Liberia SURIDO TERMS OF REFERENCE FOR RECRUITMENT OF EXPERIENCES AND QUALIFY STAFF TO WORK AN A CLIMATE CHANGE AGRICULTURE ADAPTATION PROJECT IN WITH FUNDING FROM BMZ THROUGH PLAN - IMPLEMTED BY SURIDO ______

SURIDO has worked in Liberia for the past twelve years and maintains offices in New Georgia Estate, Gardnerville and and sub-offices in City, Nimba County, and City, . SURIDO has established a sub-office in Tubman burg, Bomi County, to meaningfully manage the operations of a 4 years Climate Change Agriculture Adaptation project funded by German Federal Ministry of Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ) through Plan Liberia that started June 2014 and will end December 2017. For this climate change adaptation project, SURIDO is working in four districts (Dewoin, Klay, Suenhn/Mecca, and Senjeh) in Bomi County. The activity is making use of technical expertise and resources of the Ministry of Agriculture, the Environmental Protection Agency and academic and research institutions.

The Organization wishes to engage the service of (1), Agriculture officer to participate in the implementation of the Climate Change project in Bomi County. See attached below as per Job responsabilities as per positions

Responsibilities for Agriculture officer POSITION  Lead, manage, and supervised cooperatives members and farmers to meet project objective  Advised farmers on improve Agriculture practice to ensure high level of output ( yield)  Assist the project Coordinator in the provision of accurate and timely reports  Ensure the quality control of all project activities in the project areas  Manage farmers consultation and farm planning process  Manage farm cropping activities  Supervise farmers field school and training for farmers  Develop any new product and services to foster successful enterprise  Manage key information for program partners  Ensure quality, coherence and impact of livelihoods of the Project  Ensure that the program takes in to account the specific needs of different partners and beneficiaries and adjust priorities accordingly

 Develop experimental plans and train farmers on cropping methology for improve decision making by farmers  Assimilate Child protection, partnership development and work friendly behavior in rural communities  Must have skills in MS word, excel, power point and internet connectivity  Must demonstrate ability working in remote communities  Ability to speak well, proper planning and time management  Must be able to ride a motor bike  Must have a degree in Agriculture from a recognize university and experience working with rural communities for more than 3 years in the field of agriculture.  Female candidates are highly encourage  Must have adequate knowledge in Crop cutting experiment to determine yield from cultivated plots

Personal Requirements:

 Good at science  Able to analyse and solve problems  Enjoy agriculture and the environment  Able to make accurate observations and recordings  Able to work as part of a team  Enjoy working outdoors

SkillS

 Effective leadership, management and supervision  Communications channels  Problem solving  A people’s person  Administrative and operational management  Team work and relationship building  Multi-tasking skills  Strong understanding of the local places and people(areas lived and work)

 Deadline for Submission of Application: 13 June 2016 at 5: 00 pm electronic and hard copy are accepted

 Application must be submitted to SURIDO office New Georgia estate opposite Cellcom tower with the following phrase on the Envelope: CLIMATE CHANGE 2016 Job SURIDO Liberia or Email: [email protected], [email protected]