Requirements for Appointment: -

<ul>
	<li>Diploma in any· of the following disciplines: - Animal Health, Animal Health and Production, Environmental Health, Clinical Pathology and Laboratory Diagnosis, Poultry Science or Animal Husbandry from a recognized institution;</li>
	<li>Possess a current valid practicing certificate;</li>
	<li>Membership of a relevant professional body; and</li>
	<li>Shown merit and ability as reflected in work performance and results.</li>
</ul>

Duties and Responsibilities: -

<ul>
	<li>Oversee construction and maintenance of farm structures;</li>
	<li>Give advice on dip designing siting and appraise construction' and inspection and verification of imports and export of consignments;</li>
	<li>Train and advise on milking techniques and external parasite control technique such as dipping, spraying and dusting;</li>
	<li>Carry out vaccination, closed castration dehorning, animal identification, Deworming, disbudding, docking debeaking and hoof trimming;</li>
	<li>Carry out treatment of animals as per the skills acquired;</li>
	<li>Participate in disease search;</li>
	<li>Collect and collate data and write livestock technical reports;</li>
	<li>Keep records on animal breeding, animal health milk production, dipping data, laughter house daily kill, meat condemnation and movement permits;</li>
	<li>Participate in animal health field demonstrations and agricultural shows;</li>
	<li>Undertake equipment sterilization, sample collection, packaging and dispatch;</li>
	<li>Rear experimental animals' issue of livestock movement permits</li>
	<li>Undertake artificial insemination, meat inspection and grading;</li>
	<li>Enforce slaughterhouse hygiene, meat transport regulations;</li>
</ul>

Uasin Gishu County

Assistant Animal Health Officer III - 5 Posts

Requirements for appointment:-

<ul>
	<li>A Diploma in any of the following fields: Agriculture, Horticulture or its equivalent qualification from a recognized institution;</li>
	<li>Report writing skills;</li>
	<li>Good Communication skills; and</li>
</ul>

Duties and responsibilities:-

<ul>
	<li>Mobilize, train and advise farmers on matters relating to agricultural extension services in a working unit on matters related to crop production, horticultural production, Land Development and Planning;</li>
	<li>Coordinate crop related extension activities at the ward level;</li>
	<li>Distribute quality seeds, seedlings/planting materials at specific units;</li>
	<li>Organize field days demonstrations and tours;</li>
	<li>Identify farmers' training needs; and</li>
	<li>Prepare field reports.</li>
</ul>

Assistant Agricultural Officer III - 3 Posts

Requirement for Appointment:-

<ul>
	<li>Bachelor’s degree in any of the following disciplines: - Animal Science, Animal Production, Livestock Production or Dairy Technology from a recognized Institution;</li>
	<li>Possess a current valid practicing certificate;</li>
	<li>Membership of a relevant professional body; and</li>
	<li>Shown merit and ability as reflected in work performance and results.</li>
</ul>

Duties and Responsibilities: -

<ul>
	<li>Provide technical advice in animal production, livestock marketing, range management, and ranching with a view of promoting economic livestock farming;</li>
	<li>Promote economic livestock farming;</li>
	<li>Participate in organizing extension activities which include field days, agricultural shows, field demonstrations, farmer field schools and farm visits Participating in collaborative research activities;</li>
	<li>Disseminate livestock production technologies such as construction of livestock housing and structures, milk production, pasture and fodder production and conservation, farm planning, gross margin analysis, on-farm feed formulation;</li>
	<li>Implement livestock production programmes/projects in such areas as dairy cattle farming, beef cattle, sheep, goats, pigs, Poultry, rabbits, camels, donkeys breeding programmes, fodder ;</li>
	<li>Production and conservation, value addition to livestock Products, apiculture, emerging livestock and other animal Husbandry interventions;</li>
	<li>Coach and mentor staff;</li>
	<li>Capture, maintain and store livestock data; and</li>
	<li>Plan, monitor and evaluate performance of staff against the set targets.</li>
</ul>

