Vacancy: Field
Officers
The Eastern
Africa Grain Council (EAGC) is a membership-based organization registered in
Kenya with country offices in Uganda and Tanzania.
Our core
mandate is to develop and promote orderly structured marketing systems and
provide market information for grains so as to reduce transaction costs and
eliminate barriers’ to regional trade.
We seek to
employ Field Officers in Kenya, Uganda and Tanzania who have a strong work
ethic, highly organised, team player, self motivated and able to work under
minimum supervision.
Reporting to the
Project Officer, WRS who is also the Team Leader – EAGC Kenya, the successful
candidate will be responsible for the following amongst others:
- Plan, develop and execute the Warehouse Receipt Systems (WRS) activities in assigned area including identifying potential farmers/ farmer groups and markets for aggregated commodities.
- Identify and oversee the establishment of aggregations centers and WRS certified warehouses.
- Link aggregation centers to WRS certified warehouses.
- Establish market linkages & identify buyers for the commodity held in the warehouses.
- Ensure all warehouses under their jurisdiction submit data via the Real-Time Volume Tracking (RTVT) System.
- Collect and relay any relevant market information to EAGC including crop updates, price information, grain supply and demand and grain sources.
- Sensitize and create awareness about WRS to farmers, traders and other stakeholders through trainings, field days, workshops, fairs and any other forums.
- Mobilize farmers to deliver the set volume targets for maize, wheat, paddy rice and pulses to certified warehouses.
- Conduct training on proper post-harvest handling, grain quality standards, and WRS process.
- Prepare field activity reports on a weekly, monthly, quarterly, semi-annual and annual basis.
- Maintain an up to date record of all farmers, farmer groups, aggregation centers, warehouses and stakeholders.
- Manage other EAGC activities such as Agribusiness Expos.
Qualification, Skills and
Experience:
- Bachelor’s degree preferably in agricultural economics, agribusiness or related agricultural field
- Two (2) years relevant working experience.
- Experience working with farmers or in an agribusiness environment will be an added advantage.
- Excellent communication and interpersonal skills.
- A problem solver, team player and independent thinker.
- Capacity to manage several tasks simultaneously.
- Be flexible and willing to assume a range of unanticipated assignments.
- Demonstrated knowledge in use of Ms Office suite.
- Have a valid motor cycle riding licenses and a minimum of two years riding experience.
If your
background and competence match the above specifications, please send your
application demonstrating how your experience matches our requirements.
The
application letter and an updated C.V., showing your current remuneration
package, valid email address, daytime contact number and full contact details
of 3 referees including day time telephone number should be forwarded as one Ms
WORD document to: hr@eagc.org copied to dkiai@eagc.org by 31st March 2014.
Only
shortlisted candidates will be contacted.