Woreda-Based Community Development Facilitator

JOB TITLE: Woreda-Based Community Development Facilitator

PROJECTs: Support Ethiopian Coffee Farmers with Compliance to EUDR

REPORTS TO: Bale field Office project coordinator

DIRECT REPORTS: None

LOCATION: In Dello Mena and Harena Buluk

DURATION OF CONTRACT: 4 months with a probation period of 60 working days with probability of extension based on the availability of funds

KEY TASKS AND RESPONSIBILITIES

Key areas of responsibility are:

Ensure timely project implementation at the Woreda level

• Work with the project team and government counterparts to achieve the project outputs/outcomes with the desired standards
• Ensure adequate consultation and participation of woreda and kebele level stakeholders ensuring active participation of women in particular.
• Facilitate identification of training needs, prepare training materials, and deliver training, business plan development, and other services to CBOs and unions
• Regularly undertake project implementation progress tracking and identify any bottlenecks hampering implementation paces so as to provide sufficient technical support to implement the activities.
• Work closely with other senior project staff at the field office and the POs, facilitate the design and implementation of CBO-specific coffee farmers and forest data collection .

Bring technical expertise to ensure high-quality project delivery

• Take part in the assessments and surveys of coffee farmers and coffee farm information within the project intervention woredas;
• Support the development of traceability for the coffee marketing value chain at and woreda and kebele levels
• Facilitate the planning, implementation, monitoring, review, and evaluation of coffee production and marketing to ensure compliance to EUDR in the project area
• Provide expertise and advice for community institutions on gender mainstreaming in the project scheme
• Closely work with the M&E officer to generate lessons, document and share them with wider stakeholders to scale out and replicate in larger geographic areas.

Facilitate and coordinate community/institutional capacity-building activities

• Provide technical support to woreda-level technical staff and government staff in the implementation coffee production in compliance with EUDR
• Organise and coordinate capacity-building training and workshops for beneficiaries, consortium partners, CBOs, and private sectors on EUDR
• Support participatory community monitoring in quality coffee production and develop ICS (internal controlling system)
• Mentoring and supporting the implementation of ICS.

Contribute to project management and reporting

• Participate in the assessment, design, implementation, and monitoring and evaluation processes of the project activities in collaboration with other experts and project staff.
• Prepare and develop status reports as required by project management.
• Ensure proper recording and documentation of best practices and success stories
• Ensure that the project is implemented according to the work plan and project framework.
• Monitor and document the project progress, lessons, good experience, and impact on rural communities.

Play an active role as a member of the Farm Africa Project team

• Identify and explore opportunities to improve project implementation and guarantee its sustainability
• Keep up to date with developments in the sector, including best practice to ensure ongoing organizational and personal development and learning is realized;
• Identify and explore opportunities to grow and expand the country project pipeline, both in relation to the current project (e.g., potential scale-up opportunities, replication in other geographies/regions) or related to new project opportunities
• Pro-actively share information with other project and consortium partner staff members to support Farm Africa’s aims
• Participate in broader Farm Africa meetings with other project staff members, as requested by the line manager.

These essential functions are not to be interpreted as a complete statement of all duties performed. Employees will be required to perform other job-related duties as required. All work responsibilities are subject to having performance goals and/or targets established.

PERSON SPECIFICATION

OUR VALUES

Investing in smallholder farming is the number one way to combat poverty in rural Africa. Farm Africa is a leading NGO specializing in growing agriculture, protecting the environment, and developing businesses in rural Africa.

EXPERT. Deep expertise and insightful evidence-based solutions are at the heart of everything Farm Africa does.

GROUNDED. Positive change starts with Africa’s people, so our experts work closely with local communities, engaging them in every level of decision-making.

IMPACTFUL. We take a long-term view so we can deliver lasting changes for farmers and their families.

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