Livestock Production Officer - 2 Posts

Requirement for Appointment:-

<ul>
	<li>Bachelors of Science degree in Agriculture, Agricultural Extension,Agri-Business or equivalent qualification from a recognized institution;</li>
	<li>Report writing skills;</li>
	<li>Possess Proposal development skills; and</li>
</ul>

Duties and Responsibilities: -

<ul>
	<li>Coordinate crop development and food security, Agri-Nutrition, Engineering, Extension, Research and Training, Agribusiness and Projects Monitoring and Evaluation;</li>
	<li>Coordinate delivery of agricultural extension activities;</li>
	<li>Collect and package new and existing agricultural technologies for dissemination to crop related value chain actors;</li>
	<li>Collect and collate agriculture information;</li>
	<li>Compile and analyze field reports for decision making;</li>
	<li>Facilitate delivery of farm production and marketing of extension services;</li>
	<li>Manage information desks within the Sub - County; and</li>
	<li>Plan, monitor and evaluate performance of staff against the set targets.</li>
</ul>

Agricultural Officer - 2 Posts

For appointment to this grade a candidate must have: -

<ul>
	<li>served for a minimum period three (3) years at the grade of Assistant Director Irrigation Development Coordination, CSG 7;</li>
	<li>a Bachelors Degree in any of the following disciplines: - Bachelor of Environmental Conservation and Natural Resources Management, Agriculture, Agriculture Extension, Horticulture, Agronomy, Agricultural Economics, Law, Agribusiness or Agricultural Resource Management from a university recognized in Kenya; and</li>
	<li>demonstrated managerial, administrative and professional competence in work performance and exhibited a thorough understanding of national goals policies, objectives and ability to relate them to irrigation and water function.</li>
</ul>

Duties and Responsibilities

<ul>
	<li>Duties and responsibilities will include: -</li>
	<li>coordinating formulation of sector policies, legislations, guidelines and standards;</li>
	<li>coordinating implementation of sector reform, policies legislations guidelines and standards;</li>
	<li>monitor, and evaluate the impacts of policy and legislations and initiate reviews of policies legislations, guidelines and standards;</li>
	<li>undertake analysis of sectoral policies, regulations and standards for advice to the Principal Secretary;</li>
	<li>developing guidelines and principles for setting water tariffs for irrigation water;</li>
	<li>formulating five-year National Services Strategy, in collaboration with County Governments Stakeholders;</li>
	<li>coordinating the implementation of strategy in collaboration with County Government and stakeholders;</li>
	<li>coordinating monitoring and evaluation of the strategy to ensure realization of intending objectives;</li>
	<li>initiating reviews of the sector to align the planning cycle or as might be guided by the Principal Secretary from time to time;</li>
	<li>preparing joint annual work plans aligned to the strategy, in collaboration with stake holders and monitor their implementation.</li>
	<li>implementing land registration policies, strategies and programmes; and</li>
	<li>interpreting, implementing and enforcing relevant land registration statutes and regulations.</li>
</ul>

Public Service Commission

Deputy Director, Irrigation Development Coordination

For appointment to this grade a candidate must have: -

<ul>
	<li>served for a minimum period of three (3) years at the grade of Assistant Director, Climate Resilience for Water and Food Security CSG 7;</li>
	<li>a Bachelor Degree in any of the following disciplines: Forestry, Natural Resource Management, Agriculture, Hydrology, Geography, Geology, Economics, Community Development, Environmental Science, Agricultural Engineering, Chemical Engineering, Civil Engineering, Industrial Engineering or Water Engineering from a university recognized in Kenya; and</li>
	<li>demonstrated a high degree of professional competence, managerial, administrative capability in work performance and exhibited a thorough understanding of national goals, policies and objectives.</li>
</ul>

