Agronomist Job at Good Neighbors

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Description:

RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Developing better planting, cultivation, and harvesting techniques, improving crop yield, and solving problems for farmers.
• Researching and promoting agricultural strategies to counter the effects of changes in soil, climate, weather, and pest damage.
• Ensure new developments in crop varieties, disease and pest control, crop rotation, and tillage systems are implemented in farming.
• Working with farmers to determine the best method of improving crop production.
• Keeping detailed records regarding fields, farmers and crops.
• Developing planting and irrigation plans, schedules, budgets, and timelines.
• Assesses crop production on the farm.
• Develop demonstrations farms that farmers will learn within the project area.
• Boost crop yields but also control pests and weeds and protect the environment.
• Developing better planting, cultivation, and harvesting techniques, improving crop yield, and solving problems for farmers.
• Researching and promoting agricultural strategies to counter the effects of changes in soil, climate, weather, and pest damage.
• Responsible for the documentation of project reports, including but not limited to monthly and quarterly reports, lessons learned, meeting minutes and M & E reports.

• Required to attend at least 3 courses as provided by GN academy including any other courses provided by GNTZ or by any other training institution, aiming to develop knowledge and capacity in own work.
• Required to achieve 90% of individual and departmental annual targets.

Qualification, Experiences and Competencies
• Bachelor’s degree in agronomy, agriculture, Crop science, horticulture crop production, agricultural science or a related field.
• Minimum 2 years of agronomy work experience.
• In-depth knowledge of soil and crop principles.
• Demonstrate capacities to establish and maintain strong collaborative working
relationships with government officials, local organizations, Co-operatives, communities and other stakeholders.
• Proficient in MS Office.
• Outstanding research and analytical skills.
• Effective written and verbal communication skills
Other Competencies/Attributes:
• Ability to improvise, flexibility, and adaptability to transitions
• Sincerity, patience, tact and the ability to earn the trust of others
• Good motivational organizational skills
• Good motivational organizational skills
• Ability to work independently with minimum supervision
• Self-starter, strong ability to work well alone and with others;