Marcus Jones

About Marcus Jones

Results-driven Agronomist and Food Systems Expert with over a decade of leadership and…

Experience

1. New Roots Coordinator

   International Rescue Committee

   Jan 2023 — Present · Phoenix, AZ, US

   Managing and implementing livelihood and food security activities throughout relevant project cycles- project design, start-up, implementation, and close-out- to ensure efficient and effective implementation in line with IRC’s New Roots Program quality principles and standards, MEAL policies, and donor ( USDA, NRCS) requirements. • Overseeing community outreach, recruitment, and orientation for food security and climate-smart programming.• Supervising the implementation of urban farming and community gardening program and ensuring best practices for conservation and climate-smart agriculture. • Designing and delivering instructional training and workshops on urban farming and business skills to refugee New Roots farmers; providing individualized technical assistance to farmers as well partners. • Coordinating with the MEAL department to establish the New Roots program’s MEAL system- to ensure adequate internal control systems to support data integrity for both qualitative and quality reporting on project indicators • Supporting New Roots partners and facilitating training on Conservation agriculture, land management, food security, business development, and marketing• Ensuring programming activities align to grant requirements and outcomes. • Proactively identifying issues and concerns and using participatory processes to overcome implementation obstacles • Contributing to grant writing and other New Roots funding opportunities

Education

• University of Cape Coast

  Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Crop Science

• Njala University, Sierra Leone

  Master of Science (M.Sc.), Agronomy

  2010 — 2012

• Unity Environmental University

  Master's degree, Carbon Ecology and Management

• Cuttington University

  Bachelor of Science, General Agriculture

Skills

• Science
• Research
• Capacity Building
• Genetics
• Plant Breeding
• Entomology
• Management
• Soil Science
• International Development
• Agronomy
• Program Evaluation
• Crop Protection
• Leadership
• Strategic Planning
• Proposal Writing
• Corn
• Agriculture
• Rural Development
• Sustainable Agriculture