SILC Field Agents–Nombe Parish

You will assist Implementation of the VINES program field activities by working directly with local leaders and community members in support of Catholic Relief Services’ (CRS) work to serve the poor and vulnerable. Your service and community interpersonal skills contribute to projects that benefit local communities that consistently applies best practices and continuously works towards improving its impact.

Responsibilities

• 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.
  

Requirements

Qualifications, Skills and Experience:

• Uganda Advanced Certificate of Education (UACE).
  
• Experience and skills in training farmer groups.
  

Knowledge and Abilities:

• 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