Agronomist
Shelter For Life-International
- Parwan
- Permanent
- Full-time
and processes throughout recruitment, contracting, and performance management to ensure the safety and well-being of all staff and beneficiaries.Shelter for Life has zero-tolerance policy on Sexual Exploitation and Abuse (SEA).Job Requirements:
- Provide technical guidance on summer and vegetable crop agro-technics, including soil preparation, seed handling, and cultivation, irrigation, and pest/disease management.
- Facilitate training and demonstrations on pre-harvest and post-harvest practices to improve crop productivity and quality.
- Support climate-resilient approaches such as integrated pest management, agroforestry, composting, and bio-fertilizer use.
- Conduct field monitoring, provide on-site advice to farmers, and ensure proper adoption of improved practices.
- Prepare technical plans, report, and maintain accurate records of training and field activities in line with project objectives.
- Provide technical agronomic support to ensure effective crop production, adoption of improved seeds and fertilizers, and integration of climate-smart agricultural practices among project beneficiaries
- Provide technical guidance on wheat and summer crop cultivation practices.
- Support land preparation, planting, irrigation, fertilization, and pest/disease control.
- Conduct field demonstrations and Farmer Field Schools (FFS).
- Promote climate-smart and improved agricultural practices.
- Ensure effective use of distributed agricultural inputs by farmers.
- Facilitate awareness sessions on crop diversification and soil fertility.
- Provide tailored advice to smallholder farmers, women, and vulnerable groups.
- Train community mobilizers, facilitators and farmer groups to strengthen local capacity.
- Conduct regular field visits to monitor crop progress and provide solutions.
- Collect field data on seed usage, crop performance, and yields.
- Establish and monitor demonstration plots for improved technologies.
- Coordinate closely with Project Manager, FAO staff, and local authorities.
- Liaise with extension agents, input suppliers, and other stakeholders.
- Prepare and submit regular technical and field progress reports.
- Document beneficiary feedback, lessons learned, and success stories.
- Contribute agricultural analysis to the final project report.
- Ensure compliance with environmental, safeguarding, and gender policies.
- Promote women's participation and gender inclusivity in project activities.
- Perform any other duties assigned by the Project Manager in line with project objectives and organizational policies.
- Bachelor's degree in Agriculture.
- 4 to 5 years relevant work experience in the field of Agriculture with NGOs, INGOs or UN agencies.
- Computer skills at the operator level, especially with MS Office packages.
- Fluency in English and Dari and/or Pashto, both written and spoken.
- Ability or experience in the field of community driven development projects monitoring
- High attention to detail, effective time management skills, strong work ethic, a willingness to learn new skills, and the ability to be a self-starter.
- Having strong report writing skills.
- Experience in planning, reporting and budgeting.
- Good communication skill and able to pass the massage/questions in local languages to the respondents.
- Have good interpersonal skills and ability to plan work.
- Supervisory, team worker, analytical, and troubleshooting skills.
- Regional and cultural knowledge of areas of SFL field operations in Afghanistan
- Willingness to work long hours when required
- Ability and willingness to travel to the project sites and outside of duty station within Afghanistan and adjust to the SFL environment as frequently as required
- Honest, proactive, well mannered, and must share values of SFL.
- Willing to stay in field locations
- Ready to work, live and travel in an intricate and strenuous environment
- Local candidates will be preferred.