Land husbandry Specialist Under Contract at CommercializationmDe-Risking for Agricultural Transformation Project: Deadline :Oct 25, 2022

Job Description

Overall Function of the Position:

Reporting to the Senior Irrigation Engineer, the Land Husbandry Specialist will be responsible for all technical logistic arrangements for the successful implementation of different land husbandry technologies in different project sites by ensuring that all requirements to meet the entire land husbandry package under its different sub-component are timely provided as per prescribed specifications and guidelines in different Project documents. More specifically, the Land Husbandry Specialist will be responsible but not limited to the following:

 Collaborate with the program manager in strategizing the development of required jobs, tasks and skills for the successful implementation of the project
 Coordinate for high quality field assessment and desk review of procurement document related to the implementation and supervision of Project land husbandry works and any related services (TORs, technical specifications, Training manuals, reports of service providers)
 Facilitate the timely synthesis of available information and responses from RAB/MINAGRI to be provided to the various bilateral and multilateral organizations that are involved in projects studies and implementation as per the agreements with client
 Empowering the local experts on techniques, practices, knowhow and skills for sustainability in the implementation of community based, Commercialization and De-risking Agricultural Transformation and their best management with environment friendly technics
 Regularly monitor the overall technical implementation of the project
 Collaborate with the senior agronomist in strategizing the implementation of basic land care programs
 Collaborate with dam expert and environment officer in dam safety review
 In close collaboration with M&E contribute in reviewing and improving the mid-year and annual reports of the project
 In collaboration with irrigation specialist, strategize and develop a suitable framework for water harvesting and hillside irrigation infrastructures management
 Collaborate with social safeguard specialist in ensuring social safety and grievance redress
 Together with social safeguard specialist and environment officer, follow up implementation of social and environment related documents
 Participate in different support missions with Funders and different stakeholders for the better implementation of the Projects
 Land husbandry Budget and contract management
 Preparation of different tender documents related to land husbandry and review the other tender documents of different activities in the Project
 Validation of different studies at ministry level as requested
 Oversee and support the participatory and sustainable land–husbandry implementation by reviewing all required materials/inputs with regard to their availability, existing agro climatic zonation, topography, soil fertility and land husbandry studies in different project sites;
 Develop a strategy to document successful usable materials/inputs and approaches for their acquisition in order to facilitate the timely and proper implementation the different land-husbandry technologies in the project sites;
 In collaboration with Extension Specialist, District Agronomist and Community Development Specialist, District Land Husbandry Watershed Officer, develop a strategy for the acquisition of all required inputs (lime and compost) by the community-based Organizations for the sustainable productivity of different land husbandry infrastructures;
 In collaboration with District Land Husbandry and Watershed Officer and District Agronomist and CDO, work with LSGs to set up a mechanism for the sustainable management of different land husbandry infrastructures;
 Coordinate the service providers to ensure the timely supply of all required materials (tree/shrubs seedlings, grass and legumes planting materials, check dams’ material etc) in quality and quantity in order to meet the entire land husbandry package;
 Liaise with the service providers and District Land Husbandry and Watershed officers to ensure the timely and proper payment of different manpower engaged in different land husbandry activities;
 In collaboration with the district Land Husbandry and watershed officers, ensure a systematic technical supervision of the preparation and supply of different planting/materials to be used in different land husbandry infrastructures;
 Assist the Project to respond to the technical support requests from the Community-Based Groups (CBG), private operators, and other beneficiaries of the project in terms of all required materials for the implementation/management of different land husbandry infrastructures
 Conduct any additional duties as instructed by the Supervisor.

Qualifications and Experience Requirement

 Master’s degree or Bachelor’s degree in Soil Management, Natural Resources Management, Agroforestry and Soil management, Soil and Water Management, Environmental management;
 Three (3) years’ experience for Masters’ and five (5) years for Bachelor’s Degree in sustainable land management-based project Implementation;
 Familiarity with implementation of hillside intensification works especially terracing, bounding;
 Working experience with the rural communities in development interventions;
 Ability to work under pressure and to coordinate and link with multi-disciplinary teams;
 Excellent analytical, presentation and communication skills;
 Experience in having worked with/for an international or donor organization is an advantage;
 Familiarity with IDA projects implementation procedures and guidelines is advantageous;
 Fluency in Kinyarwanda, English or French is required; fluency in both English and French an advantage.