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Young Professional Consultant
Job Categories: Agriculture
Minimum Education Level: University Fresh Graduate (Animal Science, Veterinary)
Vacancy No: 6-Male&Female-B-H-N/DAIL/SNaPP-2
Position: Young Professional Consultant
Organization: Ministry of Agriculture, Irrigation and Livestock (MAIL).
Period of services: 1 Year
Duty station:
Balkh (1 Male – 1 Female)
He-rat (1 Male – 1 Female)
Nangarhar (1 Male – 1 Female)
No. of posts: 6
Gender: Male/Female
Salary Range: As per Company/Organization
Date Announced: 14/Jan/2017
Closing Date: 2/Jan/2017
Nationality: Afghan
Job Type: Full time
Shift: 8:00 AM to 4:00 PM
Experience: Fresh Graduate
BACKGROUND
Support to National Priority Program2 (SNaPP2) is a development project of MAIL funded IFAD with the goal to improve food security and economic status of poor rural households in three provinces; Balkh, Herat and Nangarhar. The project will reach at least 57,000 households consisting of 427,500 people in these provinces.
The project has two specific objectives: (i) institutional development and capacity building of community organizations, public extension services and relevant private sector entities in the provinces; and (ii) sustained increased incomes of small farmers and herders fostered by improvements in productivity and output, infrastructure and market linkages. These objectives will be addressed through supporting institutions and services, fostering increased productivity and production, and where feasible, upgrading profitable agriculture/livestock value chains.
General Directorate of extension is the main stakeholders of the program and will lead the implementation of tow sub components 1. Extension services and 2. Small-holder Institutional development and Capacity Building. G.D of extension will establish program management unit under overall supervision of G.D general director who will be responsible for the implementation of the relate activities in three provinces.
Extension sub components will strengthen the extension directorate by: (i) establishing a women’s extension department in Kabul and a cadre of 12 female extension workers specializing in agriculture and livestock, in line with the Taksheel, across the six pilot districts; (ii) strengthening the male extension worker cadre at district level in agriculture and livestock; (iii) targeting young graduates from local agricultural faculties to be recruited as extension assistants, under the Taksheel, funded by the project in years 1-3 and by MAIL thereafter; and, (iv) adapting the curriculum, in collaboration with relevant MAIL directorates, using updated techniques.
Small-holder Institutional development and Capacity Building will strengthen the female CDCs through an orientation and training program guaranteeing female CDCs’ direct control over financial resources, over some elements of project implementation and over female beneficiary selection.
Young Professional Programme:
SNaPP-2 programme finances “Young Professional Programme” (YPP), which allows young, national technical professionals recently graduated to work with the SNaPP-2 for a period of one year in order to acquire a practice-oriented, first work experience.
Specific information about the job:
The young graduates will be administratively reporting to the prvincial extension coordinator but technically to the SNaPP2 Livestock Advisor under day-to-day management of SNaPP2 Provincial Advisor. He/she will assist the SNaPP2Livestock Advisor of, the Provincial Advisor & Extension workers in the implementation of the Livestock related activities. The young graduates will be working with any of the Service Providers of the SNaPP-2-DAIL in their provincial offices but their main focus area will be the Livestock component of the Project.
Duties and Responsibilities:
1- He/she would prepare and present accurate verbal and/or written reports to the line project manager of SNaPP-2 based in DAIL when required.
2- Working with project beneficiaries (women and men) to organize them in groups.
3- Support the project livestock component related activites and participates in the meetings and trainings of women and men in the project interventions with a particular focus on gender related issues.
4- Records and reports success stories particularly of gender activities of the SNaPP-2 project.
5- Being active representative of SNaPP-2 with Service Providers (SPs) in livestock related activities.
6- Assists project team in all research and data collection activities in the respective provinces.
7- Interact efficiently with communities, families, producer groups, cooperatives, village leaders, CDCs etc.
8- Makes regular field visit in order to make sure that project activities are on the right track.
9- He/she would be responsible of timely reporting of the problems faced by the project in the field.
10- Assists in preparation of daily, weekly and monthly activity reports or as instructed by the heirarchy.
11- In case of need/or when asked, he/she would help DAIL director in preparation and organizing of the provincial coordination committee (PCC) meetings.
12- Assists in translation of technical information from English to Pashto/Dari and vice versa.
13- Participate in trainings/workshops for self-development as required thus ensuring the successful implementation of the project;
14- Perform any other task assigned by the supervisor.
15- Assist the division in daily technical activities.
16- Giving Monthly Clearance Report to Central Office.
Reporting Mechanisms:
· The young graduates will be administratively reporting to the provincial extension coordinator, but technically to the SNaPP2 Sr. Livestock Officer under day-to-day management of SNaPP2 Provincial Advisor.
· Any one assigned by the project manager.
· This is a field based post in one of the project provinces, and the candidate is required to travel regularly to the project sites/districts and villages for the training of beneficiaries and CDCs as well monitoring of project activities, and conducting surveys and reporting on the progress. Candidates who can’t travel to / and or work remote areas and districts DO NOT need to apply.
Minimum Qualifications:
The young professional consultant should be a fresh graduate and must have bachelors from:
· Agriculture (Animal Science)
· Veterinary Services
Other skills:
· Written and oral proficiency in English language and both official languages of Afghanistan;
· Ability to work with computers particularly Microsoft Office applications;
· Work in the provinces.
Submission Guidelines:
The interested candidates should submit their resume alone with a covering letter as follow conditions:
· Please send your CV along with a cover letter electronically.
· Subject line must be: (Young Professional Consultant 6-Male&Female-B-H-N/DAIL/SNaPP-2) otherwise your application will NOT be considered.
· Candidate’s educational degree must be attested with Ministry of Higher Education - Afghanistan otherwise we will not accept the application in short listing process.
· Please note that application received after the closing date will not be considered.
· Only short listed candidates whose application responds to the above criteria will be contacted for interview.
· Female candidates are highly encouraged to apply.
Note:
Please specifically mention your provinces in your cover letters. Otherwise, your CVs will not be accepted.
By email or Hard to the following address:
CLAP/MAIL
Jamal Mena, Karti – Sakhi
Ministry of Agriculture, Irrigation and Livestock,
Community Livestock Agriculture Project
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