Emergency Agriculture Engineer

Job Summary

The Emergency Agriculture Engineer will work under a food security project implemented by WeWorld-GVC and Mada Association. Under the direct responsibility of the Project Manager, the Emergency Agriculture Engineer will be responsible for the project component of support to small-scale farmers, while also supporting on the fresh food distributions to vulnerable households through agricultural cooperatives. The Emergency Agriculture Engineer will:

• Conduct a detailed needs assessment of smallholder farmers in the target areas in Akkar and participate in the selection of 250 farmers to benefit from distributions;
• Lead on the distribution of input and equipment packages to smallholder farmers and provide technical support for their use;
• Conduct a harvest and post-harvest training to agricultural cooperatives providing fresh food baskets to vulnerable households under the project;
• Provide a 3-day training to smallholder farmers on good agricultural practices with focus on water management.
• Closely support the Field Officer working under the project during the distribution of fresh food baskets to vulnerable households.
• Support the component of establishment of small home gardens for beneficiaries as a pilot exit strategy from the food distributions.

The Emergency Agriculture Engineer will work closely with WeWorld-GVC’s team, the targeted farmers, cooperatives and suppliers throughout implementation.

The Emergency Agriculture Engineer will be based in Mada’s office in Tripoli with daily field visits to project sites.

Responsibilities and Tasks

• Ensure that the activities under his/her responsibility are delivered on time, and in line with the project proposal, timeline and logical framework
• Lead on the assessment of smallholder farmers (including developing the tools, conducting the field visits required, leading on any planned Focus Group Discussion, and entering and analyzing the data)
• Work with the Project Manager to develop a workplan for the packages’ distribution to farmers.
• Oversee the distribution of packages to farmers, ensuring proper crowd management.
• Conduct follow-up field visits to benefiting farmers to ensure proper use of packages and provide technical guidance and advice.
• Prepare the content and conduct trainings to cooperatives and farmers in close coordination with the Project Manager.
• Report to the Project Manager on a daily basis and submit weekly reports as required, highlighting risks and challenges and proposing mitigations and solutions
• Ensure that communication with the beneficiaries is clear, identify any bottlenecks and gaps and report back to the Project Manager
• Act as main technical focal point (agriculture) under the project, supporting the team to ensure quality standards are respected
• Support the Project Manager to conduct pesticide residue tests for the fresh produce provided by cooperatives and support in the analysis of results and further actions.
• Support the Project Manager to select households for the family gardens, establish the gardens and coach the households on their maintenance.
• Ensure proper archiving of all project documentation.
• Support the Project Manager based on need with any other tasks pertinent to other project components

Minimum Qualification and Experience

• Bachelor degree in Agriculture Engineering or equivalent degree/experience
• 2 to 3 years of experience in similar tasks, working with NGOs in the livelihoods, agriculture or food security sectors
• Experience in harvest and post-harvest practices is required
• Excellent organizational, coordination and time-management skills
• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills
• Previous experience in Akkar is preferred
• Valid driving license is compulsory.