Agriculture Officer I at Taita Taveta County

Ref No. CPSB/TTC/078/2022

Requirement for appointment 
For appointment to this grade, a candidate must have:
Bachelors of Sciences [BSc.] degree in any of the following fields: Food Science, Home Economics, Agriculture, Horticulture, Agriculture Economics, Natural Resource Management, Agribusiness, Agriculture Extension, Agriculture Education, or any other relevant and equivalent qualification from a recognized institution. 

Duties and responsibilities
The Agriculture Officer shall perform the following duties:

• Coordinate all Agricultural Extension services.
• Organizing and coordinating agricultural activities
• Liaise with stakeholders in implementing projects and programmes.
• Identify staff and farmer training needs 
• Collection and dissemination of agricultural information 
• Promote consultative fora with various stakeholders and collaborators 
• Organize field days, demonstrations and tours
• Oversee the mainstreaming of cross cutting issues 
• Participate in the agricultural shows
• Implementation of Performance contract
• Participate in preparation of work plans and budgets.
• Prepare field reports
• Any other duties which might be assigned by the County Chief Officer – Agriculture