Vacancy title:
Technical Sector Officer – Agriculture

[Type: CONTRACTOR, Industry: Professional Services, Category: Agribusiness, Agricultural Services & Products, Farming & Outdoors, Social Services & Nonprofit]

Jobs at:
Brac

Deadline of this Job:
Saturday, January 31 2026

Duty Station:
Mbale | Mbale

Summary
Date Posted: Wednesday, January 21 2026, Base Salary: Not Disclosed

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JOB DETAILS:

About the AIM Programme

In 2022, the Mastercard Foundation in partnership with BRAC International (BI) announced an initiative to create a positive and measurable impact for 1.2 million adolescent girls and young women and 9.5 million people across seven countries in East and West Africa, including Ghana, Kenya, Liberia, Rwanda, Sierra Leone, Tanzania, and Uganda.

There is mounting urgency to support adolescent girls and young women (AGYW) living in poverty, which has been further amplified by the global pandemic. Through this partnership, scalable economic development approaches will be delivered in communities to foster the agency and voice of AGYW. They will have the opportunity to fulfill their aspirations, achieve sustainable livelihoods, and engage in advocacy issues.

BRAC International is implementing an integrated and holistic model to address the various life cycles of a young woman living in poverty, ensuring she is able to transition safely from adolescence to adulthood. She will be equipped with the appropriate skills, tools, and access to finance to effectively exercise her agency and build a fulfilling and productive livelihood.

JOB PURPOSE

The role of Technical Sector Officer, Agriculture (TSO-Agriculture) will provide hands on support to the Technical Coordinator and Regional Manager - AIM to ensure the planning and delivery of all agriculture and small business-related livelihood interventions, including supporting localized market assessments; training on livelihood pathways; asset mapping, procurement, distribution and management are done effectively. This role will also provide training to frontline staff on the newly developed training materials; help develop the detailed participant training rollout plans and support the cascading down of the training. The role will also support the operations team in budgeting, in ensuring quality procurement, asset distribution and asset management support.

RESPONSIBILITIES

• Support the planning and delivery of livelihood activities in agriculture and farming including training, asset procurement and transfer, asset follow-up, facilitating linkages with market actors and service providers.
• Provide support to the Technical Coordinators for the development of specific livelihood pathways training modules, as needed.
• Support the training of front-line staff on the newly developed training materials; finalize the participant training rollout plans and provide logistics and planning support to the cascading down of the training.
• Support the facilitation of relevant linkages to TVET, apprenticeship and entrepreneurship.
• Support the training of branch staff and ensure the participant's economic needs assessment and market assessments are done effectively prior to livelihood selection.
• Support communication with key stakeholders (government and non-government) and collect relevant training materials that can be used to develop/strengthen/ contextualize BRAC’s training materials.
• Support coordination with a range of stakeholders, including government entities, INGOs, CSOs, YDC members, service providers, to support delivery of interventions.
• Work with the MEL team to identify and incorporate suitable accountability mechanisms.
• Manage and strengthen MIS, program/management data collection, and reporting on livelihood support

SAFEGUARDING RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Ensure the safety of team members from any harm, abuse, neglect, harassment, and exploitation to achieve the program’s goals on safeguarding implementation.
• Act as a key source of support, guidance, and expertise on safeguarding for establishing a safe working environment.
• Practice, promote and endorse the issues of safeguarding policy among team members and ensure the implementation of safeguarding standards in every course of action.

EDUCATIONAL REQUIREMENTS

• Bachelor’s degree Agriculture /Forestry/Crop Production/Business administration or any other related subject.

SKILLS AND COMPETENCIES

• Technical & Professional Skills
• Leadership & Strategic Skills
• Governance & Stakeholder Engagement Skills
• Communication Skills
• Integrity & Professional Attributes

EXPERIENCE REQUIREMENTS

• 3 years of relevant experience, preferring programs focused on livelihoods or economic development
• Previous experience in providing technical assistance, especially related to livelihood or economic empowerment related activities, training module development, and training facilitation
• Previous experience working in integrated programs targeted for women is a plus.

Additional Notes

BRAC is committed to safeguarding children, young people and vulnerable adults, and expects all employees and volunteers to share the same commitment. We believe every stakeholder and every member of the communities we work with has the right to be protected from all forms of harm, abuse, neglect, harassment, and exploitation - regardless of age, race, religion, gender, status as an individual with a disability or ethnic origin. Therefore, our recruitment process includes extensive reference and background checks, self-disclosure of prior issues regarding sexual or other misconduct and criminal records and our values are a part of our Performance Management System.

BRAC is an equal opportunities employer.

Work Hours: 8

Experience in Months: 12

Level of Education: bachelor degree

Job application procedure

If you feel you are the right match for the above-mentioned position, please follow the application instructions accordingly:

Candidates need to send their CV with a letter of interest mentioning educational grades, years of experience, current and expected salary via the respective job application link

Only complete applications will be accepted and shortlisted candidates will be contacted.

People with disabilities and women are encouraged to apply

Application deadline: 31st January 2026

BRAC is committed to safeguarding children, young people and vulnerable adults, and expects all employees and volunteers to share the same commitment. We believe every stakeholder and every member of the communities we work with has the right to be protected from all forms of harm, abuse, neglect, harassment, and exploitation - regardless of age, race, religion, gender, status as an individual with a disability or ethnic origin. Therefore, our recruitment process includes extensive reference and background checks, self-disclosure of prior issues regarding sexual or other misconduct and criminal records and our values are a part of our Performance Management System.

BRAC is an equal opportunities employer.

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