Duties and Responsibilities

Duties and responsibilities will include: -

<ul>
	<li>coordinating mainstreaming of climate change action plan in the State Department as outlined in Article 15 (5) of the Climate Change Act 2016;</li>
	<li>sectoral climate finance mobilization and coordination for climate adaptation mitigation and implementation of climate actions for community resilience and food security;</li>
	<li>form partnerships and collaborations in support of Land reclamation, ClimateResilience for water and food security activities in accordance with CoK, 2010;</li>
	<li>monitoring, evaluation, reporting and verification of Climate Resilience Interventions and Documentation of best practices;</li>
	<li>coordinating the formulation and implementation of Resource mobilization strategies for climate change resilience.</li>
	<li>coordinating issuance of irrigation licenses for irrigation; and establishing and maintaining a register of all irrigation schemes</li>
</ul>

Deputy Director Climate Resilience for Water & Food Security

For appointment to this grade a candidate must have: -

<ul>
	<li>served for a minimum period of three (3) years at the grade of Senior Superintending Engineer, Irrigation, CSG 7;</li>
	<li>a Bachelors Degree in any of the following disciplines: Agricultural Engineering, Agricultural and Bio-systems Engineering, Environmental and Bio-systems Engineering, Biomechanical and Processing Engineering, Soil and Water Engineering of its equivalent qualification from a recognized institution;</li>
	<li>been registered as an Engineer with Engineers Board of Kenya (EBK);</li>
	<li>been a member of the Institution of Engineers of Kenya (IEK); and</li>
	<li>demonstrated managerial, administrative and professional competence in work</li>
	<li>performance and exhibited a thorough understanding of national goals, policies, objectives and ability to relate them to the irrigation Engineering function.</li>
</ul>

Duties and Responsibilities

Duties and responsibilities will include: -

<ul>
	<li>developing policies, strategies and standard for irrigation development;</li>
	<li>coordinating review of final designs for irrigation schemes and irrigation water harvesting structures;</li>
	<li>coordinating the planning, designing, construction, operation and maintenance of irrigation systems;</li>
	<li>liaising with development partners and other relevant stakeholders in irrigation development;</li>
	<li>supervising the monitoring and evaluation of programmes and projects;</li>
	<li>promoting research development and innovation in irrigation sector;</li>
	<li>coordinating the establishment of irrigation management information systems;</li>
	<li>coordinating the implementation of departmental strategic plan;</li>
	<li>ensuring development and review of annual work plans and budgets; and</li>
	<li>coordinating departmental performance contract.</li>
</ul>

Deputy Director/Senior Principal Superintendent Engineer, Irrigation

For appointment to this grade a candidate must have: -

<ul>
	<li>served for a minimum period of three (3) years at the grade of Assistant Director, Irrigation Assurance and Licensing CSG 7;</li>
	<li>a Bachelors Degree in any of the following disciplines: - Agriculture, Horticulture, Agronomy, Agricultural Economics, Agribusiness, Agricultural Resource Management, Agriculture Engineering, Agricultural and Bio-systems, Engineering, Soil Water and Environmental Engineering, Environmental and Bio-systems Engineering, Biomechanical and Processing Engineering or Soil and Water Engineering from a University recognized in Kenya; and</li>
	<li>demonstrated managerial, administrative and professional competence in work performance and exhibited a though understanding of national goals, policies objectives and ability to relate them to irrigation and water functions.</li>
</ul>

Duties and Responsibilities

Duties and responsibilities will include: -

<ul>
	<li>coordinating issuance of irrigation licenses for irrigation establishing and maintaining a register of all irrigation schemes;</li>
	<li>establishing and maintaining a master of all Associations registered under these regulations and the master register shall be updated annually;</li>
	<li>coordinating the preparation and maintenance of an inventory of irrigation service providers and professionals;</li>
	<li>establishing and maintaining database and information on standards; quality assurance and licenses</li>
	<li>implementing reforms relating to standards, quality assurance and licensing;</li>
	<li>coordinating the enlisting of foreign qualified professional, firms or contractors</li>
	<li>mobilizing resources for implementation of projects and programmes on licensing.</li>
</ul>

