Continental Forests Career Opportunities; Crop Husbandry Officer

Job Title: Crop Husbandry Officer
Job Location: Kampala, Uganda
Employer: Continental Forests

About Continental Forests:
Continental Forests is a Management Contractor for global-woods AG licenced by the government of Uganda to establish and manage a large-scale commercial forest on over 12,000 hectares in Kikonda Central Forest Reserve in Nsambya Sub-county Kyankwanzi district.

Job Overview:
To train and impart skills to the farmers in modern, productive and sustainable agriculture practices and technologies. He/she provides appropriate agricultural advice to farmers and Continental Forests Management as and when it is deemed necessary.

Job Requirements:

• Diploma in crop Science/agronomy  from a recognized institution.
• A minimum of three years’ experience in training and supporting rural farmers with agricultural extension services.
• Competences in: planning, organizing and coordinating; coaching and mentoring; accountability; communication; concern for quality and standards and time management.

Job Duties:

• Mobilse, train and support farmers with appropriate knowldge, skills and technologies for increased farm yields in order to contribute to sustainable house hold food security and income generation.
• Training farmers in sustinable methods in agriculture and appropriate technologies;
• Monitoring, assessing and prioritizing agriculture intervention activities;
• Organising periodic visits visits to farmers in the communities around the forest plantation to monitor implementation of agreed upon strategies
• Collecting and analyzing and documenting agricultural data;
• Managing demonstration sites

Key Performance Indicators:

•     Adoption of deliberate land use planning and utilisation measures by the farmers
•     Adequate adoption of appropriate sustainable agricultural landuse management practices by farmers including mixed farming.
•     Demonstrably increased soil productivity at the farmers‘ private farmlands
•     Increased food production and availablity at farmers‘ private farmland
•     Adoption of energy efficient technologies such as wood-saving stoves, biogas etc by farmers.
•     Enhancing  the agricultural value chain from production, preservation, storage, processing and marketing
•     Mainstreaming gender, HIV/AIDS and climate chnage in rural agricultural systems

Deadline Date: 19/05/2014

How to Apply:
Please send in your application letter which must include contact information of three credible referees and accompanied with a detailed curriculum vitae to: 
Human Resource Manager;
Continental Forests Limited,
P.O Box 32 Kiboga, Uganda Or Global-woods AG. P.O Box  290, Hoima 
OR
Email to: work@continentalforests.com  (Please do not email scanned certificates)

NB: Female candidates meeting the above requirements are encouraged to apply.
Only short listed candidates shall be contacted.