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Agroforestry Specialist Jobs – Latek Stay Alliance Uganda
Posted by: ugashare-Volunteer
Posted date: 2025-Mar-06
Location: ampala, Uganda
Job Title:  Agroforestry Specialist  Organisation: Latek Stay Alliance Uganda Duty Station: Kampala, Uganda About Organisation: Latek Stay Alliance Uganda is an umbrella organization of social entrepreneurs, with the primary objective of reducing extreme poverty through a social enterprise approach that promotes sustainability and impact. Job Summary:   The Agroforestry Specialist will guide and support Latek Stay Alliance Uganda’s implementing partners in designing, testing and scaling the sustainable agroforestry project. Key Duties and Responsibilities: - Establish and maintain strong partnerships with implementing partners, institutions, government agencies, and private sector actors to promote and sustain the sustainable agroforestry interventions in the target communities.
- Work closely and support partners to plan, implement, monitor, and evaluate sustainable agroforestry interventions, ensuring alignment with project goals and timelines.
- Provide expert guidance on sustainable agroforestry practices that are resilient to climate change, adaptable to local conditions, and applicable in the target project districts.
- Oversee the planning and execution of activities for partners and project beneficiaries, while offering technical advice to ensure the successful rollout.
- Ensure sustainable agroforestry interventions are timely integrated into Latek’s overall programming and planning processes and effectively delivered to project beneficiaries.
- Evaluate the participation capacity of partners and farmers in the target areas in sustainable agroforestry initiatives and propose tailored measures, designs, and interventions.
- Ensure quality and timely periodic and ad-hoc reports on sustainable agroforestry intervention activities, ensuring accuracy and alignment with project objectives.
- Research sustainable agroforestry crops, varieties, techniques, innovations and collaborate with research centres and specialists in the sustainable agroforestry space.
Qualifications, Skills and Experience:
- University Degree in Agroforestry, Forestry, or sustainable agriculture or related area. Postgraduate qualifications in a relevant field are an added advantage
- At least five years of relevant experience in Agro-forestry or related field
- Proven ability to guide and support partners in implementing medium to large scale projects.
- Experience working with smallholder farmers and rural communities in Uganda.
Skills - Deep understanding of intercropping, carbon sequestration, and agroforestry practices.
- Strong training, facilitation, and capacity-building skills.
- Proficiency in monitoring and evaluation frameworks and tools.
- Excellent communication, coordination, and analytical skills.
Core Competencies - Results Focus, Teamwork, Communication, Building Effective Relationships, Knowledge Sharing and Continuous Improvement
How to Apply: All qualified and interested candidates are encouraged to submit their applications, including a curriculum vitae, copies of academic qualifications, and contact details of three referees, via email to info stay-alliance-uganda.org with ernest.namanyastay-alliance-uganda.org in copy Deadline: 16th March 2025. For more of the latest jobs, please visit https://www.ugashare.com or find us on our facebook page https://www.facebook.com/Ugashare Job Title:  Assistant, Farm Management (Fresher Certificate NGO Jobs)  … Job Title:  Assistant Relationship Manager, Agriculture Organisation: KCB Bank Uganda Limited… Job Title:  Project Coordinator, AGRA Project Organisation: Farm Africa Duty… Job Title:  Assistant Production Manager   Organisation: Kenchic Uganda Duty… Job Title:  Coordinator, Project Organisation: ChildFund International Duty Station:  Obongi, Uganda Reports… Job Title:  Project Officer – Livelihood and Agroecology (3 positions)…
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