Position: Technical Specialist – Agriculture & Climate Resilience
Location: Lusaka, Zambia
Job Requisition ID: JR36745
Time Type: Full-time
Deadline: October 21, 2024
Organization Overview:
For over 70 years, we’ve worked to help the most vulnerable children overcome poverty and lead fulfilling lives. Inspired by Christian faith, we serve children and communities in nearly 100 countries, even in the most challenging environments. Join our team of 34,000+ staff worldwide, and transform lives through your expertise.
Key Responsibilities:
- Technical Programme Support :
- Build capacity in agronomic practices for increased productivity and resource conservation, focusing on soils, water, and biodiversity.
- Oversee crop production, soil health, pest control, and compliance with agricultural standards.
- Ensure agricultural interventions align with national policies and frameworks, such as the Comprehensive Agriculture Transformation Program.
- Collaborate with government departments (Agriculture, Livestock, and Fisheries) at national and sub-national levels.
- Promote Climate Smart Agriculture (CSA) using models like Regreen our Communities, Farming God’s Way, and Farmer Managed Natural Regeneration.
- Work with other technical programs (Health, iWASH, Education) to integrate nutrition-sensitive crops, water use, and school environmental clubs.
- Ensure adherence to sustainable agronomic practices and represent the organization in agriculture and climate forums locally and internationally.
- Provide leadership and technical support to Area Programs (APs) in agriculture production, climate adaptation, and resilience, helping families grow nutritious food.
- Collaborate with the Resource Mobilization department to design agriculture and climate resilience proposals.
- Support Monitoring & Evaluation to capture data on production trends.
- Assess agriculture activity implementation, ensuring adherence to scope, time, and budget.
- Collaborate with the communications department to develop IEC materials on agriculture and climate resilience.
- People Management:
- Facilitate Training of Trainers (TOT) for partners and staff to enhance technical capacity.
- Provide staff orientation and mentor technical program staff for competency development.
- Contribute to performance appraisals for technical staff at the AP level.
- Networking & Collaboration:
- Represent the organization in agriculture and climate-related meetings and working groups.
- Build technical relationships with stakeholders for enhanced collaboration.
- Programme Effectiveness & Quality Assurance:
- Support research on agriculture and climate topics, producing technical briefs for stakeholders.
- Adapt findings from monitoring and evaluation to inform program improvements.
- Compile and review monthly, quarterly, and annual reports on agriculture initiatives.
Qualifications:
- Degree in Agriculture Sciences (Crop Science) with a minimum of 7 years of experience. A Master’s Degree is preferred with at least 5 years of experience.
- Strong skills in Climate Smart Agriculture (CSA), Disaster Risk Reduction, vulnerability assessments, and program management.
- Must be a member of the Agricultural Institute of Zambia.
- Excellent communication, analytical, decision-making, and networking skills.
- Experience in working in cross-cultural environments and in NGOs is an advantage.
- Proficiency in Word, Excel, PowerPoint.
Work Environment:
- Office-based 40%, fieldwork 60%.
- Some international travel required.
Applicant Type: Local Applicants Only
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