Regional Agriculture Officer - Central Region

About the role

Raising The Village is hiring a Regional Agriculture Officer for its Central Region, based in Kampala (Kamwokya). The officer provides technical leadership and coordination for agriculture extension work, including cropping and livestock, across several districts. The role focuses on training and capacity building: harmonizing trainings for Government Extension Officers through Master Trainers, building the capacity of RTV implementation staff, and running virtual harmonization trainings on the full agriculture methodology.

Key responsibilities

• Work closely with the Venn team to identify and assess agriculture extension needs.
• Support the design of regional adaptive clusters and introduce relevant agriculture innovations.
• Oversee agricultural project pilots and strengthen teams in maintaining standard demonstration gardens as reference models.
• Coordinate with Procurement on input/seed contracts and with program staff, local authorities, Master Trainers and Government Extension partners so interventions are technically sound and consistently applied.
• Design and deliver trainings to RTV staff, Government Extension Officers and community trainees, including virtual training.

Required profile

• University degree in a science field such as animal and crop husbandry, agricultural production, agribusiness management, agricultural technology or a related field; a postgraduate diploma is an added advantage.
• Minimum 3-5 years of experience in agriculture, including coordinating or training across multiple sites or districts.
• Experience in community development programming.
• Understanding of organic pesticide use, soil management, and crop and pest management.
• Fluent in local languages used by RTV in the region; strong verbal and written English.
• Able to travel 80% of the time and hike on high terrain; can work independently and is physically able.

Required skills

• Strong facilitation and training skills, including translating technical information for people with varying literacy levels.
• Proficiency in the Microsoft Suite.
• Ability to manage competing priorities and deadlines while working across multiple reporting lines.