Specialist on Gender and Climate adaptive agriculture

Overview

Implement gender-focused climate adaptation initiatives

You have:

• Advance degree related to women in development, environmental, agriculture, agriculture extension, climate change adaptation in agriculture.
• 5 years of working experience of which at least 2 years of demonstrable experience in developing training courses and manuals in fields related to gender and social inclusion within the area of climate change and water use efficiency.
• Working knowledge in English and Arabic.
• National of Jordan or legal resident of the country.

Organizational Setting

The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) is implementing the Project entitled “Building Resilience to Cope with Climate Change in Jordan (BRCCJ)”, The goal of the seven-year project is increased climate resilient sustainable development in the country. Towards this aim, the project combines infrastructure development and natural resources management with principles of local capital formation at the community level. The project will have three interrelated components, which will work synergistically to address key barriers and enhance the impact of project investments. The components are designed to deal with the lack of infrastructure, limited capacity of rural farming households and weak institutional capacity. They include (i) Component 1: Climate Resilient Water Systems; (ii) Component 2: Climate Change resilience for Enhanced Livelihoods and Food Security; and (iii) Component 3: Scaling-up climate adaptation. Coherently with identified lesson learned in Jordan as well as with the GCF Gender guidelines, the project builds on the idea of inclusion of women as change agents for climate adaptation.

The project will be executed jointly by FAO, UNDP, Ministry of Environment (MoE), Ministry of Agriculture (MoA) and Ministry of Water and Irrigation (MWI) indicating the strong collaborative and partnership approach which will be adopted during the implementation of the project. The project will capitalise on the strong experience and convening power that both FAO and UNDP have established in the country.

This consultancy is under Component Two and will involve tasks under Output 2.1.3. “Establishing a cadre of 400 climate wise women change agents for climate adaptation”, This is an FAO led activity. Technical assistance will be procured to design a short-course to train climate wise-women as agents of change. Once recruited, field visits will be conducted in the four Governorates to assess the key adaptation challenges for women. The support of MOA Extension Agents will be ensured. The Agronomist and climate adaptation and the Social Inclusion and Gender Specialist will accompany the team of international and national consultants in the field visits.

Based on the identified needs, the course Master trainers for women agents for climate change adaptation will be developed and tested in the field. One pilot test will take place in each of the four Governorate in order to ensure that social, cultural, economic and educational parameters are taken into account in the course.

Course for Master trainers will be developed by the International Consultant Expert on Gender and Climate Adaptive Agriculture and the National Consultant Expert on Gender and Climate Adaptive Agriculture and tested in the field. This course will be used later to train eight Master trainers from the four targeted Governorates.

Reporting Lines

Under the overall supervision of the Chief Technical Adviser (CTA), the National Consultant Expert on Gender and Climate Adaptive Agriculture will implement the required tasks, in close collaboration with the International Consultant on Gender and Climate Adaptive Agriculture and with a close coordination with the Agronomist and Climate Adaptation Specialist and Social Inclusion and Gender Specialist, as well as the Ministry of Agriculture extension staff and local women.

Technical Focus

Social and gender inclusion in agricultural, gender equity and mainstreaming, agriculture extension, technology transfer, climate change adaptation, rural development, and water management, circular economy, and decent work.

Experience with developing ToT courses on climate change adaptation, water management in agriculture and women empowerment.

Tasks and responsibilities

The incumbent she/he will be mainly involved in implementing tasks under Output 2.1.3 “Establishing a cadre of 400 climate wise women change agents for climate adaptation”, the position will be based in the Ministry of Environment of Jordan to support the project PMU- with field trips. The consultancy will involve the following tasks:

Task 1: Support to International consultant in conducting field visits in the four governorates accompanied by PMU team

• Support the planning of and participate in field visits in the four governorates to assess the key adaptation challenges for women in the four governorates of Madaba, Karak, Tafileh and Ma’an. This task is led by the International Consultant Expert on Gender and Climate adaptive agriculture, Social Inclusion and Gender Specialist to be implemented in collaboration and coordination with the Agronomist and Climate Adaptation Specialist.

• Support the international consultant in developing a report on the results of the field visits in the four Governorates to assess the key adaptation challenges for women in collaboration with the international consultant.

Task 2: Preparation of the draft course and pilot testing of the training in 4 locations (Governorates) under the supervision of the PMU team:

• Support the international consultant in drafting the course of master trainers for women agents in climate change adaptation.

• Support the international consultant in facilitating the piloting of the cleared draft training course in four locations

• Record and prepare field-based information and feedback (Arabic) and produce an English language report to allow feedback to be integrated within an updated draft course

Task 3: Finalise the Course for Master trainers for women agents in climate change adaptation:

• Support the international consultant in integrating the feedback of piloting the training into the final developed course for "master trainers for women agents in climate change adaptation” and submit to PMU.

• Adhere and coordinate with the PMU team until obtaining the clearance by the CTA on the course of master trainers.

Task 4: Report on progress on a monthly basis:

• Support in preparing a monthly progress report to the PMU team and CTA (4 reports).

CANDIDATES WILL BE ASSESSED AGAINST THE FOLLOWING

Minimum Requirements

• Advance degree related to women in development, environmental, agriculture, agriculture extension, climate change adaptation in agricultural.

• (5) years of working experience of which at least 2 years of demonstrable experience in developing training courses and manuals in fields related to gender and social inclusion within the area of climate change and water use efficiency at the agricultural and domestic levels.

• Working knowledge (level C) in English and Arabic.

• National of Jordan or legal resident of the country.

FAO Core Competencies

• Results Focus

• Teamwork

• Communication

• Building Effective Relationships

• Knowledge Sharing and Continuous Improvement

Technical/Functional Skills

• Ability to work in close collaboration with a group of national and international experts, to meet strict deadlines and plan the work according to priorities.

• Demonstrated capacity to plan, organize, and execute effectively.

• Initiative, good analytical skills, mature judgment and ability to work under tight schedule while respecting deadlines achievement.

• Good understanding of Jordanian culture and context

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