Women Field Trainer

Posted date

25th August, 2025

Last date to apply

31st August, 2025

Country

Pakistan

Locations

Fortabbas/Haroonabad

Category

Agriculture

Salary

44,000 (Gross)

Type

Contractual

The Role (Women Field Trainer)

• Conducting of baseline surveys for women farmers and farm workers information.

• Social mobilization within the farming community to adopt the Better Cotton Standard System (BCSS).

• Engagement in the consultation process to maximise farmers/ farm workers participation in designing and implementation of the activity plan of the PU.

• Development and adherence to the monthly work plan and training plan in collaboration with PU field team.

• Delivery of training sessions as per the monthly plan to BCI-registered women farmers and women workers of the LG on BCI standards and Good Agriculture Practices (GAPs) via Farmer Field School (FFS) approach for maximum outreach.

• Maintenance of up-to-date records of women farmers/workers trainings, adoption and field activities at BCI Farm and Producer Unit level.

• Facilitation of the PUM for necessary record keeping regarding women farmers/ farm workers.

• Establishing and maintaining the GAP demo plots and the necessary information of visitors and farmers' cost-sharing for demo plot maintenance.

• Facilitates internal/ external verifiers for conducting credibility checks and assessments of registered cotton growers.

• Facilitation and coordination with other PU team members for gender inclusion and climate change mitigation among registered better cotton farmers.

• Prepare the progress reports and submit them to the line manager.

• Organising the field visits, meetings, and field days.

• Collection, verification and submission of any types of data needed, including Result Indicator, farmers' information, etc to Producer Unit Manager within the given time period.

• Prepare the fortnightly progress reports, and success stories and submit them to the line manager

• Completion and timely submission of any other task given by line manager for satisfactory completion of the key role requirements.

Education:

• Bachelor in agriculture
• Experience in agriculture and social mobilization among the farming community.

Experience::

• Knowledge of BCI Production principles and Criteria.
• Strong understanding of cotton production technology and its sustainability issues.

Personal Characteristics:

• Strong organisational and learning skills;
• A team player with good interpersonal, communication and networking skills;
• Comfortable working on one's own initiative as well as following advice;
• Flexible and creative in planning and problem solving;
• Willing to travel to remote and challenging locations in Pakistan.
• Applicant for this role needs to be honest, dedicated, social, motivated, disciplined, and self-organized to deliver quality work at prescribed deadlines.
• Ability to plan work schedules to meet agreed deadlines.
• Effective team player and conversant with a transdisciplinary approach.
• Good communication and interpersonal skills, Self-motivated, an enthusiastic team player.

ROLE DETAILS:

Reporting to: Producer Unit Manager

No. of positions: 4

Contract: 8 Months with three months probation period. The placement will be made through third-party contracting firm (United Human Resource Services Pvt. Ltd).

Salary Range: 44,000 PKR (Gross)

Benefits: Health Insurance, Life Insurance, Communication Allowance, Fuel Allowance, EOBI, paid leaves.

Benefits cost will be deducted from gross salary.

Location: Haroonabad, District Bahawalnagar. Local candidates will be given preference.

Other details:

• Due to urgent recruitment, CABI (Regional Bioscience Centre) can start the recruitment process (written test/interview) before the closing date of application.
• CABI (Regional Bioscience Centre) reserves the right to accept or reject application based on operational circumstances.
• Only shortlisted candidates will be invited for test/interviews. Original documents to be presented at the time of interview.
• Candidate having the relevant experience will be given preference.

EQUAL OPPORTUNITIES AND STATEMENT OF SAFEGUARDING

We are a thriving international organisation attracting a diverse range of talented people from around the world. Our staff currently comprises over 30 nationalities and as an equal opportunity's employer we welcome applications from candidates irrespective of age, gender, race, colour, nationality, ethnic or national origin, disability, religion, sexual orientation or marital status. No applicant will be disadvantaged by conditions which cannot be shown to be justified and selection will be based on merit. CABI believes that everyone we come into contact with, regardless of age, gender identity, disability, sexual orientation or ethnic origin has the right to be protected from all forms of harm, abuse, neglect and exploitation which includes child safeguarding, adult safeguarding, and protection from sexual exploitation and abuse. CABI has a zero-tolerance approach to any attitudes or behaviours that put children or adults at risk of harm. Safeguarding concerns are acts of gross misconduct and are grounds for disciplinary action up to and including, dismissal and referral to relevant authorities for criminal prosecution.