Deputy Director Irrigation Quality Assurance and Licensing

For appointment to this grade, a candidate must have;

<ul>
	<li>Served for a minimum period of three (3) years at the grade of Director, Fisheries and Blue Economy CSG ‘5’;</li>
	<li>A Bachelors degree in any of the following fields:-Fisheries Science; Applied Aquat-ic Sciences; Fisheries and Aquaculture Technology; Biology; Zoology; Botany; Bio-chemistry; Biotechnology ;Marine and Coastal Fisheries Management and Devel-opment; Marine Engineering; Environmental Engineering; Natural Resources Management; Conservation Biology and Resource Development; Geology; Hy-drology; Environmental Sciences; Sociology; Food Science and Technology; Tour-ism; Wildlife; Energy; Remote Sensing; Spatial Planning; Land Economics; Geo-physics; Oceanography; Chemistry or any other equivalent and relevant qualifica-tions from a recognized university in Kenya;</li>
	<li>A Masters degree in any of the following fields:-Fisheries Science; Fisheries Man-agement; Hydrology; Applied Aquatic Sciences; Fisheries and Aquaculture Tech-nology; ;Marine and Coastal Fisheries Management and Development; Marine Engineering; Environmental Engineering; Natural Resources Management; Con-servation Biology and Resource Development; Environmental Sciences; Food Sci-ence and Technology; Oceanography; or any other equivalent and relevant quali-fications from a recognized university in Kenya;</li>
	<li>Acquired wide experience in all aspects of fisheries management, development of policies and fully conversant with the fisheries act and all relevant national and in-ternational instruments;</li>
	<li>Clear understanding of national, regional, continental and international develop-ment goals, policies, strategies and instruments and ability to link them to sustain-ability;</li>
	<li>Demonstrated ability in conflict resolution; and</li>
	<li>Experience in mobilizing and managing resources.</li>
</ul>

Duties and Responsibilities

The Officer will be deployed either as Secretary, Blue Economy Development or Secretary, Fisheries.

The Secretary, Blue Economy Development

The Secretary, Blue Economy Development will be responsible to the Principal Secretary for the overall coordination and management of the Blue Economy Development function. Duties and responsibilities at this level will include:

<ul>
	<li>Coordinating the planning of overall development, review and implementation of policy, strategies, legal, regulatory and institutional framework for blue econ-omy;</li>
	<li>Spearheading stakeholders’ engagement and partnerships in management of the blue economy resources;</li>
	<li>Overseeing capacity building for sustainable exploitation of the blue economy re-sources;</li>
	<li>Coordinating institutions for dispute resolution on the blue economy resource base conflicts;</li>
	<li>Coordinating matters of regional and international blue economy protocols, conventions, declarations and standards for shared blue economy resources;</li>
	<li>Providing leadership in collaborative policy research on blue economy;</li>
	<li>Overseeing the protection of aquatic ecosystems and marine resources in Exclu-sive Economic Zones;</li>
	<li>Coordinating inter-governmental relations nationally and internationally in blue economy development;</li>
	<li>Coordinating mobilization of resources and implementation of programmes, pro-jects for the blue economy development;</li>
	<li>Overseeing the development and maintenance of blue economy database and knowledge management ;and</li>
	<li>Coordinating formulation, implementation and monitor performance contracts for the technical directorates. </li>
</ul>

