Job Description
Sustainable Agriculture Community Development Programme (SACDEP – Kenya) is a Development Organisation, working in 12 Counties.
With its head office based in Thika town, the organization works in the area of Sustainable Agriculture in Coast, Eastern, Central and Rift Valley Regions in Kenya.
Applications are invited to fill in the following positions.
1. Agricultural Field Training Officer
Main Task: To implement existing projects and expand work in a County into a Regional Project Area.
Qualifications Required
- Ten (10) years and above experience in Community Mobilization, Organization and structuring with a view to enabling them implement successful Agri-based projects.
- Diploma, BSC in General Agriculture in the areas of Crops, Livestock Production.
- Proven ability in setting up food processing, value addition, cottage industries and marketing projects.
- Knowledge and experience in establishment and expansion of Community ran savings and credit schemes.
- Proven experience in Project – designing and fundraising skills.
- Good Writing skills in correspondence, reports, project publicity articles and features.
- Knowledge in the principles and practices of Sustainable Agriculture a strong advantage.
2. Ecological Gardens and Farms Co-ordinator
Main Task: To establish Ecologically sound gardens and medium scale farms for the purpose of demonstrating Sustainable training and income generation initiatives.
Qualifications Required
- Knowledge in agricultural ecology that links up enterprise, interdependence between crops, animals, trees, water, fish and ornamentals.
- Proven ability in designing and mobilizing financial resources to implement such projects.
- Ten (10) years and above experience in organizing, implementing and evaluating group short courses using demonstration plots and farms.
- Excellent skills and ability to run training initiatives able to sustain themselves while creating surpluses for continued expansion.
- Excellent writing skills in reports, publicity and training materials.
- Proven skills in combining agribusinesses with renewable energy as a low-cost production tool.
3. Training and Conference Centres Co-ordinator
Main Task:To utilize existing facilities in buildings and ecological assets and establish self sustaining businesses while using the same to generate funds for SACDEP’S Project funding.
Required Qualifications
- Diploma / Degree in Institutional or Hotel Management
- Ten (10) years and above in managing a set of medium sized training and conference facilities looking at a variety of clients.
- Excellent ability to spot opportunities, create conferencing packages, market the products increase sales and resultant surpluses.
- Knowledge and skills in developing innovation non-conventional client packages found in Eco-tourism, Agri-tourism, student parties e.t.c.
- Excellent business mind able to relate costs and benefits with a view to spending less and expanding surpluses.
- Good writing skills in publicity, marketing, operational and financial reporting.
- Excellent ability to achieve departmental targets while being an active member of a Community Development initiatives team.
- Have a combination of an entrepreneurial and community development mind.
4. Transport and Buildings Maintenance Co-ordinator
Main Task: To convert a running transport system and buildings maintenance unit form a service provision into an internal fundraising sector.
Qualifications Required
- Diploma / Degree in Motor vehicle engineering.
- Ten (10) years’ experience in management of a transport unit within an institutional structure with 10-20 vehicles.
- Excellent knowledge in the management of a transport and building structures using the same a self funding unit.
- Knowledge in maintenance of buildings in plumbing, electrical, masonry and painting an added advantage.
- Good writing skills with ability to develop business plans, incomes, profit and loss accounting and general vehicle maintenance analysis.
- Good communication, and personnel management skills with wide vision and entrepreneurial mind.
5. Security and Liaison Officer
Main Task: To set up an institutional security structure with capacity to encompass buildings, people, vehicles and motorcycles on transit and valuable equipment.
Qualifications Required
- Diploma / Degree in Security Science.
- Ten (10) years and above in Management of an institutional security system with 5-10 stations and centers.
- Proven skills in establishment and management of electronic security apparatus in buildings, premises, vehicles, motorcycles and gates.
- Provision of training to security personnel in discipline, intelligence gathering, reporting, dog handling e.t.c
- Proven skills in Public Relations with Government (and others) security agencies with a view to pre-empting crime and recovery of stolen assets if any.
How to Apply
Applications to be accompanied by a C.V and indicating Current or previous salary to reach the undersigned on or before Wednesday 15th October 2015.
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