Agricultural Engineer

Duties and responsibilities.

Technical assistance and follow-up

• Support the community mobilizers on gathering improved data on the farmers’ situation, direct needs and opportunities to improve.
• Coordinate within existing LebRelief programmes in partnerships with a multitude of (inter)national partners to improve agricultural practices, access to markets, irrigation, cooperatives, post-harvest management and infrastructure, pest-management and others.
• Participate in direct engagements with farmer communities for training and technical assistance.
• Actively engage with stakeholders in the sector and promote synergy between the ongoing activities.
• Ensure horticulture programmatic activities within the scope of the project’s activities, work towards achieving sustainable results and align with best practices.

Reporting and Data Collection

• Communicate with the relevant personnel related to the agricultural activities on a daily base in regards to the current activities and future activities planned.
• Ensure the baseline survey, reports, and data collection are timely and accurate.
• Report any concerns on implementation quality immediately.
• Coordinate with the proposal development unit on the farmers need to ensure programmes are relevant.
• Work closely with Monitoring and Evolution team to ensure indicator data documented and collected accurately.
• Develop narrative reporting on current and progressed activities.
• Identify synergetic collaborations together with the grants and partnerships manager.

Representation

• Represent Lebrelief during all local events, participate in trainings and sector coordination.
• Maintain regular engagement with stakeholders
• Highlight opportunities for gathering success stories
• Participate, as requested, in workshops and coordination meetings intended to improve professional knowledge and skills relevant to assigned responsibilities.

Qualifications

Experience:

• Advanced experience in any of agriculture field.
• Good understanding of Lebanese’s agricultural production sector (structure, strengths and challenges) with a focus on small-to-medium farm holders.
• Demonstrate good technical skills.
• Ability to undertake needs analysis and good record keeping skills.
• Excellent communication skills in both Arabic and English.

Knowledge:

• Implementing agricultural programs is an advantage
• Implementing of developed skills of training programs is a plus
• Ability to work in a sensitive environment, varied work styles and diverse team.

Desirable:

• Aware of the socio-economic circumstances in Lebanon.
• Aware of the main economic sector, business environments, and common practices according international guidelines in Lebanon.

Working conditions

The Job requires understanding the challenges faced in the field. Work under challenging circumstances, requiring a patient and calm attitude.