The Department of Agriculture, Livestock, Fisheries, Veterinary Services, Irrigation & Cooperative Development – Kisii County in collaboration with the National Agricultural Value Chain Development Project (NAVCDP) is pleased to announce the recruitment of Agricultural Value Chain actors (Supervisors & Agri-preneurs) at the County level for a period of one (1) month on a temporary basis.
CRITERIA FOR SUPERVISORS’ SELECTION
Requirement for Appointment of:
(1) Assistant Ward-Based Supervisors (Twelve (12) positions]
For appointment as an Assistant Ward-Based Supervisor, a candidate must possess the following:
a] Have minimum academic qualification of a Diploma from a recognized post-secondary institution preferably in Agricultural Sciences, Statistics, Community Development, or any other related discipline.
b] Must be computer literate and able to use a tablet.
c) Must be able to communicate in Kiswahili/English. The ability to converse in the Local Dialect will be an added advantage. d] The Assistant Supervisors will also be identified from County Government staff and should preferably be Frontline/field service providers.
e) Should be currently working in the target Ward.
Participation in similar exercises involving data collection will be an added advantage. 8) Expected to assist the ward-based supervisor in providing oversight.
ii) Ward-Based Supervisors (Forty-Five [45] positions]
For appointment as a Ward-Based Supervisor, a candidate must possess the following:
a) Minimum academic qualification of a Degree from a recognized University preferably in Agricultural Sciences, Statistics, Social Sciences, Community Development, and any other related disciplines.
b) Must be computer literate and able to use a tablet.
c) Must be able to communicate in Kiswahili, English, and Local Dialect.
d] The supervisors will also be identified from County Government staff. Consideration will be given to the civil servants in the County.
e) Should be currently working in the Ward that He/She will be supervising.
URGENT
Participation in similar exercises. Experience in extension and data collection will be an added advantage.
iii) Senior Supervisors (Eleven (11) positions)
For appointment as a Senior Supervisor, a candidate must possess the following:
a) Minimum academic qualification of a Degree from a recognized University preferably in Agricultural Sciences, Statistics, Social Sciences, Community Development, and any other related disciplines.
b] Must be computer literate and able to use a tablet.
c) Must be able to communicate in Kiswahili, and English.
dj The supervisors will also be identified from County Government staff. Consideration will be given to the civil servants in the County.
e) Senior County officers and subject matter specialists at Sub-County or County level.
f] Experience in personnel management, supervision, extension, and data collection is an advantage.
8) Participation in similar exercises will be an added advantage.
CRITERIA FOR AGRI-PRENEUR SELECTION
iv. Agri-preneurs/Enumerators (Five Hundred and Ninety-Four (594) positions] Requirements for Appointment are as follows:
a) Must be between 20-45 years of Age with a national ID.
b] Must be an active resident of the Ward in which the registration exercise is being undertaken.
c) Minimum academic qualification of a post-secondary qualification from a recognized institution, preferably in Agricultural Sciences, Agribusiness, Statistics, Social Sciences, Community Development & related disciplines.
d] Demonstrate some experience in Agriculture and Agri-business and interactions with farmers
e) Must own a smartphone and be computer literate.
f) Must be able to communicate in Kiswahili, English, and the local dialect in their locality.
g) Ability and willingness to remain personally involved and committed on a full-time basis.
h] Strong experience in community mobilization and training farmers on agricultural value chains.
Note: (1) Assistant Ward-based Supervisors: Supervise Agri-preneurs during baseline/routine data collection; (ii) Ward-based Supervisors: Supervise and backstop Assistant Ward-based supervisors during baseline/routine data collection (iii) Senior Supervisors: Supervise and backstop Word-based supervisors during the baseline/routine data collection.
