Lutheran World Relief
Vacancy: Community Mobilization and Capacity Building Officer
The Community Mobilization &
Capacity Building Officer (CMCB) is responsible for coordinating Agricultural
Market Access and Linkages for Smallholders project activities at the Farmer
Organization (FO) level.
The CMCB will link FO with profitable
markets within and outside Makueni County.
The CMCB will encourage targeted
beneficiary smallholder farmers including women and the youths to actively
participate in project activities and promote transparency and accountability
in the use of project resources.
S/he will ensure that project
activities are implemented in accordance with contractual obligations and meet
reporting deadlines.
Main Duties and Responsibilities:
Main Duties and Responsibilities:
- Serve as the farmer organizations primary
technical assistant in planning, implementation, monitoring and reporting
of project activities.
- Work with relevant stakeholders identify and
link farmer organization to profitable cereal markets.
- Organize farmers into strong, cohesive
agribusiness oriented farmer organizations
- Ensure that targeted farmer organizations have
the necessary licenses /documents that enable them to participate in the
homegrown school meals markets.
- Mobilize and prepare farmers for collective
marketing
- Conduct farmers trainings; group dynamics,
financial management, gender, crop production, post-harvest handling and
storage, entrepreneurship and marketing etc.
- Mobilize farmers to avail locally available
materials for warehouse construction
- Organize cereal linkage forums at the ward
level and link farmer organization to homegrown school meals market and
other structured cereal markets.
- Conduct farmer exchange visits
- Actively participate in county consultative
meeting
- Profile farmer organization supported by the
project
- Participate fully as a member of the project
team, including active involvement in planning and review meetings, and
the preparation of timely progress reports
Required Skills and Qualifications:
- Bachelor’s degree in business administration,
community development, organizational development, agribusiness
development, rural development or other relevant disciplines or equivalent
experience. Advanced degree a plus.
- At least 3 years’ experience in implementation
of agricultural marketing projects.
- Strong organizational and participatory
planning skills.
- Excellent interpersonal and communication
skills in English and Kiswahili.
- Proficient computer and internet skills (MS
Word, Excel, Explorer).
- Willingness to work/reside with rural farmers’
ability to ride a motorcycle.
How to Apply:
If interested, please email your CV
toinfo@lwrearo.org
Closing date: 24 Oct 2014