Consultants at Mercy Corps

Mercy Corps AgriFin (MCAF), has partnered with a wide range of highly reputable content creating and organizations to provide a rich, digital, and farmer friendly content into the Sprout Platform so that content distribution and farmer facing partners can reutilize and share the content to their respective smallholder farmers they support at scale. The project aims to promote the use of technology to expand access to food, improve distribution of agriculture outputs by consumers through support farmers utilize updated agriculture extension information to bolster production, cultivation, marketing and distribution of food in Kenya, Ethiopia, Nigeria, Tanzania, and Uganda. We are seeking a Web Engineering consultant who will be expected to support new feature development and provide technical customer care support.

Required Qualifications

• A bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Technologies,or related field  
• Experience developing software using the Python programming language
• Experience working with core web technologies (HTML, CSS, JavaScript)
• Excellent Computer, verbal and written communication skills, including report development, writing and editing5.
• Strong interpersonal skills.
• Pro-active, self-disciplined, responsive to requests7.Demonstrated analytical and problem-solving skills
• Demonstrated attention to detail, ability to follow procedures, meet deadlines and work independently and cooperatively with team members

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We are seeking a Kenya Agronomic Content Developer who will be expected to edit and adapt content from expert partners (KALRO, WFP, AGRA, CABI, ATA, etc.) and modify the content into SMS, WhatsApp, IVR, audio/video scripts so they are simple, clear, and compelling for farmers. The Consultant will also support with onboarding Kenyan partners to utilize the DWAS, as part of the smart farming expansion, and take the lead in content acquisition and curation for partners in Kenya. The Developer will also provide support to the AgriFin team and other consultants with agronomic content development efforts, in Ethiopia and Nigeria if needed.

Required Qualifications 

• Agronomic Content Developer must demonstrate capacity through this engagement to bring successful expertise around:
• Previous experience in the field of agricultural research and development
• Experience adapting agriculture content to more farmer friendly terminology 
• Previous experience developing climate smart and environmentally friendly content 
• Previous experience developing agronomic content in digital formats or for the Sprout Platform is a plus