Associate Program Officer – Post-Harvest Management and Delivery RE-GAIN
2025-04-14T11:51:13+00:00
Alliance for a Green Revolution in Africa (AGRA)
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FULL_TIME
Nairobi
Nairobi
00100
Kenya
Agriculture, Food, and Natural Resources
Agricultural Services & Products
2025-04-25T17:00:00+00:00
Kenya
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Associate Program Officer – Post-Harvest Management and Delivery RE-GAIN
The Position
Associate Program Officer – Post-Harvest Management and Delivery RE-GAIN Job Reference: APO/PHM/KE/04/2025
The Associate Program Officer – Postharvest Management and Delivery will guide the implementation of extension services interventions, training, and capacity building, and support farmers on the use of climate-resilient Food Loss – Reduction Solutions (FL-RS) interventions of the RE-GAIN program in Kenya. The Associate program officer will further ensure the coordination of multiple actors in the harvest and postharvest management phases of value chains.
The ideal candidate will be responsible for leading the implementation of postharvest management interventions under the RE-GAIN program in Kenya. The role will focus on creating demand for post-harvest solutions by smallholder farmers, creating local capacity for adoption and marketing of food loss reduction solutions that would enable reducing food losses, improving food quality, and enhancing climate resilience among smallholder farmers by promoting the adoption of Food Loss-Reduction Solutions (FL-RS). The Program Officer will work closely with in-country partners, farmer organizations, extension service providers, government agencies, and the private sector to ensure effective and sustainable implementation of postharvest technology.
Key Duties and Responsibilities:
Grant Management & Compliance
- Support the programmatic, financial, and administrative management of grant activities, ensuring compliance with AGRA, GCF, and government regulations.
- Work closely with the finance team to track expenditures, prepare budget forecasts, and ensure efficient use of program funds.
Program Implementation & Technical Support
- Work with implementing partners to support the rollout of FL-RS interventions, ensuring they are climate-smart, cost-effective, and scalable for smallholder farmers.
- Provide technical assistance and guidance to farmers, cooperatives, extension agents, and agribusinesses on best practices in postharvest management.
- Mobilize smallholder farmers and key market players, create demand among smallholder farmers and their local institutions.
- Coordinate with innovators such as research institutions and technology providers to facilitate access to innovative postharvest solutions that reduce food loss.
- Promote harvesting best practices, cleaning and sorting produce, drying technologies, storage solutions, packaging and transportation, processing and value addition, pest and disease management, and smart monitoring and digital solutions.
Capacity Building & Stakeholder Engagement
- Design and implement training programs for extension service providers and smallholder farmers to enhance their knowledge and skills in climate-resilient postharvest technologies and practices
- Work with government bodies, development partners, and the private sector to create an enabling environment for increased adoption of food loss reduction technologies.
- Foster partnerships with local and regional stakeholders to scale up postharvest management solutions across Kenya.
Monitoring, Evaluation & Learning (MEL):
- Collaborate with the M&E team to track program performance, ensuring that interventions achieve their intended impact.
- Develop and maintain a knowledge management system that captures key learnings, success stories, and best practices for replication and scale-up.
- Contribute to the preparation of technical and financial reports, case studies, and impact assessments for internal and external stakeholders.
Green Climate Fund (GCF) Considerations:
- Ensure compliance with GCF environmental and social safeguards, particularly around gender equity, smallholder inclusion, and climate adaptation metrics.
- Track and report on climate resilience indicators, ensuring that postharvest interventions align with GCF’s adaptation and mitigation priorities.
- Facilitate stakeholder coordination to meet GCF’s rigorous reporting and accountability frameworks.
Key Qualifications and Experience Required:
- Bachelor’s or master’s degree in agricultural extension and advisory services or a relevant field
- Experience in agricultural development projects in Kenya.
- Experience in grant management, financial reporting, and donor compliance, preferably with climate finance mechanisms like GCF.
- Strong ability to coordinate multiple stakeholders, including government agencies, private sector partners, and development organizations.
- Excellent skills in training, facilitation, and knowledge transfer to farmer organizations and extension providers.
- Experience in monitoring and evaluation, with the ability to track program impact and report on key indicators.
