<ul><li>Establishing &amp; strengthening relationships: The FO will directly work with farmers, group leaders; support and strengthen collaborative working relationships with key partners to ensure smooth implementation, including with: government agencies at provincial and grassroots levels, as well as with other key relevant partners and stakeholders such as companies, other development partners/projects, NGOs and local communities.</li><li>Confirming the selection of project areas, identification and organisation of beneficiaries &amp; participation of project partners: A key part of setting up the project (and as the project expands in scope during implementation) will require the FO to support the PM by conducting surveys and field consultations to confirm which communes, villages and farmers will participate in the project, as well as how farmer groups are organised to receive trainings and other support from the project. The FO will also work with local stakeholders such as agricultural extension service centres and/or other potential extension service providers on how training and capacity building is delivered through the project.</li><li>Developing detailed activity implementation plans: Based on the overall work plans developed by the PM; the FO needs to develop detailed implementation plans in line with annual plans, and with other relevant partners such as demonstration farm consultants, and agricultural extension services.</li><li>Organizing project activities/field work: The FO will work with team members to organize project activities and field work (such as trainings, farm demonstration activities, agricultural extension/farmer coaching visits, study tours) activities with local partners and communities on the ground. This may involve basic administrative tasks such as preparing permission letters, identifying venues for workshops, or other suppliers of goods/services that the project may need in line with relevant SNV procedures and cost norms under guidance by the PM.</li><li>Supporting implementation: Implementation is mainly expected to be carried out by project delivery partners such as agricultural extension officers/demos deliver. However, the FO will also conduct/supervisor of Farmer Field School trainings (FFS) or/and Farmer Coaching Visit trainings (FCV); support the implementation of field activities, including accompanying consultants and other project staff on field visits, supporting facilitation of events, acting as a resource person, farm coach and even trainer or supporting other project activities in the field. Some activities could also be implemented directly by SNV. Accounting, financial management and reporting under guidance from the Project Administrator completing basic project financial accounting, monitoring and reporting tasks.</li><li>Monitoring Evaluation and Learning: It is expected that a considerable volume of the farmer training and coaching and demos deployed will be implemented by project partners such as local agricultural extension officers or other partners. Thus, a key part of the FO role relates to the monitoring of field activities, specifically:<ul><li>Ensuring farmer registration data collected is ‘clean’ (without errors), stored in a safe and secure location, and uploaded to the SNV monitoring system</li><li>ensuring activities from extension officers/trainers have been implemented as planned and ensuring quality standards of delivery.</li><li>Ensuring information from Farmer Field Schools and Coaching visits is collected appropriately and stored securely and uploaded to the Project monitoring system</li><li>The FO will also work with the PM to analyse project data to identify key trends, issues and learnings from the project data</li><li>FO will report any issues, challenges/risks to the PM.</li></ul></li><li>Other relevant tasks as assigned by PM: There may be other administrative, logistical or monitoring tasks assigned by the PM for the effective planning, management, implementation and/or monitoring of project activities in the field.</li></ul>

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<ul><li>Establishing &amp; strengthening relationships:&nbsp;The FO will directly work with farmers, group leaders; support and strengthen collaborative working relationships with key partners to ensure smooth implementation, including with: government agencies at provincial and grassroots levels, as well as with other key relevant partners and stakeholders such as companies, other development partners/projects, NGOs and local communities.</li><li>Confirming the selection of project areas, identification and organisation of beneficiaries &amp; participation of project partners:&nbsp;A key part of setting up the project (and as the project expands in scope during implementation) will require the FO to support the PM by conducting surveys and field consultations to confirm which communes, villages and farmers will participate in the project, as well as how farmer groups are organised to receive trainings and other support from the project. The FO will also work with local stakeholders such as agricultural extension service centres and/or other potential extension service providers on how training and capacity building is delivered through the project.</li><li>Developing detailed activity implementation plans:&nbsp;Based on the overall work plans developed by the PM; the FO needs to develop detailed implementation plans in line with annual plans, and with other relevant partners such as demonstration farm consultants, and agricultural extension services.</li><li>Organizing project activities/field work:&nbsp;The FO will work with team members to organize project activities and field work (such as trainings, farm demonstration activities, agricultural extension/farmer coaching visits, study tours) activities with local partners and communities on the ground. This may involve basic administrative tasks such as preparing permission letters, identifying venues for workshops, or other suppliers of goods/services that the project may need in line with relevant SNV procedures and cost norms under guidance by the PM.</li><li>Supporting implementation:&nbsp;Implementation is mainly expected to be carried out by project delivery partners such as agricultural extension officers/demos deliver. However, the FO will also conduct/supervisor of Farmer Field School trainings (FFS) or/and Farmer Coaching Visit trainings (FCV); support the implementation of field activities, including accompanying consultants and other project staff on field visits, supporting facilitation of events, acting as a resource person, farm coach and even trainer or supporting other project activities in the field. Some activities could also be implemented directly by SNV. Accounting, financial management and reporting under guidance from the Project Administrator completing basic project financial accounting, monitoring and reporting tasks.</li><li>Monitoring Evaluation and Learning:&nbsp;It is expected that a considerable volume of the farmer training and coaching and demos deployed will be implemented by project partners such as local agricultural extension officers or other partners. Thus, a key part of the FO role relates to the monitoring of field activities, specifically:<ul><li>Ensuring farmer registration data collected is ‘clean’ (without errors), stored in a safe and secure location, and uploaded to the SNV monitoring system</li><li>ensuring activities from extension officers/trainers have been implemented as planned and ensuring quality standards of delivery.</li><li>Ensuring information from Farmer Field Schools and Coaching visits is collected appropriately and stored securely and uploaded to the Project monitoring system</li><li>The FO will also work with the PM to analyse project data to identify key trends, issues and learnings from the project data</li><li>FO will report any issues, challenges/risks to the PM.</li></ul></li><li>Other relevant tasks as assigned by PM:&nbsp;There may be other administrative, logistical or monitoring tasks assigned by the PM for the effective planning, management, implementation and/or monitoring of project activities in the field.</li></ul>

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