Agronomy Officer (1 Position)
Position Circumstances
- Career Category: Agriculture - Agronomy, Rural development, Agriculture - Forestry
- Schedule:Full-time
- Salary: Negotiable
Reporting to: Provincial Coordinator
Duties & Responsibilities:
- Conduct regular farm visits to assess current agricultural practices, including soil management, pest control, and crop rotation, provide tailored technical advice, and support farmers in adopting or sustaining organic farming methods while ensuring compliance with organic standards.
- Develop farm plans and crop rotation strategies that meet organic standards, enhance soil fertility, and optimize crop yields.
- Train farmers on a range of topics including organic pest and disease management, soil fertility management, composting, appropriate input use, and other relevant technical aspects of organic farming.
- Assist producer groups with land conversion processes, ensuring proper documentation, separation of organic and non-organic production units, and adherence to conversion timelines.
- Promote the use of suitable organic inputs and advise farmers on their appropriate application.
- Collaborate closely with Community Officers to integrate technical knowledge and recommendations into the producer groups' ICS.
Senior Grant Finance Officer (1 Position)
Position Circumstances
- Career Category: Accounting, Accounting - Taxation / Audit, Banking / Finance
- Schedule:Full-time
- Salary: Negotiable
Reporting to: Head Of Finance
Duties & Responsibilities:
- Grant Financial Management
- Account bookkeeping for the Grant project(s).
- Assist in preparing grant budgets, forecasts, and financial reports in line with donor and organizational requirements.
- Assist in monitoring grant expenditures against budgets, variances, and recommend corrective actions.
- Maintain accurate financial records and documentation for all grants and donor-funded activities.
- Compliance
- Ensure compliance with donor regulations, local taxation laws, and internal financial policies.
- Support external audits by providing necessary grant-related documentation.
- Capacity Building & Producer Group Support
- Conduct regular visits to provincial offices to provide hands-on financial coaching and training to producer groups (PGs).
- Support PG’s to select and manage their internal accountant
- Coordinate grant payments to PGs.
- Strengthen the capacity of PGs in expense tracking, compliance with grant guidelines and their financial policy, as well as financial reporting.
- Develop simple tools and guidelines to support PGs in managing project finances effectively.
- Serve as a resource person to provincial teams on financial matters, and ensuring consistency with head office standards.
- Coordination & Communication
- Collaborate closely with Head of Impact, program managers, project staff, and finance colleagues to ensure accurate grant implementation and reporting.