The Secretary Fisheries

<ul>
	<li>The Secretary Fisheries will be responsible to the Principal Secretary. The duties and responsibilities will include: -  </li>
	<li>Spearheading development, implementation and review of policies, legal, strate-gies, regulatory and institutional framework for development and management of fisheries and aquaculture to ensure food and nutrition security;</li>
	<li>Overseeing matters of regional and international fisheries protocols, conventions, declarations and standards for shared fisheries and aquaculture resources and migratory fish stocks;</li>
	<li>Spearheading the development of fisheries and aquaculture related infrastruc-ture;</li>
	<li>Overseeing the development of spatial plans for inland fisheries and aquaculture development;</li>
	<li>Coordinating stakeholders’ engagement and partnerships in management of fish-eries resources and national aquaculture development;</li>
	<li>Supporting capacity building for sustainable exploitation of fisheries and aquacul-ture development;</li>
	<li>Providing oversight in the approval of fishing and processing licenses and levies;</li>
	<li>Providing guidance on dispute resolution on fisheries and aquaculture resource use conflicts;</li>
	<li>Spearheading the promotion of Kenya as a Centre for Aquaculture Excellence;</li>
	<li>Overseeing collaborative research on fisheries and aquaculture development;</li>
	<li>Coordinating resource mobilization and supervise implementation of fisheries and aquaculture management and development;</li>
	<li>Ensuring the development and maintenance of fisheries and aquaculture data-base, knowledge management, sharing and streamlined dissemination of infor-mation; and</li>
	<li>Coordinating formulation ,implementation and monitoring of performance con-tracts for the Directorates.</li>
</ul>

Secretary, Fisheries and Blue Economy

For appointment to this grade, a candidate must have:-

<ul>
	<li>Served for a minimum period of three (3) years at the grade of  Principal Wildlife Officer, CSG 8 or in a comparable and in  relevant position in the wider public ser-vice;  </li>
	<li>A Bachelors Degree in any of the following disciplines:- Environmental Science, En-vironmental Conservation and Natural Resource Management, Environmental Conservation, Environmental Resource  Conservation, Environmental Education, Environmental Management and Conservation, Environmental Studies and Com-munity Development, Environmental Studies and Community Resource  Conserva-tion ,Bio Resource  Conservation and Management, Botany, Climate Change and Development, Forestry, Coastal and Marine Resource Management, Conservation Biology, Ecology, Marine Resource Management, Natural  Resource Management, Wildlife Management, Zoology or its equivalent and relevant qualification from a university recognized in Kenya ;</li>
	<li>Demonstrated managerial, administrative and professional competence in work performance and exhibited a thorough understanding of national goals, policies, objectives and ability to relate them to proper management of environment and natural resource function</li>
</ul>

Duties and Responsibilities 
Duties and responsibilities at this level will include:-

<ul>
	<li>Liaising with other stakeholders in the development of general guidelines, standards, agreements, procedures in the wildlife sub-sector;</li>
	<li>Initiating national policies impacting on wildlife conservation, governance and par-ticipation;</li>
	<li>Reviewing and monitoring the implementation of national wildlife conservation and management strategies; and</li>
	<li>Developing procedures for sustainable exploitation, utilization, management and conservation of wildlife resources.</li>
</ul>

Assistant Director - Wildlife Policy and Strategy

For appointment to this grade, a candidate must have:- 

<ul>
	<li>Served for a minimum period of three (3) years at the grade of  Deputy Director of Wildlife, CSG 6 or in a comparable and in  relevant position in the wider public ser-vice;   </li>
	<li>A Bachelors Degree in any of the following disciplines:- Environmental Science, Envi-ronmental Conservation and Natural Resource Management, Environmental Con-servation, Environmental Resource  Conservation, Environmental Education, Envi-ronmental Management and Conservation, Environmental Studies and Community Development, Environmental Studies and Community Resource  Conservation ,Bio Resource  Conservation and Management, Botany, Climate Change and Develop-ment, Forestry, Coastal and Marine Resource Management, Conservation Biology, Ecology, Marine Resource Management, Natural  Resource Management, Wildlife Management, Zoology or its equivalent and relevant qualification from a university recognized in Kenya ;</li>
	<li>A Masters Degree in any of the following disciplines:- Environmental Economics, En-vironmental Science, Forest Survey For Sustainable Development, Forestry, Natural Resources Management, Environmental Governance, Environmental Policy, Envi-ronmental Planning And Management/Studies/Agroforestry, Resource Management, Agriculture Economics, Land And Water Management, Biodiversity Conservation ,Wildlife Conservation ;Range Management, Climate Change, Sustainable Develop-ment or its equivalent and relevant qualification from a university recognized in Kenya;</li>
	<li>Demonstrated managerial, administrative and professional competence in work per-formance and exhibited a thorough understanding of national goals, policies, objec-tives and ability to relate them to proper management of environment and natural resource function.</li>
</ul>

