Agriculture Specialist at local administrative intities development agency (LODA) Under Contract: Deadline: Aug 28, 2024

Job responsibilities

Propose the effective planning and coordination mechanisms of agriculture and livestock projects implemented in LGs – Give technical support to LGs for effective implementation of agriculture and livestock projects ; – Advise on projects prioritization basing on economic opportunity and planning tools at national and LGs level; – Follow up the implementation of agriculture and livestock projects in Decentralized Entities and provide technical advice; – Participate in analysis of project profile submitted by LGs to LODA; – Coordinate and ensure technical ministries standards of agriculture and livestock projects are implemented by LGs; – Facilitate the implementation of operation and maintenance manual of agriculture and livestock projects financed by LGs, – Prepare and report annual maintenance plan of LGs infrastructure; – Analyse requests and documents required for the transfers of funds allocated to decentralized entities; – Provide technical advice of project feasibility study developed by LGs; – Prepare periodical and situational progress reports on agriculture and livestock projects financed by LODA.

QUALIFICATION:

Bachelor’s degree in Agronomy, Agribusiness, Agriculture engineering with 5 years of working experience Or Master’s degree in the same field with 3 years of working experience. Key Technical Skills & Knowledge required: – Extensive knowledge and understanding of the Decentralization system – Creative, proactive, customer focused, solutions led and outcome driven Skills; – Analytical, problem – solving and critical thinking skills. – Strong Leadership and Organizational Skills – Technical understanding of system being analyzed and how it affects the various business units. – Good at handling and meeting deadlines. – Multi-tasking skills and the ability to balance multiple priorities and keep up with project scope changes. – Able to work well with both internal and external clients. – Good presentation skills, and ability to communicate with various audiences, including end users and managers. – Self-starter with leadership skills in order to take charge of or facilitate requirement-gathering sessions. – Effective communication skills and negotiation skills; – Time Management Skills; – Fluent in Kinyarwanda, English and/ or French; knowledge of all is an advantage.