Major Duties and Responsibilities

• Responsible to mobilize community to organize SHGs and IGAs. Provide training and technical support in Agro ecology and Livelihoods, etc
• Implement and lead all agro-ecological principles, approaches and body of knowledge related to soil conservation, promotion of indigenous knowledge, reduce forest and soil degradation and strengthen the revival of local seed verities and crop production techniques
• Ensure that farmer’s food systems go in harmony with nature and persistently create awareness on sustainable use and environmental resilience agricultural practice
• Work on experiment field jointly with farmers on high yielding seeds, disease resistance, adaptation to soil and nutritional value
• Support farmers in analyzing existing alternative energy sources and create a mechanism to support famers to have clean, accessible and fuel efficient energy source based on the local context
• Mobilize community for environmental rehabilitation and conservation works planned in the project

Job Requirement

Minimum requirements

• BA in Agriculture, Natural resource management or related field of studies
• At least 3 years of experience in related fields, particularly in NGO background is advantageous
• Experience in promotion of Agro-ecology practice in a rural context
• Good ability of report writing and communicating in English
• Knowledge of local language (Oromiffa)