Agronomy Field Officer

Key activities in your role will include

Objective 1: To ensure timely and quality implementation of agriculture activities

• To actively engage in the beneficiary and site selection process under the guidance of FSL PM
• To provide support to the FSL PM for the design of the agriculture activities (gardens, school gardens, etc...)
• To provide support to the FSL PM in the design of the trainings to be provided to agriculture program participants
• To conduct agriculture activities in the field under the guidance of FSL PM (input distribution, trainings, set up, maintenance, monitoring, reporting, etc.)
• To support ACF’s implementing partners activities upon the request of the FSL PM
• To conduct site visits, focus group discussions and key informant interviews upon the request of the PM
• To provide verbal and written reports on the activities to the FSL PM as and when needed

Objective 2:  To ensure timely implementation and follow up of food security and livelihoods activities

• To actively engage in the identification and assessment  of beneficiaries, in line with the assignments given by the PM.
• To actively engage in the identification, and assessment of contracted vendors, in line with the assignments given by the PM.
• To participate in the briefing and induction sessions given to stakeholders
• To participate in the distribution of Food Vouchers, follow up with the beneficiaries, and monitoring of the vendors
• To provide verbal and written reports on the activities to the PM as and when needed

Objective 3: Security

• Respect the security rules specified in the mission and base security plan, see to it that the team under his/her responsibility complies with the security plan and perform the security management tasks that can be assigned in its protocols.
• Communicate to the security managers of the working location any security related information or noncompliance with the security plan

Objective 4:  To support other humanitarian activities of ACF upon the request of the PM

• Support the emergency interventions of the organization as per the employee’s abilities.
• Support any activity that helps reaching our humanitarian goals, as per the employee’s abilities.
• Promote gender equality within the humanitarian and/or development work

Do you meet the profile required criteria?

Training/ Education: 

BS in Agricultural Sciences

Technical specific knowledge:        

Crop Production – FSL activities.

Previous experience:

Experience in crop production under greenhouse conditions. Experience in a humanitarian and development organization, especially in cash-based intervention is desirable.

Humanitarian sector knowledge:

Yes

Action Against the Hunger knowledge:      

Not Mandatory

Languages:   

Native Arabic and English compulsory

IT and specific systems:

Good skills in Microsoft Word, Excel, Outlook and power point

Mobility (national/ international):

National

Our remuneration package:

We offer immediate incorporation to a dynamic international network with the following remuneration package:

• Salary range from USD1,257  to USD 1,566 gross per month according to the candidate’s previous experience (based on the standard list of Action Against Hunger - Spain).
• Salary progression based on the annual development appraisal.
• LBP 8,000 daily transportation allowance on working days
• Social security registration and NSSF family allowance if eligible
• Complementary health insurance for you and your dependents
• Work accident insurance
• Life insurance (after 3 months of contract)
• School allowance for your children if eligible as per the official decree 
• 1.5 days of paid holidays per month
• Approx. 18 days per year of public holidays
• Many training opportunities