Shelter for Life International (SFL) is a non-governmental, non-political, non-profit and international faith-based organization. It has been working in Afghanistan since 1998 and is presently managing long-term and short-term humanitarian and development programs to the people in need in countries around the world. SFL is currently operational in Afghanistan, Liberia, South Sudan, Senegal and Tajikistan. Our Headquarters is located in Minnetonka, MN and funded by multiple donors such as BPRM, USG, USDA and WFP. SFL has rich experience and provides assistance in the following areas; Agriculture Development, Food Security, livelihood and emergency, Shelter and Population Settlement, Application of Microcredit, Infrastructure Development and Health and Nutrition.

Agriculture extension assistance is responsible to provide on-site assistance and support across all targeted districts of Badakhshan, Kabul and Ghazni Provinces. This role involves traveling to targeted districts in order to conducting surveys and beneficiaries’ selection, coordinating, assisting the project team with the implementation of agricultural activities, project daily operations, and ensuring the smooth implementation of the agricultural related activities accordingly. The ideal candidate will have a strong understanding of local farming and conditions, excellent communication skills, and ability to work independently in the field and accompanying high-ranking WFP and government officials, if needed.

Shelter for Life implements safe and PSEA-sensitive human resources practicesand processes throughout recruitment, contracting, and performance management to ensure the safety and well-being of all staff and beneficiaries.

Shelter for Life has zero-tolerance policy on Sexual Exploitation and Abuse (SEA).

• Having good behavior with community people especially with beneficiaries
• Conducting assessment and survey for identifying and selection of eligible beneficiaries according to the predefined criteria.
• To assist the agronomist officer for developing training materials for technical training of project beneficiaries.
• Assisting the agronomist officer to organize technical training for project beneficiaries on vegetable gardening and greenhouse management.
• Contributing with agronomist officer for maintaining established greenhouse, kitchen gardening and nursery to provide technical support to project beneficiaries.
• Conducting income and expense survey with project beneficiaries.
• Regularly, monitoring the implementation of project activities.
• Providing regular weekly and monthly progressive reports to project agronomist officer.
• Any other task or activity assigned by agronomist officer and project manager.

Qualification/ Requirements:

• Bachelor’s degree in Agriculture.
• 4 to 5 years relevant work experience in the field of Agriculture and Agriculture Extension with NGOs, INGOs or UN agencies.
• Computer skills at the operator level, especially with MS Office packages.
• Fluency in English and Dari and/or Pashto, both written and spoken.
• Ability or experience in the field of community driven development projects monitoring
• Ability or experience of data verification and analysis.
• Having strong report writing skills.   
• Familiarity with various types of data collection methods and data management.
• Experience in planning, reporting and budgeting.
• Good communication skill and able to pass the massage/questions in local languages to the respondents.
• Have good interpersonal skills and ability to plan work.
• Supervisory, team worker, analytical, and troubleshooting skills.
• Regional and cultural knowledge of areas of SFL field operations in Afghanistan
• Willingness to work long hours when required
• Ability and willingness to travel to the project sites and outside of duty station within Afghanistan and adjust to the SFL environment as frequently as required
• Honest, proactive, well mannered, and must share values of SFL.
• Willing to stay in field locations
• Ready to work, live and travel in an intricate and strenuous environment

Interested qualified candidates should submit a full CV with a cover letter explaining their motivation in applying for the job and highlighting their relevant skills and experience and send your application / CV to the below email account; afghanistaninfo@shelter.org. Please do not forget to write Position Title and Vacancy Number in the subject of your email and indicate in your subject email the