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Job Description

1. About TechnoServe

TechnoServe works with enterprising people in the developing world to build competitive farms, businesses and industries. Founded in 1968, we are a nonprofit organization that develops business solutions to poverty by linking people to information, capital and markets. Our work is rooted in the idea that given the opportunity, hardworking men and women in even the poorest places can generate income, jobs and wealth for their families and communities. In East Africa, we operate in Ethiopia, Kenya, Rwanda, Tanzania, and Uganda. Across the region, we implement a range of large-scale market systems interventions, agribusiness programs and entrepreneurship/economic empowerment projects. With more than fifty years of proven results, we believe in the power of private enterprise to transform lives.

2. About the Project

The primary objective of the project will be to increase production of the coffee trees for coffee farmers through both yield improvement and behavioral shifts due to price incentives. This production improvement will be achieved through educating project farmers on agronomy and environmental best practices, farm management, and assisting them in applying those techniques at an individual farm level.

We are working to develop a sustainable system for smallholder honey farming and implementing Honey Farm College—a smallholder training program focused on sustainable backyard beekeeping practices to increase their quality and yields.

Smallholder coffee farmers rehabilitate their farms with appropriate incentives, apply climate-smart agricultural practices, and adopt honey production activities; and coffee washing stations improve the quality of their processing and business operations, then the production of higher-value specialty coffee and honey will increase, leading to higher, sustained incomes for farmers and coffee processing enterprises.

  •  Position Description

Honey Farm College Business Advisors (BAs) are responsible for setting up, implementing and improving Honey Farm College training and overall implementation activities.

Honey Farm College BAs are responsible for supervising up to 10 Farmer Trainers, developing and managing work plans and observing and evaluating delivery of trainings to beekeepers who are also coffee farmers. They will manage day-to-day communications and overall relationships with local government stakeholders.

 

3. Duties and Responsibilities

BAs will lead Honey Farm College activities in his/her assigned areas as follows:

 

Establish Honey Farm College

  • Support in recruitment of youth Farmer Trainers; train Farmer Trainers, prioritizing gender balance and gender awareness
  • Support in updating/adaptation of training materials
  • Form Farmer Groups where need be, demonstration sites and establish training schedule, reporting

Engage with beekeepers

  • Visit farmers and provide on farm advice in order to reinforce the adoption of Backyard/ transitional beekeeping best practices to make the backyard honey production a sustainable business.
  • Support survey implementation, as required by M&E team
  • Gather feedback and ideas for improvement from farmers

Train, Supervise and Support Farmer Trainers (FTs)

  • Provide modeling training for FTs on beekeeping modules at the demonstration sites
  • Observe trainings when FTs deliver the training to farmers, provide guidance, and feedback as needed.
  • Collect official voucher receipts for transport and accommodation and other approved expenses; submit these documents to the Project Manager in a timely fashion.
  • Receive and review FT weekly work plan and dates; Collect weekly on farm visit plans and data from FTs.
  • With team of FTs, hold debriefing on the successes & challenges of on farm visit surveys and adoption of trainings in general.
  • Supervise teach-backs and give feedback.
  • Ensure all FTs are on the right track regarding their targets and quality of the job they do.
  • Provide feedback, coaching and development activities related to performance management, following HR guidelines.

Manage Stakeholder Relationships

  • Create and maintain a good working relationship with stakeholders in assigned areas.
  • Convene meetings with Agricultural Development/Livestock and administration offices of the appropriate Woreda once every quarter, together with other project colleagues.
  • Meet with Kebele leaders to give progress report every quarter

Report, Communicate and Share Learnings

  • Submit BA weekly work plan, detailing when BA will attend trainings and other action plans.
  • Submit weekly field reports; support impact monitoring and evaluation activities;
  • Compile success stories, quality photos and quotes from farmers and stakeholders for reporting purposes
  • Perform other duties as assigned by the PM

 

4. Required Qualifications and Capabilities

  • Bachelor’s degree in a relevant field – Agriculture, Animal Sciences, Agro-economics, etc.
  • A minimum of 3-5 years of relevant professional experience — ideally including some private sector experience— in one or more of the following areas: agriculture, preferably on apiculture, SME development, training or extension.
  • A true passion for and commitment to fighting poverty and economically empowering poor smallholder beekeepers/farmers, especially women; Committed to quality and achieving impact; motivated; high level of integrity and honesty
  • Experience working in rural areas; Willingness to be based in assigned remote locations and willingness to spend significant time in rural areas;
  • Demonstrated strong stakeholder relationship management skills; Strong interpersonal and cross-cultural skills as well as negotiation and problem solving skills;
  • Strong planning skills and experience working to strict time-guidelines yet flexible, with an ability to adjust to rapidly changing circumstances.
  • In addition to Oromifa, demonstrated English oral & written presentation capabilities.
  • Computer literacy, including Word and Excel
  • Commitment to advancing gender equity
  • Innovative mindset; learning attitude

 

Job Requirements

  • Fluency in Oromifa language
  • Practical experience implementing smallholder honey farming activities
  • Practical experience working with bees and handling bee colonies, such as colony inspection and working with different beehive types; Practical experience in colony management following the seasonal dynamics of the colony.
  • Have motorcycle driving license and willingness to drive a motorcycle

 

Qualified and interested applicants should Click the Link to apply and submit a cover letter resume as a single document (either Word or PDF) by December 15, 2022. Applications will be reviewed and considered as received/on a rolling basis. Only applicants meeting minimum qualifications will be contacted. Please note that we are not accepting CVs that are not sent through the indicated link.

TECHNOSERVE ENCOURAGES DIVERSITY IN ALL LEVELS AND ACROSS ALL FACETS OF OUR ORGANIZATION. WITH THIS COMMITMENT TO DIVERSITY, WE ARE PROUD TO BE AN EQUAL OPPORTUNITY EMPLOYER AND DO NOT DISCRIMINATE ON THE BASIS OF GENDER, RACE, COLOR, ETHNICITY, RELIGION, SEXUAL ORIENTATION, GENDER IDENTITY, AGES, DISABILITY, AND ALL OTHER PROTECTED CLASSES.

Women are highly encouraged to apply

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