- Demonstrate a deep understanding of how climate change impacts agricultural systems.
- Must be familiar with climate-smart practices that enhance Food Loss reduction solutions against climatic shocks.
- Demonstrate the ability to roll out capacity building and extension services at the community level and devise and implement effective strategies for packaging, promotion, and farmer outreach to ensure the dissemination of best practices
- Demonstrate the ability to develop/design and lead the implementation of capacity-building activities that integrate FL-RS sustainability principles into Kenya’s agricultural transformation, equipping stakeholders with the knowledge and skills necessary for the effective achievement of the program goals.
Grant Management & Compliance Support the programmatic, financial, and administrative management of grant activities, ensuring compliance with AGRA, GCF, and government regulations. Work closely with the finance team to track expenditures, prepare budget forecasts, and ensure efficient use of program funds. Program Implementation & Technical Support Work with implementing partners to support the rollout of FL-RS interventions, ensuring they are climate-smart, cost-effective, and scalable for smallholder farmers. Provide technical assistance and guidance to farmers, cooperatives, extension agents, and agribusinesses on best practices in postharvest management. Mobilize smallholder farmers and key market players, create demand among smallholder farmers and their local institutions. Coordinate with innovators such as research institutions and technology providers to facilitate access to innovative postharvest solutions that reduce food loss. Promote harvesting best practices, cleaning and sorting produce, drying technologies, storage solutions, packaging and transportation, processing and value addition, pest and disease management, and smart monitoring and digital solutions. Capacity Building & Stakeholder Engagement Design and implement training programs for extension service providers and smallholder farmers to enhance their knowledge and skills in climate-resilient postharvest technologies and practices Work with government bodies, development partners, and the private sector to create an enabling environment for increased adoption of food loss reduction technologies. Foster partnerships with local and regional stakeholders to scale up postharvest management solutions across Kenya. Monitoring, Evaluation & Learning (MEL): Collaborate with the M&E team to track program performance, ensuring that interventions achieve their intended impact. Develop and maintain a knowledge management system that captures key learnings, success stories, and best practices for replication and scale-up. Contribute to the preparation of technical and financial reports, case studies, and impact assessments for internal and external stakeholders. Green Climate Fund (GCF) Considerations: Ensure compliance with GCF environmental and social safeguards, particularly around gender equity, smallholder inclusion, and climate adaptation metrics. Track and report on climate resilience indicators, ensuring that postharvest interventions align with GCF’s adaptation and mitigation priorities. Facilitate stakeholder coordination to meet GCF’s rigorous reporting and accountability frameworks.
Bachelor’s or master’s degree in agricultural extension and advisory services or a relevant field Experience in agricultural development projects in Kenya. Experience in grant management, financial reporting, and donor compliance, preferably with climate finance mechanisms like GCF. Strong ability to coordinate multiple stakeholders, including government agencies, private sector partners, and development organizations. Excellent skills in training, facilitation, and knowledge transfer to farmer organizations and extension providers. Experience in monitoring and evaluation, with the ability to track program impact and report on key indicators. Demonstrate a deep understanding of how climate change impacts agricultural systems. Must be familiar with climate-smart practices that enhance Food Loss reduction solutions against climatic shocks. Demonstrate the ability to roll out capacity building and extension services at the community level and devise and implement effective strategies for packaging, promotion, and farmer outreach to ensure the dissemination of best practices Demonstrate the ability to develop/design and lead the implementation of capacity-building activities that integrate FL-RS sustainability principles into Kenya’s agricultural transformation, equipping stakeholders with the knowledge and skills necessary for the effective achievement of the program goals.
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Associate Program Officer – Post-Harvest Management and Delivery RE-GAIN
[Type: FULL_TIME, Industry: Agriculture, Food, and Natural Resources, Category: Agricultural Services & Products]
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Deadline of this Job:
Friday, April 25 2025
Duty Station:
Nairobi | Nairobi | Kenya
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Date Posted: Monday, April 14 2025, Base Salary: Not Disclosed
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Associate Program Officer – Post-Harvest Management and Delivery RE-GAIN
The Position
Associate Program Officer – Post-Harvest Management and Delivery RE-GAIN Job Reference: APO/PHM/KE/04/2025
The Associate Program Officer – Postharvest Management and Delivery will guide the implementation of extension services interventions, training, and capacity building, and support farmers on the use of climate-resilient Food Loss – Reduction Solutions (FL-RS) interventions of the RE-GAIN program in Kenya. The Associate program officer will further ensure the coordination of multiple actors in the harvest and postharvest management phases of value chains.