Duties and Responsibilities  
The overall function of the Director, Wildlife Policy and Strategy is to provide coordination and oversight in the review, formulation and implementation of the wildlife research, assessment, monitoring and training policy, strategy and legislation in the directorate. Duties and responsibilities at this level will include:-

<ul>
	<li>Initiating the formulation and implementation of wildlife conservation policy;</li>
	<li>Coordinating wildlife regional protocols, conservation conventions and interna-tional agreements in liaison with other stakeholders;</li>
	<li>Developing feedback mechanisms to monitor wildlife conservation programmes;</li>
	<li>Coordinating development of wildlife research reports;</li>
	<li>Coordinating and harmonizing wildlife conservation, research and technology transfer;</li>
	<li>Undertaking wildlife conservation research in liaison with other stakeholders;</li>
	<li>Coordinating wildlife conservation matters between the national and county gov-ernments;</li>
	<li>Overseeing training and capacity building to support national and international wildlife conservation programs;</li>
	<li>Mobilizing funds and other resources for the wildlife sector;</li>
	<li>Ensuring sustainable exploitation ,utilization of wildlife and wildlife products;</li>
	<li>Developing and enhancing capacity building and physical infrastructure for wildlife and wildlife resource management;</li>
	<li>Enforcing standards ,rules and regulations on conservation management and pro-tection of natural resources;</li>
	<li>Coordinating the development and review of wildlife policies and legislation and monitoring implementation;</li>
	<li>Coordinating the implementation of national wildlife conservation and manage-ment strategies;</li>
	<li>Coordinating monitoring implementation of wildlife policies, guidelines and pro-posals on adaptation and mitigation measures at the national and international levels;</li>
	<li>Formulating ,interpreting and monitoring wildlife conservancy strategic policies;</li>
	<li>Reviewing the procedures and processes for granting concessions, licenses and per-mits in liaison with other stakeholders;</li>
</ul>

Director - Wildlife Policy and Strategy

Role Purpose

<ul>
	<li>To promote the Syngenta Vegetable seeds offer in specified key areas &amp; locations, according to the sales promotion plan agreed with manager.</li>
	<li>To carry out vegetable seeds demonstrations, trainings &amp; field days and liaise/involve with  Mazao. Club Members  &amp; incorporate specific products promotional campaigns to optimize sales in the area.</li>
	<li>To achieve agreed demos &amp; Trials targets.</li>
	<li>To achieve stockist sales targets according to the area sales plans.</li>
</ul>

Location : Coast Region

Accountabilities

<ul>
	<li>To implement agreed demonstration plans / promotion plans within the specified timeframe.  </li>
	<li>To operate effectively without supervision &amp; within agreed expenditure budgets.</li>
	<li>To keep abreast of market trends, pricing and competition activities, feeding back regular information to line Manager as changes arise.</li>
	<li>To be technically competent and provide accurate &amp; appropriate recommendations in an ethical manner, in order that the growers achieve best return on investment from using a Syngenta product.</li>
	<li>To provide the grower &amp; stockist with advice on the benefits, and correct positioning of Syngenta products to achieve maximum benefit for all stakeholders.</li>
	<li>Ensure key information about growers, stockists (eg. Names, address, email, crops grown, products used etc) is collated regularly and provided to line Manager for SFDC.</li>
	<li>To give regular feedback on progress and success or otherwise of demonstrations/trials of products penetration and propose any changes that suits the promotion environment at any one period.</li>
	<li>To defend and promote the image of the company including representing the company in a professional and competent manner.</li>
</ul>

