Location Calabar & Ogoja, Nigeria
Start Date Jul – Sep 2019 (flexible)
Length of Placement 6 Months
Language Requirements English
The Volunteer’s Role
As the Farmer Field School Advisor, you will support the implementation of several Farmer Field Schools and their overall objective of improving the productivity of small-scale farmers. You will support your Project Officer counterpart in agricultural development planning, while working directly with small-scale farmers to increase the marketing of their goods, to reduce post-harvest loses, and to strengthen the farming operations of various beneficiaries.
As a United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) funded project, you will have some direct interaction with refugees while participating in a significant amount of field work.
Apply to this unique opportunity to share your farming skills and knowledge to improve their wellbeing and livelihoods of others!
As a volunteer, you will:
- Provide support in the establishment of various Farmer Field Schools to improve food security and sustenance in project host communities
- Support the facilitation of farmer-to-farmer learning in Farmer Field Schools in targeted locations by establishing farming groups
- Provide support to the project team in the organization of content, coordination, and delivery of learning worships in various farming technical themes
- Perform research of applicable value chains and market access
- Provide support, coaching, and mentoring to small-scale farmers
Essential Academic Qualifications:
- Bachelor’s degree in agriculture or any other agriculture and rural development related field
Essential Professional Background:
- 2 – 4 years’ experience in Agriculture work and/or small-scale farming
- Managerial skills, particularly in activity management, working with groups and teams of professionals, and liaising with government and non-government organizations;
- Strong experience in end market assessment & analysis
- Excellent written and verbal communication
- Experience in learning facilitation
Good communication and interpersonal skills
More Information
- Job City Calabar , Ogoja