SILC Field Agent

Education qualification

• Post Ordinary level Education with skills in training farmer groups
  

Knowledge and Abilities

Skills

• Basic arithmetic skills (including percentage calculations)
  
• Ability to read and understand the national language (used in guides and forms)
  
• Ability to communicate in local language(s) of assigned area
  
• Good community mobiliser and facilitator, with strong interpersonal and communication skill
  

Expectations/Attitude

• Willing to join an intensive training program with limited financial support
  
• Wanting to later work independently and earn part of their livelihood by charging for services
  
• Willing and able to work in nearby villages/communities
  
• Willing and able to work at times that are convenient for SILC groups
  
• Energetic and assertive, with a positive mind-set
  
• Exudes confidence
  
• Disciplined and determined
  
• Outward-looking—seeks out new opportunities and makes the most of them (including taking chances with unknown ventures)
  

• The SILC Field Agent will support the mobilization of vanilla farmers under the Vines Program into SILC groups.
  
• The SILC Field agents will be responsible for the training and continuous monitoring of SILC Groups in the different sub counties within the districts of implementation.
  
• Recruit and train and supervise apprentices in the SILC methodology.
  
• Perform SILC and farmer financial readiness checks and impart basic financial literacy skills to SILC groups
  
• Assess and support in identification of SILC groups ready for linkages with banks for credit, agro-processors, input suppliers and produce buyers.
  
• Collect data from the SILC groups and as per project requirements and contribute to the preparation of reports.
  
• Support in translation, in case of trainings at the field level, that may be conducted by CRS or district technical staff that are not knowledgeable in the local language.
  
• Train and encourage SILC members them to adopt the GTA training into their ways of living.
  
• Provide feedback about the project interventions for the purposes of improving the future project interventions