Qualifications

Knowledge, Skills and Experience

Critical Knowledge

<ul>
	<li>An Agricultural or business related Degree/diploma accompanied with over 2 years hands on experience.</li>
	<li>Be local resident with being fully conversant with the agriculture trends in the area.</li>
	<li>Must be a good mobilizer able to convene farmers and farmer groups for trainings and field days.</li>
	<li>Knowledge of how to set up demonstrations to extract the unique Selling Points of our products.</li>
</ul>

Syngenta

Field Promoter Vegetable Seeds

Responsibilities:

<ul>
	<li>Conduct field-based user research to gather insights that inform the design and development of innovative agricultural products tailored to smallholder farmers' needs</li>
	<li>Develop and deliver agronomic training to field officers</li>
	<li>Provide expert support to address inquiries from farmers and farmer-facing teams, ensuring clear and actionable advice</li>
	<li>Utilize resources such as farmer demonstrations and the Learn-ink platform for continuous training and advisory throughout the season</li>
	<li>Lead research initiatives to evaluate product performance and impact, collecting data and feedback to refine offerings and drive measurable improvements in farmer outcomes</li>
	<li>Treat Apollo’s customers with respect and maintain high standards of customer care while attending to your duties</li>
</ul>

Requirements:

<ul>
	<li>Minimum of a Diploma in Agricultural Sciences from a recognized Institution. A Bachelor’s Degree is an added advantage.</li>
	<li>Over 2 years of experience in farmer advisory, agricultural product sales, or agricultural projects and research, with a strong focus on grassroots-level engagement.</li>
	<li>Knowledgeable and experienced in diverse agricultural farming practices across Kenya</li>
	<li>Excellent communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to effectively collaborate with internal teams, external partners, and stakeholders</li>
	<li>Comfortable using Google Docs and Sheets</li>
	<li>Hungry to learn and excited to make an impact through providing advice and developing products for smallholder farmers</li>
	<li>Able to rapidly assimilate new agronomic technical information and transfer the same to relevant teams in easily understandable and simplified form</li>
	<li>An able communicator who can clearly express technical ideas both verbally and in writing in English and Swahili</li>
	<li>A considerate listener who takes the time to deeply understand customers, teammates, and Apollo partners</li>
</ul>

Apollo Agriculture

Product Assistant (Agronomy) - Nairobi

Roles and Responsibilities:

Project Management and Coordination

<ul>
	<li>Ensure projects move smoothly through the project cycle, including compliance with WBG internal systems, AS project governance, reporting systems (iPortal, IBIS) and Legal documentation, and compliance with all procurement processes and financial reporting.</li>
	<li>Conduct Gender Flagging of new investment and adivosry projects, and support the IFC project cycle by reviewing project documentation such as Concept Notes, Implementation Plans, reviews and publications and providing input to Anticipated Impact Measurement and Monitoring (AIMM) and other corporate documents as needed.</li>
	<li>Provide timely progress and donor reports as required by IFC, clients, donors, and development partners, according to IFC standards and guidelines</li>
	<li>Support gender implementation and project management of agribusiness value chain projects, including support with project design, implementation, monitoring and evaluation, communications and dissemination.</li>
	<li>Contribute to strengthening an inclusive approach including focusing on intersectionality. </li>
	<li>Coordinate MAS Gender Advisory for Africa and support coordination of global gender team on agribusiness.</li>
</ul>

Client Advisory Delivery:

