Research Assistant -Agroforestry scaling job at CIFOR-ICRAF

Summary
Date Posted: Wednesday, March 19 2025, Base Salary: Not Disclosed

JOB DETAILS:
Duties and responsibilities
1. Extension and action learning
• Raise awareness and recruitment of specified number of smallholder farmers to participate in the project
• Provide training sessions on appropriate agroforestry technologies to smallholder farmers
• Provide technical advice and training to implementing local government partners.

2. On-ground project management
• Prepare budgets for funds request and account for spent money
• Contribute to preparation of meetings and workshops in the field within their areas of operation
• Prepare reports and PowerPoint presentations and make presentations at meetings and workshops.

3. Monitoring Evaluation and Learning
• Support PMEL process working, build capacity of implementing partners
• Support implementation of baseline, uptake surveys and impact assessment, data collection and complementary qualitative follow-up assessments
• Continuous Professional Development
• Use collected research information to contribute to scientific publication
• Where possible use data collected to achieve academic awards.

4. On-ground project management
• Manage the Rural Resource Centre professionally to ensure adequate transfer of knowledge and technologies
• Prepare budgets for funds request and account for spent money
• Contribute to preparation of meetings and workshops in the field within their areas of operation
• Prepare reports and PowerPoint presentations and make presentations at meetings and workshops
• Lead a team of nursery workers to ensure efficiency in production of seedlings.

5. Monitoring Evaluation and Learning
• Support project monitoring and evaluation process working
• Support implementation of baseline, uptake surveys and impact assessment, data collection and complementary qualitative follow-up assessments.

Requirements
• Diploma or bachelor’s degree in forestry, Agriculture, Agroforestry, Environmental science or any other related discipline
• At least 2 years’ experience of delivering extension services and scaling forestry and agroforestry services to stakeholder
• Basic knowledge in MS Office packages (specifically Word, Excel, PPT)
• Capacity to undertake basic exploratory data analysis, write reports
• Ability to organize meetings and workshops involving several stakeholders
• Ability to operate a motorcycle.

Education, knowledge and experience
•Diploma or bachelor’s degree in forestry, Agriculture, Agroforestry, Environmental science or any other related discipline
•At least 2 years’ experience of delivering extension services and scaling forestry and agroforestry services to stakeholder
•Basic knowledge in MS Office packages (specifically Word, Excel, PPT)
•Capacity to undertake basic exploratory data analysis, write reports
•Ability to organize meetings and workshops involving several stakeholders
•Ability to operate a motorcycle.

Terms and conditions
•This is a Locally Recruited position. CIFOR-ICRAF offers competitive remuneration in local currency commensurate with skills and experience.
•The duty station will be Madi-Okollo, Moyo, Obongi, Adjumani, Amuru -Uganda.

Work Hours: 8

Experience in Months: 24

Level of Education: Associate Degree

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