Agriculture Officer 

• All project team members and partners in district, other Project Officers including their senior officers, other project teams in District, and relevant counterparts in LANN-NSC and Yoti Yoti projects in Port Loko. 
• Area Coordinator; District & Freetown finance, systems and HR staff; Freetown PDQ Coordinator, MEAL Coordinator, Equality and Gender Advisor, Advocacy and Communications Manager, Accountability Supervisor and Partnership Manager; SLCRP Manager, Livelihoods Programme Coordinator. 
• Relevant Community, Chiefdom and District stakeholders from Ministries and District Council as well as Private sector actors

Ensuring Local/District Development Plans incorporate Community Adaptation Plans and strengthened national and sub-national governments undertake climate adaptation projects through ensuring they Strengthen district coordination mechanisms and Mentoring and joint supportive supervision at community level.   

Enhance climate resilience of schools and climate change education in schools by supporting school use of climate resilient equipment. 

Climate-resilient farming, fishing and alternative livelihoods secured by communities through supporting target communities to develop demonstration plots for coastal livelihood circles on improved climate resilient farming techniques, training lead farmers and fishers / fish preservation practitioners on peer to peer extension services, support the procurement of an assortment of farming tools & technologies (improved seedlings, hermetic bags etc.) and procurement of fish-preservation and fishing and equipment and training programme participants in preservation techniques and Undertake market facilitation activities to sensitize suppliers of inputs to increase supply while promoting demand among farmers and fishers / fish preservation. The officers will also conduct an inventory of water-sources and needs for agricultural purposes at a community-level, conduct trainings on agricultural water interventions and establish, train and equip maintenance committees for agricultural water interventions 

Strengthened capacity of communities to protect, restore and sustainably use mangrove ecosystems for climate resilience by facilitating community-led mangrove assessments, conduct community level training on mangrove management and implement awareness raising on mangrove use at community and chiefdom levels. 

S/he will support in project assessments. 

S/he will ensure that agreed targets are on track, collect monitoring and case stories, and provide quality reports.

Responsibilities:

Under supervision of the SLCRP Senior Officer- Agriculture, Climate Change and Environment:  

• Contribute to the development of monthly and weekly work plans with the team based on the overall project work plan and timeframe;  
• Actively participate in relevant project training of trainers; 
• Preparation of documentation (ToRs, SRs, training curriculum, budget, float request, transport request…) for a programmatic and logistical preparation to implement agreed field activities – trainings, workshops, coaching and monitoring visits; 
• Facilitate trainings and workshops in areas of responsibility ensuring all paperwork are properly filled and procedures followed (such as attendance lists, payment receipt etc.); 
• Support other project officers in activities related to climate change, livelihoods, WASH, Nutrition, MEAL, gender where needed/appropriate; 
• Coordinate with local partner where needed on activities. 
• Monitoring and Evaluation  
• Participate in community entry meetings and identification of project beneficiaries;  
• Participate in project assessments;  
• Ensure that all agreed Monitoring, Evaluation and Learning requirements are captured on time through standardized data collection tools; are accurately and submitted to the SLCRP Team Leader and the M&E Officer;   
• Contribute to the development of monthly and weekly work plans with the team based on the overall project work plan and timeframe;  
• Actively participate in relevant project training of trainers; 
• Preparation of documentation (ToRs, SRs, training curriculum, budget, float request, transport request…) for a programmatic and logistical preparation to implement agreed field activities – trainings, workshops, coaching and monitoring visits; 
• Facilitate trainings and workshops in areas of responsibility ensuring all paperwork are properly filled and procedures followed (such as attendance lists, payment receipt etc.); 
• Support other project officers in activities related to climate change, livelihoods, WASH, Nutrition, MEAL, gender where needed/appropriate; 
• Coordinate with local partner where needed on activities. 
• Monitoring and Evaluation  
• Participate in community entry meetings and identification of project beneficiaries;  
• Participate in project assessments;  
• Ensure that all agreed Monitoring, Evaluation and Learning requirements are captured on time through standardized data collection tools; are accurately and submitted to the SLCRP Team Leader and the M&E Officer;   
• . Participate in project planning, review meetings with staff and stakeholders, and ensure that key recommendations and learning are incorporated into day-to-day project implementation; 
• Actively participate in relevant review meetings with programme participants; 
• Participate in baseline, end line and monitoring surveys as required. 
• Reporting and documentation  
• Participate in the writing of monthly activity reports through the timely submission of activities up-date to the Senior Officer- Agriculture, Climate Change and Environment;  
• Actively participate in the documentation of good practices and case stories working with PDQ team; 
• Participate in correct and accurate filling of documentation (soft & hard copies) 
• Other responsibilities: 
• Promote full accountability and compliance with Concern’s Code of Conduct & Associated Policies, including promotion of Concern’s Complaints & Response Mechanism (CRM), to ensure maximum protection of programme participants and the efficient and transparent use of Concern’s resources; 
• Support the fulfilment of Concerns commitments to accountability (as outlined in the Core Humanitarian Standards (CHS) to which Concern is a signatory) – including in relation to the functionality and accessibility of Concern’s Complaints & Response Mechanism (CRM); 
• Ensure that Cross cutting themes: Gender & Equality , DRR and Environment are mainstreamed in all activities; 
• Build and maintain effective professional relationships with community leaders and animators to aid successful programming;  
• Participate in relevant coordination meetings at District level;  
• Complete any reasonable task requested by the Line Manager

