Target Group: Women Farmers / Women Community Members
Job Purpose

The Trainer will design and deliver practical, gender-responsive training for women on smart kitchen gardening practices that promote food security, ecosystem management, climate resilience, and women’s empowerment.

Key Roles and Responsibilities

• Design and deliver hands-on training sessions on kitchen gardening tailored for women, focusing on smart and climate-resilient agriculture practices.
• Train participants on seasonal vegetable production, seed selection, nursery raising, composting, soil health, water-efficient irrigation, and organic pest management.
• Promote sustainable ecosystem management practices, including biodiversity conservation, soil fertility improvement, and efficient use of natural resources.
• Conduct demonstrations and practical sessions at household or community garden sites.

• Integrate ecosystem-based approaches into kitchen gardening, such as crop rotation, intercropping, mulching, and use of organic inputs.
• Raise awareness on climate change impacts on agriculture and adaptive strategies for small-scale women farmers.
• Encourage environmentally friendly practices that reduce chemical use and protect local ecosystems.

• Ensure gender-responsive training methodologies that address women’s roles, needs, and constraints in agriculture.
• Promote women’s decision-making, leadership, and access to resources through inclusive training approaches.
• Facilitate discussions on equitable workload distribution, nutrition, household food security, and income generation from surplus produce.

• Coordinate with project staff, local partners, and community leaders to mobilize women participants for training sessions.
• Provide follow-up mentoring and on-site technical support to trainees.

• Maintain training attendance records, pre- and post-training assessments, and progress tracking of participants.
• Prepare and submit training report to project manager.

Required Qualifications & Experience

• Diploma or bachelor’s degree in agriculture/Horticulture/Environmental Sciences, or a related field.
• Minimum 2–3 years of experience in agricultural training, kitchen gardening, or community-based agriculture programs.
• Proven experience working with women groups and applying gender mainstreaming.
• Strong knowledge of ecosystem management and climate-smart agriculture practices.
• Excellent communication and facilitation skills.
• Familiar with Diamer’s Culture, Languages and Topography.

Note:
We maintain a zero-tolerance policy towards Sexual Exploitation and Abuse. All selected candidates will undergo comprehensive background checks and stringent controls. As an equal opportunity employer, we encourage female candidates to apply. This role needs to be filled as soon as possible, and applications will be reviewed on a rolling basis, and only short-listed candidates will be contacted