Project Field Assistant (VS&L and Marketing) 1762 views

Job Summary
The Project Field Assistant will be responsible for facilitating formation of VS&L and developing marketing linkages for producer groups to enhance economic development

Key duties and responsibilities:
• Conducts community/ stakeholder mobilization, orientation and sensitisation
• Identifies and capacitates existing groups on Income generating activities

• Trains new groups on VS&L and conducts community capacity building, such as training of committees, Cluster facilitators and individuals
• Facilitates and trains VS&L groups in value addition and market linkages

• Trains VS&L individuals with small enterprises on business development services
• Facilitates linkages of VSL groups to micro-finance institutions and skills development institutions

• Sensitises VS&L groups towards behavior change on decision making, power relations and other gender related issues affecting health and nutrition
• Participates in data collection, e.g. administers questionnaires, collects statistics relevant to the project and analyses group data using the MIS

• Monitors VS&L groups and conducts verification and follow-ups and provides required technical assistance on selected value chain development
• Facilitates registration of producer groups for market linkages and participates in collection of value of base income, production and value of sales / income tracking information at farmer level.

• Facilitates trainings on marketing , contract farming, value chain development, FAAB and other marketing systems
• Supports and monitors implementation of Model Household farm enterprise business plans
• Assists in identification of opportunities to link farmers with lucrative markets