<ul>
	<li>Provide quality women’s economic empowerment advisory to IFC clients for successful implementation of projects.</li>
	<li>Build and articulate the business case for gender inclusion in agribusiness for client interventions and capture development impact of gender advisory to individual clients, in partnership with the Results Measurement and project teams.</li>
	<li>Conduct business development efforts in partnership with MAS Agribusiness Advisory team.</li>
	<li>Help revise the IFC gender mapping process and baseline data collection, develop and deploy new tools, mainstream gender across MAS Advisory Platforms (Food Safety/Loss, Sustainable Protein, Smallholder Supply Chain, and Sustainable Crop Production). </li>
	<li>Deliver implementation of Creating Inclusive Workplaces Advisory in Africa, as needed, across MAS sectors.</li>
	<li>Support the design and execution of global and regional flagship gender initiatives such as in agribusiness (She Leads Agribusiness, WeSAP).</li>
	<li>Deliver corporate gender assessments, training and programs for gender in agribusiness, including GEAR for Agribusiness, and help develop new initiatives for gender and nutrition, and gender and climate change.</li>
	<li>Leverage existing financing mechanisms such as Women’s Entrepreneurship Financing (WE-FI), GROW, FOLUR, GAFSP, Biocarbon, GROW, Food Security Resilience, and others, and support on donor reports and Concept Note preparation related to gender initiatives.</li>
	<li>Examine access to and design of agricultural technologies - as an enabler or limit to gender equality (for example mobile phones, drip irrigation, other).</li>
	<li>Assist in the design and delivery of gender training and capacity building for project partners and stakeholders.  </li>
	<li>Provide quality technical support to MAS projects and IFC clients for successful implementation of projects in the Africa.</li>
	<li>Recommend interventions that will improve the livelihoods of women-owned or managed farms and SMEs through increased productivity, crop quality and business management.</li>
	<li>Identify and recommend potential interventions that IFC can develop and implement to empower women within the supply chain of private sector companies.</li>
	<li>Facilitate client meetings, planning sessions, and workshops.</li>
	<li>Knowledge and Communications </li>
	<li>Develop knowledge and communications products to showcase the work through blogs, business case studies, op-eds, events and webinars, social media campaigns, videos, and other formats. </li>
	<li>Contribute to the upkeep and maintenance of relevant gender content on the MAS Gender and IFC internet and intranet pages.</li>
</ul>

Selection Criteria

<ul>
	<li>Master’s degree in Agricultural Studies/ Agronomy, Gender, Business Administration, International Development or related field.</li>
	<li>Minimum 15 years of work experience delivering gender-smart solutions and mainstreaming gender in agribusiness value chains in emerging markets is required. </li>
	<li>Minimum 15 years of experience conducting primary data collection and field work. Experience in livelihood development and gender inclusion in rural areas would be an asset.</li>
	<li>Demonstrated experience working with organizations working in gender and capacity building, specifically with the private sector or on agribusiness value chains.</li>
	<li>Excellent written and oral communication skills in English required; proficiency in another language strongly preferred. </li>
	<li>Strong project management skills with proven ability to support execution of projects, management of resources and delivery against timelines. </li>
	<li>Ability to work effectively under time pressure with high capacity to produce quality work.</li>
	<li>Familiarity with WBG and IFC processes, systems, and initiatives is preferred.</li>
	<li>Ability to travel and work across time zones required.</li>
	<li>Strong interpersonal skills demonstrated ability to lead, expert capacity to leverage internal and external relationships to foster innovation, problem solve and work effectively across boundaries in a fast-paced multicultural and virtual environment.</li>
	<li>Excellent strategic vision, ability to think long term, and with a focus on business case and developmental impact.</li>
</ul>

World Bank

Extended Term Consultant- Gender Inclusion and Women’s Economic Empowerment

The Research Associates will be responsible for planning, coordinating, accompanying and the roll-out of different stakeholder engagements, sustainable farming and related research activities.

Requirements

<ul>
	<li>At least BSc Degree in Agriculture, Social Science, Community Development &amp; Gender Studies or its equivalent.</li>
	<li>Further related studies are an advantage.</li>
	<li>Additional professional training in community development, engagement approaches, and sustainable agriculture are added advantages.</li>
	<li>Minimum 7+ Years of experience in related field.</li>
</ul>

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