Agriculture / Livelihood Assistant

SIF is an equal opportunity employer that is committed to diversity and inclusion in the workplace. The Hiring is subject to donor funding*

Female's, disabled and Local candidates are strongly encouraged to apply. All the positions will be filled on priority basis and applications will be closed as soon as positions are filled.

Every applications fitting the job description will be thoroughly evaluated. Candidate who tries to influence the recruitment process will be automatically disqualified. 

SIF reserves the right to check the criminal records according with the current law.

The SIF has a zero-tolerance policy towards any type of fraud, corruption, moral harassment, abuse or violence of any kind whatsoever and more generally any violation of legislation, regulations or its code of conduct.

SIF respects the humanitarian principle of "Do no harm" and ensures child security as a primary consideration. Hiring is subject to donor funding.

The hiring will be done on rolling basis.

ROLE IN THE ORGANIZATION

It is a short term contract of three to four months. The Agriculture/livelihood Assistant will be based at SIF base office Quetta, Balochistan under CDCS; and will be responsible for planning, designing, implementation and reporting of livelihood, agriculture and horticulture interventions in Baluchistan under the direct supervision of Project Manager. S/he will technically ensure the adherence to the standards of humanitarian work while implementation project related activities in timely manner.

In addition, s/he may be called upon to carry out surveys, participatory needs assessments or any other activity that may be deemed necessary.

MISSIONS AND ACTIVITIES

Responsible for:

• Development of area profile and collection of data regarding the target groups
• Identification of the Assessment of project beneficiaries as per the approved beneficiary selection criteria.
• Assessment for potential agriculture needs according to the area.
• Assessment for potential livelihood needs according to the area.
• His responsibility is to make aware to farmers with the available services and equipment’s.
• He is responsible for coordinating and instructing crew members to develop the farms in rural area and highlight the problems, to diminish them.
• The responsibility of agriculture assistant is to provide trainings to the farmer committee.
• He is responsible for providing modern technique to plough field in easy way and motivate farmer to adopt modern  farming
• He is responsible for motivating farmers to use high productive seeds, and protective insecticides, and available modern fertilizers.
• Agriculture assistant is responsible for promoting farmers to improve quality of fields.
• He is responsible for providing the maximum healthy crops, which is beneficial for government also.
• He will  be responsible for  coordination will  the line departments
• Any other assignment given by the supervisor according to the project need.
• He will be responsible for the identification of potential needs in agriculture sector.
• He will be responsible for amazing ideas and techniques which can help in improving production rate of Blochistan.
• His responsibility is to teach formers by giving best skills or tips of handling problems and issues. 

Coordination

• Maintain close liaison with  CBOs and farmer committee 
• Establish strong liaison with the all relevant departments and get the technical guidance, day to day lessons and best practices replication in implementing.                                                                                              

Documentation

• Ensure proper documentation.
• Developed case studies/ success stories
• Final report of different activities  work

 Reporting

• Report all the activities to project manager in a timely manner.
• Collect and analyze the  reports and provide necessary feedback to the concerned
• Prepare field visit  report and other ad hoc reports

KNOWLEDGE/SKILLS/BEHAVIOR

• Good communications skills (both written and verbal); fluency in Blochi & Urdu; knowledge of English an asset.
• Minimum Two Years relevant experience      
• Good knowledge of rights based approach and of social dynamics in working area
• Experience of working with diverse civil society organizations