Job Advertisement: 2 Field Officers (Contingent on Donor Funding)
Location: Field-based (Rutsiro / Rubavu)
Are you passionate about transforming livelihoods, strengthening rural communities, and driving climate-resilient agriculture? CARE is looking for a dynamic Field Officer to lead the implementation of activities that boost the productivity, resilience, and market competitiveness of smallholder farmers.
What you will do
As a Field Officer, you will play a central role in turning project goals into real results on the ground. Your responsibilities will include:
Farmer Mobilization & Capacity Building
- Engage and organize smallholder farmers across agriculture and livestock value chains
- Deliver practical training and extension services that help farmers thrive
Promote Climate-Smart & Sustainable Practices
- Introduce innovative, environmentally responsible production techniques
- Support sustainable biomass production and renewable energy solutions
Strengthen Market Linkages
- Connect farmers to reliable, profitable markets
- Engage cooperatives, buyers, and sector stakeholders to ensure stronger value chains
Support Learning, Monitoring & Innovation
- Work closely with the Team Leader and Impact Measurement Team Leader
- Collect farmer feedback, document success stories, and contribute to project evaluations
- Test and refine new approaches for better impact
Represent CARE at Local Platforms
- Participate in sectoral and district-level value chain platforms
- Build strong relationships with partners, local leaders, and farmers
Who we are looking for
A proactive, community-driven professional with strong experience in agriculture, extension services, value chain strengthening, or rural development. Someone who thrives in the field, communicates well with farmers, and is passionate about making lasting change.
Position requirements
Educational Qualifications and Experience required
- Bachelor’s Degree in a related field (e.g. Agriculture/Agribusiness, Rural Development)
- Driving licence for Category A
- 3 years’ experience in delivering projects in agriculture orrural development
- 5 years of experience working with smallholder farmers and coordinating their capacity building
- Experience in community mobilization and participatory training methods.
Technical skills
- Strong understanding of sustainable agriculture, biomass production, and value chain approaches
- Demonstrated capacities in planning, coordination, and teamwork skills leading to the consistent achievement of significant results
- Demonstrated training and facilitation skills especially in agribusiness approaches and market-based approaches
- Ability to establish a learning culture and to facilitate knowledge sharing
- Good communication skills and the ability to work effectively with rural communities.
- Excellent writingand presentation skills in English; fluency in spoken Kinyarwanda
- Problem-solving and adaptability
- Team collaboration and stakeholder engagement
What we offer:
- A Mission-Driven Career: Contribute to meaningful work that changes lives.
- A competitive salary
- Professional Growth: Good opportunities for learning, development, and career advancement.
- Excellent working environment
How to apply
If you’re ready to take on this rewarding challenge and contribute to reshaping the future for vulnerable women and girls, we invite you to apply! Share your resume and a compelling cover letter detailing your relevant experience and vision for empowering marginalized women and girls.
Interested candidates should submit a CV and motivation letter by January 27, 2026
Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.
Notes:
- CARE seeks to improve the lives of the most marginalized, particularly women and girls. Our diversity is our strength. CARE’s focus as an organization is to empower women and girls as we strongly believe that they are most affected by poverty. In line with our values, we highly encourage women to apply for this position.
- We are committed to preventing all unwanted behavior at work. This includes sexual harassment, exploitation and abuse, and child abuse. We expect everyone who works for us to share this commitment by understanding and working within the CARE Safeguarding Policy and related framework.
- CARE International has a zero-tolerance approach to any harm to, or exploitation of any person or child by any of our staff, or partners. CARE International reserves the right to seek information from job applicants’ current and/or previous employers about incidents of sexual exploitation, sexual abuse and/or sexual harassment the applicant may have been found guilty to have committed or about which an investigation was in the process of being carried out at the time of the termination of the applicant’s employment with that employer.
- We participate in the Inter Agency Misconduct Disclosure Scheme and will request information from job applicants’ previous employers about any findings of sexual exploitation, sexual abuse, child abuse and/or sexual harassment during employment, or incidents under investigation when the applicant left employment.Â
- By submitting the application, the job applicant confirms that they have no objection to CARE International requesting the information specified above.
*Disclaimer: CARE International does not charge any kind of fee at whichever stage of the recruitment.
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