Agricultural Consultant

Amel Association International is a non-governmental organization established in 1979. Through its 24 centers across Lebanon, Amel Association provides access to health care services and implements development programs targeting underprivileged populations, regardless of their nationality or political and religious affiliations. Amel Association also aims to strengthen the culture of rights among citizens, refugees and migrants and promote access to their rights and their involvement in public life.

Assignment
Amel is launching a new Livelihood project that aims to implement individual micro-gardens in the Informal Settlements (IS) of Kamed el Loz area, and to train vulnerable Youth on organic agriculture, to improve resilience, conditions of living, self-confidence and food security of vulnerable households.
Project funded by World Food Program
 
Tasks
- Technical expertise on the implementation of micro-gardens in Informal settlements,
- Supervision and follow-up on the agricultural component of the whole project, including (but not limited to): parcels design and implementation ;
- Plantation plan (crop calendar, type of crops, disease management) ;
- Assistance and advise for the procurement of agricultural tools and raw materials ;
- Design and follow up of the lesson plan for trainings ;
- Management of the teams of trainers and construction workers ;
- Supervision of the relations with the project team/ the beneficiaries / landowners and chawishes / suppliers ;
- Reporting to the project team ;
- Regular follow-up on the gardens implementation.