Minimum Qualifications

• Master’s degree in Agriculture, Agronomy, Agricultural Extension, Rural Development, Agribusiness, Natural Resource Management, or a related field.
  
• At least 8–10 years of progressive experience in agricultural livelihoods, climate-smart agriculture, value chain development, or refugee/host community programming.
  
• Demonstrated experience working in refugee settlements or refugee-hosting districts in Uganda.
  
• Strong experience with farmer group approaches, Farmer Field Schools, cooperative development, input systems, market linkages, and climate-resilient production.
  
• Experience managing multi-disciplinary technical teams.
  
• Prior engagement with government-led or World Bank-funded agricultural projects is an added advantage.
  

• Lead the technical design and implementation of climate-smart agriculture interventions across assigned refugee settlements and host communities.
  
• Coordinate technical specialists and field teams to ensure integrated delivery across all selected value chains.
  
• Ensure that Farmer Field School and Farmer Institutional Development approaches are applied consistently and effectively.
  
• Support development of workplans, technical training packages, demonstration plot plans, input distribution plans, and field supervision schedules.
  
• Provide technical oversight for farmer group formation, strengthening, cooperative development, and market-readiness.
  
• Ensure integration of cross-cutting issues, including gender, youth inclusion, disability inclusion, nutrition, environmental safeguards, conflict sensitivity, and accountability.
  
• Represent the project in technical coordination meetings with all stakeholders like local government, settlement leadership, private sector actors.
  
• Support preparation of monthly, quarterly, annual, and ad hoc technical reports.
  
• Lead technical reflection, adaptive management, documentation of lessons, and preparation for joint supervision missions.