Livelihood National Professional Volunteer at Voluntary Service Overseas – Randstad Construction Property Engineering

Randstad Construction Property Engineering – Our client, Voluntary Service Overseas (VSO), is the worlds leading independent international development organisation that works through volunteers to fight poverty in developing countries. Our high-impact approach brings people together to share skills, build capabilities, promote international understanding and action to change lives and make the world a fairer place.

We are recruiting on behalf of VSO to fill the position below:

Job Title: Livelihood National Professional Volunteer

Reference number: JOB0117150
Location: Niger
Job category: Agriculture, Forestry & Fishing
Job type: Voluntary

Job Descriptions

Provide best practice agronomy training to farmers and farmer cooperatives
Contribute to the promotion of extension reforms and capacity development for partners with special attention to market-orientated, and participatory approaches that meet the diverse needs of smallholders and rural people, especially women and marginal groups.
Formulate and implement training that strengthen agricultural/rural extension and provide technical assistance in capacity development of agriculture innovation systems.
Prepare advocacy materials and documents to support the strengthening of agriculture innovation systems and support services.
Provide support in the organization and delivery of technical workshops, consultations, seminars and training sessions on conceptual and practical aspects of extension and rural knowledge institution improvements.
Contribute to the preparation of studies, position papers and conceptual frameworks that strengthen extension systems and agriculture innovation systems.
Maintain networks of collaboration with technical specialists.
Perform other related duties as required.

Skills
Competencies and Behaviour At VSO we believe progress is only possible by working together. Whether you want to join us as an employee, or as a volunteer working in your own country, overseas or online, our selection process includes an assessment based on these core competencies:

Ability to be open minded and respectful
Ability to be resilient and adaptive to new situations
Ability to facilitate positive change and build sustainable working relationships
Ability to seek and share knowledge Equal Opportunities VSO promotes equal opportunities and values a diverse workforce.

Application Closing Date
Not Specified.

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