Agri Engineer

Activation Date: 01 Aug, 2019   Announced Date: 01 Jan, 2020   Expire Date: 12 Aug, 2019
 
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Job Location: Samangan

Nationality: National

Category: Agriculture

Employment Full Time

Type:

Salary: As per WHH Salary

scale

Vacancy WHH/AFG/SMN/269
Number:

No. Of Jobs: 1

City: Samangan

Organization: Welthungerhilfe

Years of At least 5 years of

Experience: progressive work
experience

Contract Six month with

Duration: possibilty of
 Extension

Gender: Male/Female

Education: Bachelor degree in

agriculture,
horticulture,
agronomy

Close date: 12 Aug, 2019

 
 

About Welthungerhilfe:
Welthungerhilfe it is one of Germany's biggest non-governmental relief organizations. Non-profit making,
politically independent and non-denominational, the organization is run by a Supervisory Board of
honorary members under the patronage of the President of the Federal Republic of Germany. Its work is
funded by private donations and public grants. Welthungerhilfe is working since the 1980’s continuously in
Afghanistan and opened the first offices in 1992. Since this time Welthungerhilfe has implemented some
165 project in Afghanistan. Main fields of Welthungerhilfe intervention in Afghanistan are emergency
relief, food and nutrition security, rural and regional development and water and sanitation.

Job Description:
Conduct sustainable land management study and develop action plan on agro-base interventions and
activities accordingly.
Provide technical supports, inputs and agricultural extension services to farmers, farmers groups, and
cooperatives for the production handling of high value agricultural and horticultural commodities.
Train farmers in new agriculture and horticulture techniques and methods to enhance productivity in the
area.
Supports farmers through field visits and trainings using the (FFS) farmer field school principles.
Establish farmers field schools (FFSs) and resources committee and train them on improved production
methodologies and community based natural resources management (CBNRM).
Establish demonstration farm and conduct participation trails and research: and demonstrate comparative
results of improved agro-based production methodologies with selected FFS members.
Ensure proper selection of households and FFS members and distribute agro-inputs for farming with
necessary technical supports and extension services to the producers.
Work with CDCs and develop and implement join agro-production and ensure necessary technical and
extension supports.
Conduct value chain and market assessment, identify potential farming groups and FFSs: and develop
value chain and marketing projects.
Embark extensive fields visits, monitor progress of activities, document lesson learnt and best practice
and ensure collection and compilation of M&E data and information from the field and prepare progress
report.
Ensure close communication and coordination with project team, district authorities and community elders
through regular visits, participation in meetings, organize joint field visits and submission of reports.
Support the project manager in pursuing project specific and other activities as and when necessary.

Job Requirements:
Bachelor degree in agriculture, horticulture, agronomy or agriculture extension from a high reputed
university.
At least 5 years of progressive work experience in the similar roles in the field of food security and
nutrition, livelihoods, agricultural extension, value chain and marketing projects with INGO or Afghan
NGOs.
Experience in agriculture marketing and business linkages, delivery of field level extension activities:
organizing trainings and delivery: and training received in related subjects.
Experience in facilitating agriculture/ horticulture based training curricula, agriculture value chain,
marketing and business development.
Experience in facilitating agricultural extension methodologies particularly farmer fields schools and self-
help groups with demonstration of participatory research and technology development following
demonstration farms is preferred.
Understanding on research and survey methodologies, designing and implementing food security and
nutrition survey, value chain study and market assessment is required.
Good spoken and written skill in English, Pashto and Dari languages and possess good skills in report
writing.
 

Submission Guideline:
The applicants should complete & submit only the WHH Recruitment Form with resume to the following
email address (Candidate can download form from http://www.acbar.org/applicationform) and HR
Database will not accept only resume of applicant.

Note: Only application send to below address will be considered. Applications send to any other address
even within the organization cannot be considered.
Please put the vacancy number and job title in your email subject or otherwise your email will reject from
resume database.
 

Submission Email:
afg.kab.hr@welthungerhilfe.de