Country: South Sudan
Closing date: 09 Nov 2014
Malteser International, the worldwide relief agency of the Order of Malta for humanitarian aid, works in more than 20 countries in Africa, Asia and the Americas for people in need, regardless of their religion, origin or political affiliation. Its mission is to provide emergency relief as well as to implement rehabilitation measures and to facilitate the link between emergency relief and sustainable development. Christian values and the humanitarian principles of impartiality and independence form the basis of its work in the following areas: Relief, Reconstruction & Rehabilitation; Health & Nutrition; Water, Sanitation & Hygiene (WASH); Livelihood & Social Programs and Disaster Risk Reduction.
In South Sudan, Malteser International is running basic health care programs, a sleeping sickness control programs and supporting people affected by leprosy. In Wau, Malteser International is starting a food security project for the strengthening of agricultural and marketing capacities of vulnerable communities.
To support our lately started Food Security Project implemented in the Bomas of Bussere, Halima, Kurukwanda, Momoi 1 and Momoi 2, near Wau, South Sudan, Malteser International is looking for four (4)
Agricultural Supervisors
(Local employment contract, based in WAU)
Responsibilities:
1. Selection and Training
- Identify and select beneficiary households according to the agreed criteria
- Assist in the foundation and sensitization of development committees
- Perform theoretical and practical trainings on modern agricultural techniques to beneficiary households and development committees
- Support capacity building of the agriculture cooperative
- Assist in the preparation of teaching materials
- Prepare training reports
2 . Technical Advice
- Provide advice to the Project Manager on all agricultural aspects of the project
- Assist the Project Manager in establishing contacts and developing collaborations with relevant organizations
- Provide technical assistance to the households and development committees on all cultivation works
- Provide technical assistance to the cooperative on agriculture and marketing of agricultural products
3. Supervision
- Supervise and assist in the land distribution, reclaiming and demarcation work
- Supervise and assist in the land preparation, road and wells rehabilitation
- Supervise closely the progress of all other project activities happening in the field
- Provide monthly activity reports
- Monitor and evaluate development of supported households
- Supervise and assist in the tools and seeds distribution to the households and committees
4. Other
- Be a point of reference for the project beneficiaries, the development committees and the cooperative
- Become a point of connection between Malteser International, its project partners and the beneficiaries
- Collect field relevant data, conduct survey if required and compile reports
- Report promptly to the Project Manager any issue or anomaly in the project implementation
- Support the Project Manager in additional duties assigned
Qualifications and Requirements:
- High School Certificate and relevant training/further education in agriculture
- At least 3 years of experience in agriculture / food security project development
- Working experience in development of agriculture cooperatives will be an advantage
- Teaching/Training experience will be an asset
- Willing to work mostly in the field (at least 80%)
- Able to compile activity reports
- Prepared to work with limited resources, less sophisticated tools and under difficult circumstances
- Strong communication and organizational skills
- Motorbike driving license
- Good computer skills
- Flexible and dynamic personality
- Able to work independently with a minimum supervision
- Capacity to deal with stress and to respect deadlines
Conditions:
- Start Date: December 2014
- Duty Station: Wau, South Sudan
- Duration of contract: 12 months (extendable)
- Local employment contract
- Salary according to qualification and experience (plus further staff benefits)
How to apply:
Qualified Candidate are invited to sumbit their applications (CV, motivation letter and other supporting documents) using our online application formuntil 09.11.2014.