Agronomist

Location: HAMA

Job summary

Responsible for planning and monitoring agricultural activities, ensuring quality standards, providing technical support to field teams and farmers, coordinating with stakeholders, managing resources, and reporting on project progress.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

• Prepare the technical and agricultural studies required for project activities.

• Prepare estimated bills of quantities and technical specifications for agricultural activities.

• Review bids submitted for agricultural tenders from a technical perspective and prepare the necessary evaluations.

• Develop an implementation plan for agricultural activities, including tasks, sub-objectives, and timelines, in coordination with the Project Manager.

• Conduct field monitoring of agricultural activities to verify the quality of work and materials used and ensure compliance with technical specifications and established deadlines.

• Provide technical guidance and support to the field team and address field-related challenges associated with agricultural activities.

• Organize and assign tasks to the field team, monitor their implementation, and promote collaboration among team members.

• Maintain ongoing coordination with the Project Manager, field team, and relevant stakeholders, including suppliers and contractors, and keep them informed of implementation progress.

• Organize the resources required for agricultural activities, including labor, agricultural materials, equipment, and supplies, and monitor their effective allocation and use.

• Document completed works and quantities, prepare handover and acceptance records, and organize related technical and administrative documents.

• Identify potential field risks and challenges and propose preventive measures and appropriate solutions to mitigate their impact.

• Prepare periodic reports documenting activity progress and results, while adhering to humanitarian principles and the Association's protection policies.

• Conduct field visits to farmers participating in the project and provide them with agricultural guidance.

• Organize and deliver agricultural training sessions for farmers in the relevant areas of expertise.

• Working in cooperation with the Project Manager to apply humanitarian principles and standards, and to implement protection laws for individuals and communities in general.

• Fully comply with Ata’a Association’s safeguarding policies and procedures, including policies on protection from sexual exploitation, abuse and harassment (PSEAH), and child safeguarding, ensuring the safety and well-being of beneficiaries—especially children—both psychologically and physically across all projects, offices, and facilities, and fostering a safe and supportive environment through full implementation of these policies and their annexes.

Protection Policy:

Ataa Association considers any type of child abuse unacceptable, as it recognizes its responsibility to protect children from harm in all areas of its work. Ataa Association confirms that it is committed to ensuring a safe environment for children and takes a strict stance against any type of child abuse and exploitation.

Discrimination, Abuse, and Harassment Policy:

Ataa Association provides equal employment opportunities to all applicants and will not tolerate any form of discrimination, abuse, or harassment (sexual or otherwise) based on race, religion, origin, age, marital status, nationality, or disability. , or the military situation.