JOB OPPORTUNITY

Position: Agricultural Officer
Level- Mid Level
Duration: 3* Months [*Possibility of Extension]
Start Date: November 17, 2025
Duty Station: Kupondole, Lalitpur (Frequent Visit to Field in Madhesh province)
Application Deadline: 13 November 2025

Job Summary:

The Agricultural Officer will provide technical support to design and implement drought and food security frameworks, develop early warning and anticipatory actions, and strengthen local preparedness capacities. The major duties include; designing the project activities, budgeting, and implementation, and monitoring and reporting, Facilitate the local government, civil society organizations, and vulnerable communities for strengthening the system for disaster and climate resilience, early warning system.

Key responsibility:

Support the development of a fundamental framework for drought and food insecurity management.
Facilitate co-designing and validation workshops, write shops, and technical consultations with stakeholders and experts.
Work in collaboration with NARC, municipalities, and farmer networks, ensuring effective dissemination and feedback.
Ensuring that the adequate understanding of the project plan and approaches by staff and stakeholders and providing necessary technical guidance to them.
Timely and quality delivery of the project activities including training, workshop, and support to the targeted community and individual.
Planning and implementation of project activities ensuring quality as stated in project documents.
Facilitate and ensure proper management of financial transactions referring to compliances.
Proposal Preparation, Documentation, generation of appropriate knowledge product as per the project plan, and results frameworks, and reporting to the partner organization and donor agency according to the agreed standards and timely manner.
Work closely with the local government, civil society organizations like women empowerment centers, community disaster management committees, and targeted communities and ensure the highest level of coordination for the smooth implementation of project interventions.
Support and facilitate the team in collecting the project progress, challenges, and opportunities and reporting to the partner organization regularly.
Conduct training sessions and simulation exercises for farmers and local stakeholders.
Document lessons learned, success stories, and case studies for dissemination.

Competencies and personal specification:

Hunger for research and innovation is the must.
Understanding of Agro-Met Advisory Bulletins (AAB), agricultural data integration, seasonal forecasts, and advisories, climate-smart agricultural practices, crop diversification
Good writing and communication skills (English and Nepali both written and spoken) with proactive mindsets.
Willingness to learn and update continuously, Co-create solutions and co-create ideas.
Strong conceptual, and interpersonal communication, negotiation, facilitation, and representation skills with working experiences in areas of climate change adaptation and disaster risk reduction (is an added advantage)
Demonstration of skills, and experience in leading a team, engaging in the campaigns and initiatives, building relationships, working in partnership with local government, and civil society organizations, and maintaining the congenial working relationship with all stakeholders.
Proven knowledge and skills in program planning, implementation, monitoring, and reporting.
Good command in GIS, programming will be an added advantage.

Education and Experience:

Masters’ Degree in Agriculture, Agronomy, Agro-meteorology or related field with 0-3 years of work experience in climate change adaptation, disaster risk reduction, and livelihoods.

Remuneration Package :

The remuneration will be made as per the organization policy.

Reporting:

The Agricultural Officer will have to provide updates on a regular basis to the Executive Director and Team Leader about the progress, issues, and ongoing tasks.

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