Agronomy & Livestock Officer

Agronomy & Livestock Officer

· Position Title: Agronomy & Livestock Officer

· Number of Positions: One (1)

· Duty Station: HRNS ET Jimma Field Office

· Reports To: Field Office Coordinator

1. Core Technical Delivery

• Plan, coordinate, and implement crop and livestock development interventions.
• Promote climate-smart, integrated, and sustainable farming practices.
• Provide technical support on crop production, livestock management, and nutrition.
• Facilitate capacity strengthening for Development Agents (DAs), youth groups, and farmer groups (YAIGs, FFS, FTC).
• Provide up-to-date, research-based technical guidance on improved production techniques across different agribusinesses (coffee, crops, vegetables, livestock, beekeeping, horticulture, nurseries, fisheries, etc.).
• Conduct regular field visits to monitor activities and ensure timely, high-quality implementation at site level.
• Support the development of work plans in collaboration with project and site coordination teams and youth groups.
• Establish mechanisms for knowledge sharing and peer learning within supported youth groups.

2. Monitoring & Supervision

• Use Commcare for the project real data collection and analysis
• Support and capacitate DAs and YAIG leaders/facilitators on the use of Commcare
• Monitor field activities and track progress to ensure adherence to implementation plans and quality standards.
• Document, analyze, and synthesize field findings for evidence-based decision-making.
• Capture lessons learned and ensure systematic knowledge management across the project.
• Record success stories, challenges, and gender-related insights through engagement with project participants and stakeholders.

3. Reporting and Visibility

• Prepare and submit quarterly progress reports and annual summary reports to the field operations office.
• Ensure lessons learned are well documented and disseminated among project teams and partners.
• Produce analytical reports and knowledge products for wider sharing and visibility.

4. Compliance & Stakeholder Coordination

• Coordinate with relevant government stakeholders to harmonize approaches, tools, and interventions.
• Build and maintain strong relationships with communities, local stakeholders, and project partners to maximize impact.
• Engage with local authorities to identify issues and support timely and amicable conflict resolution.
• Contribute to local and district-level dialogue to enhance community perception of youth engagement in livelihoods.
• Support the smooth and compliant implementation of HRNS-Ethiopia operations and fulfill additional duties as required.

Responsibility for assigned adhoc duties: Perform other duties that may be assigned by the Field office Coordinator

• M.Sc/B.Sc. Degree in Plant Science, Agronomy, Rural Development and Agricultural Innovation, Agribusiness and Value Chain Management.

• At least 3 Years of proven work experience in working at community level as extensionist and agronomist
• Hand in experience in working on extension packages and innovative agricultural practices.
• Mixed work experiences of agronomy, project management and coordination of different disciplines, planning and reporting.
• Previous experience of working on agriculture, climate, biodiversity, institutional capacity building for DAs and farmers in NGO/INGO is required.
• The candidate should also be able to have experience in managing staff remotely.