Date: Fri, Apr 15, 2022
To: The Pharo Foundation
Subject: Application for employment for the position of agriculture development officer
Dear sir/madam
In reference to your job advertisement on local website (Somali jobs), for the position of agriculture
development officer. I believe that my work experience, magnificent skills, desire and willingness will
make me a very competitive candidate for this position to contribute my enthusiasm and teamwork
skills to your company. stated in my CV enclosed here, I obtained Bachelor of Science in Dryland
economics and Agro-ecosystem Management for the specialization in agriculture extension which
more related to social science, with three and half years of professional work experience in the field
of agriculture extension work plus tertiary professional trainings. With this, I believe that I can meet
your job requirement for the position of project coordinator
The opportunity presented in this listing is very interesting, and I believe that my strong technical
experience and vast educational background, magnificent skills, desire, willingness will make me a
very competitive candidate for this position to contribute my enthusiasm and teamwork to your
agency.
I have had a sequence of relevant experience in this position for the last three and half years. To
start with, I had worked at International Agricultural Development (IFAD/PET project) as extension
Officer, farm manager in CEELBAHAY and operation consultant in Terra Nuova and IGAD SHEIKH
TECHNICAL VETERINARY SCHOOL (ISTVS) reference center by the survey of dryland resilience
developmental project . Similarly, this role equipped with me ability to I have gained invaluable and
hand-on experience in all aspects of agriculture extension from Extension information strategies and
managing of trainings of farmers in relation information through Disseminating and making
demonstration and lecturing of farmers and also Coordinate village extension workers and women
groups. Furthermore, I had worked International Fund of Agricultural Development
(IFAD/TRANSTEC) as a Farm manager at Somaliland Research Center (ABURIN), I have ability to
ensure beneficiary selection procedure and criteria are understood by the community and trained
community in farmer demonstration of intercropping, spacing, prevention of post and pre harvest
losses, marketing and also mitigating the impact climate change. These jobs taught me how to be
compassionate.
I am easy person, excellent communication, interpersonal, sociability, supervisory and organizational
skills bolster my qualifications My salary is negotiable based on the scale of organization and I will be
very delighted to discuss this with you during interview.
I am reachable for an interview and test at any time for your expediency. I can be contacted on the
email or the mobile phone number given above. I look forward to hear from you. Thank you for your
time and consideration
Yours faithfully,
Hassan Mohamoud
Curriculum Vitae/resume
Personal address:
Name: Hassan Mohamoud Mohamed
Address: Borama, Somaliland
Mobile: +252634851451 or +252634851415
EMAIL: [email protected] or [email protected]
A) Statement of Objectives: I am a self-motivated person who can steer, handle,
conduct and lead the facilitation of all crop production aspects including seed selection,
date of planting, pest and diseases, demonstrations (FFS), training and support of
farmers and as well as monitoring and evaluation of the projects and program of
developmental intervention of agriculture. And I have much more knowledge about
dryland crops that can grow fast due to sporadic rainfall and harsh condition,
prevention of post and pre-harvest losses, dissemination of information, marketing
and also mitigating the impact of climate change.
C) Educational Background
Institution Subject and major Certificates Received
IGAD Sheikh Technical Dryland Economics and Bachelor degree
Veterinary School Agroecosystem
(ISTVS) Sheikh Campus Management (Agriculture
extension) accredited by
University of Nairobi)
African Management Manager and Bachelor degree
and Institute entrepreneur of business
Short Courses Nature of training Certificate
WORLD VISION Tissue Culture Certificate of participation
IGAD Award Best Research project Certificate of award
Soybean Innovation Integrated Pest Certificate of participation
Lab Management lab
D) Employment History and Working Experiences
Employer &
Responsibilities
Position
February to
December 2018
IFAD/TRANSEC as an agriculture extension staff, Worked on 24
villages for capacity building under Marodijeh and Gabiley region
Duties and Responsibilities
Site and beneficiary selection
Documenting villages needed intervention and list of com-
munity per village
Planning and organizing event days
Lecturing by training farmers
Demonstration by on-farm training
Holding women group training
Farmer field school
Seed distribution
Irrigated farmer training by intercropping
Monitoring and evaluation of training
Site selection of soil and water conservations structure
Organizing and managing farmer groups
Participated in the development and implementation
of surveys for needs and assessments vulnerable
group
Assisted community committees and community lead-
ers in identifying target groups for the agricultural in-
terventions
Worked closely with the community to raise aware-
ness toward climate change and its impact
Conducted direct monitoring of the project activities by
regular visits to the project
Beneficiaries
Organized and implemented training using lec-
turing and demonstration methods to upscale
farmers skills and knowledge about crop produc-
tion
Provided regular activity reports
March. 2019_ Farm Manager in Ceel bahay
April.2020
Duties and Responsibilities
Directs and coordinates worker activit-
ies
Planting
Irrigation
Chemical application
Harvesting
Grading
Recording keeping
Coordinating growing activities
Analysing market coordination to de-
termine acreage allocations
Confers with brokers and arranges for
sales of crops
Record information
Production
Farm management
Practices
Operation and financial record
Insect identification and soil determina-
tion to ensure proper production
Evaluate financial statement and budget
Plan future production with projections
and analysis current situation of the
farm and prepare for future change of
produce.
July 2020 to August , Research assister at a reference center collaborating with Terra
2021.
Nuova, ILRI and ISTVS in Sheikh campus.
Duties and Responsibilities
Assisting project officer
Team leader
Developing questionnaires
Training interviewer
Planning and organizing schedule of survey
Site selection
Mobilization
And team responsibility of transport and per diem
Reporting feedback
Data entry and working with the team in its analysis
F) Major Skills and Attributes
Good command and strong abilities to work under pressure and multi-cultural
environments
A flexible and easy learner with the changes and challenges in the working
environment
Strong report writing and adaption of Organizations
Very good communication interpersonal skills and team player qualities
Inheritance/heritage for problem-solving and decision-making skills
Excellent awareness and community sensitizing and mobilization skills
Ready to travel in the field and able to work long hours;
Had excellent experience of FFS, crops grown on local, approaching’s of training
and skills of illiterate teaching
Ability to handle various agricultural terminology
Add on advantage skills: Microsoft Office, Word, Excel, Access, PowerPoint,
Publisher, and the Internet. Form tool management, spss, Kobe collect and ODK
Writing skills: Report writing
G) Provisional References
Referees Organizations Positions Addresses
Jabir Abdullah Hussein ISTVS Reference Manager and Address:
center, regional conductor of
[email protected] representative of research
Telephone:
ILRI
+252634455580
Kenneth Tembe IGAD SHEIKH Agronomist and Email:
TECHNICAL researcher
[email protected] /
Veterinary
kenneth.tembe@stvs-
SCHOOL
edu.org
Telephone:
+252633273849 /
+254728924051
Eng. Abdirashid Omar IFAD/TRANSEC Technical advisor Email:
Osman
[email protected] Telephone:
+252634456159
