Terms of reference for recruiting project staff in the Nyungwe Agroforestry project

Background

Initiative pour la Promotion de la Famille et du Genre (IPFG) is a women led organization established in 2002 and legally registered by the ministerial Order N0 17/11 of 31 January 2006 which was published in the Official Gazette of the Republic of Rwanda O.G N0 10 bis of 15 May 2006. It is based in Gasaka Sector-Nyamagabe District- Southern Province. IPFG has a vision is to aspire a democratic society where both women and men are aware of their problems, complement one another and actively participate in the actions of the entire development. The mission of IPFG is to promote and reinforce complementarity between man and woman as well as their participation in the actions which aim to achieve social and economic development based on fairness. To achieve this mission, IPFG focuses its interventions across 3 main areas: i) agricultural production chains, climate change adaptation and mitigations; ii) youth and women empowerment (economic and leadership); and iii) citizen participation.

Context

From January 2024, IPFGin partnership with Livelihoods funds is implementing “The Nyungwe Agroforestry for communities and Conservation Project-NAP”, a 20 years’ project aiming to make a positive impact on 13,000 hectares of farmland, involving 23,000 smallholder farmers across the eastern border of the Nyungwe National Park in Nyamagabe and Nyaruguru Districts. The Nyungwe Agroforestry Project wants to improve the resilience of the farmers through rehabilitation of ecosystem services and increasing their adaptation capacities to climate change. Specifically, the project will help implementing communities: To grow agroforestry trees for various advantage, promote and improve good agricultural practices (GAP), reduce soil erosion, avail forest products such as timber and fuelwood at farm level, to improve soil fertility; and to increase income opportunities within implementing communities.

In this regard, IPFG is seeking applications from competent, dynamic and self-motivated individuals to fill the following position.

Project field Coordinator (2)

They will lead a team of field officers in Nyamagabe and Nyaruguru respectively and be based in their respective field offices. They shall be:

• A team leader with ability to direct teams towards achievement of targets
• Motivated, and driven individuals with an assertive attitude and good command in Kinyarwanda and English Language.
• An experienced trainer of trainers
• Able to read and synthesize project and disseminate to teams
• Have experience in the field extension services offering agroforestry or agronomic advice to farmers
• Must have analytical thinking capabilities able to make actionable decisions from data
• Able to supervise field teams regularly
• A result driven individual with focus on results

Task and responsibilities

• Synthesis and interpretation of project targets to the field teams and seedling producers
• Supervision of technical implementation of ensure quality results of project
• Support and ensure quality and factual data collection for Monitoring and reporting for all project performance indicators
• Ensuring production of high-quality hardened seedlings in readiness for plantation in respective districts (community& commercial nurseries)
• Preforming frequent training of Field officers (TOT) in office weekly and continuous capacity building
• Development of training materials for field team and farmers
• Ensure effective trainings offered to farmers through monitoring and testing of quality trainings
• Ensuring achievement of district project targets (Farm area under Agroforestry, High survival of trees, Farm area under good agricultural practices, and social impact implementation)
• Ensuring quality trainings are done for farmers in the program at district level
• Ensuring that all trees are delivered to the farmers as per planning on MIS

• Reporting Monthly status of project achievement to IPFG management in liaison with M&E officer
• Enforcing Environmental and community health and safety requirements are adhered to in project at district level
• Ensure quality seedling production at community nurseries operations are well managed (Initiate procurements and payments, recruitment of nursery workers, training workers)
• Ensure community nurseries operations are well managed (Initiate procurements and payments, recruitment of nursery workers, training workers)
• Continuous field monitoring of nurseries for quality and right qualities
• Intervene in performance evaluation of the field team
• Support to organize trainings, meetings, workshops and other events for partners, and stakeholders in line with project implementation at district level.
• To monitor achievement of targets for field teams and project support staff
• To carry out annual performance assessment on the field teams
• Managing and implementing MOUs with different project stakeholders (ex. Tea cooperatives, farmers, RAB, etc.)
• In close collaboration with the M&E Officer, provide regular field reports and ensure monitoring and recording of progress against the project’s indicators.
• Ensure proper and efficient use of project assets by field teams
• Perform any other duties as may be assigned.
• Reporting to Programme Manager

Requirements

• Having a bachelor’s degree in one of the following fields: Agriculture, Agroecology, Forestry, Agroforestry,or any related field.
• Minimum 5 years of experience in managing projects related to agro-ecology, forestry &Agroforestry, carbon sequestration, natural resources management and/or environment protection or other development projects.
• Good knowledge of good agricultural practices (GAP) falling in the context of Rwanda, specifically in regions around Nyungwe National Park (NAP)
• High proficiency in Microsoft Office applications (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, etc.) and knowledge of GIS and MIS tools will be a benefit
• A good level of report writing networking, facilitation and communication skills;
• Possess energy, drive, enthusiasm, commitment and passion for good quality work benefiting communities and environment.
• Strong verbal/written communication skills
• Strong leadership skills
• Strong problem-solving skills, creativity in decision making
• Having a driving license, cat A

Successful candidates will be expected to comply with country labor law and various organizational polices. Suitably qualified women and youth candidates are encouraged to apply.

Interested and qualified candidates should submit above mentioned documents in English to the following email: ipfg.recr.proc@ipfg-rwanda.com (the email attachment should have the maximum size of 2 MB and should be a PDF file). Please quote the Job title in the subject. Candidates should submit their documents not later than the 19^th November 2024, at 5.00 pm.

Note that only shortlisted candidates will be contacted for exams

Done at Nyamagabe on 05/11/2024

UWIZEYE Therese

Chairperson and Legal Representative /IPFG