JOB TITLE: Livelihood and gender Specialist

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Organizational Setting

IFISH is a joint project between FAO and the Ministry of Marine Affairs and Fisheries, aiming to mainstream biodiversity conservation and sustainable use into inland fisheries practices in freshwater ecosystems of high conservation value. The project started in 2017, with a three-pronged strategy to combine mainstreaming of inland aquatic biodiversity into resource development and management policy; demonstrations of conservation and sustainable use of inland aquatic biodiversity in critical habitats; and effective monitoring and assessment. IFISH project works in five demonstration areas in Indonesia, targeting high value fish in each district, namely: eel in Java (Cilacap and Sukabumi), arowana and beje fisheries in Kalimantan (South Barito and Kapuas), and belida in Sumatra (Kampar).

With support from GEF, IFish project has become the largest inland fisheries project in Indonesia. Inland fisheries are generally cultivated by small-scale industries, by communities along the watershed. Therefore, protection of ecosystems and sustainable management of inland fisheries have major impact on enhancing food security and providing livelihood for people who depend on inland aquatic biodiversity.

The incumbent will perform the tasks assigned under the overall supervision of the Assistant FAO Representative (Programme) in Indonesia, with the direct supervision of National Project Manager (NPM) and the technical supervision of Project Lead Technical Officer (LTO). The expert will work in coordination with the international advisers and FAO staff and will support the technical coordination, and implementation of the IFish project. Specifically, the incumbent will perform the main task to ensure that livelihood and gender considerations are integrated into all project approaches, strategies, activities, inputs, and outputs

Reporting Lines

• Sudarsono – National Project Manager IFish Project • Ageng Herianto – Assistant FAOR • Rajendra Aryal – FAO Representative

Technical Focus

Livelihood and gender issues

Tasks and responsibilities

• Prepare and establish a practical strategy for integrating socio-economic and gender consideration into the project, including a training programme as well as livelihood and gender monitoring framework; • Assess and analyse the integration of livelihood and gender issues into the project work plan, ToR, and outputs from a socio-economic and gender perspective; • Describe the situation of both men and women with respect to the geographic, economic development, and demographic features of the IFish demonstration areas; • Supervise data system to assess the impact of project implementation on livelihood and gender issues; • Identify key gender issues in the project and key gender entry points; • Monitor the effectiveness of the project with regards to address livelihood and gender issues; • Identify awareness and training needs regarding gender and livelihoods in the PMU and MMAF; • Liaise regularly with partners and government counterparts; • Prepare and submit technical reports on all the major technical assignments; • Prepare and submit field mission reports and monthly work progress reports to PMU; • Prepare and submit the end of assignment report.

CANDIDATES WILL BE ASSESSED AGAINST THE FOLLOWING

Minimum Requirements

• Advanced university degree in socio-economic, community development, social science, or a related field. • Ten years of relevant experience working on livelihood and gender in rural Indonesia; • Nationality of Indonesia.

FAO Core Competencies

• Results Focus • Teamwork • Communication • Building Effective Relationships • Knowledge Sharing and Continuous Improvement

Technical/Functional Skills

• Extent and relevance of experience in design and management of agricultural development projects focusing on smallholder farming systems, preferably on land management and climate change adaptation. • Familiarity with the latest CSA techniques, adaptive research and participatory extension approaches and land and post-harvest management strategies being promoted by FAO. • Work in developing countries of the Asia and Pacific Region. • Demonstrated strong technical and advisory and communication, team building, computer and report writing skills. • Ability to speak the local language will be considered an advantage. • Demonstrated experience of successfully working with international partners on natural resource management issues; • Demonstrated ability to interact effectivelly with a range of stakeholders--national government, local government and beneficiaries; • Strong relationship with government and non-government institution, national and international NGO, private sectors, academia, researcher, and other related to support his/her activities on livelihood and gender; • Familiar with computer skill such as MS office, Power Point, excel, and MS Words; • Excellent communication, writing and presentation skills in English and Bahasa Indonesia.

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

  • FAO does not charge a fee at any stage of the recruitment process (application, interview meeting, processing)
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  • Applications received after the closing date will not be accepted
  • Only language proficiency certificates from UN accredited external providers and/or FAO language official examinations (LPE, ILE, LRT) will be accepted as proof of the level of knowledge of languages indicated in the online applications
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