Sub County Professional Agricultural Advisory Service Providers Jobs in Uganda

Job Title: Sub County Professional Agricultural Advisory Service Providers (AASPs)

Terms of Employment: 2 Years Contract, renewable upon successful performance with 6 months probation.

Location: Mpenja, Kyegonza, Kabulasoke, Maddu and Kanoni Sub Counties.

Duties and Responsibilities:

-         Identify advisory services needs and ensure that these are met.

-         Advise and provide information, knowledge and skills to farmers on improved farming methods and agricultural practices.

-         To advise and information to farmers on the mobilization of resource including access to credit.

-         Support collection of agriculture data and pests and diseases deleterious to agriculture production.

-         To advise and provide information to farmers on marketing and trading activities, input supply, storage and production processing.

-         Support verification of technology inputs with sub county and parish procurement committees for their procurement.

Qualifications and experience:

-         Must have a minimum of diploma or any other qualification from a recognized institution in the field of Crop Production and /or Veterinary Medicine / Animal Husbandry.

-         At least 1 year’s experience in Agricultural extension and working with farmers.

-         Must be fluent in local language with good training, communication and reporting skills.

-         Experience in local government, previous participation in NAADS program or agricultural sector production related programs and knowledge or working area are added advantage.

-         Computer literacy in word processing and spread sheet packages will be added advantage.

How to apply:

Three copies of hand written applications in sealed envelopes including position and sub county of interest with detailed curriculum vitae, names and addresses of three referees, applicant’s telephone contact and photocopies of all academic and relevant documents addressed to the respective sub county Chief  / Town Clerk of relevant Local Government and physically delivered and received by the respective Local Government or office of the District NAADS Coordinator (DNC) – Gomba from where they will be transferred to the respective local governments.

Applications must be accompanied (with fully-filled PSC forms with three passport size photographs) received from Public Service Commission.

  

Deadline:  7^th Jan, 2011