Field Extension Worker (Elgon Region) – BRIGHT Project- Mbale

Requirements

• Diploma or certificate in either agriculture, agribusiness, forestry, or a closely related field;
  
• Experience and passion in extension work, farmer/group mobilization and training;
  
• Must be a resident of the above area who understands the local language and the local environment;
  
• Proven experience with running farmer trainings;
  
• Willingness and ability to work extensively in rural areas with farmers.
  

• Identify and on-board farmers into organized groups called project villages and take them through sessions of Participatory Integrated planning (PIP);
  
• Register farmers and support the cascading of training to generation 1 and 2 households;
  
• Implement farmer support programs, including agronomy and nutrition trainings, farm visits, management of demo plots and input plus out-market support;
  
• Identify potential risks and develop action plans;
  
• Collect and enter data for the BRIGHT M&E system;
  
• Build and maintain effective working relationships with staff, local partners, and stakeholders;
  
• Provide technical backstopping to farmer innovators and other project support personnel at ground level.