Participatory Integrated Planning Field Officers SNV

The Participatory Integrated Planning (PIP) Field Officer works at regional level, ensuring the implementation of the PIP approach for smallholder farmer/households and community. The PIP Field Officer is responsible for providing technical extension service in all aspects of livestock management and productivity ensuring that project activities are effectively implemented. He/she will also be involved in supporting the implementation of strategies, coordinating stakeholders and implementation of activities as well as contributing to organization- wide learning. The PIP Field Officer will work in collaboration with SHF in the local communities, government, Development Partners, Civil Society and other stakeholders to achieve empowered and motivated households, better performing farming systems (with the focus on livestock) leading to improved household food security and income, empowered and motivated farmer communities, restored degraded hotspots, improved market Access, farmers generating income from livestock and viable entrepreneurial groups.

Job Description
Responsibilities
• Service & process delivery
Conduct community awareness and mobilization meetings to develop village visions (Plans), organize villages to restore degraded hot spots. Create PIP in targeted villages and conduct assessment of current farming systems at village level. Facilitate implementation of village vision/work plans, including provision of training and technical assistance to SHFs on all aspects for livestock farming.
• Internal and external communication
Facilitate learning events among the SHF in villages, document activities, impact and lessons learned.
• Project data handling
Collect data for baseline study, gender analysis study, agro-ecological and farming systems. Analyse market opportunities and bottlenecks
• Process improvement
Facilitate prioritization of general market access bottlenecks and market opportunities in selected commodities. Facilitate identification of entrepreneurial initiatives in target villages. Develop work plans with the Regional Coordinators with input from technical experts for activities to be implemented.

Qualifications
Qualifications & Experience
• Bachelor’s degree or diploma in community development, natural resource management, Agriculture, Agribusiness, Land use and management and agroforestry.
• Relevant experience of 5 years minimum in project implementation.
• Good analytical and IT skills.
• Command of local Uganda languages is preferred.
• A self-motivated achiever with excellent leadership, teamwork and coaching
• Extension, Communication, analytical and organisational skills.
Strong work ethics, high level of confidentiality and Integrity
• Able to work effectively with less supervision.
• Able to work effectively with multiple partners including (local leaders, government parish, sub-county, village officials), other NGOs, value chain actors in the communities.
• Flexible and able to reside in the area of operation.
Ability to ride a motorcycle and MUST have a valid riding permit.

Additional Information
Key Competencies
Communication: The ability to communicate in clear language and to adjust one’s use of language to the audience’s level, making sure ideas and essence are understood by the audience.
Flexibility: The ability to change one’s behavioural style and/or views in order to achieve a set goal.
Perseverance: The ability to hold on to views and plans of action, despite adversity.
Result orientation: The ability to take direct action in order to attain or exceed objectives.
Focus on quality: Setting high quality standards and striving for continuous improvement and quality assurance.
Coaching: Encouraging and guiding employees in order to make their performance more effective and to enhance their self-perception and problem-solving skills.