Specific responsibilities:

• Data collection for household level assessments and market assessments.
• Assist the Project officer in organizing and delivering safe and secure distribution events, trainings and community events.
• Assess training needs for project beneficiaries in all areas of targeted agriculture / horticulture value chains development such as agro-business development, agricultural livelihoods and quality management through regular consultations with relevant institutions and stakeholders.
• Provide implementation support to AMAL project activities including training sessions, distributions, monitoring and support to incentive staff in line with NRC quality standards.
• Document technical issues and feedback from beneficiaries and channel to the relevant AMAL project Officer and Coordinator.
• Regularly travel to the field to support and monitor different activities such as farmer field schools, extension services, producer groups throughout the seasonal calendar.
• Liaise with support departments including Logistics, Finance and other departments as appropriate.
• Organize and facilitate fto conduct Focus Group Discussions, household surveys, and Key Informant Interviews with project beneficiaries.
• Provide technical guidance and backstopping to all actors involved with AMAL’s identified plant-based value chain development activities (incl. horticulture).
• Establish strong working relationship with targeted communities including local leaders and identification of community focal points, relevant government departments as well as other agricultural actors in the operational areas.
• Contribute to data collection, documentation and reporting.
• Any other tasks required by the line manager.

• Sound technical knowledge in the fields of 1. agriculture / farming / horticulture, 2. business economics / business development and 3. developing and overseeing trainings
• Strong communication, interpersonal, analytical and negotiation skills.
• Overall good knowledge of geography, local population and local language in the areas of operational interests.
• Ability to show leadership in a multi-cultural team.
• Fluency in Arabic both spoken and writing and medium-level in English.
• Competencies in all computer related tasks including Word, Excel, PowerPoint and Outlook.
• Good understanding of community participation, and very good ability to communicate with beneficiaries.
• Ability to manage (sometimes) high workloads for a limited time and meet deadlines.

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