Assistant Master Trainer SC 6

Minimum Requirements

• University degree in Agriculture, Agribusiness, Agricultural Economics, Rural Development or related field
  
• Five (5) years of relevant experience in agricultural extension, participatory training, and farmer business capacity development
  
• Working knowledge (level C) of English and Kiswahili
  
• National of Kenya
  

• Assist in contextualizing FFS and FBS curricula, training modules, and facilitation guides to local agro‑ecological and market conditions
  
• Co‑facilitate Training of Trainers (ToT) and FFS/FBS facilitators and GOK extension officers.
  
• Provide hands-on coaching to facilitators during FFS and FBS cycles, reinforcing adherence to participatory learning methods, and FFS learning principles.
  
• Routine supervision visits to farmer groups to assess facilitator performance and provide on-site guidance on FFS season long learning
  
• Offer technical assistance on agronomy, climate-smart agriculture, group dynamics, participatory experimentation, and business development skills in the preferred FFS group value chains.
  
• Ensure facilitators apply approved methodologies and adhere to FFS/FBS principles.
  
• Support facilitators in collecting data, maintaining attendance records, and documenting key observations.
  
• Guide facilitators in documenting innovations, field trials, enterprise performance, and behavioural change among farmers.
  
• Compile field reports, case studies, and success stories for dissemination at project and stakeholder forums.
  
• Participate in FFS review meetings and learning events to share lessons learnt.
  
• Guide facilitators in documenting innovations, field trials, enterprise performance, and changes in trends among farmers.
  
• Compile field reports, case studies, and success stories for dissemination at project and stakeholder forums.
  
• Support and facilitate linkages between FFS/FBS groups and service providers (input suppliers, market actors, financial institutions).
  
• Support in supervising the LOA service providers in the assigned counties
  
• Support in organising and coordinating FFS learning events and field days at all levels.