Vacancy Announcement

Forum for Community Upliftment System Nepal (FOCUS-Nepal) Dhading a NGO working in diversified field in Dhading, District. Currently, it is looking for the potential candidates for the following position:

1) Position: Field Technician (Crop) – 1

Description of Job

Under the overall guidance of the Executive Director the Field Technician is responsible for overseeing the Agriculture elements of the project and shall shoulder the overall responsibility of smooth operation of Programme activities. She/He shall also be matrix supervised and task assigned by FOA-TA based in Benighat Rorang RM, Dhading.

The Field Technician carries out tasks in accordance with the project document, the policies and systems of FOCUS Nepal and donor agencies. She/ He shall follow the guidance of the FOA-TA and closely work with other relevant departments necessary to fulfil the responsibilities.

  • Formation of new groups & selection of existing groups (FFS groups, mother groups & farmer groups)
  • Conduct group level orientation/meeting to sensitize on FANSEP activities.
  • Facilitate roups to prepare by-laws, group registration at concerned municipalities and institutions and provide group strengthening support.
  • Facilitate Mother Groups in adoption of Behivior Change Communication (BCC) practices
  • Facilitate groups in developing proposal/business plan.
  • Mobilize crop FFS groups for crop FFS and other training in line with work plan of the FANSEP/FAO-TA project.
  • Identification of lead farmers from the FFS, and facilitate their participation in additional refresher training.
  • Prepare and submit trimester and monthly Joint work plan and monthly progress report as per the format developmed by the project.
  • Identification of demonstrations sites, as well as the timely distributions of quality inputs.
  • Facilitate to prepare field days in the GDPs related to the demonstrations and FFS topics.
  • Implementation of the seed related activities.
  • Provide management, adivisory and other technical support to farmers/ farmer groups to the project communities, and adjoinning communities within reasonable reach.
  • Technical support to farmer/farmer goups.
  • Monitor, supervise and prepare monthly progress report on the projrct related activities.
  • Collect and report field level data required for PMIS to cluster-level Agriculture Officer of TA Team on monthly basis.
  • Prepared and submit trimester and monthly joint work plans as per the formate developed by the project.
  • Assist on conducting Model FFS organized by FAO-TA project and help in collection/recording relevvent data from on- farm trials conducted in the FFS.
  • Reprt on progress in the use of funds disbursed to the beneficiary groups by the project as instructed and on the implementation progress of business plan and small grant program.
  • Implement awareness-raising activities on environment and social issues and safeguard aspect and collect information as per project requirement.
  • Undertake other project-related tasks as assigned by FAO TA-Team.

Minimum Qualification and Other Requirements

  • Minimum SLC pass with JTA level course of TSLC in Agriculture with at least 2 years of experience in agriculture development projects/activities or I.sc-Ag with at least 1 year of experience in agriculture development projects/activities.

Applications:

Interested Nepali applicants with suitable skills are requested to submit an application letter, updated CV with two referees through email: recruit.focusnepal1@gmail.com by 12th June 2022. Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted for further process. Applications will proceed as soon as we receive. FOCUS Nepal reserves the right to reject any or all applicants. Woman and candidates from marginalized castes and ethnic groups are encouraged to apply.

Telephone enquiries will not be entertained.

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