INTERN- Agronomy Advisors are responsible to support the Agronomy Advisors to follow up and implement the day to day project activities at the grass-root level including the following duties & responsibilities: –
- Planning and management of FT’s
- Submit weekly work plan – details when will attend trainings
- Review FT weekly work plan with dates
- Collect weekly training plans and data from FT’s
- Provide feedback, coaching and development activities related to performance management, following HR guidelines.
2. Conduct monthly Agronomy trainings to FTs
- Model that the monthly agronomy training to FTs at local farmers field.
- Supervise teach-backs and give feedback.
- Ensure each training modules is completed within the allocated 3 months’ time.
- Observe full training to farmers
3. Observe FT is delivering training at the farm level
- Observe full training to farmers
- Give feedback and coaching to FT based on observation.
- Check visited HH list, cross check with the list in the database. Ensure reported data is accurate.
4. Back checking farm Visit
- Pick farmers at random and advise on the Best Agronomy Practices they learned
- Discuss training, farmer adoption and challenges
- Complete Best Practice check list
5. Visit Demo plots
- Check demo plot status, complete form and give feedback to FF
- Meet with FF and discuss things done well and things needed to be implemented on the demo plot.
6. Tablet survey M & E
- Complete digital electronic based training and demo plot observation form
- Collect, check for completion and submit complete set of FT’s attendance sheets to SBA within 1 week of training completion.
- Discuss any attendance issues with FT’s and BA and develop action plan.
7. Prepare & check FTs expenses
- Collect official voucher receipts for transport and accommodation
- Submit documents to the Senior Agronomy Advisor in a timely fashion
4. Required Skills & Experience:
- Willingness to be based in assigned locations and willingness to spend significant time in rural areas
- Bachelor’s degree in a relevant field – Plant science, Horticulture, Crop science, Agriculture, etc. May accept experience in lieu of a degree
- Interpersonal and cross-cultural skills as well as problem solving skills
- Planning skills and working to strict time-guidelines
- Fluency in Amharic and local language (Sidama Afoo and Afan Oromo)
- English oral & written presentation skills
- Computer literacy, including Word and Excel
