Agriculture Officer

Watershed Organisation Trust (WOTR); Latehar; On-site; INR 600,000 - 800,000; Full time

Job summary

Watershed Organisation Trust (WOTR) invites applications for a Livelihood/Agriculture Officer at Barwadih, Latehar, Jharkhand. The role focuses on developing systems to strengthen agriculture interventions, field-level soil productivity, and sustainable crop management.

Candidate should have 4–5 years’ field experience in development work, and a Bachelor or Master in Agriculture; knowledge of Hindi and local language preferred; Female candidates encouraged.

Qualifications

• Bachelor in Agriculture or Masters in Agriculture or relevant subject.
• Minimum 4-5 years relevant field experience.
• Knowledge of Local Language and Hindi preferred.
• Experience in development sector would be added advantage.
• Preference will be given to the female candidate.

Responsibilities

• Develop systems to address gaps in agriculture interventions at farm level such as SCI method of cultivations for various crops and on improving soil productivity
• Preparing Farmers field school (FFS) modules for all relevant Agriculture Interventions.
• Design and develop sustainable crop management practices and provide support in their uptake at field level
• Good knowledge of policy analysis and quantitative data analysis but should have the flexibility to do qualitative data analysis, too (if required); skill in developing of tools for investigation (quantitative and qualitative)
• Conduct review of literature to identify intervention on climate adaptive agriculture practices and support in their demonstration at field level and further upscale.
• To collaborate with different teams, universities, research institutes to undertake various studies. Support in undertaking extension works from research institutes such as ICRISAT, state universities, CRIDA etc., at field level.
• Contribute to research papers and articles preferably in peer review journals and publications
• Assists and also write proposals to various donors and institutes for research funding on carbon capture models.
• Provide overall thematic leadership and guidance on livelihood and allied activities to different project teams.
• Development and implementation of livelihoods assessment tools and approaches.

Skills

Agriculture

Data analysis

Policy analysis

Research collaboration

Education

Bachelor in Agriculture

Masters in Agriculture

Job description

About the organization:

Established in 1993, WOTR is an NGO, known for its outstanding contribution in the development field focusing primarily on climate change, watershed development, capacity building of village groups and NGOs for participatory watershed development work, climate change adaption practices, training and extension, women’s empowerment and micro credit, poverty reduction, etc. WOTR has successfully undertaken responsibilities as implementing agency, support agency, service provider for different national and international projects. (www.wotr.org)

WOTR currently operates in seven states namely Maharashtra, Andhra Pradesh, Telangana, Madhya Pradesh, Odisha, Jharkhand and Rajasthan. Our head office is in Pune.

About the position

WOTR is looking for motivated individual as an Livelihood/Agriculture Officer.

Job Location:

Barwadih, Latehar , Jharkhand

Job profile/ Scope of Work:

• Develop systems to address gaps in agriculture interventions at farm level such as SCI method of cultivations for various crops and on improving soil productivity
• Preparing Farmers field school (FFS) modules for all relevant Agriculture Interventions.
• Design and develop sustainable crop management practices and provide support in their uptake at field level
• Good knowledge of policy analysis and quantitative data analysis but should have the flexibility to do qualitative data analysis, too (if required); skill in developing of tools for investigation (quantitative and qualitative)
• Conduct review of literature to identify intervention on climate adaptive agriculture practices and support in their demonstration at field level and further upscale.
• To collaborate with different teams, universities, research institutes to undertake various studies. Support in undertaking extension works from research institutes such as ICRISAT, state universities, CRIDA etc., at field level.
• Contribute to research papers and articles preferably in peer review journals and publications
• Assists and also write proposals to various donors and institutes for research funding on carbon capture models.
• Provide overall thematic leadership and guidance on livelihood and allied activities to different project teams.
• Development and implementation of livelihoods assessment tools and approaches.

Qualifications & Experience:

• Bachelor in Agriculture or Masters in Agriculture or relevant subject
• Minimum 4-5 years relevant field experience
• Knowledge of Local Language and Hindi preferred.
• Experience in development sector would be added advantage.
• Preference will be given to the female candidate.

Please note: The Human Resources team assesses the CVs received, and based on the relevance and internal assessment, the shortlisted candidates are contacted for an interview. For any queries, please feel free to write to us at [e-mail]