Duration: Project Period

Duty station: Respective Corridor office as designated by the project with at least 50% travel to the Project Districts (Terhathum, Bhojpur, Dhankuta, Khotang, Udaypur, Saptari, Siraha, Sunsari, Morang, Bara, Rautahat, Dhanusa, Sarlahi, Mahottarai, Sindhuli and Okhaldhunga)

Report to: Corridor Coordinator /Supply Chain Specialist

Mode of Contract: Contracts will be made annually with a probation period of six months. The annual contract will be extendable up to the project period based on satisfactory performance in the preceding contract assessed by the project.

Roles and Purpose of the Assignment:

The Agriculture Officer (AO) will work in the Corridor Office to provide technical guidance and support in planning, implementation and monitoring of agriculture supply chain based enterprises with in the project enhancing competitiveness. S/he will coordinate and support public & private service providers (LRPs, EDF, VAW, VAHW and extension worker) to deliver technical support for improved & sustainable production, post-harvest technologies and marketing activities in the designated agricultural and livestock based supply chains of the project.

Specific Duties and Responsibilities:

• Overall responsible to identify potential production clusters and develop interventions addressing critical constraints for agriculture supply chain development in partnership with private sector to meet the market requirements with support of supply chain officers; 
• Facilitate and provide technical support in conducting extension services to farmers, farmers groups, cooperatives and agribusiness and support on those aspects concerned with the production/postharvest handling of agricultural/ livestock products involving public and private service providers;
• Coordinate with private sector to ensure the supply of improved agricultural/ Livestock inputs to meet the production targets as per market demand through the beneficiaries;
• Liaise and coordinate with municipalities’ level agriculture, livestock and forestry technical staff in delivering quality technical services to producer groups as and when required in timely manner
• Coordinate with Supply chain officers to facilitate producer’s group linkages with agribusiness & service providers and work towards reliable, fair and long-term relationships including contractual arrangements supporting overall agricultural commodities supply chain development;
• Facilitate, support and mobilize EDF in providing support to producers group for market led crop plan development in clusters to achieve the perceived volume and quality as demanded by the private sectors /traders;
• Organize and provide additional critical direct support to cooperatives and agribusinesses to meet market requirements and strengthening financial and business services provision to enhance relationship among agriculture supply chain actors
• Coordinate and facilitate all the training related to Agriculture production and post-harvest management at corridor/district level and support in the delivery of those training with concerned stakeholders;
• Facilitate and support group/cooperatives for collective marketing and operation of collection Centre within clusters & districts involving private sector/Agribusiness;
• Coordinate and support Corridor team to maintain project’s external relations and visibility, including coordination with like-minded organizations & projects perusing similar objectives in the target corridor and sharing of best practices for wider dissemination;
• Provide support and guidance for the gathering of data and information needed to undertake an effective monitoring and evaluation of all the production and postharvest support activities;
• Facilitate and support documentation of experiences, lessons learned, good practices, and case studies as part of knowledge development and facilitate exchange of information and knowledge exchange with the support of RERP corridor teams;
• Timely and regular reporting to Financial Inclusion Expert as per prescribed format, hard or electronic, or both;
• Other activities as directed by Corridor Coordinator and PMO personnel.

Academic Qualifications and Work Experience:      

• Master’s degree in agriculture with specialization in Horticulture with at least 5 years of experience or Bachelor degree in agriculture with specialization in Horticulture with at least 7 years’ experience in relevant field.
• Proven skills in enterprises promotion, supply chain development, marketing, and business linkages, delivery of field level extension activities and organizing trainings.
• Excellent inter-personal skills, proven networking, team-building, decision making, organizational and communication skills
• Good spoken and written skill in both English and Nepali and possess good skills in report writing
• Good computer skills

Preferences will be given to:

• Candidate with experience Enterprises promotion, business facilitation, Livestock/Agriculture supply chain /Supply Chain development.
• Women candidates & Candidates from ethnic minorities.

Benefits and Remuneration:

• The total annual remuneration will be of NPR ..................... /- (NRs 70000 - 90,000/ month) Inclusive of Insurance, medical Allowance, Unused leave, PF/CIT etc. as decided by RERP
• Tax on the salary will be applicable as per the prevailing GON rules and regulation.
• Travel and the Daily Subsistence Allowance (DSA) will be as per the prevailing GoN rule as applied for the gazette III class staff while traveling out of the work station for official purpose.
• The procedure of salary increment, leave and holiday will be as per the RERP-SAMRIDDHI personnel policy and rules

Supervision and Administrative Control:

• The Agriculture Officer will be administratively (such as approval of leave and travel, evaluation of performance etc.) accountable to the Corridor Coordinator of RERP. S/He will be technically accountable to the Supply chain Specialist.

Performance Assessment:

• The performance assessment of the Agriculture officer will be based on the quality and timely completion of the tasks assigned as per ToR. Details on the indicators for performance assessment will be negotiated and agreed upon on a later stage once s/he signs contract with the RERP. The RERP reserves the right to terminate the contract if the performance is assessed as unsatisfactory.
• The Terms of Reference are subject to revision/update annually per requirement of the RERP based on planning trajectory, modification in RERP project design, or as recommended by Joint Reviews/Supervision Missions and lessons learned during the course of implementation.

Salary and benefits will be as per the rules and regulation of the project. Preference Shall be given to women and ethnic minority candidates. The applicants for all positions should not exceed 50 years of age during the application. Detailed ToR can be downloaded from below mention link.  The applicants need to submit their updated Curriculum Vitae (C.V) before 20^th August, 2018 (4^th Bhadra, 2075) to the following email address by mentioning applied job position in the subject line: project@kantipurjob.com or by post on mentioned address below or apply online.

Kantipur Management Private Limited

                                                           Panchayan Marg, Thapathali, Kathmandu, Nepal                                                              

Phone: +9771451572, 4251599

PO. Box No: 1672

Email: project@kantipurjob.com

Only shortlisted candidates will be called for the further selection process (es). Canvassing at any stage of the selection process shall lead to automatic disqualification. No telephone inquiries will be entertained