The ideal candidate will be responsible for leading the implementation of postharvest management interventions under the RE-GAIN program in Kenya. The role will focus on creating demand for post-harvest solutions by smallholder farmers, creating local capacity for adoption and marketing of food loss reduction solutions that would enable reducing food losses, improving food quality, and enhancing climate resilience among smallholder farmers by promoting the adoption of Food Loss-Reduction Solutions (FL-RS). The Program Officer will work closely with in-country partners, farmer organizations, extension service providers, government agencies, and the private sector to ensure effective and sustainable implementation of postharvest technology.
Key Duties and Responsibilities:
Grant Management & Compliance
- Support the programmatic, financial, and administrative management of grant activities, ensuring compliance with AGRA, GCF, and government regulations.
- Work closely with the finance team to track expenditures, prepare budget forecasts, and ensure efficient use of program funds.
Program Implementation & Technical Support
- Work with implementing partners to support the rollout of FL-RS interventions, ensuring they are climate-smart, cost-effective, and scalable for smallholder farmers.
- Provide technical assistance and guidance to farmers, cooperatives, extension agents, and agribusinesses on best practices in postharvest management.
- Mobilize smallholder farmers and key market players, create demand among smallholder farmers and their local institutions.
- Coordinate with innovators such as research institutions and technology providers to facilitate access to innovative postharvest solutions that reduce food loss.
- Promote harvesting best practices, cleaning and sorting produce, drying technologies, storage solutions, packaging and transportation, processing and value addition, pest and disease management, and smart monitoring and digital solutions.
Capacity Building & Stakeholder Engagement
- Design and implement training programs for extension service providers and smallholder farmers to enhance their knowledge and skills in climate-resilient postharvest technologies and practices
- Work with government bodies, development partners, and the private sector to create an enabling environment for increased adoption of food loss reduction technologies.
- Foster partnerships with local and regional stakeholders to scale up postharvest management solutions across Kenya.
Monitoring, Evaluation & Learning (MEL):
- Collaborate with the M&E team to track program performance, ensuring that interventions achieve their intended impact.
- Develop and maintain a knowledge management system that captures key learnings, success stories, and best practices for replication and scale-up.
- Contribute to the preparation of technical and financial reports, case studies, and impact assessments for internal and external stakeholders.
Green Climate Fund (GCF) Considerations:
- Ensure compliance with GCF environmental and social safeguards, particularly around gender equity, smallholder inclusion, and climate adaptation metrics.
- Track and report on climate resilience indicators, ensuring that postharvest interventions align with GCF’s adaptation and mitigation priorities.
- Facilitate stakeholder coordination to meet GCF’s rigorous reporting and accountability frameworks.
Key Qualifications and Experience Required:
- Bachelor’s or master’s degree in agricultural extension and advisory services or a relevant field
- Experience in agricultural development projects in Kenya.
- Experience in grant management, financial reporting, and donor compliance, preferably with climate finance mechanisms like GCF.
- Strong ability to coordinate multiple stakeholders, including government agencies, private sector partners, and development organizations.
- Excellent skills in training, facilitation, and knowledge transfer to farmer organizations and extension providers.
- Experience in monitoring and evaluation, with the ability to track program impact and report on key indicators.
- Demonstrate a deep understanding of how climate change impacts agricultural systems.
- Must be familiar with climate-smart practices that enhance Food Loss reduction solutions against climatic shocks.
- Demonstrate the ability to roll out capacity building and extension services at the community level and devise and implement effective strategies for packaging, promotion, and farmer outreach to ensure the dissemination of best practices
- Demonstrate the ability to develop/design and lead the implementation of capacity-building activities that integrate FL-RS sustainability principles into Kenya’s agricultural transformation, equipping stakeholders with the knowledge and skills necessary for the effective achievement of the program goals.
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Experience: No Requirements
Level of Education: bachelor degree
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