Community Liaison Assistant - Optimisation Agronomy

About the role

DanChurchAid is looking for a Community Liaison Assistant to support the implementation, testing and continuous improvement of shade‑net agricultural optimisation recommendations in Kakuma Refugee Camp and the Kalobeyei Integrated Settlement. The role combines practical action‑research, household support and hands‑on demonstration of improved agronomic techniques.

Key responsibilities

• Implement optimisation recommendations, guiding households on planting densities, crop combinations and spacing.
• Facilitate installation of vertical trellising, perimeter cropping systems and other vertical production methods.
• Assist households in adopting water‑saving technologies such as mulching, clay‑pot irrigation, bottle drip and basin furrows.
• Promote crop diversification with heat‑tolerant and high‑value varieties suitable for shade‑nets.
• Conduct routine field observations, collect quantitative and qualitative data, and document results on productivity, water use, income and crop performance.
• Support demonstration plots and Farmer Field School‑style learning sessions.
• Maintain an updated database of shade‑net performance indicators and prepare concise progress briefs, case studies and action‑research summaries.
• Train women’s groups, youth groups and small producer collectives on optimised agronomic practices and support community mobilisation.

Required profile

• Dynamic, proactive young graduate passionate about agricultural innovation and livelihoods.
• Good contextual understanding of Turkana West, including refugee programming.
• Proficiency in local languages is desirable.

Required skills

• Data collection using digital tools or paper forms.
• Field observation and documentation.
• Basic database maintenance and reporting.