Job Description
– Elaborate a local strategy on cash crops, monitor its implementation at Sector level and produce consolidated reports thereof;
– Organize trainings and campaigns meant to raise local population awareness on the use and importance of modern techniques of cash crops production and disease control at Sector level;
– Supervise the identification and mapping of cash crop diseases prevailing within the District and advise on preventive and reactive measures;
– Supervise, in close collaboration with the agriculture officer, the distribution and monitor the use of fertilizers across Sectors, and organize experimentation of selected seeds;
– Maintain, in close collaboration with any other concerned staff, an updated database of cash crops within the District, analyse their impact on local economic development and advise accordingly about scale-up measures.
Minimum Qualifications
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Bachelor’s Degree in Agri-business
Experience: 0
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Bachelor’s Degree in Rural Development
Experience: 0
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Bachelor’s Degree in Agribusiness
Experience: 0
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Bachelor’s Degree in Agriculture
Experience: 0
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Bachelor’s Degree in Cash Crops Production
Experience: 0
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Bachelor’s Degree in agro-economics
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Competency and Key Technical Skills
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Integrity
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Strong critical thinking skills and excellent problem solving skills.
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Inclusiveness
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Accountability
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Communication
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Teamwork
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Client/citizen focus
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Professionalism
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Commitment to continuous learning
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Time management skills
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Fluency in Kinyarwanda, English and/or French. Knowledge of all is an added advantage
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Complex Problem Solving Skills
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High analytical Skills
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Organizational Skills & High analytical Skills
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Effective communication skills;
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Strong interpersonal and teamwork skills;
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Extensive Knowledge in Agriculture mainly Cash Crops
