Overview
Support the enhanced uptake of livelihoods programmes linked to climate resilience and market access for smallholder farmers. The role involves analysis, coordination, capacity strengthening, documentation, monitoring and operational support to ensure sound delivery of the Integrated Resilience portfolio.
Tasks Summary
- Assist in planning, coordinating, and monitoring small to medium adaptation projects with LGUs, CSOs, and communities.
- Provide guidance, documentation, and on-site technical support for quality delivery.
- Work with communities, cooperatives and LGUs to identify regenerative practices and ecosystem-based livelihood opportunities.
- Assist in screening activities, collect data, consult communities, track commitments, and ensure mitigation and monitoring of risks at field level.
- Work with communities, cooperatives and LGUs to identify opportunities to link individuals and informal groups to farmer cooperatives or associations for enhanced market access.
- Organise community-based participatory planning and mapping, integrate local knowledge into management plans.
- Support LGUs to collect climate data, assess impacts, and develop, update, and implement local adaptation and resilience plans.
- Assist in collecting data for risk assessments, costing of small-scale adaptation measures, and prepare documentation for grants or local financing.
- Support progress monitoring and budget tracking and maintain updated records for programme activities.
- Prepare and process procurement documents and coordinate logistical arrangements for field missions.
- Build and cultivate strategic relationships with partners.
- Assist in capacity building activities in collaboration with cooperating partners, stakeholders in the community and the BARMM Government.
- Provide documentation on programmes to enable informed decision making and consistency of information presented to stakeholders.
- Assist in collecting photo and narrative materials for achievements and success stories.
- Perform other related responsibilities and tasks which may include administrative tasks and workstreams in school feeding, social protection, anticipatory action, emergency response, gender and disability mainstreaming, and other key areas of work, as required and guided by management.
Experience Requirements
- At least six (6) years of relevant experience in a unit or department of a public or private sector responsible for project management, coordination, strategic planning, and programme implementation within development or humanitarian contexts.
- Experience in agricultural value chains and related sectors—including agroforestry, fish farming, post-harvest loss reduction, community mobilization, rural development, and project management—is considered an asset.
- Demonstrated capacity in working with or supporting government agencies.
- Familiarity with national policies, strategies, or frameworks related to rural development, food systems, agriculture, value chains, climate change and other related fields.
Qualification Requirements
- Completion of secondary education is required.
- A bachelor’s degree in Agriculture, Rural or Community Development, Climate Change, Development Economics, Nutrition, or any relevant field is highly desirable and considered as an advantage.
