Project Officer- Turkana at Lattice

Key Responsibilities
Participant Identification and Mobilization

• Mobilize, profile and verify youth participants, especially young women, in the mariculture value chains.
• Collaborate with local actors and service providers to engage target participant groups especially women and youth led units/MSMEs.

Capacity Building

• Conduct participatory needs assessment to create tailored training plans for various actors.
• Coordinate technical skills development on production, processing, post-harvest handling and value addition, where relevant.
• Deliver training on enterprise development, recordkeeping towards improved cooperative management.

Access to Productive Assets (Inputs)

• Conduct needs assessment, inputs identification and compilation for procurement.
• Ensure appropriate inputs are delivered,and distributed to target participant groups.
• Monitor utilization of the inputs towards improved productivity, coaching the users on efficient utilization.

Gender and Youth Mainstreaming

• Ensure active participation of women and youth in leadership and economic opportunities.
• Track and report disaggregated data to address specific barriers to finance and market access.

Local partner engagement and Market linkages

• Identify and refer local service providers to deliver technical assistance as well as other related support functions.
• Facilitate linkages between youth participants and off takers; onboard traders onto digital platforms.
• Organize buyer–seller forums and exposure visits to meet regional market requirements.

Support in Monitoring, Evaluation and Learning (MEL)

• Support planned assessments and data collection focused on participant onboarding, capacity building and progress towards improved incomes.
• Ensure timely and accurate data collection using Kobo Toolbox or other digital tools.
• Submit:
• Regular activity and monthly field progress reports.
• Monitoring reports from Community Facilitators and service providers. o At least one (1) documented success stories or case studies per month.

Safeguarding and Compliance

• Ensure 100% compliance with Lattice’s safeguarding, gender inclusion, and protection policies.
• Conduct regular safeguarding refresher sessions for Community Facilitators and partners.

Support in Risk Management

• Proactively identify and flag risks for attention to the project manager, executing mitigation strategies.
• Ensure all field activities adhere to project SOPs and donor requirements.

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in agriculture, Fisheries/Aquaculture, Agribusiness, Rural/Community Development, or related social sciences.
• 3–5 years of field project experience, especially in fisheries, aquaculture or agribusiness.
• Proven ability in community mobilization, particularly engaging youth and women and supporting cooperatives/MSMEs.
• Skilled in technical training and capacity building, including ToTs in production, post‑harvest handling, value addition and basic business management.
• Experience in market systems experience, including creating market linkages and connecting smallholders to off‑takers.
• Able to travel to remote sites and adapt to local contexts