Key Responsibilities:
Community Mobilization & Project Implementation Support
- Assist the Project Officer in mobilizing community’s smallholder farmers (SHFs), Farmer Service Centres (FSCs), and community groups for participation in livelihoods activities, including climate-smart agriculture (CSA), value chain development, and market access initiatives.
- Facilitate community-level trainings, field days, and dialogues on topics like post-harvest management, financial literacy, and nutrition-sensitive agriculture.
- Support the implementation of weekly work plans, ensuring integration with other project components such as gender mainstreaming and resilience building.
- Help coordinate with local partners and stakeholders for joint activities, promoting inclusive access to inputs, financial services, and markets.
- Mobilize and empower community groups, including women, youth, and persons with disabilities (PWDs), to adopt sustainable practices and business models
Monitoring, Reporting, and Documentation Support
- Assist in collecting and validating community-level data on project indicators, such as SHF sales, market linkages, and resilience outcomes, using WVK DM&E systems (e.g. Dream save)
- Support regular field monitoring visits and progress reviews with communities to ensure adherence to standards and donor requirements.
- Support documenting of success stories, innovations, and challenges from community activities, including photos and basic reports.
- Track basic expenditure and resource utilization at the field level in collaboration with the Project Officer.
- Contribute to monthly and quarterly reports by providing field-level inputs for review by the Project Officer.
Advocacy, Engagement, Partnership and Networking
- Assist in engaging local stakeholders, including ward-level government officials, private sector actors, and community leaders, to build synergies for project sustainability.
- Support in mobilization for local forums, agri-business fairs, and B2B meetings to promote CSA technologies and market access.
- ·Support and advocate for community needs, such as inclusive procurement policies and nutrition integration, under guidance from the Project Officer.
QUALIFICATIONS NEEDED:
- Minimum of Diploma in Community Development, Agri Nutrition /Agricultural Economics/Agribusiness/Agricultural Extension
- At least 2 years of field experience in community mobilization, livelihoods projects, or economic empowerment initiatives, with exposure to climate-smart agriculture
- Basic understanding of market systems, extension services, and community capacity building
- Strong interpersonal and facilitation skills for working with diverse community groups
- Good communication skills, including basic report writing. Proficient in local languages and basic computer skills.
- Excellent communication and interpersonal skills for community and partner engagement
- Knowledge on Gender and Social Inclusion with additional training or skills in gender mainstreaming / integration is an added advantage
- Knowledge of Agri Nutrition is an added advantage
- open to local residents from Baringo South preferably Mukutani.
Send the following documents in one PDF and failure to attach all the documents will lead to automatic disqualification:
- Application Letter
- CV
- Copies of academic certificates
- Copy of ID (Both sides is mandatory)
- Current
- reference letter from your local chief
Salary: Discuss During Interview
Education: Diploma
Employment Type: Full Time