Job Vacancy: Agriculture and Farming Facilitator

Position Summary:

The agribusiness facilitator will be tasked to train the young persons (m/w) on agribusiness as well as getting internships and placements for them under “Go Blue” Project – Skills Development (TVET), Matching and Value Chain Development

Required Practical Skills & Knowledge

Animal Husbandry: New and productive approaches for rearing Dairy cattle, poultry farming, and apiculture. New farming technology that help make livestock more productive and profitable.

Crop Farming: Growing various fruits, vegetables, grains and nuts. Understanding of climatic and salinity conditions of the region.

Cocopeat: Production techniques, marketing and value chain establishment

Location: Kilifi

Duties & responsibilities:

• Recruitment of trainees for the course
• Train established young farmer on agricultural related practices and its value chains
• Train young farmers adopt new farming practices like aquaculture and aquaponics farming etc.
• Train enrolled farmers on value addition of the farm produce to reduce post harvesting losses and improve on their shelf life
• Participate in mobilization activities to ensure that center meets the targeted number of participants within timeframe
• Prepare classroom timetable and training calendar for trade
• Deliver practical and theoretical curriculum of the trade
• Conduct internal assessment for trainees (m/w) during and after training
• Invite industry players for guest lectures
• Arrange Field visits and exposure visits for trainees(m/w)
• Develop social media posts and case studies for project visibilities
• Mobilize best performers to give testimonies at different events in the project.
• Assist trainees (m/w) in attending interviews and extend support in post placement assistance
• Network with trade specific industries
• Maintain track record of learning and keep the database up to date
• Keep the MIS updated
• Provide reports as and when required
• Participate in placement drives
• Deliver learning through online tools available like LMS
• Conduct parent’s meetings
• Offer agricultural extension services to the trained people as a handholding support for sustainability
• Offer Mentorship to the trained people on new farming practices like aquaculture and aquaponics farming

Required Qualifications:

• Diploma or Bachelor’s degree in Agriculture, Agriculture Education and Extension, Horticulture, Agricultural Economics, Agricultural Engineering, Agribusiness Management, Animal production or equivalent.
• Minimum of three (3) years of work experience in food security and related sectors
• Working experience in implementation of Food Security Projects or related community-based projects;
• Experience in local value chains development will be an added advantage
• Proficiency in MS Office (MS Word, PowerPoint, Excel and Outlook).
• Good presentation and communication (verbal and written) skills
• Good facilitation skills

Our Commitment to Safeguarding

CAPYEI is committed to preventing any type of unwanted behavior at work including sexual harassment, exploitation and abuse, lack of integrity and financial misconduct; and committed to promoting the welfare of young persons. CAPYEI expects all and volunteers (m/w) to share this commitment through our code of conduct. We place a high priority on ensuring that only those who share and demonstrate our values are recruited to work for us.