Rwanda Senior Agronomist, Conservation Agriculture (Fixed-Term)

excerpts from the official posting

This role is open to all applicants; however, candidates with citizenship or permanent residency in Kenya, Rwanda, Uganda, Tanzania, or Burundi are strongly preferred.

Main responsibilities

• Conservation Agriculture Strategy & Extension Development
• Develop and continuously improve scalable conservation agriculture advisory models in collaboration with farmer advisory and field teams.
• Design practical extension materials, training manuals, visual guides, and digital tools tailored to diverse farmer needs and contexts.
• Translate technical concepts including cover cropping, minimum tillage, agroforestry, and integrated pest management into practical field-based curricula.

Profile

• Across all roles, these are the general qualifications we look for . For this role specifically, you will have:
• Master’s degree in Agronomy, Agroecology, Crop Science, Soil Science, or a closely related agricultural field.
• Minimum 6 years of relevant professional experience in agronomy, conservation agriculture, regenerative agriculture, or agroecological farming systems.