Agronomist, Afghanistan

General objective:
To define, in remote control, interventions modalities of the training part of the EC-LRRD 3 years agricultural project in Ghor Province and to train the FS team and to identify adapted activities relevant to the afghan agricultural production

Responsibilities:

• Define methodology to ensure the capacity building on production systems and natural resources management
• Define trainings curriculum and content according to the project’s expected development and adapted to each level of the targeted participants
• Conception and publication of all IEC materials supporting the trainings: booklets, leaflets and poster
• Recrutement and training of a Training officer potential external contributor that will provide the trainings locally ( training to ACF team and to community promotors)
• To plan the training activities all along the 3 years of project
• To define follow up and monitoring methodology (indicators, format and collection means)
• Definition of activities of the framework of the food facility programme (if CN and Proposal accepted by EC)
• To develop the activities proposed in the Food facility proposal with an technical point of view (improved agricultural inputs provision, water ressources management (irrigated and rainfed areas) and home gardening)
• To train the team on the modalities of intervention
  Definition of activities relevant to the differents agricultural systems and issues met in Afghanistan (water productivity, irrigation system, soil improvement, diversification of the food production…)
• To identify the most appropriate intervention (for ACF) to streghten the agricultural production in its area of intervention

Competences:

Initiative and problem solving skills:

• Working with all the different partners requires being good at public relations, as well as mind-openness and diplomacy
• Ability to capitalise experience and available information in order to become quickly autonomous
• Ability to take initiative where appropriate to deal with difficulties encountered in daily work

Adaptability and flexibility:

• Ability to adapt or change priorities according to the changing situation within a mission or the organisation itself
  - Ability to work within a fluid situation (changes within the team, location of programmes)
• Willingness to live and work within a team and respect the rules of collective living

Motivation and involvement:

• Motivation and commitment to humanitarian ideals
• Interest in involvement beyond the job i.e. active involvement in the ethos of the organisation itself
• Ability to integrate into the local environment including awareness of political and economic aspects of the country

Professionalism and Management:

• Ability to conduct work in a professional and mature manner
• Ability to deal with relation with local authorities as a representative of Action contre la Faim
• Ability to manage local staff in a mature and impartial manner