Job Description:
As part of efforts to enhance food security, promote sustainable agriculture, and create livelihood opportunities for youth and women, the Rupani Foundation, in partnership with UNWFP, is implementing a Mushroom Cultivation Training Program. This initiative aims to equip participants with practical knowledge and hands-on skills in low-cost, high-yield mushroom farming techniques suitable for local environments. The program encourages income generation, household nutrition improvement, and small-scale agribusiness development, particularly for vulnerable communities in urban and semi-urban settings.
General Responsibilities:
The Mushroom Cultivation Trainer will be responsible for planning, implementing, and facilitating technical and practical training sessions in mushroom cultivation for selected beneficiaries. The trainer will ensure high-quality capacity building, follow-up support, and documentation of training sessions. S/he will coordinate closely with project stakeholders and report to the line manager on progress, challenges, and achievements.
Specific Duties:
- Plan and conduct theoretical and practical training sessions on mushroom cultivation.
- Develop and adapt training materials, manuals, and guidelines tailored to local conditions and participant knowledge levels.
- Provide step-by-step guidance on mushroom farming techniques, including substrate preparation, sterilization, spawn inoculation, incubation, harvesting, and post-harvest handling.
- Conduct regular follow-ups to support beneficiaries in the implementation of mushroom units.
- Monitor training progress and assess the understanding and skill acquisition of trainees.
- Coordinate training logistics and requirements in collaboration with the project team.
- Provide technical assistance and coaching during on-site visits.
- Identify challenges or gaps during training and implementation phases and report them to the line manager with proposed solutions.
- Ensure safety, hygiene, and environmental practices are adhered to throughout the training.
- Submit timely and detailed training reports, including attendance, photos, and evaluations.
- Participate in project planning, review, and coordination meetings at the field level.
- Maintain proper documentation of all training-related activities.
- Perform any other task assigned by the line manager related to the project.