Essential 

• Must have a diploma or University degree in Agriculture, Economics, Development, Sociology or other Social Sciences; 
• Minimum of 4 years’ relevant experience and demonstrated knowledge and understanding of livelihoods and climate smart agriculture (experience in NRM, gender and equality, markets and nutrition an advantage); 
• Good capacity in community mobilization and knowledge of participatory approaches. 

Special Skills, Aptitude or Personality Requirements: 

Essential: 

• Minimum 3 years working with INGOs;  
• Excellent, proven training skills and competence in group facilitation; 
• Ability to work on own initiative; 
• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills; 
• Good observation skills; 
• Enthusiastic, energetic and motivated; 
• Ability to influence others; 
• Ability to work as part of a team for shared results and learning; 
• Strong spoken skills in Temne and Krio; 
• Valid motorbike license and ability to ride (desirable). 

• Raising awareness and being updated on HIV & AIDS issues.
• Protecting him/herself and colleagues.

Sharing information with colleagues and avoiding stigma and discrimination.

Therefore, each staff member of Concern is expected to be sensitive to equality issues in their relationships with colleagues and in their work and to participate in implementation of gender mainstreaming plans, both at the workplace and in programmes.

Concern has an organisational Code of Conduct (CCoC) with three Associated Policies; the Programme Participant Protection Policy (P4), the Child Safeguarding Policy and the Anti-Trafficking in Persons Policy. These have been developed to ensure the maximum protection of programme participants from exploitation, and to SME&Lrify the responsibilities of Concern staff, consultants, visitors to the programme and partner organisation, and the standards of behaviour expected of them. In this context, staff have a responsibility to the organisation to strive for, and maintain, the highest standards in the day-to-day conduct in their workplace in accordance with Concern’s core values and mission. Any candidate offered a job with Concern Worldwide will be expected to sign the Concern Staff Code of Conduct and Associated Policies as an appendix to their contract of employment. By signing the Concern Code of Conduct, candidates acknowledge that they have understood the content of both the Concern Code of Conduct and the Associated Policies and agree to conduct themselves in accordance with the provisions of these policies. Additionally, Concern is committed to the safeguarding and protection of vulnerable adults and children in our work. We will do everything possible to ensure that only those who are suitable to work or volunteer with vulnerable adults and children are recruited by us for such roles. Subsequently, working or volunteering with Concern is subject to a range of vetting checks, including criminal background checking.