Environment, Forestry and Agriculture jobs at Twiga Foods and Other Companies in Kenya

Deadline of this Job: 03 August 2022

Twiga Foods is looking for suitable candidates to fill the position of a Block Manager - Tomatoes and Onions. The role holder will be accountable the production of a crop in specific block in a pivot. A pivot is divided into 4 blocks. A Block Manager is assigned a single or multiple blocks under a pivot.

Key Responsibilities
• Production of year round, high quality fresh Tomatoes/onions in line with Twiga Foods Limited product demand planning
• From land preparation and planting, through the crop production process to harvest up to packhouse level.
• Implementation of the advice given from the Agronomy team for irrigation/nutrition/crop protection.

Deadline of this Job: 03 August 2022

Overview
Job Duties And Responsibilities
Reporting to the Deputy Regional Director, this role ensures the relevance, coherence, and timeliness of IFRC emergency response and resilience development and regional thematic leadership in the critical areas of climate, migration, and health. Also, the job holder will position regionally IFRC at the forefront of development of humanitarian competencies such as health, cash-based assistance, shelter, CEA, Information Management and anticipatory action.
More specifically, the incumbent manages thematic lead in key strategic priorities in disaster risk management, health (health in emergencies, community health including First Aid, immunization, HIV, TB, malaria, public health and immunization, WASH, MHPSS), climate change, migration and displacement in the region and ensures the integration of cross-cutting issues.

Deadline of this Job: 15 August 2022

Who are we?
Climate change increasingly interacts with the drivers of displacement, including conflict, and disproportionally affects developing countries hosting the majority of the world's refugees and displaced persons. Therefore, DRC is stepping up its ambition to respond to, mitigate and prevent displacement challenges amplified by climate change, conflict and environmental degradation. In its Strategy 2025, DRC commits to respond to the global climate crisis and environmental degradation by increasing the adaptive capacities of people affected by conflict and displacement and to ensuring that our own conduct is nature-positive. DRC will act as a catalyst for improved community resilience by building capacity of  communities and their leadership to plan and implement measures that help to mitigate climate change, prevent and resolve conflict, adapt to extreme weather events, and restore ecological functions in the contexts where we work 

Field Assistant job at Peace Winds Japan
Deadline of this Job: 25 July 2022

Key responsibilities

• In coordination with the Community Development Officer, Monitoring and Evaluation Officer, participate in the design and conduct baseline survey, follow up assessments and endline survey of the project.
• Participate actively in planning and coordination of training sessions on climate smart agricultural techniques together with the County team.
• Conduct routine follow-ups at the field together with kitchen garden coaches to ensure that the targeted beneficiaries set up kitchen gardens as per the training they undertook..
• Facilitate the recruitment of trainees for climate smart agricultural practices for different modules.
• To ensure timely data collection of the project activities and keeping them in an organized manner with the support of Monitoring and Evaluation Officer.
• Contribute to the preparation of the projects weekly and monthly reports as per the shared projects reporting templates
• To ensure effective implementation of monitoring activities in the area of project implementation.
• Properly keep well filled attendance registers and distribution lists for all the activities conducted during entire project duration
• Represent the views and objectives of Peace Winds Japan in Kakuma camp and only engage in activities instructed by the immediate supervisor.
• Attend to any other assignments as may be assigned by PWJ Area Manager, Programme Coordinator and the supervisor.

Qualifications and experience
• Diploma/ bachelor’s degree in a relevant field such as General Agriculture, Agriculture Education and Extension, Agriculture economics, Agribusiness, Community Development, Nutrition and any other related degree.
• Understanding of basic concepts in nutrition and agriculture
• Experience in working in semi-arid areas with non-governmental organizations is an added advantage.
• Demonstrated social mobilization skills/experience
• Computer skills with demonstrated excellence in Microsoft Excel and Word.

Deadline of this Job: 26 July 2022

Duties and Accountabilities
Liaising with relevant Ministries, Government Departments and IFC staff members on matters relating to the issuance of Residence /Work Permits and Entry Visa’s to Kenya.
• Process and follow up with the relevant Ministries on visa requests for staff coming from countries with no Kenya diplomatic representation.
• Build diplomatic and protocol networks for the IFC with various Government Ministries and Departments.
• Managing VIP visits including airport clearance while providing logistical support in collaboration with the administrative and security teams.
• Brief new staff members on visa and immigration requirements.
• Liaising with HR on matters relating to staff contracts and entitlements.
• Timely processing of exemption documents including Vehicle registration, Importation, Deregistration and the processing of the ProA, Pro1A, Pro1B, Pro1C, Pro D forms.

Deadline of this Job: 01 August 2022

Job Profile Requirements
Organizational Competencies:
Level 2:
• Building relationships and partnerships - Builds and maintains strategic partnerships internally and externally
• Communicating and negotiating - Acquires & uses a wide range of communication styles & skills
• Demonstrating leadership - Leads by example; initiates and supports change
• Focusing on clients - Contributes to a client-focused culture
• Learning, sharing knowledge and innovating - Challenges, innovates & contributes to learning culture
• Managing performance and developing staff - Manages wider teams with greater impact on others and on the organization
• Managing time, resources and information - Coordinates wider use of time, information and/or resources
• Problem-solving and decision-making - Solves complex problems and makes decisions that have wider corporate impact
• Strategic thinking and organizational development - Staff in management and/or strategic leadership roles
• Team working - Fosters a cohesive team environment]

Deadline of this Job: 29 July 2022

Experts/Consultant’s Profile:

Consultancy firms/companies with verifiable research work in the coffee sector and who fulfil the following requirements are encouraged to express their interests.
• Relevant degree(s) in social sciences or development studies,
• Strong experience with and knowledge of qualitative and quantitative research methods and sampling strategies
• Experience in designing and conducting studies using experimental or quasi-experimental techniques.
• Statistical analysis skills and strong proficiency with data analysis packages.

Deadline of this Job: 27 July 2022  

Requirements for Appointment
• Must have served in Agriculture Department for at least 15 years with at least 3 years in higher managerial position;
• Must have served as Deputy Director of Agriculture or Assistant Director of Agriculture for at least three (3) years;
• A Bachelor of Science degree (BSc.) in any of the following fields: Agriculture, Horticulture, Agricultural Economics, Natural Resource Management, Home Economics, Agribusiness Agriculture Extension, Agriculture Extension, Agricultural Engineering, Agricultural Education or any other relevant and equivalent qualification from a university recognized in Kenya;

Deadline of this Job: 26 July 2022

Requirement for Appointment

• A Bachelor of Science in any of the following fields, Fisheries and aquatic sciences, Fisheries Management & Aquaculture Technology, Aquaculture, Natural Resource management, Biochemistry, Food Science and Technology, Environmental Science, or any other equivalent degree from a recognized university.
• Certificate in Computer Applications from a recognized institution.

Deadline of this Job: 26 July 2022

Deadline of this Job: 26 July 2022

Deadline of this Job: 26 July 2022