Position: Junior Technical Assistant (JTA) Agriculture  
Tenure  : 8 Months from 1 December 2023 (Possibility to extend) 

Major Responsibilities: 

• Support to field coordinator for the implementation of planeed activities.
• Support local community farmers to promote and preserve indigenous seeds and establish proper mechanisms for storage/establish seed banks. 
• Facilitate farmer's training activities. Carry out indigenous crop, seed, fruit, and vegetable production activities/climate resilience sustainable agriculture.
• Provide on-site technical support to farmers of targeted communities and other smallholder farmers through door to door visit to the communities.
• Perform activities related to post-harvest, micro-enterprise development, and marketing of agriculture products.
• Facilitate regular farmers' meetings and identify issues, and support to access local government resources.
• Carry out other tasks as assigned by an organization and line manager as relevant to subjective matters.
• Prepare periodic reports including event completion reports in appropriate reporting templates and submit to the line manager periodically 

Maintain cross-cutting issues. 

• Ensure the cross-cutting issues of GEDSI, Safeguarding, Good Governance, Conflict of Interest mitigation, Anti-corruption and conflict transformation and others in a project implementation and personal life.
• As a member of CSRC, contribute to overall organizational vision, mission, goals and core values of the organization 
• Building a good relationship with District Land Rights Forum (DLRF) for land campaign and advocacy 

Preferred Qualifications and Experiences 

• Should have completed Junior Technical Assistant (JTA) course in agriculture from a recognized institution.  
• At least one year of continuous experience working as a JTA in agriculture.
• Experience working and coordinating with local authorities and other local stakeholders. 
• Willingness to work in remote areas and to work under challenging conditions.