensure farmers receive specialized training in tea cultivation.
• Tree Distribution:
Oversee the distribution of trees to farmers, ensuring proper documentation and adherence to project guidelines and provide guidance on proper tree planting and maintenance techniques according to prescribe training
• Implementation Oversight:
Collaborate with Lead farmers and individual farmers to ensure the effective implementation of project activities and conduct regular checks and verifications to ensure compliance with project objectives.
• Data collection and Management:
Systematically fill and manage farmers' data in the Management Information System (MIS) and ensure the accuracy and completeness of all data collected during project activities.
• Monitoring and Evaluation
Implement a robust monitoring system to track project activities and assess their impact on the community and provide timely reports on project progress, challenges, and successes.
• Community Coordination
Coordinate participatory approaches through Environmental and Water Committees, fostering community involvement in decision-making processes.
• Reporting
Provide regular reports to supervisors (the Project Manager and the management team) on the implementation of project activities in due periods and formats.

Requirements
• Bachelor’s Degree or Diploma in either agroforestry, forestry, development studies, Agriculture, natural resource management, horticulture or closely related fields.
• At least 3 years hands-on field experience in implementing agroforestry or forestry projects with data gathering requirements
• Excellent community mobilization skills and on field training experience
• Ability to communicate effectively, work under pressure and within tight schedules to meet ambitious tree planting targets
• Flexibility and willingness to work and stay for long period within rural areas around Nyungwe National Park (NNP), in Nyamagabe and Nyaruguru districts
• Strong verbal/written communication skills
• Having a driving license, cat A

Work Hours: 8

Experience in Months: 36

Level of Education: Bachelor Degree

Job application procedure
3. Submission of documents
The interested candidates who fulfill the above requirements should submit/send their application documents which must include the following information:
• Motivation letter of your interest in the above posts
• Updated CV/resume
• Copy of ID
• Copy of Driving license where requested
• Certificates or any other documents that proves your experience
• Contact information for at least three professional references
• Copy of academic documents

• Successful candidates will be expected to comply with country labor law and various organizational policies. IPFG is committed to gender equality and suitably qualified women candidates are encouraged to apply.
• Interested and qualified candidates should submit above mentioned documents in English to the following email: ipfg.recr.proc@ipfg-rwanda.com  (the email attachment should have the maximum size of 2 MB and should be a PDF file. Please quote the Job title in the subject. Candidates should submit their documents not later than the 29th December 2023, at 5.00 pm.
• Note that only shortlisted candidates will be contacted for exams
• Done at Nyamagabe on 18/12/2023
• UWIZEYE Therese
• Chairperson and Legal Representative /IPFG

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