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| International Fertilizer Development Center (IFDC) |
Field Extension Workers (FEWs) - BRIGHT
Location: Jobs in Uganda 2025 - 2026
Work Hours: Full-time, 08 hours per day
Salary:
UGX
No. of vacancies: 01
Deadline: 23 May 2025
Hiring Organization: International Fertilizer Development Center (IFDC)
Job Details:
IFDC is a public international organization active in 27 countries in Africa, Asia, and America. IFDC uniquely approaches the global issues of food security and poverty by bridging the gap between research and impact, combining science-based innovations, holistic market systems development, an enabling policy environment, and strategic partnerships to assist farmers and countries to identify and scale sustainable agricultural solutions, including improved nutrient use efficiency. These approaches are needed to boost soil health and crop productivity while reducing the environmental impact of fertilizer use. IFDC translates research into action by using locally driven, environmentally sound, and impact-oriented solutions. With our partners, we seek to close the yield gap, eradicate global hunger, safeguard the soil on which our lives depend, and generate economic resilience for farming households and the countries in which they live.
Summary of the assignment
The International Fertilizer Development Center (IFDC) seeks to recruit 2 dedicated and versatile Field Workers to join our team. The successful candidates will be responsible for overseeing and implementing various activities related to nutrition, agronomy, Village Savings and Loan Associations (VSLAs), sustainable land use management, gender aspects, and data collection in the field.
This role requires a strong background in agricultural development and community engagement. The Field Workers will organize smallholder farmers into groups (Project Villages) located in Bulambuli and Bukwo, and Kween Districts in the Elgon Region. Each extension worker will be responsible for at least five (5) project villages.
Responsibilities
- Identify and on-board farmers into organized groups called project villages and take them through sessions of Participatory Integrated Planning (PIP);
- Register farmers and support the cascading of training to generation 1 and 2 households;
- Implement farmer support programs, including agronomy and nutrition trainings, farm visits, management of demo plots and input plus out-market support;
- Identify potential risks and develop action plans;
- Collect and enter data for the BRIGHT M&E system;
- Build and maintain effective working relationships with staff, local partners, and stakeholders;
- Provide technical backstopping to farmer innovators and other project support personnel at ground level.
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- 📌 Ensure that your documents are professionally formatted and free of errors.
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WE WISH YOU GOOD LUCK!
Date Posted: 2025-05-18
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