Agroforestry Field Officers

Job responsibilities

• Assist with the implementation of all RFA projects at the community level.
• Through active participation in landscape hubs, assist in the development of annual, quarterly and monthly intervention plan
• Assist in the design of participatory forest and agroforestry management and action plans, community landscape restoration plans, and facilitate participatory stakeholder workshops.
• Support the establishment, organization, and training of local community groups, participate in the restoration and protection actions for each of the protected natural forests and/or restored landscapes, awareness sessions, group organization and agreement meetings, practical field training, to ensure community engagement through the restoration and protection processes.
• Support the natural regeneration and enrichment plantation of biodiversity-supportive native trees and shrubs and for regeneration of biodiversity tree seedling production, planting, and maintenance/protection
• Assist in monitoring and supervision of landscape restoration activities (agroforestry) and extension activities driven by implementing partners
• Assist in the efficient distribution of tree planting materials and improved cook stoves to beneficiaries, by ensuring compliance to approved distribution modalities, where required.
• Support field-level monitoring system on project activities under implementation.
• Provide regular field reports. In close collaboration with the M&E specialist, ensure monitoring and recording of progress against the project’s indicators
• In addition, the candidates will do any other business assigned by the supervisor.

Minimum qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree in Environmental Management

  3 Years of relevant experience

• Bachelor's Degree in Environmental Science

  3 Years of relevant experience

• Bachelor's Degree in Biodiversity Conservation

  3 Years of relevant experience

• Bachelor's degree in Forestry

  3 Years of relevant experience

• Bachelor's Degree in Agroforestry

  3 Years of relevant experience

Required competencies and key technical skills

• Integrity

• Strong critical thinking skills and excellent problem solving skills.

• Accountability

• Communication

• Teamwork

• Decision making skills