Agriculture Extension Officer Job in Kenya

Agriculture Extension Officer Job in Kenya
Homa Hills Community Development Organization (HHCDO) was founded in 1980 by the Redd Barna (Norwegian for Save the Children ) as an Agricultural and Technical Training Centre. It is situated at the Western Shores of Lake Victoria in Kenya.
In 1999 the Redd Barna phased out, though the organization had previously been registered as an NGO in 1994. The organization therefore had to seek for various donors to support its activities within the center and the local community.
At the centre, there are agricultural demonstration plots as well as commercial units for poultry, dairy, horticulture and fish farming. We also run a low cost health centre as well as a Youth Polytechnic.
HHCDO supports direct poverty reduction programs in partnership with various donors namely Action Aid International, Kenya (AAIK), Catholic Relief Services (CRS) and Stitching foundation for Homa Hills. The main areas include
    * Education (construction of classrooms, levies/bursary, vocational fees, teacher and committee trainings)
    * Health, HIV & AIDS (health center, VCT services, ART, medication support for HIV/AIDS patients, vaccinations, mobile toilets)
    * Food Security ( Food rations and Seed support, Demonstrations, Bulking and Training, Dairy goats)
    * Environment (Advocacy, Awareness and Afforestration)
    * Women's Rights and Civil Society Empowerment (Group strengthening/governance, support to women's rights groups in politics, households and community, legal support to women and girls)
    * Savings and Credit-Microfinance (Savings to spur growth of small business owned by women for household economic security)  Strategy
The nature of our interventions cuts across 3 strategic approaches namely
Direct Poverty Alleviation support like food support, medication, especially Anti-Retroviral Therapy (ART), vaccinations, and de-worming to the very vulnerable. Economic empowerment especially among women, who are encoraged to start or improve small businesses through consistent savings and loan.
Under Support to Civil Society groups, we train various groups like School Management Committees, PLWHAs, Youth, Women, farmers and fishermen groups.
We also support women, girls and child rights campaigns through Advocacy Programs and paralegal Support.
Our main target groups at this stage are the vulnerable sections of the society like Orphans and Vulnerable Children (OVCs) (People Living With HIV and AIDS (PLWHAs).

Certain activities however benefit the whole community.

The position is based in Homa Hills Community Development Organisazation.

Qualification and Experience
    * Degree or Diploma in Agricultural and Rural Development with three years experience in Agriculture Extension and Agro enterprise development.

Other Requirements
    * Must be motivated,Reliable and a team player.
    * Must be able to work anywhere with least supervision.
    * 3 years relevant community work experience.
    * Must be able to meet strict deadlines.
    * Must be computer literate.
    * Ability to ride a motor cycle with a clean and valid driving license.
    * Proven ability in team and collaborative work.

Interested candidates meeting the above qualifications should send their application and CV only including telephone contact to hhcdo.jobs@homahills.or.ke by latest 29th October 2010.
More details can be found at www.homahills.or.ke