Field Assistant (Agriculture Project for livelihood)

Job Description

Job Vacancy

Position: Field Assistant (Agriculture Project for livelihood)

Working Location: Manthai East or Thunukkai & Olimadu area (Mullaitivu)

Contract period: Till 31st March 2025 (with 2 months’ probation/contract period may be extended) Announcing date / Closing date: 18th April 2023/30th April 2024

Peace Winds Japan (PWJ) is a Japanese non-governmental organization undertaking humanitarian operations across the world. In Sri Lanka, PWJ has been implementing various kinds of resettlement assistance and development projects in the Eastern and Northern parts of the country since 2009

Principal responsibilities:

To Assist implementation and monitoring of the agriculture-based livelihood project in Mullaitivu District within the project period.

Tasks in details:

To visit project sites and communities to monitor the Agriculture project activities and report progress his/her supervisors.

To work at Peace Winds Japan Office in Vavuniya town 2-3 times in a month, depending on

necessity To identify issues that happen in daily operation at the project sites and report to his/her supervisors

To support communication between other Peace Winds Japan staff and beneficiaries

To make necessary coordination with relevant stakeholders such as communities, government

institutions, business partners, and others To carry out any required tasks in the field and the office in consultation with his/her supervisors

Daily traveling to the site by own transportation (Motor Bike).

Knowledge, experience, and skills required:

More than three (3) years of working experience in relevant field.

Degree/Diploma holders in Agriculture or Social Science relevant field (A-level with more than 3 years of related work experience will be considered)

Fluent in oral and written Fluency in Tamil and English.

Excellent communication skills to work with local partners and international staff

Computer literate (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, E-mail and Google Spreadsheet)

Honest, patient, responsible and in good physical condition to meet the job demands Strong motivation to work for community development in Mullaitivu District.

Willingness to follow Peace Winds Japan’s missions and regulations

Resides in Mullaitive and preferable close by the designated area

Knowledge, experience, and skills preferable:

Field experience in livelihood programme, especially related to agriculture, dairy farming and marketing, will be strong advantages

Direct supervisor: Field Officer/Programme Officer

Working hours:

Standard working hours according to Peace Winds Japan regulations A reasonable degree of flexibility is expected when and where required

Submission: The interested candidates should submit CV (in English) with 3 professional referees and a letter of interest and to pwj.lankaoffice@gmail.com by email.

NOTE: Only short-listed candidates will be contacted Without a letter of interest, we will not accept as

application

Closing date of applications: 30th April 2024 (late submission will not be considered)

“For Sri Lankan nationals only”