Vacancy Announcement No. 792994 - 2023
Job Title: PROGRAMME Associate (Small Holder Farmers)
Contract Type/Grade: SC 6
Duty Station: Baidoa, Somalia
Contract Duration: 7 Months (Initial)
Date of Issue: April 13, 2023 | Closing Date: April 26, 2023
What will you do?
What will you do?
Coordinate with implementing partners and actively monitor progress and performance of food system project activities including training of farmers, post-harvest handling support, productive asset creation (water dams/pans, borehole or shallow well, market linkage assistance, among others) to ensure deadlines and targets are met.
Provide supervision and support for the Training of Trainers on post-harvest loss reduction and access to markets.
Participate in developing and reviewing of social and behavior change communication messages.
Engage with target smallholder farmers, producer groups, and agro-dealers regularly to identify food systems needs, possible solutions, anticipate challenges and ensure smooth communication.
Foster relationships and communication with relevant stakeholders/ mechanisms, such as other cooperating partners, Food security cluster coordination mechanisms, relevant government line ministries, NGOs, civil societies and community leaders and project target groups.
Coordinate and liaise with internal counterparts to enable effective collaboration, implementation and monitoring of ongoing project activities.
Contribute to the writing of food systems report at Area Office level.
Ensure that data and information on food system projects presented to the stakeholders is accurate, consistent and aligned with WFPs communication protocol.
Provide specialized project management support to ensure that technical support is provided or resourced following WFP?s policies and procedures.
Support the capacity building of WFP staff, cooperating partners and national government on food systems, agriculture, markets and market systems, agro-value chains, climate change and adaptation and other thematic areas as may be defined in the food systems project.Do you meet the minimum requirements?
Education: A university degree in Agriculture, Agribusiness, Agronomy, Engineering (Environmental Engineering, Agriculture Engineering), Food Security, Animal Science/ Animal Production, Range Management or other field relevant to international development assistance.
Experience
A minimum of 6 years progressive work experience in food security/ agriculture/ environment and market systems development.
Experience in implementation of plans and activities with NGOs, UN agencies or with governmental institutions.
Language: Fluency in oral and written communication in English and Somali.
Are you competent for this job? Do you have
Experience in implementing programmes in agriculture value chain/ food security/ natural resource management.
Experience with participatory community engagement approaches such as participatory rural appraisal, participatory learning and action, commu