JOB DESCRIPTION
Duties & Responsibilities
- Develop and execute a comprehensive strategy for horticulture that aligns with TechnoServe’s goals of increasing mango productivity, reducing post-harvest losses, enhancing farmers' economic resilience, and promoting climate-resilient farming practices.
- Monitor and oversee all agronomy-related operations, including trainings on good agricultural practices, especially integrated pest management and post-harvest storage, ensuring compliance with best practices and project objectives.
- Improve farmer productivity by designing training on best practices for farm management, climate smart agriculture and Integrated pest management ● Develop and manage a team of Agronomy Advisors ensuring consistent delivery of high quality trainings including development and customization of training, and troubleshooting field issues if adoption rates are low
- Produce tools that incorporate both in-person training as well as remote approaches leveraging digital tools to improve training efficiency and effectiveness
- Strengthen capacity and market-orientation of cooperatives and farmer associations in the horticulture value chain
- Liaise and collaborate with public and private nurseries to ensure high-quality tree stock is available for replanting
- Build up the capacity of private and public agricultural extension agents to support mango production, and link them to farmers in this value chain
- Promote capacity building of agricultural extension agents and services; development of demonstration plots and model farms; and dissemination of weather alerts and agronomy advisory services
Basic Qualifications
- Bachelor’s degree in agronomy, agriculture, horticulture or related discipline plus 10 years of experience in agronomy management, including overseeing horticulture projects in agriculture (or Master’s degree plus seven years of experience)
- Strong leadership and team management skills with the ability to motivate and guide a diverse team
- Significant experience in market system development within the agricultural sector. ● Experience developing agronomy training
Preferred Qualifications
- Practical experience and in-depth knowledge of agronomy or production within a large horticultural farming operation
- Experience in the mango sector
- Familiarity with US government-funded, or other bilateral-funded projects is highly desirable.
Required Languages
- Proficiency in English and French
Knowledge, Skills and Abilities
- In-depth knowledge of climate-resilient farming practices and landscape restoration techniques.
- Excellent project management and organizational skills, including budget management.
- Strong communication and interpersonal skills to engage with diverse stakeholders.
- Commitment to sustainable agriculture, gender equality, and climate change mitigation.
- Excellent presentation skills.
- Ability to balance multiple priorities and meet demanding deadlines. Supervisory Responsibilities
- This position reports to the Chief of Party and manages a team of agronomy advisors and farmer trainers.
Salary
Competitive
Monthly based
Location
Korhogo, Savanes, Côte d'Ivoire
Job Overview
Location
Korhogo, Savanes, Côte d'Ivoire
