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Job Title Perma Garden Specialist
Organisation Mercy Corps



Duty Station  Uganda
Reports Directly To Nutrition and Agronomy Advisor
 
About US
Mercy Corps is a leading global organization powered by the belief that a better world is possible. In disaster, in hardship, in more than 40 countries around the world, we partner to put bold solutions into action — helping people triumph over adversity and build stronger communities from within.
 
About the Project
As part of our activities in Uganda, Mercy Corps implements The Apolou Activity – a USAID BHA initiative with the goal to improve the food and nutrition security of vulnerable households in the Kaabong, Karenga, Kotido, Moroto, and Amudat districts of Karamoja. The activity is implemented by a consortium of Mercy Corps as lead, Save the Children, Whave Solutions, Tufts University’s Feinstein International Center, and three local organizations Karamoja Peace and Development Agency KAPDA, Nakere Rural Women’s Activists NARWOA and RiamiRiam. The Activity works with households, community leaders, the Government of Uganda, private sector and other development actors to address underlying causes of chronic food and nutrition insecurity while building a foundation for community and household resilience. A key component of this project is to promote sustainable climate smart agriculture techniques like permagardening to the members of the mother care groups and water user committees so that they can establish home gardens and produce vegetables which they consume as diverse diets and sell the surplus.
 
Job Summary  The Permagarden Specialist will be responsible for layering permagarden activities onto existing programming within Apolou, including the rollout of permagardens with mother care groups, water user committees, farmer enterprise groups and overseeing voucher input activities.
 
Key Duties and Responsibilities 
Oversee technical quality and rollout of the permagardens
Work closely with the Permagarden Technical Consultant to learn the operational Permagarden Minimum Standards which will form the basis of the permagarden roll out and work.
Ensure technical quality using the permagarden minimum standard checklist, and then oversee the training moving from the AVAs and identified community agents out to the final participants
Overseeing the building of several community demonstration sites and roll out of perma gardens across the target audience
Support the development of SOPs for the permagarden input voucher program
Conduct field monitoring including supervision of training and establishment of demo plots
Operationalise permagardening monitoring tools working closely with the SCALE team.
Work closely with the Apolou program MEL director to develop tools to track perma gardening impacts on targeted households, based on directors guidance and experience
Work with the CLA manager and agronomy team lead to document some success stories and learnings from the region.


Qualifications, Skills and Experience
The ideal applicant must hold a Bachelor’s in Agriculture, Agri business management, natural resource management and or related fields. A Master’s degree is preferred.
At least five years of experience as designer and implementer of permagarden programming.
Experience working as community mobilizer or in other capacity working at community level
Experience developing kitchen gardens or other household-based food production systems
Experience in agroecology, permaculture, permagardens or biointensive agriculture
Skilled in written communication in English
Familiarity with BHA guidelines an advantage
Experience living and working in remote, agro-pastoralist settings an advantage
English fluency required
Willingness and ability to travel frequently to Mercy Corps project sites and field locations, including traveling to insecure environments, is required.
PMDPRo / PRINCE 2 certification or equivalent a bonus
Nga’karimojong speaker is ideal
 
How to Apply
All those interested should apply online at the link below.
 
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Deadline 24th August 2021
 

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