District Lead Facilitator

Organizational Setting

These (08) positions are located in the FAO offices in Punjab & Sindh (Multiple Cities). Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) in Pakistan focuses its efforts on poverty reduction, food security, sustainable livelihoods and rural development. FAO has partnered with the Government of Pakistan on research and development, training, extension services and strengthening of the staff capacity in planning and policy making. FAO has supported improvements in agricultural policy analysis, strengthened institutions. Enhanced integrated area development and expanded participation of marginalized and vulnerable communities in sustainable development.

The positions are envisioned under GCF funded “Transforming Indus Basin with Climate Resilient Agriculture and Water Management” project.

Modelling of climate change scenarios for Pakistan shows that if agriculture and water management in the Indus River Basin continue along a ‘business as usual’ pathway, increasing temperatures and changes in precipitation will pose serious threats to the future livelihoods of farmers and to the Pakistani agricultural sector. In response to this challenge, the GCF funded project, “Transforming Indus Basin with Climate Resilient Agriculture and Water Management”, will help shift Pakistan and Indus Basin agriculture from its current situation of high vulnerability toward an alternative paradigm wherein better information and farming practices will significantly increase resilience to climate change. To do this, the project will develop the country’s capacity to get and use the information it needs to cope with the impacts of climate change on agriculture and water management by putting in place state-of-the art technology (Component 1); building farmers resilience to climate change through skills, knowledge and technology (Component 2), and creating a wider enabling environment for continuous adaptation and expanded sustainable uptake of climate-resilient approaches (Component 3).

Reporting Lines

Under overall supervision of the FAO Representative in Pakistan (FAOR), and in close coordination with Assistant FAO Representative (Program), Provincial International Program Coordinator and National Project Coordinator, the incumbent will report to provincial Project Coordinator under direct supervision of Farmer Field Specialist and in close collaboration with project team in performance of the following tasks and duties

Technical Focus\:

• Timely achievement of project activities with good quality results;
• Establishment and functioning of CBFS/FFS-W/CRA as per required standards; and
• Support for development of new CBFS/FFS-W/CRA and curricula.
• Coordination and Support provided to partner organizations in establishing FFS/FFS-W/CRA actions.

Tasks and responsibilities\:

• Responsible for supervision GCF project activities at designated district level. Coordination with district key stakeholders including but not limited government extension departments, I/NGOs, private sector companies, academia, research institutions and women and men farmer organizations interested in working with the project\:
• Facilitate target UCs and Villages selection process under guidance of national and provincial teams.
• Supervise trainings with support of sector specialist and facilitate field for establishment of Climate Business Field School (CBFS), Farmer Field Schools for Women (FFS-W), and Climate Resilient Agriculture (CRA) sites;
• Responsible for management of district office and allocated assets; in addition supervise project management matters including work plan, procurement plan, logistic, admin etc.
• Facilitate in organising capacity building events/ trainings on CBFS, selected CRA practices, facilitation skills, farmer training curricula, OFWM, use of ICT, monitoring methods, and others.
• Conduct local level ToT for extension officers, staff and/or employees from partner organisations (entities) on CRA and On Farm Water Management (OFWM). Apart from this facilitate organising season long Training of Farmer Facilitators (ToFF)
• Provide and seek technical backstopping from sectoral specialist team to run the CBFS/FFS-W/CRA practices and facilitate ongoing related activities in the selected districts;
• Position holder will work closely with provincial office for collection and compilation of all the information related with CBFS/FFS-W/CRA, economic analysis, Cost Benefit Analysis related data from respective district;
• Responsible for mobilization, formation and facilitation of CBFS/FFS-W/CRA in the target villages with the support FFS team and partners organizations (if any);
• Conduct field visits of the project area and provide guidance and recommendation in consultation with sectoral specialist for appropriate crops, vegetables and livestock area specific interventions for establishment of CBFS/FFS-W/CRA.
• Responsible for maintaining meaningful working relation with provincial project team and government agriculture department for implementation of CBFS/FFS-W/CRA;
• Liaison and coordination with district administration, I/NGOs, private sector companies, academia, research institutions and women and men farmer organizations;
• Assist Sectoral Specialist and share information with Project Coordinator in the day-to-day monitoring of CBFS/FFS-W/CRA. interventions and compile monthly monitoring sheets (online/offline);
• Ensure timely submission of CBFS/FFS-W/CRA monthly work plan and progress reports (monthly, quarterly, and final) to supervisor;
• Perform any other associated task as required.